Gaskell E Lizabeth C (5 results)

8vo., Fifth? Edition, with engraved title-vignette; original yellow cloth printed in black, uncut, expertly recased, a well-preserved, bright, clean, crisp copy. With publisher's advertisement on front paste-down, 2pp catalogue at end and rear endpaper advertisements. Gaskell's standard 'life' was first published as two volumes in 1857; the subsequent controversy resulted in the work's through revision for the third edition later in the same year. This is almost certainly the fifth edition, published in the format of the seven-volume Cheap Edition of the Bronte novels. In this issue the first four volumes, together with the second edition of the Poems, are advertised on the final leaf, and the series as a whole is printed on the rear cover. VERY SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING. Smith, pp.40-41; Wise, pp.219-220 .…

First American edition. First American edition. Engraved frontispieces. 2 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth. A Fine copy, but with spine faded as usual. Signed by Alfred Schermerhorn on endpapers Engraved frontispieces. 2 vols. 12mo.

Hardback. Condition: Fair. Appleton and Company, New York, 1857, first US edition; 2 vols, 12mo, pp viii, 285 and viii, 269; pp 12 (but paginated 14) catalogue of Appleton publications divided between the two volumes at the end; original brown cloth gilt, lilac end papers, recased with later blue free end paper at the front on vol I; engraved frontispiece of Bronte to volume I and of Haworth church and parsonage to volume II; spines dulled and frayed at the edges and ends, internally slightly browned at the extreme edges of the pages but otherwise clean; back hinge of volume 1 a little weak but binding generally tight and firm; ownership inscription dated 1858 in each volume; despite the flaws described this is a still a reasonable copy of the first US edition, published shortly after the book appeared in the UK.…

First American Edition. Two octavo volumes (18.75cm.); original blind-patterned brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, yellow glazed endpapers; viii,285,[1],6;viii,269,[1],7-14pp.; engraved frontispieces, tissue-guarded. Boards a bit rubbed, especially at spine ends, spine gilt almost entirely perished though cloth itself remains unfaded, textblocks rather foxed, especially at preliminaries, else a Very Good, sound set, complete with original publisher's advertisements, including one leaf bound before the front free endpaper of Vol. I.…

First American edition, 2 vols., sm. 8vo, viii, 285; viii, 269; engraved frontis portrait plus one engraved plate; bound without ads or half-titles in contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards, green and black morocco labels on spines; very good set.