The Complete Works of George Eliot: St. James Edition, Vol. IX; Poems; Life of George Eliot, Part I

Two Volumes, sold together of different limited Editions of Works of Eliot includes Poems and Life of George Eliot, Parts One, Two and Three. First Volume = The St. James Edition-- this is copy number 495 of only 1000 copies printed for this edition; 8vo blue cloth with paper label on spine, title labels on back-strip sunned, red letters faded; decorated endpages; NO NAMES OR MARKINGS TO BOOK, WEAR AT TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE, TOP EDGE GILT; spine slight sunning, slight rubbing, bumping to extremes ow Very Good/ndj: [8]+455pp. Poems/ 375pp. George Eliot’s Life: Part 1, With Photogravure illustrations from New Drawings By Gertrude Demain Hammond and Frederick L. Stoddard (illustrator). / Second volume is diffent publisher NY:Second Volume titles = The Complete Works of George Eliot, Volume 10: Life of George Eliot, Parts Two and Three, Edition de Luxe. Limited to 1000 copies stated. Publishing date not found. Assumed ca 1908. 8vo Black 3/4 leather with gilt spine titles and five raised bands over Maize cloth boards. TOP EDGE GILT, VG/ndj: [6]+349pp + 371pp, index [to George Eliot’s Life, parts 1, 2, 3], respectively. Text with a color portrait frontispiece. Exterior is sturdy and still attractive, with light wear. Interior is clean and firm./Two Volumes, sold together, of different Ediitons of Works of Eliot includes Poems and Life of George Eliot, Parts One, Two and Three., three illustrated plates per volume. Bindings are tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear to edges, illustrations and text very good; faint surface scratches/tarnishes in gilt top edges. No dust jackets, NOT ex-library.…