Poems, in Two Volumes (Volumes 15-16 of Limited Holly Lodge Edition of Works of George Eliot)

by George Eliot

1898 limited (copy 123/500) Holly Lodge Edition, Dana Estes and Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), two 6 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches tall green cloth hardcover volumes, no dust jackets, printed paper labels to spines, top page edges gilt, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed, printed on laid paper, illustrated with a dozen full-page engravings with tissue guards, 245, 218 pp. (463 pages total.) Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with moderate age toning to spines. Chipping to the label for Volume 1. Many unopened signatures (preferred by some collectors), easily remedied with a paper knife or edge of a playing card. Otherwise, a very good to near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked - in a handsome printing of this classic. 

A collection of the poetry of leading English Victorian author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), together with an essay about her poetry as well as 'Extracts from George Eliot's Life.' In 1864, Eliot began writing her longest poem, 'The Spanish Gypsy,' the first work in this collection. This project exhausted her, and her partner took the manuscript away from her for fear it was making her ill. Other works include 'The Legend of Jubal,' 'Agatha,' 'Armgart,' 'How Lisa Loved the King,' 'A Minor Prophet,' 'Brother and Sister,' 'Stradivarius,' 'A College Breakfast-Party,' 'Two Lovers,' 'Self and Life,' 'Sweet Evenings Come and Go Love,' 'The Death of Moses,' 'Arion,' 'Oh May I Join the Choir Invisible.'