ELIOT, GEORGE — Romola (Everyman\'s Library #231)

London / New York: Everyman\'s Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1909. Hardcover. 1909 reprint of the 1907 issuance. An Everyman\'s Library edition presenting George Eliot\'s historical romance, first published in 1862-63 and set in Florence in the late 15th century during the time of Savonarola. George Eliot is the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans. With an introduction by Rudolf Dircks. Number 231 in Everyman\'s Library Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In \'flatback\' binding style 1, full carmine ribbed cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy with conspicuous sunning to spine, dulling to spine titling and brittle leaves at front of book which tend to tear (repaired at p.1/2). Note: This item is damaged and is priced accordingly.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xv, 567 pages. Fair with no dust jacket .