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1836WN475100London: John W. Parker 1836. Original brownish cloth with gilt spine title. Library ink stamps on top and bottom edges but no other library indicia. Spine ends and joints chipped with some loss of cloth. Binding worn and stained overall but binding very tight and text block sound. Owner names on front pastedown and ffep. Pencilled notations on preliminaries. Gaskell's work was a significant commentary on the impact of industrialization on the working class in Britain in the 19th century. An uncommon title. Appendix complete as well as 12 pgs. of publisher adverts at rear. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. John W. Parker Hardcover books
1857140939975London: Smith Elder & Co 1857. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. Two volumes bound without ads but with half-title pages in contemporary tan calf over marbled boards with green and red gilt-stamped title labels to spines all edges marbled. Bindings lightly rubbed at extremities. Pages toned foxed at preliminary and terminal leaves. Bookplates and clippings from former owner tipped in. A charming set of Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of her close friend. Smith, Elder & Co unknown books
18685074.26London: Chapman & Hall 1868. 1st volume edition. Black half leather bindings with marbled boards Vols 10 11 & 14-16 with Arabic numerals to spine labels; all other volumes have Roman numerals. Occasional corner wear. Some rubbing to boards. Period pos dated 1860. Occasional spot of foxing. Vol 10 with professionally restored joints. Withal a solid VG set. 20 volumes complete. ~600 pages per volume. Text double column. Christmas Stories included: Vol 2 with "The Haunted House" Vol 6 has "Tom Tiddler's Ground" Vol 8 has "Somebody's Luggage" & Vol 10 has "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings" Vol 4 lacks "A Message from the Sea". 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>From the start of his literary career Dickens wished to be an editor. and began such early-on with Bentley's Miscellany. After two more somewhat unsuccessful efforts he succeeded with Household Words which due to personal differences with his publishers gave rise to this final editorial publication All The Year Round. The content was miscellaneous in nature and attracted some of the best writers of the day- Wilkie Collins The Moonstone & The Woman in White Mrs. Gaskell A Dark Night's Work Trollope Is He Popenjoy. not to mention Dickens himself- the periodical contains the first appearance of his two great works- A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1853140939938London: Chapman and Hall 1853. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. Finely bound by William Thomas Jennings Worsfold in late 19th or early 20th-century half leather over marbled boards with all edges gilt. The former copy of author Edmund William Gosse with his bookplate to the front free endpaper; bookplate of Scottish writer and literary critic George Lillie Clark to front paste down. Contents toned. A scarce copy of the popular Victorian novel first published in eight parts in the magazine Household Worlds and here in book format for the first time and with slight revisions. Chapman and Hall unknown books
18914788London: Macmillan and Company 1891. Large Paper Edition. Large Paper Edition. Superbly bound by Lorenz Schwartz one of the premier designers and finisher in the history of the US working with Otto Zahn S.C. Toof Roycrofters and Monastery Hill Binderies. The thick binding measures 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches and is signed by The Monastery Hill Bindery on the rear lower turn-in and again by Schwartz with his characteristic ìLSî monogram 1 4 of the way up the spine on left. Bound in full navy morocco with ìcathedralî-esque design on the front cover made up of vertical lines ringlets and the signature Schwartz heart tool. At the bottom of the design spaceìCRANFORDî is spelled out with inlaid turquoise morocco filled in with all-over gilt stippling. Spine with four raised bands and title hand-gouged in second compartment; corresponding ìcathedralî tooling with leaf fillet gouge and ringlet in first and fifth compartments; middle compartment ruled with ringlets at corners; authorís name also hand-gouged in fourth compartment. T.E. G. Wide double gilt-ruled dentelles with gilt leaf at each corner and framing bright turquoise silk moire endpapers. Some light rubbing primarily to bottom edges and small spots to front cover. The Large Paper Copy with illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson. Fine. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Company hardcover books