Gaskell

rif. 000402 — Hardback. Fair. Appleton and Company New York 1857 first US edition; 2 vols 12mo pp viii 285 and viii 269; pp 12 but paginated 14 catalogue of Appleton publications divided between the two volumes at the end; original brown cloth gilt lilac end papers recased with later blue free end paper at the front on vol I; engraved frontispiece of Bronte to volume I and of Haworth church and parsonage to volume II; spines dulled and frayed at the edges and ends internally slightly browned at the extreme edges of the pages but otherwise clean; back hinge of volume 1 a little weak but binding generally tight and firm; ownership inscription dated 1858 in each volume; despite the flaws described this is a still a reasonable copy of the first US edition published shortly after the book appeared in the UK. hardcover