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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
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
03147London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1935. In a Fine 'Textured' Inlaid Binding by Bayntun Rivière<br/><br/>BAYNTUN RIVIÈRE binders. THOMSON Hugh illustrator. GASKELL Mrs. Elizabeth. Cranford. With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: Macmillan and Co. 1935. Later Hugh Thomson illustrated edition. Octavo 7 1/16 x 4 3/4 inches; 180 x 120 mm. Frontispiece xxx 298 pp. With 110 black and white illustrations in the text.<br/><br/>Bound by Bayntun Rivière Bath ca. 1935 in full dark blue crushed levant morocco covers decoratively bordered in gilt front cover with a beautifully' contoured' inlaid design in red tan green and brown morocco reproduced from the illustration on page 240 spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt gilt board edges and turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. A very fine example.<br/><br/>The front cover illustration is taken from the text illustration on page 240 and depicts Mary Smith the narrator posting a letter to Miss Matty "I dropped it in the post on my way home and then for a minute I stood looking at the wooden pane with a gaping slit which divided me from the letter."<br/><br/>Cranford which originally appeared as a serial in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words 1851-53 and saw its first publication in book form in 1853 is "a series of linked sketches of life among the ladies of a quiet country village in the 1830s.The greatest charm of Cranford which has kept it unfailingly popular is its amused but loving portrait of the old-fashioned customs and 'elegant economy' of a delicately observed group of middle-aged figures in a landscape" Oxford Companion to English Literature. <br/><br/>Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell 1810-1865 a "strong and independent-minded woman" The Feminist Companion to Literature was an important proto-Feminist writer who often tackled unorthodox subjects in her novels. Cranford for example concerns a community of spinsters who glory in their freedom from male interference. Mrs. Gaskell was "'the most popular with small question the most powerful and finished female novelist of an epoch singularly rich in female novelists'" Enclyclopedia of British Women Writers p. 264 citing Mrs. Gaskell's obituary in The Athenaeum.<br/><br/>"Critical awareness of Gaskell as a social historian is now more balanced by awareness of her innovativeness and artistic development as a novelist. While scholars continue to debate the precise nature of her talent they also reaffirm the singular attractiveness of her best works" ibid of which Cranford is one. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1935 unknown books
04214London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. In a Fine 1897 'Exhibition' Binding by Zaehnsdorf<br/><br/>ZAEHNSDORF binders. THOMSON Hugh illustrator. GASKELL Mrs. Elizabeth. Cranford. With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. <br/><br/>Early reprint of the 1891 first Thomson illustrated edition. <br/><br/>Octavo 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm. Frontispiece xxx 297 1 pp. With 110 black and white illustrations in the text. Occasional foxing or staining especially on pp. 16/17; 104/105; 144/145 and 270/271. <br/><br/>A fine 'Exhibition' binding by Zaehnsdorf executed in 1897 stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in. Full crimson crushed levant morocco covers bordered in gilt and decoratively tooled in gilt and pointille in an elaborate floral design front cover lettered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt ruled board edgeswide and elaborate gilt decorated turn-ins ochre silk liners and end-leaves top edge gilt others uncut. The rear liner has the Zaehnsdorf 'Exhibition' stamp in gilt. Joints expertly and almost invisibly repaired one corner a little bumped still a very early and fine example of a Zaehnsdorf 'Exhibition' binding housed in a red morocco edged felt-lined red cloth slipcase.<br/><br/>Cranford which originally appeared as a serial in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words 1851-53 and saw its first publication in book form in 1853 is "a series of linked sketches of life among the ladies of a quiet country village in the 1830s.The greatest charm of Cranford which has kept it unfailingly popular is its amused but loving portrait of the old-fashioned customs and 'elegant economy' of a delicately observed group of middle-aged figures in a landscape" Oxford Companion to English Literature. <br/><br/>Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell 1810-1865 a "strong and independent-minded woman" The Feminist Companion to Literature was an important proto-Feminist writer who often tackled unorthodox subjects in her novels. Cranford for example concerns a community of spinsters who glory in their freedom from male interference. Mrs. Gaskell was "'the most popular with small question the most powerful and finished female novelist of an epoch singularly rich in female novelists'" Enclyclopedia of British Women Writers p. 264 citing Mrs. Gaskell's obituary in The Athenaeum.<br/><br/>"Critical awareness of Gaskell as a social historian is now more balanced by awareness of her innovativeness and artistic development as a novelist. While scholars continue to debate the precise nature of her talent they also reaffirm the singular attractiveness of her best works" ibid of which Cranford is one.<br/><br/>Hugh Thomson 1860-1920 was born in Kingsgate Street Coleraine Co. Londonderry the eldest child of John and Catherine Thomson. Thomson was educated in the model school in Coleraine. At age fourteen he started working at the local linen industry but three years later he entered the employment of Marcus Ward & Co. colour printers and publishers in Belfast where his talent for drawing was encouraged by John Vinycomb head of the art department. He married Jessie Naismith Miller in 1884 and moved to London where he took up employment with Macmillan & Co. on the English Illustrated Magazine joining some of the most distinguished writers and illustrators of the day. Thomson provided scenes of Covent Garden and Regency Bath and the illustrations for the Addison and Steele Spectator papers Days with Sir Roger de Coverley 1886-7. Thompson's style reflected the nostalgia of the time his fine line drawing of rural characters and gentle countrified society appealing to the imagination of the public. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895 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
1907004264London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1907. Full Morocco. Near Fine. Beautiful Kelliegram full morocco inlay binding with gilt detailing both front and rear cover. 8vo. 18 by 12 cm. xxx 297 1 pp. The front depicts Mr. Jenkyns strolling down a lane the rear a sedan chair. Kelliegram bindings such as this one were produced by the English bookbinding company Kelly & Sons at the turn of the twentieth century. The gilt stamp of the bindery can be found on the inside lower edge of the rear board. Light sunning of the spine. Otherwise fine condition. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co., Limited unknown 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
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
1861144701861. included in "Round the Sofa." London: Sampson Low Son and Co. 1861. 2 pp ads dated July 1861 last leaf of final gathering. Original blind-stamped green cloth with spine decorated in gilt. First English Edition so titled of this collection of six short stories the title one at 164 pages really being a novella. Most of these stories first appeared in periodicals such as "Household Words" during the late 1850s and MY LADY LUDLOW was first published as a book in 1858 by Harper of New York. In 1859 Sampson Low collected the stories in an anonymous two-volume work titled ROUND THE SOFA with interconnecting frames for each story and in 1861 this title MY LADY LUDLOW was first issued acknowledging "Mrs. Gaskell" as the author. In My Lady Ludlow Elizabeth Gaskell depicts the waning of aristocratic power and the waxing of professional hegemony in Regency England. Gaskell's representation of the rising professional society is its openness to participation by women by members of the working class and by the illegitimately born. Before any of the feminist movements of the nineteenth century had coalesced Gaskell's novel pointed to the egalitarian implications of professional ideals Colon. This copy does not have an ad catalogue in addition to the final one-page ad leaf see Smith Note 3. This is a bright copy just about fine a little foxing on the first few leaves but essentially no wear. Smith pp 138-142. unknown books
1857Embry 184547Smith Elder & co. London: 1857. First edition. Spines very slightly faded else fine. Engraved frontispiece in both volumes and additional facsimile plate in volume one. One-half maroon morocco by Bayntun simply titled in gilt and with central floral device to remaining compartments and with original cloth bound in at rear. Smith, Elder & co., London: 1857. First edition. hardcover books
1861125281London: Sampson Low Son and Co. 1861. First edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1861 novella which first appeared in Household Words in 1858. Octavo original cloth elaborately stamped in blind. In good condition. Ownership inscriptions. My Lady Ludlow recounts the daily lives of the widowed Countess of Ludlow of Hanbury and the spinster Miss Galindo whose father was a Baronet and their caring for other single women and girls. It is also concerned with Lady Ludlow's man of business Mr. Horner and a poacher's son named Harry Gregson whose education he provides for. With Cranford The Last Generation in England and Mr. Harrison's Confessions My Lady Ludlow was adapted for television in 2007 as Cranford with Francesca Annis as the eponymous character with Alex Etel as Harry Gregson and Emma Fielding as Laurentia Galindo. Sampson Low, Son and Co. hardcover books
19000000219<p>Fine Binding. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. 1900-1910. Later printings but one. Nine volumes 16mo 6.75" x 4.5" variously paginated uniformly and exquisitely bound by Ernst Hertzberg & Sons signed in blind on the recto of the rear free endpaper ca. 19-teens in full crushed dark brown morocco the spines in five compartments separated by raised bands lettered in gilt in one compartment with elegant tooling in black wrapping the spines onto both boards mimicking coptic fastenings tied up with fleur-de-lys fasteners. Top edges gilt floral blind-tooled inner dentelles brown laid-paper doublures and brown satin-ribbon page-markers bound in with velvet-lined tan cloth over board slipcase. </p><p>A few ribbon markers frayed occasional light rubbing mostly at the joints otherwise about Fine in slipcase which is soiled & stained mostly at the back of the box.<br /></p><p>A lovely set of "Love in Leather" as we like to call it which is perhaps more aptly characterized courtesy Raymond Carver as "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love." The publisher provides a running title for most of the volumes of "Tales from Foreign Lands."</p><p>Includes:<br /></p><p>Pushkin Alexander translated by Marie H. de Zielinska. Marie: A Story of Russian Love. 1906; Galdos B. Perez. Marianela: A Story of Spanish Love. 1907; Mrs. Gaskell. Cousin Phillis: A Story of English Love. 1910; Alphonse de Lamartine translated by James B. Runnion. Graziella: A Story of Italian Love. 1905; Drachmann Holger. Nanna: A Story of Danish Love. 1901 first printing; Charlot Francis. Madeleine: A Story of French Love. 1906; Krejsa Antonie translated by Caroline Svetla. Maria Felicia: A Story of Bohemian Love. 1900; Jensen Wilhelm. Karine: A Story of Swedish Love. 1909; and Muller Max. Memories from the German of Max Muller. 1909.</p><br /> A.C. McClurg & Co. hardcover books
185719321New York: D. Appleton & Co 1857. First American edition 2 vols. sm. 8vo viii 285; viii 269; engraved frontis portrait plus one engraved plate; bound without ads or half-titles in contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards green and black morocco labels on spines; very good set. <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
19071074London: Macmillan 1907. Later Printing. Full Leather. Fine. Minor shelf wear small dated owner inscription else tight bright and unmarred. Full blue morocco leather 5 raised bands burgundy label gilt lettering and intricate decorative elements and dentelles text block edges in near reflective gilt marbled endpages. 12mo. 297pp. Illus. b/w plates. <br/><br/>Exquisitely bound by W. T. Morrell London. Wonderful illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A stunning volume in hand. Macmillan hardcover books
0323<br/><br/>Gaskell Elizabeth. Cranford. London:Dent 1904. 8vo. Full vellum gilt designed by Reginal Knowles. 255pp. 26 full-page color plates by C.E. Brock including frontispiece and vignette title-page with tissue guard. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. A fine copy. Provenance: Morris/Levin collection. hardcover books
1857018658Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1857. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 508 pages. Rebound in red cloth with a black leather spine label. Written on the front endpaper is "John B. Callender from the Author." About three dozen pages have small stains. The first American edition. John P. Jewett and Company Hardcover books
18919005886London: Macmillan and Co. 1891. Hardcover. Near fine condition. Bound by L. Broga in tan calf with a brown leather spine label stamped in gilt and the covers and spine stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Image on request. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co. hardcover books
185721489New York: D. Appleton and Company 1857. First American Edition. Two octavo volumes 18.75cm.; original blind-patterned brown cloth gilt-lettered spines yellow glazed endpapers; viii28516;viii26917-14pp.; engraved frontispieces tissue-guarded. Boards a bit rubbed especially at spine ends spine gilt almost entirely perished though cloth itself remains unfaded textblocks rather foxed especially at preliminaries else a Very Good sound set complete with original publisher's advertisements including one leaf bound before the front free endpaper of Vol. I. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1897178916Chicago: Donohue Henneberry & Co 1897. New and revised edition. Hardcover. VG case worn at edges and bumped at corners interior very tight and clean. Brown leather binding with 5 raised bands gilt lettering and borders and black labels. Marbled endsheets and edges. xxvi 656 pages. Engraved capitals illustrations and half-titles; color tables/diagrams. "Embracing a complete self-teaching course in penmanship and bookkeeping and aid to English composition together with the laws and by-laws of social etiquette and business laws and commercial forms. A political dictionary the government of the U.S. the states and territorial governments colored charts etc. also a manual of agriculture mechanics and mining and a guide to parliamentary practice the whole forming a complete encyclopedia of reference" - from title page. Donohue, Henneberry & Co hardcover books
186319727.1New York: Harper & Brothers 1863. 1st US editiion Brussel EAST TO WEST p. 81; Gimbel B283; Oppenlander ATYR Contributer List p. 136; VanderPoel B450 for the 1864 edition. Not in Edgar & Vail. Printed white wrappers. Adverts to rear wrapper recto & verso. General soiling to wrappers with small piece missing from lower left of front panel no text affected. Bookseller blindstamp to front wrapper. Tide line to rear wrapper. Withal a VG copy of an uncommon edition. 3 - 46 pp. Text double-column. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>As is the case with most of the Christmas stories the work actually a collaborative effort though marketed under Dickens' very salable name: Chapters I & VII by Dickens per VanderPoel & confirmed by Oppenlander; Chapter II by Elizabeth Gaskell states Oppenlander even though Gaskell "swore" not to write for ATYR; Chapter III by Andrew Halliday; Chapter IV by Edmund Yates; Chapter V by Amelia Edwards; & Chapter VI by Charles A. Collins Dickens' son-in-law & the individual initially chosen to illustrate Drood. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1904022578New York: E.P. Dutton 1904. Octavo. 255pp. illustrated with 25 color illustrations by C.E. Brock. The author was an English novelist biographer and short story writer. Cranford was serialized in Household Words by Dickens. Besides known for her books Cranford and North and South she also wrote the biography of her friend Charlotte Bronte along with several other works. A very nice copy bound by E.P. Dutton in 3/4 blue crushed morocco over marbled paper covered boards raised bands gilt compartments decorated in red floral gilt onlays top edge gilt original gilt decorated cloth covers bound in at rear just a bit of fading to spine. Very nice. E.P. Dutton unknown books
185756178New York: D. Appleton and Company 1857. First American edition. Engraved frontispieces. 2 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth. A Fine copy but with spine faded as usual. Signed by Alfred Schermerhorn on endpapers. First American edition. Engraved frontispieces. 2 vols. 12mo. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
188327574London: Royal Society of London 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Gaskell's classical memoir on the muscles and nerves of the heart included a description of 'Gaskell's Nerves" the accelerator nerves of the heart. He showed that the motor impulses from the nerve ganglia to the sinus venosus influence the heart rhythm but do not originate cardiac movements which are due to the rhythmic contraction of the heart muscle." GARRISON-MORTON 829. iv 4 viii 751-1419 pp. 4to. Library binding tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean ex-library stamp on title page and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. Royal Society of London hardcover books
19127834New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1912. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1912 1st edition in the uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG in its lavishly gilt-decorated front panel and spine. Light foxing to the endapers tender but still perfectly sturdy inner hinges. In a bright VG dustjacket with light chipping to the spine ends and the tips and light wear along the flap folds. Still though a very presentable copy. Thick 12mo 646 pgs. nicely illustrated in color and black-and-white by M.V. Wheelhouse. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co hardcover books
189127824London: Macmillan and Co 1891. Large paper copy. With a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Original brick red cloth. Spine faded label a little rubbed else very good. Large paper copy. With a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Macmillan and Co unknown books
