8vo. [4], 364pp. Contemporary blind-stamped, gilt-ruled half-calf, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, marbled boards. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine and boards sunned. Bookseller's ticket of Thomas Peake of Newcastle to REP. Scattered spotting, particularly to endpapers.

The first edition of Eliot's touching fable of rural life and community, telling the story of a miserly weaver who earns redemption after deciding to adopt a boisterous, abandoned toddler.