Name/Title
Cranford / Mrs. GaskellEntry/Object ID
2015.7.137Description
297, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.
Note: publishers advertisements for Hugh Thomson's books at rear.
With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie.
First published in 1851 in serial form in the Dickens edited Household Worlds. Cranford is a 19th century English market town, the life of which is dominated by custom and a group of prominent Victorian ladies.Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' BindingsLexicon
Search Terms
Sisters, Female friendship, Fiction, 1890sBook Details
Author
Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellIllustrator
Hugh ThomsonEdition
NewPublisher
Macmillan & CompanyDate Published
1907Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's BindingBinding Designer
A.A. TurbayneBinding Notes
Bound in navy blue cloth with all-over gilt detailed decoration to spine and front. All edges gilt.
Signed binding, scarab monogram on lower right side of front cover.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
