[Embroidered Binding | Royal School of Art Needlework] Cranford E-List 28 C-based bookbinder

C-based bookbinder

fingerprint marks to upper portion of page preceding title page

Light rubbing to covers

light wear to upper spine tip

[Embroidered Binding | Royal School of Art Needlework] Cranford E-List 28 C-based bookbinderGaskell, 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