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1900Best.-Nr. 0000219Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. 1900-1910. Later printings but one. Nine volumes 16mo 6.75" x 4.5" variously paginated uniformly and exquisitely bound by Ernst Hertzberg & Sons signed in blind on the recto of the rear free endpaper ca. 19-teens. Full dark brown crushed morocco the spines in five compartments separated by raised bands lettered in gilt in one compartment with elegant tooling in black wrapping the spines onto both boards mimicking coptic fastenings tied up with fleur-de-lys fasteners. Top edges gilt floral blind-tooled inner dentelles brown laid-paper doublures and brown satin-ribbon page-markers bound in with velvet-lined tan cloth over board slipcase. A few ribbon markers frayed occasional light rubbing mostly at the joints otherwise about Fine in slipcase which is soiled & stained mostly at the back of the box. A lovely set of "Love in Leather" as we like to call it which is perhaps more aptly characterized courtesy Raymond Carver as "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love." The publisher provides a running title for most of the volumes of "Tales from Foreign Lands." Includes: Pushkin Alexander translated by Marie H. de Zielinska. Marie: A Story of Russian Love 1906; Galdos B. Perez. Marianela: A Story of Spanish Love 1907; Mrs Gaskell. Cousin Phillis: A Story of English Love 1910; Alphonse de Lamartine translated by James B Runnion Graziella: A Story of Italian Love 1905; Drachmann Holger. Nanna: A Story of Danish Love 1901 first printing; Charlot Francis Madeleine: A Story of French Love 1906; Krejsa Antonie translated by Caroline Svetla Maria Felicia: A Story of Bohemian Love 1900; Jensen Wilhelm. Karine: A Story of Swedish Love 1909; Muller Max Memories from the German of Max Muller 1909 A.C. McClurg & Co. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 56560ending ". quiet evening. Given under my hand and Seal." mounted with an attractive reproduction of her chalk portrait by George Richmond 1851 8¼" x 4¾" the fragment 1½" x 4½" together on stiff paper 11¾" x 8¼" no place 13th January no year circa unknown
2014Best.-Nr. Manohar-9781849738088RSC Publishing 2014. Hardcover. New. RSC Publishing hardcover
2014Best.-Nr. Manohar-9781849738088RSC Publishing 2014. Hardcover. New. RSC Publishing hardcover
1867Best.-Nr. feb931861867: First Hungarian Edition of Cousin Phillis Phillis unokahúgom Used. For more details please contact me Pest hardcover
1956Best.-Nr. feb506421956: First Polish Edition of Mary Barton Used. For more details please contact me Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy
1907Best.-Nr. 26417Edinburgh: John Grant 1907. Very Good. Edinburgh: John Grant 1905-07. Thornton Edition. Twelve octavo volumes. Illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations principally showing places associated with the Bronte family and their novels. Green cloth with spine lettered in gilt; top edges gilt. A mismatched set with Wuthering Heights the only title from 1905 and slightly shorter. Bookplate of Lady Diana Duff Cooper to front pastedown of all volumes except Wuthering. Boards show light rubbing to edges toning to spine and edges white spotting to a few volumes Gaskell volume split at bottom of front joint. Bindings sound and pages unmarked; about Very Good. Author actress and aristocrat Lady Diana Cooper was a member of the pre-WWI group of intellectuals known as The Coterie most of whom were killed in the war. A Very Good set enriched by Cooper's evocative neoclassical bookplate. John Grant unknown
1907Best.-Nr. 26417Edinburgh: John Grant 1907. Very Good. Edinburgh: John Grant 1905-07. Thornton Edition. Twelve octavo volumes. Illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations principally showing places associated with the Bronte family and their novels. Green cloth with spine lettered in gilt; top edges gilt. A mismatched set with Wuthering Heights the only title from 1905 and slightly shorter. Bookplate of Lady Diana Duff Cooper to front pastedown of all volumes except Wuthering. Boards show light rubbing to edges toning to spine and edges white spotting to a few volumes Gaskell volume split at bottom of front joint. Bindings sound and pages unmarked; about Very Good. Author actress and aristocrat Lady Diana Cooper was a member of the pre-WWI group of intellectuals known as The Coterie most of whom were killed in the war. A Very Good set enriched by Cooper's evocative neoclassical bookplate. John Grant unknown books
1861Best.-Nr. 125281London: Sampson Low Son and Co. 1861. First edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1861 novella which first appeared in Household Words in 1858. Octavo original cloth elaborately stamped in blind. In good condition. Ownership inscriptions. My Lady Ludlow recounts the daily lives of the widowed Countess of Ludlow of Hanbury and the spinster Miss Galindo whose father was a Baronet and their caring for other single women and girls. It is also concerned with Lady Ludlow's man of business Mr. Horner and a poacher's son named Harry Gregson whose education he provides for. With Cranford The Last Generation in England and Mr. Harrison's Confessions My Lady Ludlow was adapted for television in 2007 as Cranford with Francesca Annis as the eponymous character with Alex Etel as Harry Gregson and Emma Fielding as Laurentia Galindo. Sampson Low, Son and Co. hardcover
1891Best.-Nr. OCB1572London: London: Macmillan & Co. 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. London: Macmillan & Co. 1891. Riviere and Co. binding. Contemporary brown calf. Bound by Riviere and Co. Gilt edges around banded spine with gilt lettering at spine. Original cloth covers bound in. Marbled endpapers inner gilt dentelle. With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 591L18London: Macmillan and Co 1935. Fine Binding. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". Hugh Thomson. A lovely illustrated edition of this popular Victorian novel. Illustrated throughout by popular Irish born illustrator Hugh Thomson. Thomson's pen-and-ink drawings complement this novel perfectly. Thomson illustrated the works of many popular author's such as Austen Dickens and J M Barrie. Thomson's illustrations to 'Cranford' led to his increase in popularity and his being commissioned by George Allen and Co to illustrate 'Pride and Prejudice'. 'Cranford' is one of Elizabeth Gaskell's best known novels. It was originally issued in Charles Dickens' popular magazine 'Household Words'. The work is a series of satirical sketches portraying small town customs and values in Victorian England. In a lovely Bayntun-Riviere binding with the binder's stamp to the verso of front endpaper. In a half calf binding with cloth covered boards. Externally smart. Fading to the spine as usual with this colour. Minor rubbing to the rear joint and to the raised bands. Small losses to the spine label. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Several gatherings remain uncut to the bottom edge. The odd spots to pages. Near Fine Macmillan and Co unknown
1866Best.-Nr. 955P14Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1866. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4.5". None. The very scarce first Tauchnitz edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's final novel a smartly bound set. The very scarce first Tauchnitz edition published in the same year as the first U.K. edition in book form.Complete in three volumes.'Wives and Daughters' follows the only daughter of a widowed doctor Molly Gibson as she grows up in a provincial English town in the 1830s.This novel was originally serialised in the 'Cornhill Magazine' from August 1864 to January 1866. Gaskell died before finishing it so the final section was written by Frederick Greenwood.Bound without half-titles. This edition was published by Bernhard Tauchnitz. Tauchnitz started his 'Collection of British Authors' in 1842 and it continued for almost exactly 100 years. By breaking with the European practise of ignoring British copyright law Tauchnitz was a driving force behind international agreements on international copyright protection. The goodwill he gained from British authors enabled him to be the principal continental publisher of English language works. He was often sent early proofs and so was able to first publish at the same time or very soon after the British publisher. In a full calf binding with gilt decoration. Externally smart. A little light rubbing to the boards and spines. A few light marks to the boards mostly to Volume III. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Half-titles have been removed. Very Good Indeed Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover
1857Best.-Nr. 26758London: Smith Elder & Co 1857. First edition. Half leather bound with marbled paper covered boards and end papers; Modest wear to edges corners and raised bands. Two volumes; viii 352 & viii 327 pages bound without ads; Frontis engravings with facing tissues and facsimile manuscript plate. Smith, Elder & Co unknown
1940Best.-Nr. 948T24London: 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
1868Best.-Nr. 24615London: 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. First appearances of Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations and The Moonstone the first detective story. Shipping at cost. . n.p. (Chapman and Hall) hardcover
1868Best.-Nr. 24615London: 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. First appearances of Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations and The Moonstone the first detective story. Shipping at cost. . n.p. (Chapman and Hall) hardcover books
2019Best.-Nr. __1138208272Informa Law 2019. Hardcover. New. 504 pages. 9.75x7.25x2.00 inches. Informa Law hardcover
2001Best.-Nr. 47357HEYNE WILHELM 02/2001. 1. softcover. Atlantis Gaskell HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
1972Best.-Nr. 51571NY: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition hardcover. Hint of corner wear small blemish to lower board. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is slightly toned/creased to flaps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . St. Martin's Press hardcover
1857Best.-Nr. 453115London : Smith Elder and Co 1857. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed with backstrip faintly rippled as from damp. Edges dust-toned with interior overall bright and clean. Rear hinge volume 1 cracked with binding holding. Frontispieces retain their tissue guards; a well-preserved set overall. Provenance: signature of J.H. Stobart dated 1857. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes viii 352; viii 327 1 pages : frontispieces v. 1 portrait ; 20 cm. Notes; With half-titles. Frontispieces engraved by J. C. Armytage from drawings by G. Richmond and E. C. Gaskell. Subjects; Brontë Charlotte 1816-1855. Novelists English -- 19th century -- Biography. Women novelists English -- 19th century -- Biography. London : Smith, Elder, and Co hardcover
2015Best.-Nr. x-1138820989Routledge 2015. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 846 pages. 9.50x6.50x2.25 inches. Routledge hardcover
1870Best.-Nr. feb773381870: First French Edition of Cousin Phillis Cousine Phillis Used. For more details please contact me Hachette hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. feb503191948: First Japanese Edition of Cranford 女ã®ç”º Used. For more details please contact me Shintensa
1924Best.-Nr. 60353Edinburgh: John Grant 31 George IV Bridge 1924. Twelve vols. 8vo. xi 5 405 1; 6 371 1; xvii 3 499 1; xi 5 378; 6 458; 6 471 1; xi 5 421 1; 6 406; 4 353 1; 4 347 1; 4 301 1; xviii 2 525 1 pp. Half-titles & titles in red & black all vols. w/ frontisp. some sepia-tinted photogravures plates. Uniformly bound in publisher’s green linen decorated gilt spines & lettering occasional shelfwear slight rubbing very slight bumping to some corners w/ original d.j.’s printed spine art to match the bindings some minor chipping heads & feet of some spines occasional closed tears thumbing dustsoiling still a NF/VG set partially uncut & unopened. An excellent Thornton Edition of the Bronte sisters’ opus of gothic novels edited by Temple Scott featuring the detailed biography of Charlotte Bronte by Gaskell uncommon with all volumes in original dustjackets. Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre” and Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” are considered not only the two sisters best works but still central to the English literature canon while Anne’s lesser known Tenant of Wildfell Hall is considered by many as the first sustained feminist novel. Charlotte would outlive both her talented sisters eventually marry her father’s curate whom she had disliked and die at 38 unable to survive her pregnancy. John Grant, 31 George IV Bridge, unknown
1924Best.-Nr. 834G13Edinburgh: John Grant 1924. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A beautiful twelve volume set of the Brontë sisters classic novels. The new Thornton Edition edited by Temple Scott. Complete in twelve volumes. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt detail. A beautiful collection of these classic novels by the incredibly influential and successful Brontë sisters. This set comprising of: 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë with a preface by Charlotte Brontë. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four monochrome plates. Collated complete. 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece in both volumes and nine plates altogether. Collated complete. 'Agnes Grey' by Anne Brontë. With a memoir of her sisters by Charlotte Brontë. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Collated complete. 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' by Anne Brontë complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece in both volumes and one full page plate. Collated complete. 'Shirley' by Charlotte Brontë complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece in both volumes and ten plates. Collated complete. 'Villette' by Charlotte Brontë complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece in both volumes and four plates. Collated complete. 'The Professor' by Charlotte Brontë. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. 'The Life of Charlotte Brontë' by E. C. Gaskell. Introduction and notes by Temple Scott and B. W. Willett. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four full page illustrations. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with some shelf wear to the edges. The occasional light mark to the boards. Some light spotting and the occasional mark to the paste-downs and free endpapers heavier in 'Shirley' volumes one and two. Age-toning to the free endapers of 'Agnes Grey'. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional mark. Spotting towards the front and rear of 'Shirley' volumes one and two. Several pages throughout are uncut. Spotting to the fore-edges. Very Good Indeed John Grant hardcover
