MULOCK, DINAH MARIA ("MISS MULOCK" OR MRS. CRAIK) — John Halifax, Gentleman (Everyman's Library #123)

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1946. Hardcover. A 1946 reprint of the 1906 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition of the author's 1856 novel, centered around an orphan boy who is determined to make something of himself. The author, Dinah Maria Craik, often wrote under her maiden name of Miss Mulock. With an introduction by Joseph Shaylor. Everyman's Library #123 in their Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full carmine cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. Red jacket features Ravilious knot to cover. --- A clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Somewhat brittle jacket with a large chunk missing from head of spine, otherwise intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xi, 421 pages. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .