Lot 25
  • 25

[Brontë, Charlotte]

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • [Brontë, Charlotte]
  • Shirley. A Tale. By Currer Bell. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1849
  • Paper
8vo (189 x 112mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, 3-page advertisement for the third edition of Jane Eyre at end of volume 3, with volume 2, p.304 correctly numbered and with the error '"Well said he' in line 1 not corrected, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces, lacking 16-page publisher's catalogue in volume 1, some wear to hinge of volume 2 with small tear at foot of gutter in first few pages

Provenance

B. Williams Ball, bookplate; F.W. Fitzwygram, inkstamp

Literature

Parrish, p.93; Sadleir 348; Smith 5

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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