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1903799F19London: Macmillan and Co 1903 . Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Hugh Thomson. A charmingly illustrated edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's popular depiction of Victorian rural life in a bright signed Bumpus binding. A beautifully bound straight grained morocco edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's episodic Victorian novel depicting village life and inspired by the author's own experiences. In a signed Bumpus binding.This edition is illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson an Irish illustrator best known for his pen and ink contributions to works of authors including Austen and Dickens.Gaskell was known for her stark depictions of Victorian society and this is a delightful example of one such work.With a contemporary inscription dated 1904 to a front endpaper. In a straight grained morocco signed binding with gilt detailing. Light rubbing to joints with boards bright and clean. Front hinge starting with board holding firm. Binder's stamp to verso of front free endpaper. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright with the odd spot. Very Good Macmillan and Co hardcover
1904039526London: Dent 1904. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. C E Brock. pp XV 255. The Series of English Idylls. TEG leading and lower edges untrimmed with 25 coloured illustrations with excellent spine and upper board gilt decorated. An ideal gift. Dent hardcover
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
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
1911020330London and New York: J.M. Dent & Co.; E.P. Dutton & Co. 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Brock C.E. Hardcover book in very good condition. This edition is a reprint of the 1904 edition. Previous owner's signature to ffep dated 1914. Books hows some light wear darkening to textblock. Overall a lovely copy. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe quick and secure transaction. 10 years in online bookselling experience. <br/> <br/> J.M. Dent & Co.; E.P. Dutton & Co. hardcover
19239030710London: Macmillan and Co 1923. Hardcover. Very good. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Bound in half blue calf with marbled boards and with red leather labels stamped in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Minor wear to extremities. Text block in excellent condition. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 297 pages. <br/><br/> Macmillan and Co hardcover
190483272London: J. M. Dent & Co 1904. Text bright occasional light spotting but pages mostly clean spotting on frontispiece and title page foxing on endpapers partially cracked gutters at endpapers binding firm rubbing and some light foxing to boards. Hard. Good. Illus. by Brock C. E. 8vo. J. M. Dent & Co Hardcover
1940618794London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1940. First thus hardcover in good condition. Removable plastic covered clipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Wood engravings by Joan Hassall. Jacket is marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked including small tears chips and repairs with tape from within. Boards are sunned. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed with the front upper bump leading into the pages. Spine is cocked. Page block face and foot are rough cut and tanned. Previous owner's dedication on page opposite title page. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Illus. by Hassall Joan. Used. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd Hardcover
190437380London: J.M. Dent 1904. Hardcover. Brock Charles. small 8vo full white vellum stamped in gilt 24 color plates by Charles Brock bound in ribbon bookmark. 1907 gift inscription to verso of frontispiece toning to endpapers vellum boards notably bowed else very good. J.M. Dent hardcover
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
190474257London: T.M. Dent & Co. 1904. Vellum boards with gilt lettering and decorated on front and spine uncut closed edges gilt closed edges to head light edgewear rear board rubbed and stained spine browned small spot stain to front board and light browning to edges boards and text block slightly rippled foxing to endpapers ink inscription to fep this book part of the Series of English Idylls colour frontispiece entitled 'Oh sir! can you be Peter' 25 coloured illustrations by C.E. Brock all present decorated title page with small colour illustration spotting to edges of some pages otherwise clean and tidy text clear to read pp secure in binding. Hard. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Brock C.E. 12mo. T.M. Dent & Co. Hardcover
19481330422Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1948. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Hassall Joan. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Blue cloth gilt title to spine. Grey and dark pink decorated endpapers. 255 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Some foxing to textblock and top edge of textblock a little dusty. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss and has a large tear to rear panel. There is a message from the publisher on the colophon page stating "the first impression of this edition of Cranford was published in 1940 and most of it was destroyed by enemy action". Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. hardcover
194800066George G. Harrap & Co 1948. Other. Hardcover. Good. George G. Harrap & Co. London 1948. Second printing. Hardcover 8vo. Jacket has a few chips missing. Blue cloth binding holding well. Dust jacket has some loss on top and bottom edges of backcover and at ends of spine. Tiny chips on top edge of cover. Gift inscription opposite to title plate. George G. Harrap & Co hardcover
190700065Macmillan Publishers 1907. Other. Hardcover. Very Good. MacMillan and Co. Limited London 1907. 8vo 297 33 vi- xxix a-t. New edition. Pictorial cloth binding and guilt title on front board and spine bright and clean. Some shelf wear corners very slightly bumped. Spine is rolled and leaned bumped on ends. Light and pale foxing on end papers otherwise clean text. Illustrations by Hugh Thompson. Macmillan Publishers hardcover
1907S64980London: MacMillan and Co. 1907. xxx 298 2-publisher's ads lightly colour-tinted pen and ink illustrations throughout text. . HB. 8vo 197x130mm publisher's original dark navy-blue cloth front board and spine highly embellished with ornate gilt-stamped symmetrical Art Nouveau design all edges gilt. An attractive copy exceptionally clean and vibrant showing only very light rubbing to the extremities of the binding bright gilt to upper board and spine. Internally clean front endpapers slightly browned but the text block remains otherwise in excellent clean condition. Very good. With a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. This 'New Edition' is the first with all Thomson�s pen and ink illustrations printed with partial colour-tinting MacMillan first published an edition with Thomson's uncoloured pen and ink illustrations in 1891 and the 1898 edition had previously included 40 of the illustrations printed in colour. Imprint to verso of title page reads: 'Reprinted with Coloured Illustrations October 1898. New Edition 1907.' This is also the first edition to feature the binding design by A.A. Turbayne with his distinctive scarab monogram to lower outer quadrant of upper board. MacMillan and Co. hardcover
1940mon0000071216Harrap 1940-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. small pocket edition choice books from george harrap with spine cover missing Harrap hardcover
1940mon0000052504Harrap 1940-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback in good condition with minor discolouring or wear to book covers and page edges due to age. Clean text sound binding. Harrap hardcover
1907000011274London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1907. Later printing. Hardcover. Good or better. 8vo. 5 vi-xxx 1 2-297 1 2 pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Navy cloth with gold decorations and lettering on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with several full-page and in-text color drawings by Hugh Thomson. With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. The second Thomson edition with colour illustrations. Moderate wear to the cloth hinges with tiny splits but the binding is functional. Macmillan and Co., Limited hardcover
194841244London: George C. Harrap & Co 1948. 1 vols. 8vo. Half green morocco gilt spine t.e.g. Spine sunned to light brown else fine. 1 vols. 8vo. <br/><br/> George C. Harrap & Co unknown
1927167732London: Macmillan and Co 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. New edition. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Full leather with gilt decoration. All edge gilt. Near fine with owner's name on preliminary pages modest edgewear. Macmillan and Co hardcover
19222080502106907344Not Available 1922. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1948878V43London: George G. Harrap 1948. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". Joan Hassall. The second impression published of this edition in 1948 with a rather good dust wrapper. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Cranford is an episodic novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.It first appeared in the Household Words. It was then revised and published in book form in 1853.Cranford is partly based on Knutsford the town in which Gaskell grew up. It is inspired by rural town life of class snobbery. Gaskell fictionalizes her childhood observations to understand the role of class within society. The second impression of this edition. Publisher's note: The first impression of this edition of Cranford was published in 1940 but most of it was destroyed by enemy fire during the Blitz. This is the second impression of that edition. Accompanied by 23 wood engraving by Joan Hassall. It includes twenty vignettes and three plates. Bound in the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Slight loss to the head tail and front corners of the dust wrapper. Edge wear to the flyleaf. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with marginal age toning. Fine George G. Harrap hardcover
1903219275HLondon: MacMillan and Co. Limited 1903. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 5 x 7. Thomson Hugh. 297 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Previous owner's bookplate and signature on the ffep. Full gilt on the edges. Bound in green cloth with gilt titles and black decorative art nouveau design. Darkened on the spine. Lightly worn on the edges. VG/- - <br/> <br/> MacMillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1940948T24London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd 1940. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". Joan Hassall. A very scarce and superb copy of the first Joan Hassall illustrated edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford. First Joan Hassall illustrated edition. Most copies of this work were destroyed in The Blitz and to find one with a dust wrapper is extremely rare let alone in this superb condition. Unrepeatable. With twenty-three woodcut illustrations. Collated complete. An episodic novel featuring accounts of life in a country town based on the small Cheshire town of Knutsford in which the author grew up and the old-fashioned class snobbery prevailing. Written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell an English novelist biographer and short story writer. Illustrated by Joan Hassall an English wood engraver and book illustrator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and sunning to the extremities and spine. The odd small mark. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd hardcover
1903837B59London : Macmillan and Co. 1903. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 5". Hugh Thomson . A smart illustrated copy of Elizabeth Gaskell's popular novel Cranford. This is a lovely illustrated edition of Cranford. Cranford is an episodic novel by the English writer Elizabeth Gaskell which first appeared in the magazine Household Words. This volume has a preface by Anne Thackery Ritchie and with illustrations throughout the text by Hugh Thomson.With two pages of publisher adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart with some fading to the spine and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with bright pages with some very light spotting scattered to some pages. Very Good Macmillan and Co. hardcover
