[Embroidered Binding | Royal School of Art Needlework] Cranford E-List 28 light wear to upper spine

light wear to upper spine tip

Light rubbing to covers

Every Shepard illustration in the book--hundreds of them--has been beautifully hand-colored (including the endpapers and the front flap of the dust jacket)

Wood to design as a wedding gift for his wife went up for sale

Small cracks to 3 of 4 abalone inlays

[Embroidered Binding | Royal School of Art Needlework] Cranford E-List 28 light wear to upper spineGaskell, Mrs. Cranford. London: Macmillan & Co., 1895. Line drawings by Hugh Thomson. Bound by the Royal School of Art Needlework in a silk embroidered binding, with a design of pink and peach ribbon extending along the outer boards of the front cover, interspersed with knots holding small branches with green leaves of varying shades. At the center of the front cover is a rectangular photogravure of de Hooch's "The Courtyard of a House in Delft" that