Author: George Eliot [Mary Ann Evans]
Title: Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
Description: London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of George Eliot's third novel, Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. First edition in Carter's Variant B binding. An outwardly simple tale of a linen weaver, the novel is notable for its strong realism and its sophisticated treatment of issues ranging from religion to industrialisation to community. Written by Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name of George Eliot, an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Bound without half-title or advertisements to the rear. In the original cinnamon cloth binding. Externally, sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Joints starting but firm. With fading to the spine and an ink mark to the front board. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained but firm. Pages are bright and clean with light scattered spotting. Ink inscription to front endpaper and title page. Bookseller's embossed stamp to front endpaper. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

Keywords: Silas Marner Eliot Evans Marner None


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