ELIOT, George | Scenes of Clerical Life George Eliotís First Works of FictionELIOT, George. Scenes of Clerical Life. In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858.First edition in book form of George Eliotís first works of fiction. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 187 x 117 mm.). [4], 366; [2], 381, [1, blank] pp. Bound without the half-title in Volume I and without the half-title and fly-title in Volume II.Nineteenth-century half dark green hard-grain morocco, ruled in blind, over marbled boards. Spines ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Marbled edges and endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed. Closely trimmed, just affecting last line (ìThe Right of Translation is reserved.î) on title-page of Volume I. Scattered light foxing and soiling. Volume I with leaf H6 (pp. 123/124) poorly opened, not affecting text, a few tiny ink splatters in the inner margin of pp. 198 and 199, and pp. 326/327 slightly browned from an insertion (no longer present). A very good copy.A series of three tales, ìThe Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton,î ìMr Gilfilís Love-Story,î and ìJanetís Repentance,î which first appeared in Blackwoodís Magazine in 1857. ìThese at once attracted praise for their domestic realism, pathos, and humour, and speculation about the identity of ëGeorge Eliotí, who was widely supposed to be a clergyman or possibly a clergymanís wifeî (The Oxford Companion to English Literature).Baker & Ross A3.2. Parrish, p. 7. Sadleir 818. Wolff 2062. 1858 first edition Price: USD 2,750.00 other currencies   order no. 00003    inquire

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