Author: ELIOT, GEORGE
Title: The Best-Known Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede, the MILL on the Floss, Silas Marner and Romola (Modern Library Giant #G51. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1951]. Hardcover. Four of George Eliot's best-known complete and unabridged novels in a single hefty Modern Library Giant edition. Includes her "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," "Silas Marner" and "Romola." The author, Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), wrote under the George Eliot pen name because it was difficult for works by women authors to be taken seriously during her lifetime. Includes a brief, unattributed biographical sketch of the author. --- In Toledano spine G5 / green cloth / gilt titling & ML torchbearer oval on black cover & spine blocks / black topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Gd, verso advertises 352 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (no publication date appears in book). ML #G51.1. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound, unmarked and sturdy, though with minor soiling to cloth. Fair-only dust jacket with numerous tears, creases & chips, but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 1350 pages. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Modern Library Editions
Title: The Best-Known Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede, the MILL on the Floss, Silas Marner and Romola (Modern Library Giant #G51. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1951]. Hardcover. Four of George Eliot's best-known complete and unabridged novels in a single hefty Modern Library Giant edition. Includes her "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," "Silas Marner" and "Romola." The author, Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), wrote under the George Eliot pen name because it was difficult for works by women authors to be taken seriously during her lifetime. Includes a brief, unattributed biographical sketch of the author. --- In Toledano spine G5 / green cloth / gilt titling & ML torchbearer oval on black cover & spine blocks / black topstain / blank GA style endpapers / jacket style Gd, verso advertises 352 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1951 (no publication date appears in book). ML #G51.1. --- A well-preserved copy: tightly-bound, unmarked and sturdy, though with minor soiling to cloth. Fair-only dust jacket with numerous tears, creases & chips, but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.); Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 1350 pages. Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket .
Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Modern Library Editions
Price: US$ 24.50 Seller: Bluebird Books
- Book number: 87436
- Book number: 87436