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The Egoist by George Meredith (Signet, 1963)

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The Egoist by George Meredith (Signet, 1963)
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A Victorian typeface for a book by an author from the Victorian era: Romanesque was designed by Herman Ihlenburg (1843–1905) for MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan in 1874. The Egoist is a novel written by George Meredith (1828–1909) and first published in 1879. This is the Signet Classics paperback edition from 1963, with a cover illustration by Saul Lambert.

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1 Comment on “The Egoist by George Meredith (Signet, 1963)”

  1. See also The Rise of Silas Lapham for another paperback published by Signet Classics in 1963, likewise with Romanesque and cover art by Saul Lambert:

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