Adam Bede / by George Eliot ; in three volumes.
Accession number:
PML 132368-70
Published:
Edinburgh ; London : William Blackwood and Sons, 1859.
Description:
3 v. ; 21 cm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
"Wm. Thackeray, Esq. from the author"--Written in pen in v. 1, half t.p.
Thackeray seal blind-stamped on t.p. of each vol.
"HBF 27.2.97"--note on verso of the free endpaper of v. 1.
On 31 January 1859 George Eliot sent Langford, Blackwood's clerk, "a list of the seven persons whom I wish to receive presentation copies." They were: Dr. John Brown, Mrs. Carlyle, Dickens, Froude, Charles Kingsley, Professor Owen, and Thackeray. Letter, ed. Haight, III, 6-7.
"Printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh"--v. 1, p. 325.
Binding:
Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, in case.
Provenance:
Bookplate of Harry Buxton Forman; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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