This is a true first edition (1858) copy of Mrs Gaskell's famous biography of Charlotte Bronte. It was rebound by O E Savarge in 1960 (see images), with the title-page pasted on to a new front free endpaper and the frontispiece loosely inserted. The third illustration - a facsimile of a page of the author's manuscript - is in its correct position facing p 66.
Red buckram-boards, title label to spine with new paper board sides and new blue-patterned endpapers, xi + 486 pp + 14 pp of publisher's announcements, including the uniform edition of Currer Bell (Charlotte Bronte).
CONDITION. As already described - Good+ overall.
- Binding Condition: Good (repaired)
- Overall Condition: Good +
- Size: 210 x 135
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
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