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BRONTE, Charlotte.

Shirley. A Tale.

Shirley. A Tale.

Stock Code 117511

London, Smith Elder, 1849

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Fine first edition of Charlotte Brontë's second novel set amongst the Luddite uprisings in economically depressed Yorkshire during the Napoleonic Wars. Charlotte suffered several bereavements during the course of her writing the novel, including the loss of her sisters Emily and Anne.

First edition; 3 volumes, 8vo (19.5 x 12.5 cm); with the 3 pages of ads in vol. 3, armorial bookplates to pastedowns, discreet rubber stamps to first blanks, otherwise bright and clean internally; nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, gilt spines with gilt red morocco lettering pieces, all edges speckled red, a fine copy; iv, 303; iv, 308; iv, 320pp.

Parrish, p. 93; Sadleir 348; Smith 5; Wise 6.

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Provenance: B. Williams Ball (bookplate); F. W. Fitzwygram (stamps).

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