Gaskell

1904 · 1000F28 — London: J. M. Dent & Co 1904-1906 . Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". C. E. Brock. Beautifully bound in the publisher's original cloth with gilt detailing and illustrated with colour plates by C. E. Brock present here are two classic works of 19th century literature. Both of these volumes are illustrated by popular English painter and illustrator Charles Edmund Brock.The first of these published in 1904 is Elizabeth Gaskell's charming 'Cranford' with a colour frontispiece and title page and twenty-three further colour plates.Collated complete.The second volume is a 1906 edition of Washington Irving's 'The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall' with a colour frontispiece and title page and twenty-two further colour plates.Collated complete.Former owner's inscription to front pastedown of Cranford and a front blank of Bracebridge.Charmingly illustrated popular works of literature uniformly bound. In the publisher's original decorative cloth bindings with gilt detailing. Externally bright. Light mark to tail of Cranford back strip with minor marks to head of Bracebridge front board. Inscription to Cranford front pastedown and a front blank of Bracebridge. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good J. M. Dent & Co hardcover