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First issued by Blackwood in eight parts during 1876, then as the first book edition in four volumes. The volume title pages read Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot, Vol. I (to IV), William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLXXVI. The parts are the true first issue; for the book edition check that every volume carries the 1876 roman date and the Blackwood imprint. Blackwood's Cabinet Edition of 1878, with Eliot's final corrections, is a later edition.
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William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, in 1876, in hardback.
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