Name/Title
Cranford / Mrs. GaskellEntry/Object ID
2017.11.14Description
Bound for Beauty #85
297 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
First published in 1851 in serial form in the Dickens edited "Household Worlds."
With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie.
Bookseller's ticket inside front cover: Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, Booksellers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsBook Details
Author
Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellIllustrator
Hugh ThomsonPublisher
Macmillan & CompanyDate Published
1891Printer
R. & R. ClarkPlace Printed
City
EdinburghCountry
Scotland, United KingdomBinding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Cranford SeriesBinding Designer
Hugh ThomsonBinding Notes
Bound in dark green cloth with binding design by Hugh Thomson featuring a large potted daisy, a tea service, and playing cards. Elaborate floral gilt spine decoration. Green coated endpapers. All edges gilt.Notes
Published in the same year of publication- 1891 to title page. No date to copyright page.
Owner's bookplate to ffep. Grace M. Pugh
Owner's name written on half title page: J. E. Taylor, Humshaugh.Exhibition
Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection