George Eliot — Felix Holt: The Radical.

London , William Blackwood and Sons, 1866. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this social novel by George Eliot focusing on the changes seen in small town rural England as a result of the First Reform Act of 1832. With a publisher's catalogue to the rear of volume III. Volumes I and III of three volumes. In the original publisher's cloth and charming in their own right, this pair would increase in value when united with the lacking volume. In decorative publishers cloth bindings. Externally nice and bright, slightly bumped and rubbed to extremities. Three hinges are slightly strained. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Generally bright and clean with just the odd spot or handling mark, dusting to the top edge not affecting the text. There is a small closed tear to the last page of text in volume III. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .