ELIOT

ELIOT, GEORGE [Pseud. of Mary Ann Evans]THE MILL ON THE FLOSSLondon, William Blackwood, 1860. Three volumes, FIRST EDITION FIRST STATE, with the following points noted: no advert leaf in vol 1 (according to Carter the advert leaf was inserted into later copies); 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear lists the 7th edition of 'Adam Bede' (listed as the 8th edition in later copies); in the original publisher's ripple-grain cloth (Carter's variant B); binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants at end of vol 1. A clean, fresh, near-fine copy, minor rubbing to cloth extremities (3)