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Octavo, rust cloth, decorated in blind, gilt-lettered spine; slight trace of a bookplate removed from the front pastedown. First edition with Blackwood's 16-page catalogue at the end; without the two leaves of Alexander Carlyle ads at the rear, which appear in only some copies; Carter's "binding A," with the more elaborate gilt design on the spine. Sadleir 819; Wolff 2063. A gorgeous copy enclosed in a custom-built slipcase.

'Silas Marner', published in 1861, tells the story of a reclusive weaver, who finds redemption and purpose after adopting an orphaned girl.