Catalogue 230
WOMEN WRITERS: PART II G-O
LIFE OF BRONTË
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn (BRONTË, Charlotte) The Life of Charlotte Brontë, ... 2nd edn. 2 vols.
Smith, Elder & Co. 1857
Half titles, fronts, facsim. vol. I, 16pp cata. (April 1857) vol. II. Orig. brown wavy-grained cloth, borders blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; one gathering sl. proud vol. I, but overall a v.g. bright copy.
A DARK NIGHT'S WORK
(GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn) A Dark Night's Work. By the authoress of "Mary Barton". IN: All the Year Round, nos. 196-204, January 24th 1863 - March 21st 1863.
Published at No. 26, Wellington Street. 1863
Nine consecutive issues of All the Year Round bound into contemp. purple cloth, lettered on front board in gilt; sl. faded. v.g.
(GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn) Mary Barton: a tale of Manchester Life. 2nd edn. 2 vols.
Chapman & Hall. 1849
Initial ad. leaf vol. II, final ad. leaf vol. I. Contemp. half purple morocco, spines ruled & lettered in gilt; spines faded, corners rubbed. Contemp. signature of M. Hogge in each vol.
CRANFORD FOR THE STAGE
(GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn) COLEMAN, Martyn. Cranford: a play in three acts adapted by Martyn Coleman from the novel by Mrs. Gaskell. New edn, with four illustrations.
Evans Brothers. (Evans Plays.) 1951
Front., illus. with photographs, final ad. leaf. Orig. pale purple wrappers, printed in darker purple; spine repaired. Occasional pencil marginalia.
(GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn) PAYNE, George A. Mrs. Gaskell and Knutsford. 2nd edn.
Manchester: Clarkson & Griffiths. [1905]
Half title, front. port & 10 plates. Orig. scarlet cloth, lettered in gilt. Name torn from initial blank.
(GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn) PAYNE, George A. Mrs. Gaskell: a brief biography. FIRST EDITION.
Manchester: Sherratt & Hughes. 1929
Half title, front. port. Uncut in orig. marbled boards, blue cloth spine, white paper label; sl. rubbing.
GARIBALDI - WITH PREFACE BY GASKELL
(GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn) VECCHI, Candido Augusto. Garibaldi at Caprera. By Colonel Vecchj. Translated from the Italian. With preface by Mrs Gaskell.
Cambridge: Macmillan & Co. 1862
Half title, chromolithograph front., final ad. leaf; closely trimmed in lower margin of title cropping 'Right to translation'. Contemp. full tree calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments, gilt borders & dentelles, maroon leather labels; leading hinge weak, small repairs to tail of spine. Orig. brown printed wrappers bound in at end. t.e.g. A good-plus copy.
COUSIN PHILLIS
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Cousin Phillis, and other tales. With an introduction by A.W. Ward.
Smith, Elder & Co. 1906
Half title, front., additional printed title, plate; light foxing in prelims. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. rubbed. t.e.g.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Cousin Phillis. With a preface by Thomas Secombe. Illustrations by M.V. Wheelhouse.
George Bell & Sons. (The Queen's Treasures Series.) 1930
Half title with ad. on verso, col. front. & 7 col. plates; light foxing in prelims. Orig. blue cloth, blocked & lettered in white; spine faded, sl. rubbed.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Cranford, and other tales. With an introduction by A.W. Ward. (Reprinted)
John Murray. 1920
Half title, front., additional printed title. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled. With some contemp. notes pertaining to the Gaskell family history on verso of leading f.e.p. Munden armorial bookplate.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Cranford, and other tales. With an introduction by A.W. Ward.
Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906
Half title, front., additional printed title, 6pp ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt. t.e.g. v.g.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Cranford, and other tales. With an introduction by A.W. Ward.
Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906
Half title, front., additional printed title, 6pp ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine faded & a little rubbed. t.e.g.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Cranford, and other tales. With an introduction by A.W. Ward. (Reprinted)
John Murray. 1930
Half title, 8pp ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine a little faded. v.g.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Cranford. With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. (Reprinted.)
Macmillan & Co. 1895
Front., illus.; lacking half title. Orig. dark green cloth, pictorially blocked in gilt. a.e.g. A nice bright copy.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Lizzie Leigh, and other tales. New edn, with four illustrations.
Smith, Elder, & Co. 1873
Half title, front., additional printed title, plates; edges sl. spotted. Orig, green cloth, blocked & lettered in black & gilt; a little dulled, leading inner hinge cracking.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Mary Barton, and other tales. With an introduction by A.W. Ward.
Smith, Elder & Co. 1906
Half title, front., additional printed title, plate, 8pp ads. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled. t.e.g.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. My Lady Ludlow, and other tales. With an introduction by A.W. Ward.
Smith, Elder & Co. 1906
Half title, front., additional printed title, plate, 8pp ads; some browning to prelims. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine dulled & sl. rubbed at tail. t.e.g.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. My Lady Ludlow, and other tales.
John Murray 1925
Half title, final ad. leaf. Orig. red cloth, dec. & lettered in gilt. v.g.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Sylvia's Lovers, etc. With an introduction by A.W. Ward.
Smith, Elder & Co. 1906
Half title, front., additional printed title, plate; light foxing in prelims. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled. t.e.g.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Sylvia's Lovers. With an introduction by A.W. Ward. (Reprinted.)
John Murray. 1920
Half title, front. plate. Orig. red cloth, lettered in gilt; spine sl. faded. A good-plus copy.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn. Sylvia's Lovers. Illustrated (i.e. 4th) edn.
Smith, Elder & Co. 1863
Half title, front. & engr. title, additional printed title, 3 plates; occasional light spotting. Contemp. half dark blue calf, marbled boards, spine with raised gilt bands, maroon leather label; sl. rubbing. Evidence of label removal from leading pastedown. An attractive copy.
(GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred, trans.) MACÉ, Jean. A History of a Bit of Bread. Being letters to a child on the life of man and of animals. Translated from the French and edited by Mrs. Alfred Gatty. Part II. Animals. 2nd edn.
Bell & Daldy. 1869
Half title. Orig. brown diagonal-grained cloth, lettered in gilt; a little darkened & sl. rubbed at head. Contemp. gift inscription on initial blank.
AUNT JUDY'S LETTERS
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. Aunt Judy's Letters. Illustrated by Clara S. Lane. FIRST EDITION.
Bell & Daldy. 1862
Half title, front. & plates, 32pp cata. (Dec. 1863). Orig. green embossed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. v.g. Inscr. 'Lizzie Morgan Octb. 1866 from her Mamma'.
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. Aunt Judy's Letters. Illustrated by Clara S. Lane. FIRST EDITION.
Bell & Daldy. 1862
Half title, front. & plates, 32pp cata. (May 1862). Orig. green embossed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Contemp. gift inscription on leading f.e.p. v.g.
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. Legendary Tales. With illustrations by Phiz. FIRST EDITION.
Bell & Daldy. 1858
Half title, front. & 3 plates by Phiz. Orig. pink bead-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine blocked & lettered in gilt; sl. dulled.
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. Legendary Tales. With illustrations by Phiz. FIRST EDITION.
Bell & Daldy. 1858
Half title, front. & 3 plates by Phiz. Orig. pink bead-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine blocked & lettered in gilt; spine sl. dulled, inner hinges carefully repaired.
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. Parables from Nature. First and second series.
Bell & Daldy. 1870
Half title, front. port. causing spotting on title. Orig. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, floral vignette in gilt at centre of front board; sl. rubbed.
PARABLES FROM NATURE
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. Parables from Nature. With illus. by C.W. Cope, P.H. Calderson, W. Holman Hunt, W. Millais, Otto Speckter, G. Thomas, and E. Warren. Small 4to.
Bell & Daldy. 1864
Half title, front., plates, 4pp ads. Attractively bound in orig. purple embossed cloth, thick bevelled boards, front board dec. in gilt & with central inlaid oval blocked & lettered in pale green & gilt, gilt spine; sl. faded. a.e.g.
FAIRY GODMOTHERS
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales. 5th edn.
Bell & Daldy. 1869
Half title. Orig. green cloth, gilt vignette at centre of front board, spine lettered in gilt. Bookseller's ticket: W. Lake, 21 Gt. Russell St. Bloomsbury. v.g.
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. The Human Face Divine, and other tales. FIRST EDITION.
Bell & Daldy. 1860
Initial ad. leaf, half title, front. & plates by Clara S. Lane. Orig. blue-green morocco-grained cloth, blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt; small ink mark on following board. Ownership inscr. 'E. Watson Dec. 1859' on leading f.e.p.
GATTY, Margaret, Mrs Alfred. The Poor Incumbent: a tale. FIRST EDITION.
Bell & Daldy. 1858
Contemp. half blue calf, maroon leather labels; spine faded, sl. rubbing. Rathespeck Parsonage library label. v.g.
GELDART, Hannah Ransome, Mrs. Stories of Scotland and its Adjacent Islands.
A. Hall, Virtue, & Co. 1852
Front., 2pp ads, fold. map. Ads. on e.ps. Orig. red cloth; spine faded. Parsonage Library label. v.g.
GELLIE, Mary E. Raffans Folk: a story of a highland parish. FIRST EDITION.
A.D. Innes & Co. 1891
Half title, front. Orig. red cloth, lettered & pictorially blocked with floral design in gilt; spine a little faded, sl. marked. School prize label on leading pastedown, 1900. a.e.g.
WEST INDIES NOVEL
GERARD, Dorothea. Lot 13.
A.D. Innes & Co. 1895
Prelims a little dusted. Contemp. half dark green morocco, spine lettered & with devices in gilt; spine a little darkened & sl. rubbed. Armorial bookplate of J. Monro Walker.
GERARD, Dorothea. The Supreme Crime. FIRST EDITION.
Methuen & Co. 1901
Half title, 47pp cata. (March 1901). Orig. red-pink cloth, lettered in gilt; front board sl. damp-affected, spine faded. Deaccessioned from Hammersmith library & with Stratford Circulating Library label at end.
GERARD, Emily Jane (afterwards Emily de Laszowska). The Tragedy of a Nose. 2nd edn.
Digby, Long & Co. 1898
Half title, 16pp cata. (July 1898). Orig. maroon cloth, pictorially blocked & lettered in gilt; spine sl. darkened & a little rubbed at head & tail.
GILLIES, Mary. The Carewes: a tale of the Civil Wars. With 24 illustrations by Birket Foster. FIRST EDITION.
W. Kent & Co. 1861 [1860]
Half title, hand-coloured tinted front. & vignette title, illus. (some hand-coloured), final ad. leaf; occasional damp-staining to plates. Uncut in orig. blue cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine dec. & lettered in gilt; rubbed.
GILLIES, Mary. The Carewes: a tale of the Civil Wars. With 24 illustrations by Birket Foster. FIRST EDITION.
W. Kent & Co. 1861 [1860]
Half title, hand-coloured tinted front. & vignette title, illus. (some hand-coloured), final ad. leaf. Leading f.e.p. removed. Uncut in orig. green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine dec. & lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed.
GINGOLD, Hélène E.A. Steyneville; or, Fated Fortunes. Being the memoirs of an unextraordinary man. 3 vols. FIRST EDITION.
Remington & Co. 1885
Floral e.ps. Orig. grey sand-grained cloth, front boards blocked & lettered in black, spines lettered in gilt and blocked in black; sl. rubbing. A good-plus copy.
GLYN, Elinor. Beyond the Rocks: a love story. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. 1906
Contemp. brown binder's cloth. v.g.
GLYN, Elinor. Elizabeth Visits America. FIRST EDITION.
Duckworth & Co. 1909
Half title, front. port. (The Marchioness of Valmond), illus. with vignettes throughout. Orig. green cloth, white cloth spine label, lettered in black & gilt; dulled & damp-marked. An externally poor copy.
GLYN, Elinor. Elizabeth Visits America. (Reissued.)
Duckworth & Co. 1911
Half title, front. port., illus. with vignettes throughout. Orig. blue embossed cloth, lettered in gilt; sl. rubbed.
AUSTRALASIAN EDITION
GLYN, Elinor. Halcyone. FIRST EDITION.
Duckworth & Co. 1912
Half title, front., 20pp cata. Orig. blue cloth, lettered in black & gilt; sl. marked.
GLYN, Elinor. Halcyone. FIRST EDITION.
Duckworth & Co. 1912
Half title, front., 20pp cata. Orig. grey cloth, spine with white cloth label, lettered in gilt; sl. dulled. Contemp. gift inscription on leading f.e.p.
GLYN, Elinor. His Hour. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vol. 4230.) 1910
Series title. Half pink flecked binder's cloth; spine sl. faded, maroon label. A v.g. clean copy.
GLYN, Elinor. His Hour. FIRST EDITION.
Duckworth & Co. 1910
Half title, front. port. Leading f.e.p. cut out. Orig. red cloth, white cloth spine label, lettered in black & gilt; spine faded, front board sl. bowed. t.e.g.
PUBLISHER'S MOLESKIN
GLYN, Elinor. His Hour. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors, vol. 4230.) 1910 [c.1915]
Series title. Orig. publisher's full light brown moleskin, front board lettered & with ornamental borders in gilt, spine lettered in gilt & with dark green leather label at head, publisher's monogram on following board; spine sl. faded. Owner's signature on leading f.e.p., 1915.
GLYN, Elinor. Love's Blindness. Copyright edn.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. (Collection of British Authors. vol. 4732.) 1926
Series title; sl. spotting. Yellow binder's cloth; spine sl. faded, maroon leather label. Robert Whitehead armorial bookplate.
GLYN, Elinor. Love's Blindness. (Second impression.)
Duckworth. 1926
Half title. Orig. red-pink cloth, spine lettered in black; spine faded.
GLYN, Elinor. Reflections of Ambrosine. FIRST EDITION.
Duckworth & Co. 1902
Half title, col. front. Leading f.e.p. cut out. Orig. pale blue cloth, white cloth spine label, lettered in black & gilt; spine faded, a little dusted. Contemp. signature on titlepage.