Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Title: Cranford
Description: London, Macmillan and Co, 1891. Cloth. Hugh Thomson's beautifully illustrated large paper edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's charming village novel. The large paper edition.'Cranford' is a popular novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell, which was originally published in instalments in Charles Dickens' 'Household Words&apos. It isn't a plot-driven book,mainly relying on satirical sketches of small town customs in Victorian England.Illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text engravings throughout. Gaskell was one of the most popular female writers of her time, also writing 'Mary Barton', 'North and South', and 'Wives and Daughters&apos. She was good friends with Charlotte Bronte, writing a biography about her after her death.Illustrated by Hugh Thomson, an Irish illustrator who illustrated editions of books by Oliver Goldsmith, Charles Dickens, and Jane Austen.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Only a few minor marks to the boards and spine. Spine label is lifting a little and is lightly rubbed. Spine is faded. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .

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