CRANFORD.
by Gaskell, Mrs. (Elizabeth Gaskell)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
New York : Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. N.D., ca 1900s, 12mo, xxi, 290pp, illustrated, with a Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Limp leather covers with gilt design and lettering, ribbon marker, top edge gilt. Extremities worn, particularly at spine ends, previous owner's inscription at front endpaper, backstrip slightly darkened, else G+. The classic story by Elizabeth Gaskell dealing with the life of the peaceful little English village of Cranford, inhabited chiefly by old ladies who practice elegant economy and a quaint social decorum under the leadership of the Honorable Mrs. Jamieson. The chief characters are the two Miss Jenkyns: Miss Deborah and Miss Mattie. See Benet, The Reader's Encyclopedia..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Legacy Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00800
- Title
- CRANFORD.
- Author
- Gaskell, Mrs. (Elizabeth Gaskell)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- LITERATURE WOMEN AUTHORS
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About the Seller
Legacy Books
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Louisville, Kentucky
About Legacy Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...