Scenes of Clerical Life
The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., N/A. Hardcover. N.d., circa 1920s. No additional printings mentioned. Publishing imprint credits 'The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.' at title page, with 'The Evergreen Library' dust jacket and emblem to cloth. Cloth spine and jacket indicate Simpkin as the publisher (Simpkin, Marshall, and Company). Gray cloth boards with navy lettering and border to front panel and spine. Boards very good with edge wear and mild age soiling. Cloth lightly scraped at rear panel with gentle fraying at corners. Spine squared. Binding sound. Dust jacket toned and edge worn with tape repairs to corners and spine tips. Spine foot has tattering with small instances of loss. Dust jacket is unclipped, with price of 3/6. Pages age toned with sparse foxing to front matter. Interior else unmarked. Frontispiece is well-preserved, clean and bright. A collection of three short stories written by Mary Ann Evans; her first published work of fiction and the first of her works released under the famous pen name, 'George Eliot'. Used: Very Good / Very Good. Item #CORV-BBC-X000942
Price: $100.00