9th Apr, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
Lot 89
 

89

[Evans (Mary Ann)], George Eliot.
Adam Bede.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859, first edition, three volumes, without half-titles, with fly-titles, without advertisements, occasional light toning and finger-soiling, contemporary half calf gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, slightly rubbed, [Baker & Ross A4.1], togehter with:
Idem. The Mill on the Floss. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860, first edition, first state, three volumes, half-title and fly-titles present, without advertisements, contemporary half calf gilt (uniform with the above), marbled boards and endpapers, a little rubbed, upper joint split, [Baker & Ross A5.1.a1]
(6)

Sold for £70
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 9th Apr, 2025

The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.

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