EDITION DE LUXE
Cranford
Dent, 1911.
Fourth edition illustrated by Brock. 8vo. Deluxe issue. Full white vellum, elaborately decorated and titled with gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Decorative endpapers. Twenty-four colour plates, plus illustrated title page, by C.E. Brock. A near fine copy with slight bowing of the spine, marks to some of the pages and a detached red ribbon page marker.
First published in instalments. Originally Gaskell published a story entitled "Our Society in Cranford" in the magazine 'Household Words', and was encouraged to write more episodes by the magazine's editor, Charles Dickens. These episodes were all eventually published as one volume; Cranford.
Stock ID: 45888
