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Cranford -- FIRST Hugh Thompson Edition; With a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Illustrations by Hugh Thompson
by GASKELL, Mrs
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: MacMillan and Co, 1891. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. Hugh Thompson. 8vo. Pp. 297, [3]. Frontis. illus. with tissue guard. Illustrated with Hugh Thompson sketches, the tailpiece being a full plate. Bound in dark green cloth with elaborate gilt design on front cover, also by Hugh Thompson, and gilt lettering on spine that's a bit dulled. All edges gilt. Foxing, mostly to preliminaries. With a snag at the head of the spine. Slightly cocked and a tad shaken. Corners bumped. The first edition with Hugh Thompson illustrations. Despite condition issues, this copy remains well bound and presentable. A fine example of elaborate period gilt cloth. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2214
- Title
- Cranford -- FIRST Hugh Thompson Edition; With a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Illustrations by Hugh Thompson
- Author
- GASKELL, Mrs
- Illustrator
- Hugh Thompson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- MacMillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1891
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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
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- Gilt
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Fine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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