Search Results: cranford by gaskell mrs elizabeth

Garden City, Ny: Doubleday. Good with no dust jacket. No pub date. Paperback. Slightly Soiled. .

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1951. 228 yellowing pages, red boards with gilt ltrs on spine, corners & head-heel of spine are bumped, slightly cocked. DJ is red/black/and white decorative design with red ltrs in cream box while nicked and chipped on edges/ehead-heel of spine/and edges. #40 in the Novel Library with an introduction by Angela Thirkell.. Unknown Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Hurst & Co., New York, n.d. (ca. 1900). Good. Lovely little (18mo) gift edition with exquisite color miniature painting of snow scene on medallion placed on embossed brown and white front board; lettering blind stamped in white, but most of white has worn off. Little shelf wear--slight bumping to corners and faint rubbing at crown and foot of spine; area of slight discoloration at one spot on back board; spine sunned in absence of d.j. Binding firm. 316 p., immaculate and unmarked except for name of former owner on front end page and two tiny smudges there. Tiny open tear on lower edge t.p., obviously snipped out with scissors. Frontis. portrait of the author, who was as beautiful as she was talented.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in cloth with gilt decoration and titling. Top edge is gold gilt. 24 color plates. NEAR FINE. Shows slight wear to the topmost and bottommost of the spine, ever so slightly faded spine, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text and plates are clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and colorful. Decorative binding, as pictured.

New York : Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. N.D., ca 1900s, 12mo, xxi, 290pp, illustrated, with a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Limp leather covers with gilt design and lettering, ribbon marker, top edge gilt. Extremities worn, particularly at spine ends, previous owner's inscription at front endpaper, backstrip slightly darkened, else G+. The classic story by Elizabeth Gaskell dealing with the life of the peaceful little English village of Cranford, inhabited chiefly by old ladies who practice elegant economy and a quaint social decorum under the leadership of the Honorable Mrs. Jamieson. The chief characters are the two Miss Jenkyns: Miss Deborah and Miss Mattie. See Benet, The Reader's Encyclopedia..

New York: The Federal Book Company, 1903. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. "Red cloth boards with gilt lettering; Top Book Edge is gilt; other Book Edges have light soiling from age; White Endpapers have tanned somewhat; Normal shelf wear, corners are lightly bumpedand very lightly rubbed; light to moderate soiling to front and back panels, spine has darkened slightly; rear gutter is but tight; page edges lightly aged; 12mo; 278 pages; illustrated; book is not dated, but Federal Books were only around for two years, 1902-1904 " 0.88#; P3;

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1892. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. With a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Illustrated. Small spots of wear at the spine ends and corners. The spine is slightly slanted. Previous owner's name is written on the front free endpaper. Otherwise fine in a tight binding with hinges intact..

GENERIC, 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1894, Altemus Publishing. Coverboards are covered with a faded red cloth, unlike photo. Silver ornate designs are the same. Worn along edges and silver is rubbed off in places on covers. Inner binding is broken, but still attached. Tanning to page edges. Other than name on flyleaf, pages are unmarked and intact, still bound to spine.

Philadelphia. Fair with no dust jacket; Cloth; Henry Altemus co.; 1894. Brown cloth with silver lettering & trim. Fair, fraying to spine, soiling, F.O.N, foxing to end papers, 294 pgs .

NY: Longmans Green & Co., 1896. Green cloth.. Ex-library, light underlining/marginalia in pencil, water ring mark on front cover, header worn: Good.. 8vo. 16 black & white illustrations by T.H. Robinson..

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Hardcover, bright red cloth lettered in gold with figural vignettes on spine and front cover. T.e.g. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 15 full page black and white plates. No date but circa 1900. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Fine. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1907. New Illustrated Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Illustrated edition of Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell.. Octavo, xxx, 297pp, [3]. Blue cloth, title on spine and front cover, gilt embellishments on covers. Stated "Reprinted with Coloured Illustrations October 1898. New Edition 1907" on copyright page. Solid text block, all edges in gilt, features frontispiece with tissue and 110 additional illustrations throughout text. Edges slightly bumped, a near fine example.

Henry Altemus, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

This is a handsome, antique copy of "CRANFORD" by Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell. 1914; Macmillan and Co.; London. With illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson. This copy has been beautifully custom-bound by ZAEHNSDORF in full leather with seven raised bands and gilt decorations on the spine, marbled end papers, gilt page edges on all sides of the text block, gilt decorations along the outer edges of the inside covers, and a gilt border on the front and back covers.Condition:Clean covers and spine. There are a couple tiny chips to the leather at the top and bottom edges of the spine. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned and clean with no notable issues found. The book has been beautifully re-bound by Zaehnsdorf. Bright gilt page edges on all sides of the text block. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition.

London and NY: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1898. Second Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First edition with color illustrations. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt lettering and floral decoration on spine and cover, t.e.g., fore and bottom-edges deckle. Generously illustrated with 40 color illustrations and 60 pen-and-ink sketches by Hugh Thompson. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. . Covers and spine mildly soiled and slightly worn at head and heel, small ownership label on spine, brief pencilled prize inscription, dated 1902, on ffep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. All of the illustrations are bright and fresh. VERY GOOD. . Color and B&W Illustrations. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxx, 297, (1) pp .

London: 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.