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CRANFORD.
by HASSALL, Joan; GASKELL, MRS. Elizabeth Cleghorn
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- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1948.. Illustrated Edition. Quarter morocco . Fine. Second Printing, 1948. Octavo. Finely bound in quarter brown morocco over cloth boards, the spine with raised bands and with blind ruling and gilt lettering. Decorative floral endpapers.Top edge gilt. 255 pp, decorated title page, 12 illustrations, 11 tailpieces and decorated endpapers all by Hassall. Fine condition.
¶ The first impression of this edition of CRANFORD was published in 1940, and most of it was destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed during the Blitz - making this the earliest 'available' printing of the Hassall Illustrated edition.
¶ The first impression of this edition of CRANFORD was published in 1940, and most of it was destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed during the Blitz - making this the earliest 'available' printing of the Hassall Illustrated edition.
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- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 311347
- Title
- CRANFORD.
- Author
- HASSALL, Joan; GASKELL, MRS. Elizabeth Cleghorn
- Format/Binding
- Quarter morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Illustrated Books;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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