The Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters.

£1,950 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Wellington College prize binding 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. 'Haworth' Edition, later printing, with an introduction by Mrs. Humphrey Ward; 7 vols, 8vo (200 x 140mm); illustrated with frontispiece and monochrome plates throughout including portraits and photogravures; contemporary full red leather, Wellington College prize-binding, gilt-embossed school arms to upper boards, boards are ruled in gilt, spines are gilt-tooled, gilt titles, marbled fore-edges and endpapers, minor 1 cm blemish to lower board Jane Eyre, otherwise a robust set in near fine condition.

• Binding: Hardcover

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