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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Novels of George Eliot, Stereotyped Edition, Vol III)
by Eliot, George
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh, UK: William Blackwood. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated but c 1880. 158pp, with extra, illustrated title page and two further plate illustrations. Half bound on calfskin leather over cloth covered boards, with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 12mo. Leather worn and rubbed on corners, spine tips and joints. Heavy spotting on first and last few leaves. Bookplate on front paste down, bearing the arms and name of Sir Henry Peto, 2nd Baronet of Somerleyton Hall, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A nicely evocative vintage copy of Eliot's classic tale of the weaver of Raveloe.
Synopsis
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is a dramatic novel by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans) which was first published in 1861.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013971
- Title
- Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (Novels of George Eliot, Stereotyped Edition, Vol III)
- Author
- Eliot, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Blackwood
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, UK
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classic literature
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Half Bound
- ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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