{"product_id":"elizabeth-gaskell-cranford-london-new-york-jm-dent-and-ep-dutton-1904","title":"Cranford","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon \u0026amp; New York: J.M. Dent | E.P. Dutton, 1904.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrown 8vo (7.75 x 5 ins); pp xv + [256]; 25 colour illustrated plates by C.E. Brock, including the frontispiece (behind tissue-guard) and titlepage. Half-title present. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Publisher's cream cloth with elaborate floral gilt decoration to front and spine incorporating an upturned bonnet of roses, with flowing ribbons, and rose heads surrounding the title in stylised lettering. Decorated endpapers, slightly browned. An extremely bright copy with no fading to the gilt on the spine. A near fine copy of a volume in the Series of English Idylls. Cranford first appeared in book form in June 1853 having been first published in serial form over two years in the journal 'Household Words'.The fictional town of Cranford is based on Knutsford, Cheshire, where she had been sent as a small child into the care of a maternal aunt, her mother having died soon after her birth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GASKELL, Elizabeth (1810-65)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53260217516375,"sku":"21346","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0888\/6753\/7239\/files\/21346.jpg?v=1775546981","url":"https:\/\/worldsendbookshop.com\/products\/elizabeth-gaskell-cranford-london-new-york-jm-dent-and-ep-dutton-1904","provider":"Worlds End Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}