[Embroidered Binding | Royal School of Art Needlework] Cranford E-List 28 Spine features the title and

Spine features the title and author to second and third compartments

Light rubbing to covers

Small cracks to 3 of 4 abalone inlays

connected with a gilt rule and small tri-floral ornaments at regular intervals

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

[Embroidered Binding | Royal School of Art Needlework] Cranford E-List 28 Spine features the title andGaskell, 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