Jane Eyre : An Autobiography (Harper & Brothers 1848) + Wuthering Heights : A Novel (Coolidge & Wiley 1848) + Shirley : A Tale (Harper & Brothers 1850)

Currer Bell (a.k.a Charlotte Bronte) & Emily Bronte

Verlag: Harper & Brothers, New York, U.S.A., 1848

Beschreibung

Exceptionally rare three American first year editions bound as one volume in three-quarter brown leather binding with tooled leather bands and gilt lettering on the spine and marbled end pages. Binding is firm and leather is stable with moderate wear to the edges; pages dusty with age toning and light to moderate foxing/soiling. Height measures 9.25-inches. Double column text. Volumes include: 1.Jane Eyre dated 1848 with Currer Bell listed as edited by, 174 pages. 2. Wuthering Heights dated 1848 with the book's author mis-attributed to "the author of Jane Eyre" when in fact it was written by her sister Emily Bronte, 112 pages. Published by Coolidge & Wiley in Boston near the same day as the Harper & Brothers, NY edition so uncertainty exists in the scholarship as to which edition first appeared in America; however, the Coolidge edition appears as the less common edition. 3. Shirley dated 1850 with Currer Bell 'Author of Jane Eyre" listed as author, 206 pages. These American editions are generally less common than their British counterparts and rarely found bound in one volume. Rare opportunity to own three editions that revolutionized and forever changed English literature. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009149

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Jane Eyre : An Autobiography (Harper & ...

Verlag: Harper & Brothers, New York, U.S.A.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1848

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition