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BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily and Anne.

The Novels of the Sisters Brontë

The Novels of the Sisters Brontë

[Comprising] Jane Eyre, 2 vols; Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey; The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, 2 vols; Shirley, 2 vols; Villette, 2 vols; The Professor and The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell.

Stock Code 117576

Edinburgh, John Grant, 1911

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A highly regarded edition of the Brontë sisters' works, enhanced by Elizabeth Gaskell 's biography of her friend, Charlotte Brontë, who died in 1855 and whose biography Charlotte's father, Patrick Brontë, urged her to write. It is the first and only biography by someone who knew the author and was alive during her lifetime; written with warm-hearted admiration and sensitivity.

'Thornton' Edition; 12 vols, 8vo (22 x 15 cms); illustrated with frontispiece and monochrome plates throughout including portraits and photogravures, Jane Eyre (2 vols, 2 frontispieces and 9 plates), Wuthering Heights (1 vol, frontispiece and 4 plates), Agnes Grey (1 vol, frontispiece), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (2 vols, 2 frontispieces), Shirley (2 vols, 2 frontispieces and 10 plates), Villette (2 vols, 2 frontispieces and 4 plates), The Professor (1 vol, frontispiece and 3 plates), Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë (1 vol, frontispiece and 25 plates), foxing to fore-edges, spotting to prelims as is typical, some otherwise scattered throughout the last title and pp 1-15 to the second, otherwise clean; uniform publisher's green cloth, spines with art nouveau style flower decorations lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, minor signs of shelf wear, microscopic loss to front cloth of second title, gilt decoration remarkably intact, hence still a Very Good set.

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Provenance: Chalmers, John Henry (his Armorial bookplate to front paste-downs with the exceptions of Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

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