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1891blb06774London: MacMillan and Co. 1891. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark green cloth with elaborate and bright gilt botantical decoration to front and spine. Book is tight square sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out other than crack down length of spine cloth and some minor ex-library markings including an ex-libris plate from Southwest Harbor Public Library on inside front cover. Endpapers dark green - all edges of text block bright gilt. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. MacMillan and Co. hardcover
1896mon0000973446Bliss Sands & Co 1896. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. Complete with 10 illustrations. No dust jacket. Rubbing to corners. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Bliss Sands & Co hardcover
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
189226059Philadelphia: Henry Altemus 1892. New Edition. Hardcover. Good. 18mo 294 pages publisher's period half calf it has the publisher's name at the heel of the spine marbled boards <br/><br/>Mary Smith the narrator visits the little village of Cranford and relates tales of the villagers who are mostly spinsters and widows living in genteel poverty. There are tea parties robberies quarrels and gossip. Henry Altemus hardcover
189143337London: Macmillan and Co 1891. Hardcover. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. 12mo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering and elaborate pictorial giltstamping. xxx 297pp 2pp ads. All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece numerous small illustrations. Very good. Quite bright and tight and attractive first of this illustrated edition of Mrs. Gaskell's celebrated 1853 novel the only flaw being a couple of small edge chips at head of spine -- else internally superb and fine. Macmillan and Co hardcover
1896002399London: Bliss Sands & Co. 1896. No Edition Stated . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8" X 5 1/2. T. H. Robinson. First edition of this work was in 1853 so this is a reprint. Green boards have gilt text and decorations on spine and front. Spine shows gilt wall clock with long chained weights and pendulum front has twice blind stamped rectangle gilt title and author in inner. Gilt is in good condition and the front is especially bright. Front pastedown carries prize dedication from the F.C. Normal School Glasgow under the Head Mastership of George S. Brown for the First Prize for Domestic Economy Session 1898-1899. Title Page tissue guarded. 16 b/w illustrations by Robinson. Book has top edge gilt fore edges rough cut and is slightly cocked. Back board has blind stamped Bliss Sands colophon on bottom edge. A very special book - with a legacy. Bookseller's Inventory # 102399. <br/> <br/> Bliss Sands & Co. hardcover
189166650Macmillan 1891-01-01. Unknown Binding. Very Good. Macmillan and Co. London 1891 first edition. Bound in original publisher's black cloth with elaborate gilt design on front cover and spine; all edges gilt. Light fox and tone. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Small loss head of the spine. Please email for photos. Macmillan unknown
189244850London: Macmillan and Co. 1892. 8vo. xxx 297 pp. Illustrated in b/w. Brown half morocco brown marbled boards. TEG. Slight crack to head of spine. Edges of boards rubbed. . Very Good. Half Morocco. 1892. Macmillan and Co. 1892 unknown
190017126London: Macmillan & Co 1900. Book. Illus. by Hugh Thomson. VG. Leather. Reprint. Octavo. Prize book in full brown leather gilt with label on front endpaper. Endpapers and edges marbled. Leather worn at edges but attractive nonetheless. Macmillan & Co Hardcover
1858007526New York: Harper & Brother Publishers. 864pp. Black leather spine and corners marbled boards. Edge wear and some splitting at the spine. Text is in great condition with only few flaws. Includes: Doom of the Griffiths by Mrs. Gaskell; Idlewild by Addison Richards; Jack of All Trades by Charles Reade; Marriage Tragedy by Wilkie Collins; The Virginians by W. M. Thackeray; Livingston's Travels in South Africa by David Livingstone. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall . Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1858. Harper & Brother, Publishers hardcover
1858007533New York: Harper & Brother Publishers. 864pp. Brown leather spine and corners marbled boards. Some edge wear. Book plate inside cover. Clean text. Contents Include: Incident Niagra Falls by Mrs. Gaskell; Night Scene by William Cullen Bryant; The Virginians by W. M. Thackeray; Etc. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1858. Harper & Brother, Publishers hardcover
1860009875New York: Harper & Brothers 1860 First American Edition. Brown silk binding decoratively stamped in blind gilt titles. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. 305 1 6 pp. advertising. Chocolate endpapers. A collection of Gaskell's stories which first appeared in Charles Dickens's Household Words and All the Year Round: "Right at Last" "The Manchester Marriage" "Lois the Witch" and "The Crooked Branch". Spine has been repaired with original spine laid down hinges renewed by expert bindery. Light old waterstain to corner of first 50 pp. Occasional foxing. Good. Scarce. Harper & Brothers hardcover
18633765London: Smith Elder and Co 1863. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo viii 499 p. Frontispiece and additional engraved title page and three further illustrations signed DM and SWAIN. Contemporary half brown polished calf lettered on backstrip marbled boards plain endpapers. OCLC lists only three copies whereas it lists 17 libraries holding the 3 volume 1st ed and 9 holding the 3 volume 2nd ed. Sadleir ranks this title second among his list of scarcities. Has a General Assembly library NZ monogramme to front cover withdrawn plate inside on FEPs. <br/><br/> Smith, Elder and 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
18749028213London: Smith Elder 1874. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth with spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Spine and cover decorated in black rear cover stamped in blind. Front and rear inner hinges weak but holding well. Light wear at head and heal of spine and at extremities. An earlly edition originally published by Smith Elder in 1857. <br/><br/> Smith, Elder 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
1854JC14259Philadelphia: T. K. Collins Jr. 1854. Paperback. Good. Original printed wraps; 8vo; pp. 32. Covers scuffed and lightly chipped and stained with early ownership signature and library stamps; small inkstain at top margin of first 3 leaves; the occasional faint library stamp. A good working copy. Uncommon -- OCLC locates just 7 copies. <br/><br/> T. K. Collins, Jr. paperback
187798571ABWien, Faesy & Frick, 1877. Mit 1 gefalt., lithogr. Karte. XXVII, 356 S. Späterer Pappband m. Rückenschild. - Gutes bis sehr gutes Ex.
1883041153Chicago: Fairbanks Palmer & Co. 1883. 26th edition 1883. Hard to find in full leather. Thick volume an extensive reference covering all kinds of forms and instruction in Victorian business and social etiquette. Full brown leather lettered and extensively decorated in gilt all edges gilt gilt tooled inner dentelles patterned blue endpapers frontis portrait of the author other illustrations throughout more than two inches thick. Spine skillfully repaired with well-matched leather surviving parts of original spine covering preserved some very light chipping to far outer edges of covers endpapers worn and unevenly faded lower part of front hinge repaired binding sound foxing to frontis mainly on the blank reverse side some darkening to inner margins of last few pages no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fairbanks, Palmer & Co. Hardcover
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
1882b35bePacific Publishing Company 1882. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. a much owned and used copy. boards are scuffed and edge worn. foxing and markings. age related wear. binding has been repaired. fair reading copy. very heavy may require extra postage. SK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Pacific Publishing Company 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
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
189146441Macmillan. Very Good- with no dust jacket; 1st illustrated edition. 3/4 leather . w/marbled paper over boards. Gilt lettering TEG. Marbled end papers. . Paper on boards rubbed at edges. Foxing-type speckles on edges. Foxing on . pages mostly at edges. Previous owner gift note on front end page. B100 . . 1891. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 297 pages . Macmillan hardcover
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
