Mrs Gaskell [Elizabeth Gaskell]Biblio.com
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1895906Z11London: Smith Elder & Co. 1895. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None stated. A new illustrated edition of this romance novel by Mrs Gaskell bound in half calf. A new illustrated edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and three monochrome plates. Collated complete.Volume III from the 'Novels and Tales of Mrs Gaskell' series. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. This sad romantic novel was written by Elizabeth Gaskell and tells the story of Sylvia Robson her loving cousin and her lover who is sent away to war under conscription during the Napoleonic Wars. Bound in half calf with marbled paper to the boards. Externally very smart with fading to the spine and rubbing to the fore edges. Internally firmly bound with bright pages and occasional spotting. Very Good Indeed Smith, Elder & Co., hardcover
1895mon0001591047Macmillan and Co. 1895. Hardcover. Good. . Leather binding. Macmillan and Co. hardcover
189600009330New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. c.1896 1896. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small 8vo. 4 iii-xxiv 1-290 4 pp. Bound in green cloth with decorative border in gold on the front board and the spine border in blind on the rear board lettering in gold on the spine light green floral-patterned endpapers and pastedowns; all edges gilt. Frontispiece with tissue guard vignette title page numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Gift inscription from Susy Sayer to her husband Rockwell Sayer dated September 29 1896 on the first blank leaf. Rockwell Sayer aka Sayre was a Chicago banker best known for his long-running crusade against cats best represented in his 1921 opinion piece arguing for the abolition by which he meant extermination of cats published with an opposing viewpoint by Mrs. George Kessel the National Secretary of the American Cat Association see Bisbee Review November 27 1921. ODNB 'Gaskell nee Stevenson Elizabeth Cleghorn' Jenny Uglow. An attractive example of one of Gaskell's most popular novels a loosely connected series of satirical sketches with an unusual association. Near Fine with scattered light annotations in pencil throughout. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. [c.1896] hardcover
1892000013955New York: D. Appleton and Company 1892. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. bound in one. 8vo. 5 vi-viii 1 2-285 1 3 2-269 1 6 pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering and gold rules on the spine. Brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece. A pleasing later printing of Gaskell's acclaimed biography. Two marks of private ownership on the front preliminaries a newspaper clipping pasted on the rear pastedown the front gutter slightly strained but holding strong. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1871016891London United Kingdom: Smith Elder & Co 1871. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition THUS First Published in 1863 this is the "New Edition" published in 1871. Pp. 251. Original green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages are clean contemporary name to front end page. Rubbing to extremities some lean to spine. Smith, Elder, & Co Hardcover
1855RO40105026Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig. 1855. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur bon état. 410 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1898018836Service & Paton 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Brock H. M. Maroon hardcover. Spine slightly faded spine ends rubbed. Corners lightly rubbed. Inner joint cracked. Pages toned. With 16 illustrations by HM Brock <br/> <br/> Service & Paton hardcover
188188922Chicago: W.M. Farrar 1881. Second edition. Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to edges mild rubbing to spine head and foot gently bumped and frayed corners very light soiling to boards else Good. Large golden quarto xxiv 503 pages b&w illustrations portraits; 28 cm. Encyclopedias and dictionaries Penmanship. W.M. Farrar hardcover
1889mon0002888521Chicago: Standard Publishing Co. 1889. Hardcover. Good. . Mustard cloth cover with decoration in black and gilt over beveled boards shows minor wear tear rubbing and slight loss at the corners and spine ends. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing. Chicago: Standard Publishing Co. hardcover
187563468London: Smith Elder & Co. 1875. 8vo. viii 441 pp. Contemporary maroon half morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt lettering. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Mudie. Rubbing to spine & joints. Early ink owner's name to first blank. Boards clean. Internally clean. Title-page vignette. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1875. Smith, Elder & Co. 1875 unknown
1864FB135 /3<p>First illustrated edition. <strong><em>Cranford</em></strong> is an episodic novel by the English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It first appeared in instalments in the magazine <em>Household Words</em> then was published with minor revisions as a book with the title <em>Cranford</em> in 1853. The work slowly became popular and from the start of the 20th century it saw a number of dramatic treatments for the stage the radio and TV. <strong>Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell</strong> <em>née</em> <strong>Stevenson</strong>; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865 often referred to as <strong>Mrs Gaskell</strong> was an English novelist biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society including the very poor. Her work is of interest to social historians as well as readers of literature. Her first novel <em>Mary Barton</em> was published in 1848. Gaskell's <em>The Life of Charlotte Brontë</em> published in 1857 was the first biography of Charlotte Brontë. In this biography she wrote only of the moral sophisticated things in Brontë's life; the rest she left out deciding that certain more salacious aspects were better kept hidden. Among Gaskell's best known novels are <em>Cranford</em> 1851–53 <em>North and South</em> 1854–55 and <em>Wives and Daughters</em> 1865 each having been adapted for television by the BBC.</p>
1891398923-XM31London : Macmillan and Co. 1891. 2. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt lettered green cloth all edges gilt tissue-guarded frontispiece illustrations in b/w 8vo.; Spine skew cornbers bumped several light stains to front and rear board namae in fountain pen on verso first endpaper foxing through text. London : Macmillan and Co. hardcover
1857blb03761New York: D. Appleton & Company 1857. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good. Two Volumes of a 2 volume set - condition same for both unless noted: Brown cloth on boards with blind stamped geometric pattern on front and back - gilt lettering on spines is faded. Name and date of original owner on FFEP of Vol. I - ""Ellen S. Hanterville - May 12th 1858"". Nice pale blue endpapers - 1 ad page in the front of each volume for Commodore Perry's Japan Expedition and multiple pages for other titles at the end of each volume. Striking tissue-guarded frontispiece of Bronte in Vol. I and of Haworth Church and Parsonage in Vol. II. Nice copies of the First American Edition of this classic biography. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
18911461London & New York: Macmillan & Co. 1891. First edition thus Octavo 297 pages plus publisher's ads bound in original dark green cloth with elaborate cover and spine designs in gilt. Top edge gilt. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Aside from some usual foxing to the preliminary pages this is a fine bright copy of the title that provided the name of one of the most beautiful and sought after series of English literary classics "The Cranford Series". Rogerson 4 Macmillan & Co. hardcover books
1900396392London : James Nisbet & Co. Ltd 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Prize label: Penistone Grammar School : Awarded to Bernard L. Davis for Mathematics. Good copy in the original full aniline calf. Gilt-blocked decorated leather label to spine with raised bands. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dulled as with age. Scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 313 pages : 20 cm. Notes; Includes frontispiece by H. M. Block. Subjects; Sisters ; Fiction. Villages ; Fiction. Older women ; Fiction. Female friendship ; Fiction. Female friendship. English fiction 19th century. Country life England Fiction. English fiction 1837-1900 texts. England Social life and customs 19th century ; Fiction. Illustrated books : graphic design. English literature : individual authors. London : James Nisbet & Co. Ltd hardcover
1857000014Leipzig: Leipzig: Tauchnitz 1857 1857 Hard Cover. No Jacket. Copyright Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 2 vols. very good For large or particularly heavy books or multi volume sets there may be additional charges. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Copyright Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1857 hardcover
187520268London: Smith Elder & Company. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1875. Reprint. 1. Leather. Half leather over marbled boards spine in six compartments separated by raised bands one black and one red label in two compartments gilt borders in all compartments gilt borders on covers marbled endpapers. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell née Stevenson 1810 1865 often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society including the very poor and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Mrs. Gaskell was a close friend of Charlotte Bronte and was asked by Charlotte's father Patrick Bronte to write this biography of his daughter. . The volume shows only the slightest signs of shelf-wear else as new unmarked tight square and clean. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. viii 441 5-ads pp . Smith, Elder & Company hardcover
1892135019New York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1892. First Edition; Early Printing. Fine binding. Very Good. Owner's name FEP. Spine slightly cocked. Edgewear corners rounded and worn. Boards lightly soiled.; 16mo 6" - 7 Thomas Y. Crowell unknown
1892953T53London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1892-1893. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Hugh Thomson. Two smart volumes of these illustrated novels from English writers Elizabeth Gaskell and Mary Russell Mitford. Two volumes. Both illustrated throughout with in-text images from Hugh Thomson an Irish illustrator best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations. With an introduction to each text from Anne Isabella Lady Ritchie the eldest daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray and an English writer. This set contains: Cranford 1892. Fourth impression. An episodic novel following a cast from the fictional town of Cranford based on the small Cheshire town of Knutsford in which Elizabeth Gaskell grew up. Written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell often referred to as Mrs Gaskell was an English novelist biographer and short story writer. Our Village 1893. First edition. A collection of about one hundred literary sketches of rural life the vivid series was based upon life in Three Mile Cross a hamlet in the parish of Shinfield south-east of Reading in Berkshire where she lived. Written by Mary Russell Mitford an English essayist novelist poet and dramatist. In the original full green cloth binding with gilt. Externally sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges starting but firm with the front endpaper of Cranford loosening. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1900FB4588 /21<p>Navy cloth binding with gilt title and on the spine. Grey and green art deco style decoration on the spine and both boards. F .B.A. provides an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available.</p><p>This is a beautifully bound book scarce & worthy of any library. Cranford is an episodic novel by the English writer Elizabeth Gaskell . It first appeared in instalments in the magazine Household Words then was published with minor revisions as a book with the title Cranford in 1853. The work slowly became popular and from the start of the 20th century it saw a number of dramatic treatments for the stage the radio and TV. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell née Stevenson ; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865 often referred to as Mrs Gaskell was an English novelist biographer and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society including the very poor. Her work is of interest to social historians as well as readers of literature. Her first novel Mary Barton was published in 1848. Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë published in 1857 was the first biography of Charlotte Brontë . In this biography she wrote only of the moral sophisticated things in Brontë's life; the rest she omitted deciding certain more salacious aspects were better kept hidden. Among Gaskell's best known novels are Cranford 1851–1853 North and South 1854–55 and Wives and Daughters 1865 all having been adapted for television by the BBC.</p> The Gresham Publishing Co. hardcover
188920968U. S. Publishing House. Good. 1889. Hardcover. Red cloth blind stamped cover with gilt is modestly soiled caps are lightly frayed corners are bumped and lightly worn but cover is in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet's printed book plate in ink. End sheets and paste downs have modest soiling. Pages are lightly toned some thumbing and in very good condition. B&W illustrated frontispiece many B&W plates and B&W illustrations. . U. S. Publishing House hardcover
189213754London: MacMillan And Co. 1892. 3rd Edition. 3/4 Calf Binding. Very Good. 12mo. 297pp. Beautiful 3/4 turquoise crushed morocco binding over walpaper covers. Spine in 4 uneven compartments with red morocco spine label. Florets and gilt rule decoration on spine. Covers bordered in single pallet gilt rule. Marbled endpapers and top edge gilt. Unsigned fine binding with original cover and spine bound in at rear of volume after adverts page. This victorian classic edition with the illustrations by Hugh Thomson. MacMillan And Co. unknown
185714651LITNew York: D. Appleton and Company 1857. Original lavendar cloth covers darkened w/ age. Gilt title on spine. Spine sunned. Corners bumped. Lightly soiled and rubbed. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Contents nice. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. D. Appleton and Company Hardcover
18914710817Smith Elder & Co. 1891. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Octavo sized book. Rebound in a red cover. Slight pencil markings. Slight foxing. Clear text. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN: Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
1892mon0000989780Macmillan and Co 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Pages clean no markings wear to edges. Complete with numerous illustrations. Macmillan and Co hardcover
