ELIOT, George

ELIOT, George. Works 

Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons, 1901.

£225

8vo, 10 vols, illustrated on frontispiece with tissue guards. Bound in publishers red cloth, spine with gilt-tooled title, publisher’s name, and gilt stamped shape of a thistle. Bookplate of Hugh Foster on pastedowns. Owner’s inscription in red pen on recto of front flyleaf on first volume: “Hugh P. R. Foster, King’s Col. Cambr., Lent term 1906.” Colour a bit faded on spines, some minor marks and stains on spine (a little worn) and covers. Text generally clean, some occasional light spotting.