Shirley

Shirley. A Tale. by Currer Bell (Charlotte Bronte). Leipzig, Germany Published by Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1857. Tauchnitz Edition. This is an extremely RARE edition, I can find no others available. Among the challenges Charlotte encountered was the prejudices regarding women and authors so Christian names positively masculine, while we did not like to declare ourselves women,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1849. Book. Very Good +. Half-Leather. First Edition. First European edition in English. Two-volume set, complete. Both title pages are dated 1849. Author on title pages is "Currer Bell" without mention of Charlotte Bronte. Title pages state "Copyright Edition. In Two Volumes." Original red half-leather fine binding with red pebbled-cloth boards. Gilt lettering and ornate decoration on… Saber más sobre este artículo

George Routledge, 1111. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This book is in good condition. Wear present to the edges of the spine and boards. Internally a good clean copy. No publication date stated.

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1870. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Boards are marked and scored. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and chipped. A few marks on page block. Pages are foxed. Hinge is visible on front pastedown, contents page and a few further points. Contents are clear. AM. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. Used.

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857. 1857. Hardcover, ¾ leather binding. [Author Currer Bell is pseudonym for the famous English writer CHARLOTTE BRONTE. Published eight years after first edition.] This is NOT a facsimile, recent reprint, or print-on-demand book - it's the actual 1857 book. Maroon, three-quarter leather and marbled binding, five raised ridges on spine, gilt lettering/lines, marbled edges… Saber más sobre este artículo

No dust jacket. Published during the last year of the Civil War, this was before the public knew that Currer Bell was actually Charlotte Brontë. The pages are generally clean and tight although one page has torn free of the stitching. The cover is worn and soiled, and the fabric over the spine has come loose along… Saber más sobre este artículo

Smith, Elder & Co., 1894. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1894. 534 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinge are cracked. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864. Half Leather. Good binding. Four Victorian novels bound together in one. Being a reprint of Charlotte Bronte's Shirley, with perhaps the First American Editions of each of the following, Anthony Trollope's Rachel Ray, Eliza Tabor's St. Olave's, and Dinah Craik's Mistress and Maid. Each was published by Harper & Bros. of New… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Nicholson Red cloth with decoration in black and gilt titles. Light wear at head of spine otherwise covers clean and bright. Lemon yellow endpapers lightly spotted but no inscriptions. Title page has vignette of shore scene with yacht sailing in the distance. Pages are tanned at edges. Book is not dated but appears from the publisher's catalogue at rear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Shakespeare Head Press/Basil Blackwell , 1931 . Hardback. . 2 matched vols. 8vo publisher's original orange cloth. Rough cut page edges. With 6 tissue-guarded illustrations by Jack Hewer et al. The picture on the listing page is of the actual books for sale. VG+ hardbacks, no dustwrappers. Very light edgewear, clean and unmarked.

Smith, Elder & Co, 1908. Hardcover. Good. 1908. New Edition. 534 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Noticeable tanning to otherwise clear pages, pastedowns and free endpapers. More prominent to text block edges. Light cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Smith Elder & Co, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. A New Edition. 8vo, pp534. Hardcover no dust jacket. Contemporary binding of half brown calf over marbled boards with gilt titles and 4 raised bands to spine in very god condition with a little rubbing to edges. Inside starting to crack pages 2/3 but binding firm and tight, all pages in… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. Hardcover. Good. Reprint. Octavo. Later (but relatively early) cloth gilt. Staining on the boards, else a sound, good copy.

W. Nicholson & Sons, Limited, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 452 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Moderate tanning and light foxing to pages throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Pencil inscription and tear to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Smith, Elder & Co., 1897. Hardcover. Good. 1897. A New Edition. 534 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards. Rough cut edges to textblock. Gilt top edge to textblock. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear… Saber más sobre este artículo

Frederick Warne & Co, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 578 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Hinges and guttering are cracked. Binding is loose. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a… Saber más sobre este artículo

R. E. King & Co. Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 534 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to boards. Moderate sunning to spine.

New York : Harper & Bros, 1864. Early reprint. Hardcover. Good copy only in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands worn and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description:; 572, 6 pages : frontispiece ; 19 cm. Subject; Fiction.

George Routledge and Sons. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. George Routledge and Sons, undated. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.

London, W. Nicholson & Sons, Paternoster Square. Original Cloth, 8vo. l 452 p. + 4 p. adverts Title vignet. Ink name to the French titlepage. Cloth faded on spine.