Cross J W Editor (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Green cloth bindings with gold print and floral pattern on spines. Gold circlet portrait of author centered on front cover. Spines slightly faded with crushing at ends. Previous owner gift note dated 1900 on front flyleaf. Head edges gilt, others deckeled. Volume 2 has broken edges on pages 137 to 194. Not sure is binding error. Bo effect on text areas, Volume 3 has press mark on foredge of rear cover Tight, sound and otherwise unmarked. Vol. 1 has 385 pages; Vol.2 has 373 nd vol. 3 has 354 pages including index.We have a number of other Eliot books which purchase could be combined for reduced shipping. No DJs. Duie to weight S&H may be adjusted. illustrated with drawings (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. The life of George Eliot (pen-name of Mary Anne Evans) is told in her letters and journal entries. Born in 1819, the English author wrote numerous highly-regarded novels such as "The Mill on the Floss," "Silas Marner" and "Middlemarch," among many others. Entries arranged, edited and indexed by J. W. Cross. With a tissue-guarded frontis portrait of Eliot. Possibly published c.1880s-1920s, though 1884 date appears in book. --- In maroon cloth with spine titling in gilt, TEG (top edge gilt). Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With conspicuous discoloration to back cover and mild scuffing to cover edges, else a tightly-bound, unmarked, sound copy.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; x, 763 pages. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. FAIR/NO DJ Former library book. 366, 324 and 340 pp. Text clean and unmarked except for usual library treatments. Green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine in fair condition. Binding Firm.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Early Reprint. Reprint. Green cloth binding, gold facsimile signature and titles. Frontispiece and illustrations. 348, 324 pp. Volume 1 and 2 of 3-volume set. Antique ex-library. Good condition. Illustrated (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: G to G+. No Jacket. None Stated. 385 + 354 + 373 pp, these 3 volumes comprise the Illustrated Cabinet Edition, there are photo etchings with tissue guards, the set is circa 1880's, some pages are uncut, the pages are clean with only occasional soil, the covers are solid and tight with light soil and wear, a very usable set arranged and edited by George Eliot's husband.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. FAIR / NO DUST JACKETS. Former Library Books. [3 volume set, complete] Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Vol. I: xii, [2], 385 pp., 4 illustrations. Vol. II: [10], 354 pp. 3 illustrations. Vol. III: vi, [2], 373 pp, 4 illustrations. Text with the usual library treatments and a few markings in pencil, markings in pen at each rear pastedown. Green cloth boards with portrait of George Eliot in gilt at front of each volume. Spines decorated and lettered in gilt. Edges rubbed, lower corners bumped, spine tops and tails rubbed, and starting to fray. Volume I with repair at half-title, Volume II with loose frontispiece. Joints and hinges good, textblocks firm, bindings overall stable.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover with gilt lettered front board, no dust jacket, in very good condition. Undated, but probably between 1885-1899, (date of penned ownership to FEP). From the collection of Ian Angus (British Librarian and a scholar on George Orwell), whose name and date are pencilled to FEP. Also penned to the FEP is the name 'Howard Carter', however not the Egyptologist. Boards are a little scored. Edges, corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Page block is tanned and blemished. Foxing noted on the pastedowns and endpapers. Spots of foxing also noted on a few of the pages, which are otherwise clear. Spine stitching visible in places, however binding remains sound. LW. Used.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 360 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.82 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 646 pages. cover and spine worn, page edge foxed, text in good conditionNew Edition.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. Cabinet edition. Published circa 1880. Three-quarter morocco leather over marbled boards with raised bands on the spine and marbled endpages. Each volume measures 5 x 7 1/4 inches. Volumes 22, 23 and 24 of the Works of George Eliot. The boards show light edgewear with rubbing. The bindings are sound. A very handsome pair of volumes.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. Arranged and with an introduction by Eliot's husband, J.W. Cross, A must for Eliot students and collectors, with a rich amount of material not found elsewhere. A tight, clean, unmarked copy in bright spine gilt and in heavy Mylar archival jackets. Out of print.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Three volumes with leatherette bindings and and corners and marbled boards and edges. Covers show moderate wear. Edges of some pages of Vol. I and II show some damp staining, but pages are generall y clean. Binding is tight. This is an attractive set of three.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Jacket. No date. Circa 1900. The Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Green cloth. TEG. 23 of 24 volumes. Missing Vol. 2 of Adam Bede. Light shelf wear to cloth, mainly at spine heads, heels, and tips. A few volumes have a faint white (paint?) smear or splash on spine. Foxing to some pages and to plates.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Three-volume hardbound set without dust jackets. Some noticeable page damage likely due to prior exposure to dampness This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Oversized.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. Early Reprint. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. No publication date. Preface dated 1884. Green cloth binding, gold facsimile signature and titles. Frontispiece and illustrations.366, 324, 340 pp. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. No pockets. Good condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrated (illustrator). Antique ex-library. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1884 Edition. 3 VOLUME SET.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Later Printing. New York: Harper & Bros, 1884. George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, 1819-1880) wrote seven novels, of which at least five are significant in the history of English literature. She was a frre-thinker and somewhat scandalous. Her marriage to John Cross, twenty years her junior, lasted only for one year prior to her death. These are Very Good copies of a Later Printing. Three volumes, in green publisher's cloth with gilt lettering and with a facsimile signature on the front cover. Volume One has no publication date, but the other two list 1899 and there is a previous-owner signature from 1901 on the FFEPs. Clean texts; 366, 324, and 340 pages. Volume three is indexed and has four pages of publisher's adverts in the back. The TP of Volume Two has been torn but remains attached. An attractive set; quite readable today. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.…

Hardcover. First Editon, Octavo, pebbled green cloth over boards stamped in gilt. Biography of English author George Eliot, with black and white illustrations, complete in three volumes. Near fine.

Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marbled boards, red cloth binding is slightly frayed at head of spine strip, rubbing, worn corners, Hard Cover, Binding tight, pages clean.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Complete 3 Volume Set. Undated, Preface dated 1884. Arranged and Edited by George Eliot's Husband, J. W. Cross. Frontis illus. of Vol 1 is a Portrait of Eliot dated 1864. Frontis Vol. II her Portrait at 30 "Miss Evans"; Frontis Vol. III, the Priory Drawing Room. All protected by tissue guards. Several other B&W Plates and a Fold-Out facsimile of her Notes on "The Spanish Gypsy". Text includes: Union with Mr Lewes; Letter from Mrs Gaskell; Author's love of Adam Bede; Middlemarch; Walter Scott; Spain, and much more. Period Green Cloth covers wioth Black Floral Design on fronts & spines. Black title on front and bright gilt lettering on spines "Cabinet Edition" at bottom of spines". Brown endpapers. Page edges untrimmed. Vol. I, X/10 preliminary pages, main text 412 pages; Vol. II, 382 p.pages; Vol. III, 408 p.pages. 1.6 kilos, 7 1/4" Tall. Rear hinges of Vols II & III partly cracked. Slight edge wear and a little wear along sides of spines. 2 names written on fly leaves. No other inscriptions. Text pages in very good, clean condition. Books protected in removable clear plastic wrappers. Set of 3 Books weighs 1.6 kilos so shipping Outside UK will be extra.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Early Reprint. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. Early reprint. 8vo. 3-volume set, complete. Green cloth binding, gold facsimile signature and titles. Frontispiece and illustrations.366, 324, 340 pp. Fine. Size: 8vo. Illustrated (illustrator).

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Fine binding by Tout. Decorated red leather covers rubbed, spines sunned to brown with small chips on the ends, joints very weak and neatly reinforced with clear binding glue, spine labels chipped, gilt rules and decorations on all cover edges, date at bottom of spines. Bookplates inside each volume, otherwise the interiors are clean and tight, some chips on the brittle endpapers, pages toned.…

3 vols. 8vo. Condition: Original cloth. Nice copy. First edition. First edition. 3 vols. 8vo.