Lot 80
[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, 3 vol., vol.1 first edition, vol. 2&3 second edition, Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, 1847-1848.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, 3 vol., vol.1 first edition, vol. 2&3 second edition, half-titles, vol.1 at end fly-title for publisher's catalogue dated 'June, 1847', 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated 'October, 1847', and advertisement f. for 'The Calcutta Review', vol.1 half-title torn with loss to majority of outer margin (not affecting text) and with small pencil portrait of Jane, the odd marginal short tear or missing piece, spotting and staining, mostly loose in original reddish brown blind-stamped cloth (vol.1) and original dark purple blind-stamped cloth (vol. 2&3), all vol. lacking backstrips, vol.3 ink staining to upper cover, all vol. corners worn, some fading (particularly upper cover of vol.1), staining and marking, rubbed, [Smith 2], 8vo, Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, 1847-1848.
⁂ Provenance: George Granville Bradley (1821-1903), Dean of Westminster (1881-1902), scholar and divine (contemporary signature to each vol.).
Description
[Brontë (Charlotte)] Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell, 3 vol., vol.1 first edition, vol. 2&3 second edition, half-titles, vol.1 at end fly-title for publisher's catalogue dated 'June, 1847', 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated 'October, 1847', and advertisement f. for 'The Calcutta Review', vol.1 half-title torn with loss to majority of outer margin (not affecting text) and with small pencil portrait of Jane, the odd marginal short tear or missing piece, spotting and staining, mostly loose in original reddish brown blind-stamped cloth (vol.1) and original dark purple blind-stamped cloth (vol. 2&3), all vol. lacking backstrips, vol.3 ink staining to upper cover, all vol. corners worn, some fading (particularly upper cover of vol.1), staining and marking, rubbed, [Smith 2], 8vo, Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill, 1847-1848.
⁂ Provenance: George Granville Bradley (1821-1903), Dean of Westminster (1881-1902), scholar and divine (contemporary signature to each vol.).