GASKELL L.ELivre Rare Book
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187520734Hachette et Cie 1875 390 pages in-12. 1875. Demi-Cuir titré au dos en lettres dorées. 390 pages. Roman anglais traduit en français par E.D. Forgues
1865R240074068L.HACHETTE ET CIE. 1865. In-12. Cartonné. Etat passable, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Rousseurs. 390 pages - rousseurs à l'intérieur de l'ouvrage sans réelle conséquence sur la lecture - étiquette collée sur la page de titre - coins frottés - plats tâchés - couverture d'attente - dos manquant - tranches salies.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1872RO20266797LIBRAIRIE HACHETTE ET CIE. 1872. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 390 + 8 (catalogue publicitaire) pages - signature en page de faux titre - dos en partie manquant. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
186824615London: n.p. Chapman and Hall 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First volume edition. 16 volumes for Household Words; 20 volumes for All the year Round; 36 8vo volumes in all. All but two of the volumes are ex-college library in modern buckram gilt spine titles. Library markings are: shelf numbers on spines; pencil numbers on upper left corners of titles pages; two line rubber stamp on textblock edges. Volumes 14 and 16 of Household Words are contemporary half leather marbled paper boards similarly ex-library. Generally very good to near fine but with occasional foxing and staining. <br /> <p><br /> First appearances of Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations and The Moonstone the first detective story. <br /> <p><br /> Shipping at cost.<br /> <p>. n.p. (Chapman and Hall) 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
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
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
188720351Borland & Co. Poor. 1887. Hardcover. Full leather bound cover is scuffed boards are detached but present caps are frayed and corners are frayed. Boards and spine are straight. Text block is tightly bound. Former owner's name written on front end sheet in antiquated ink. Pages are lightly toned but clean and in very good condition. . Borland & Co. 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
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
18882000041996R. S. Peale & Co. 1888. R. S. Peale & Co. 1888 16th Edition Very Good/ Heavy cloth binding is dark-red blank spine and burgundy probably a rebinding. Page edges dyed red are slightly faded. Encyclopedia of how things used to be. Title on decorative paste down on front. After the title page and table of contents; text starts with a page 17 English Grammar and goes for 830 pages with multiple indexes. publication date is approximate based on the contents. Edition is an estimate. LARGE HEAVY ITEM 5.63 Pounds. Size: 10 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches. Gaskell's Compendium of Forms Educational Social Legal And Commercial Embracing A Complete Self-Teaching Course in Penman and Bookkeeping and Aid To English Composition; Together With The Laws And By-Laws of Social Etiquette And Business Laws and Commercial Forms A Manual of Agiculture Mechanics And Mining And A Complete Guide to Parliamentary Practice The Whole Forming A Complete Encyclopedia of Reference. Hardcover. Condition: No Jacket. A Very Good solid binding of a title which is "Elegantly illustrated with examples of penman to allow for self-teaching. Covers origin of proverbial expressions commonly used business letters letters of credit love letters evening parties and much more." Edition is approximate. Light wear to two tone cloth with no lettering. Very little exterior wear. Pages 17 has the corner missing some of the other pages have small tears but very readable. Solid structure. "Elegantly Illustrated; spotting to some pages and wear to others. "Contents: The English Language; Composition Elocution and Oratory; Writing Penman And Pen Flourishing; Bookkeeping; Dictionaries; Letter Writing; Letters Of Correspondence; Social Correspondence And Forms; Success In Business; Commercial Forms; Laws And Forms of Business; Mechanical and Scientific Tables and Facts; Agriculture asnd Mining; Tables of Reference; Parliamentary Etiquette and Rules; The Home and Family Life; Social Etiquette; English And American Literature; Familiar Poems" "illustrations" Some color illustrations. of this volume International postage will only be processed with additional charges for from the buyer. Astronomy: There are 8 planets and the planet Vulcan is theorized in this volume but later debunked by Einstein's theory of relativity which explained the unusual planetary rotation of Mercury due to theory of General Relativity providing a new understanding of gravity as a curvature of spacetime caused by massive objects. WOW!. 16th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Exp. R. S. Peale & Co. Hardcover
1878RO60111589The Clarendon Press. 1878. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Coiffe en tête abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 268 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Jaquette abîmée et défraîchie.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
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
1891mon0000110475Macmillan 1891-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. in x in x in. 1891 macmillan edition on blue cloth slight bending to body of book Macmillan unknown
18954665bdNew York: Thomas Y. Crowell 1895. Octavo gilt-decorated green cloth hardcover top edge gilt xxiv 290 pp. Photogravure frontis. illus. Very Good; light shelf wear. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1895. hardcover books
189811466<p>Macmillan and co. London. 1898. FIRST COLOUR HUGH THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. Illustrated throughout with 101 fine line drawings by Thomson 40 of them now printed in colours for the first time. A very good copy in a fine late nineteenth century leather binding by Mudie of London. Full dark green morocco spine with raised bands. Compartments ruled decorated and lettered in gilt. Gilt ruled border on boards. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. A little rubbing to the extremities but overall a lovely copy of this highly attractive edition. Originally issued with the illustrations plain but here with 40 coloured for the first time by Thomson in 1898. A beautiful edition of this English classic.</p> Macmillan and co. London. 1898 hardcover
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>
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
1896FB3545 /3<p>Green cloth binding with gilt title on the spine and front board.</p><p>A lovely book with a good pedigree</p><p>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. Back board has blind stamped Bliss Sands colophon on bottom edge.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell</strong>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 left out deciding that certain more salacious aspects were better kept hidden. Among Gaskell's best-known novels are Cranford 1851–53 North and South 1854–55 and Wives and Daughters 1865 each having been adapted for television by the BBC.</p> Bliss Sands & Co. hardcover
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
1842211103015Henry Altemus 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Henry Altemus hardcover
