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Scenes of Clerical Life

 

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George Eliot - First Edition Illustrated by Thomson
Scenes of Clerical Life
Beautifully Bound and Decorated

 

Eliot, George; [Thomson, Hugh, Illus.]. SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE (London: Macmillan and Co., 1906) First edition illustrated by Thomson. With 16 color plates and 35 illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson. Crown 8vo, beautifully bound, with gilt decorations of a shepard, his dog, and his sheep amidst a meadow spanning the entirity of the upper cover and surrounded by a floral border, the spine similarly decorated in gilt with illustrations of sheep and flowers with text in gilt, in original olive green cloth covered boards, a.e.g. viii, 429 [2 pages of ads]. A fine copy, and a beautiful binding in excellent condition.

 

A CLASSIC WORK, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED IN HIGH EDWARDIAN STYLE.

 

Price $295

 

 

 

 

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