Felix Holt
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Felix Holt

George Eliot, 1866

Closed14 September 2021

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Felix Holt
George Eliot, 1866
ELIOT, George (1819-1880). Felix Holt, the Radical. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1866.

A bright copy of the first edition. Eliot worked on Felix Holt after putting aside The Spanish Gypsy, her drama in verse. She began writing it in March 1865 and finished in May the following year. Baker & Ross A8.1, binding A.

Three volumes, octavo. Half-titles, 4 pages of ads at the rear of vol. 3 (text block cracked in a few places but still sturdy). Original cloth (minor rubbing); custom box.