Elizabeth Gaskell, 1977, Series 561

Elizabeth Gaskell was the 425th title in the 561 series.  Because it is so late in the series, it was produced after the era of  L du Garde Peach and John Kenney – both died a few years before.  It was written by Barbara Brill and illustrated by Roger Hall.  It was only ever published with this style of cover – unlike other books in this series.

This book is particularly hard to find.  It was the very last matt book I ever located when I was building up my own collection.  I’d almost given up home by the time I found one.

This copy:

In very good condition inside and out – not much wear and clean pages.  It is probably a first edition, is the last title listed on the back although the original price seems to have been overstamped to 40p.