GASKELL, Elizabeth C.. Cranford. (FIRST EDITION - 1853)

AUTHOR: GASKELL, Elizabeth C.

TITLE: Cranford.

PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1853.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8vo. Bound in the publishers original green cloth, housed in a full dark green morocco solinder slipcase.

CONDITION: Spine slightly faded to brown, spine expertly relined, inner hinges strengthened.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This is the first book edition of Mrs. Gaskell’s most beloved novel. First published serially in Dickens’ magazine Household Words from 1851-53. Cranford’s greatest charm, which has kept it unfailingly popular, is its amused but loving portrayal of the old-fashioned customs and ‘elegant economy’ of a delicately observed group of middle-aged figures in a landscape. A work which is difficult to find in a 1st edition much less in original cloth.