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DESCRIPTION: International Collectors Library beautiful leatherette binding, LONG OUT OF PRINT edition SILAS MARNER by GEORGE ELIOT. THIS IS A VINTAGE HEIRLOOM ICL EDITION WITH LAVISH GILT IMPRESSIONS TO THE SPINE AND BOARDS DONE IN REAL 24K GOLD. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED & MOST BEAUTIFUL EDITIONS OF THIS MASTERPIECE YOU CAN FIND. 🍍 NOT INCLUDED… 😃
The International Collectors Library was a book club series published by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc. from the late 1940’s through the late 1980’s.
Generally, the books followed the 8-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ book size format. The binding designs were adapted based on old “Golden Age of Bookmaking” bindings, and made to look like leather-bound copies (leatherette). The bindings were embossed with 24K gold embellishments, and some copies had gilt edges (thin layer of gold leaf) applied. A sewn in satin ribbon marker was also added in most books. There were over 400 editions published in a variety of bindings. Some editions came with loose-leaf inserts that described the book club, the bindings and design styles, and a story synopsis of the book-in-hand.
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ABOUT THE BOOK: George Eliot's tale of a solitary miser gradually redeemed by the joy of fatherhood, Silas Marner.
Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of Eppie, the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past.
Silas Marner, George Eliot's favorite of her novels, combines humor, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.
CONDITION: Book is in AMAZING condition for its age with only some minor shelfwear to the edges of the boards and some age spots to the page ends, something very common in these editions (SEE PICS FOR BETTER DETAILS). NO ATTACHED BOOKPLATES, WRITING FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, ETC. It is a BEAUTIFUL EDITION.
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