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Romola

Title
Romola / by George Eliot, author of "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," "Silas Marner," and "Scenes of Clerical Life."
Author
Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
Publication
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1863.

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v. 3TextPermit needed Pforz (Eliot, G. Romola. 1863. 1st ed. London) v. 3Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319
v. 2TextPermit needed Pforz (Eliot, G. Romola. 1863. 1st ed. London) v. 2Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319
v. 1TextPermit needed Pforz (Eliot, G. Romola. 1863. 1st ed. London) v. 1Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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Additional Authors
Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher.
Description
3 volumes (iv, 336 pages; iv, 333, [3] pages; iv, 292 pages); 19 cm
Note
  • Publisher's avertisements: 2 pages, at the end of volume II.
  • Printer's imprint in volumes I and III reads: "Smith, Elder, and Co., Little Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey, E.C." In volume II imprint reads: "Printed by Smith, Elder, and Co., Little Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey, E.C."
  • "Romola lacked the best-seller appeal Smith, Elder had hoped for. They tried to stimulate greater popular demand by re-issuing copies of the first edition ten days later as, ostensibly, the second edition" cf. Baker.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Indexed In (note)
  • Baker, W. George Eliot: A Bibliographical History
  • Parrish, M. L. Victorian Lady Novelists
  • Sadleir, M. XIX Century Fiction
  • Tinker Library
Source (note)
  • Quaritch, March 1925.
Call Number
Pforz (Eliot, G. Romola. 1863. 1st ed. London)
OCLC
2110513
Author
Eliot, George, 1819-1880.
Title
Romola / by George Eliot, author of "Adam Bede," "The Mill on the Floss," "Silas Marner," and "Scenes of Clerical Life."
Imprint
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1863.
Edition
[First edition, first issue].
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Indexed In:
Baker, W. George Eliot: A Bibliographical History A7.2¹
Parrish, M. L. Victorian Lady Novelists, page 17
Sadleir, M. XIX Century Fiction 817
Tinker Library 1009
Local Note
Pforzheimer copy: First issue, without the 'second edition' statement above imprint. -- Dark green vertical dot-and-line grain cloth, gilt lettering and a decorative gilt panel with reverse titling on spine, decorative borders in blind on covers, pale yellow endpapers. -- Acquired by Carl H. Pforzheimer from Bernard Quaritch, March 1925.
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Added Author
Smith, Elder, and Co., publisher.
Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, former owner.
Research Call Number
Pforz (Eliot, G. Romola. 1863. 1st ed. London)
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