{"product_id":"mary-barton-ruth-north-and-south-sylvias-lovers-wives-and-daughters-elizabeth-gaskell-set-folio-society-illustrated","title":"Mary Barton; Ruth; North and South; Sylvia's Lovers; Wives and Daughters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGASKELL, Elizabeth. \u003c\/strong\u003eA lovely set of five titles published by The Folio Society in series, as follows:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWives and Daughters, An Every-Day Story.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: The Folio Society, 2002. First printing thus. Introduced by Victoria Glendinning, illustrated by Alexy Pendle. Edited with endnotes by Pam Morris. 240 × 183 × 49 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xx, [1–2] 3–678: colour frontispiece, [19] leaves of ‘plates’. Type: Ehrhardt. Printed and bound by the Bath Press. Full pale brown cloth with a pattern in brown and blue by Frances Button; dark blue endleaves. Dark blue slip case. This was the first in a new series of the novels of Mrs Gaskell.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNorth and South. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2003. Third printing thus, 2005. Introduced by Jenny Uglow, illustrated by Alexy Pendle. Edited with endnotes by Patricia Ingham. 240 × 182 × 40 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xxi [xxii], [1–2] 3–436 [437–440]: colour frontispiece, [9] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 66, 140, 168, 200, 247, 275, 318, 367 and 398). Type: Ehrhardt. Printed and bound by Cambridge University Press. Full pale pink series binding, patterned in brown and red; red endleaves. Red slip case.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMary Barton, A Tale of Manchester Life. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2004. First printing thus. Introduced by Jenny Uglow, illustrated by Alexy Pendle. Edited with endnotes by Macdonald Daly. 241 × 162 × 36 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, [1–2] 3–391 [392– 396]: colour frontispiece, [9] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 16, 37, 91, 137, 148, 170, 226, 270 and 339). Type: Ehrhardt. Printed and bound by Cambridge University Press. Full brown series binding, patterned in brown and blue-green; green endleaves. Dark green slip case.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia’s Lovers. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2005. First printing thus. introduced by Jenny Uglow, illustrated by Alexy Pendle. Edited with endnotes by Shirley Foster. 240 × 161 × 41 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, [1–4] 5–481 [482–484]: colour frontispiece, [9] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 68, 111, 133, 198, 259, 293, 339, 376 and 430). Type: Ehrhardt. Printed by the Saint Edmundsbury Press. Bound by Cambridge University Press in full brown series binding, patterned in brown and lilac; dark red endleaves. Red slip case.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRuth. \u003c\/strong\u003eLondon: The Folio Society, 2006. First printing thus. introduced by Jenny Uglow, illustrated by Alexy Pendle. Edited with endnotes by Angus Easson. 241 × 165 × 35 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–xviii, [1–2] 3–373 [374–380]: colour frontispiece, [9] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 19, 103, 119, 140, 159, 206, 267, 314 and 340). Type: Ehrhardt. Printed and bound by the Bath Press. Full white series binding, patterned in pale brown and blue; blue-grey endleaves. Blue-grey slip case.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA near-fine set, with pages clean, bright and uninscribed, with perhaps the slightest discolouration to the spine of the 'North and South' volume. In like slipcase that are slightly shelf-worn, with one or two innocuous bumps to rear and with a very tiny area of wear to the panel of one slipcase (all photographed).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54373028692307,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/Elizabeth-Gaskell-Set-FOLIO-SOCIETY-Mary-Barton-Ruth-North-South-Sylvias-Lovers-Wives-and-Daughters_1.webp?v=1784705744","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/mary-barton-ruth-north-and-south-sylvias-lovers-wives-and-daughters-elizabeth-gaskell-set-folio-society-illustrated","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}