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London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857.. Small 8vo. (iv), 534 pp. Near contemporary blue half morocco over matching cloth boards, spine with gilt ruled compartments, gilt lettered direct to one panel, an early ownership to the head of the title page, a slightly later press cutting regarding a fire at a mill. Spine faded to brown, else very good. First published in 1849 in three volumes.

[BRONTE, Charlotte]. Shirley, A Tale. by Currer Bell, Author of "Jane Eyre." Mid-19th century 3/4 calf and marbled boards, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. with [TAUTPHOEUS, Jemima Montgomery Baroness]. The Initials. A Story of Modern Life. Phila.: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1851. with FERRIER, S[usan Edmonstone]. The Inheritance. A Novel. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. Three volumes bound in one. First American edition of Shirley. As noted in Smith, The Bronte Sisters: A Bibliographical Catalogue, this copy has a period after "The End" on page 206 and the additional four lines after ". . . bridesmen, Henry Sympson, and Martin Yorke." beginning "You may meet those two again, reader, one day. ..." Second American editon of The Initials. Later edition of The Inheritance. Calf worn, some edgewear, spine label lightly chipped, else a very good copy.

Smith Elder & Co.,, 1849. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, uniform mid-nineteenth inscription above title on all three title-pages, fore-margins mildly age-soiled (rather more heavily so on first leaves of first volume; see below); attractively bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back ruled with six flat bands, second compartments lettered in gilt, fourth compartments numbered in gilt, backstrip gilt faded (but all lettering and numbering wholly legible), neatly recased with new endpapers, sprinkled edges, a very good, tight copy. The work was issued without half-titles. This is likely to be an early issue since it is bound without the 16pp publisher's catalogue dated October 1849 sometimes found at end of first volume. With the first of two leaves of publisher's advertisements at end of third volume. The mid-nineteenth century presentation inscription above titles is blotted and obtrusive but nowhere affects printed lettering. This copy has the following minor imperfections:… Read More

London: Smith, Elder, 1849. ~First edition, rebound in mid-20th-century half tan calf, red-brown morocco-grained cloth (? possibly leather) to boards. Gilt lettering and decor to spines; two red-brown gilt and one black gilt label per spine. Slight fading to spines and to rear boards near spines. 8vos (12.5 x 19.5cm). Hinges sound. Replacement endpapers (just starting in vol. II, front gutter). Bibliographic pencil inscription to front free endpaper of vol. I. Moderate scattered foxing and the occasional small mark to text block. Crease to top corner of Vol. II, p. 97, 294 & vol. III, p. 30. Very minor edgewear to Vol. III, pp. 55-58. Without the 16pp. publisher's catalogue sometimes found bound at the end of vol. I, but with the 3pp. publisher's advertisement to rear of vol. III: 'opinions of the press on Jane Eyre', as advertisement for the 'lately published' third edition. Without half-titles, as issued. Charlotte Bronte's second novel, set during the Luddite riots… Read More

London: Smith, Elder, 1848. First Edition; three volumes; bound without the ads in 19th century black half-morocco and marbled paper boards; top edges gilt; contemporary ownership signature on the title page of the first volume (along with the notation “first edition”) and on the blanks of the other two; bookplates; an attractive set of the author’s second novel.