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1857rif. 20643London: Smith Elder & Co. 1857. A set of two volumes of 'The Life of Charlotte Bronte' published by Smith Elder & Co. in 1857. Both volumes bound in the original publisher's cloth with wear to the edges and fairly heavy wear to the corners. Volume 2 has some repair to the gutters front and back. One small inscription to the first page of text which reads 'Suppressed Copy/Print/S. Gordon Smith'. A nice presentable set in the unrestored brown cloth. Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Brontë published in 1857 is the first biography of the famed author of Jane Eyre. Written shortly after Brontë's death it offers a detailed and sympathetic portrayal of her life from her quiet upbringing in Haworth to her literary success and personal tragedies. Gaskell a fellow novelist and friend aimed to protect Charlotte's reputation while shedding light on her struggles including isolation grief and societal expectations. Blending factual detail with emotional insight the biography helped shape Brontë's legacy and remains a valuable account of one of Victorian literature's most influential figures. Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
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2008rif. x-1605205699Cosimo Inc 2008. Hardcover. New. 526 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.75 inches. Cosimo Inc hardcover
2010rif. x-110802050XCambridge Univ Pr 2010. Paperback. New. reissue edition. 352 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. Cambridge Univ Pr paperback
rif. 1404313559.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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rif. 0460003186.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 1434616398.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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rif. 3375158777.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1892rif. 000013955New York: D. Appleton and Company 1892. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. bound in one. 8vo. 5 vi-viii 1 2-285 1 3 2-269 1 6 pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Brown publisher's cloth with gold lettering and gold rules on the spine. Brown coated endpapers and pastedowns. Each volume illustrated with a frontispiece. A pleasing later printing of Gaskell's acclaimed biography. Two marks of private ownership on the front preliminaries a newspaper clipping pasted on the rear pastedown the front gutter slightly strained but holding strong. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1909rif. BIB318229London: Smith Elder & Co. 1909. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Green cloth boards with gilt to face & spine. Gilt top edge. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. The Haworth Edition as Volume Seven of "The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her sisters". 659 pages. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover. Smith, Elder & Co. paperback
1860rif. 227023London: Smith Elder & Co. 1860. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. Hardcover; 12mo; 441 pages. Ex-lib card catalogue on bfep. Quarter black leather with blue cloth boards. Rubbed spine with some sticker residue from call no. bumped corners and generally scuffed. Yellowing but clean interior with some edges browning. G-/-- Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
1857rif. 003312New York: D. Appleton & Co. Very Good. 1857. First American Edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set complete as issued. 2 volumes in VG condition with light rubbing to edges mild soiling to covers light fading to spines bookplates to inner boards some pencil writing to endpapers else a bright and solid set. SBB 1/21; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . D. Appleton & Co. hardcover
1968rif. mon0000066028Arthur Dobson 1968-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. volume 1 - FAST Despatch by First Class Royal Mail Arthur Dobson paperback
1857rif. 56178New York: D. Appleton and Company 1857. First American edition. Engraved frontispieces. 2 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth. A Fine copy but with spine faded as usual. Signed by Alfred Schermerhorn on endpapers. First American edition. Engraved frontispieces. 2 vols. 12mo. D. Appleton and Company unknown
1857rif. 25529D. Appleton New York 1857. 1st US edition. Good/No Jacket. Publisher's cloth Spine dulled front hinge weak tissue guard to frontispiece foxed owner's signature on t.p. D. Appleton, New York hardcover
1857rif. 60697set2D. Appleton And Company New York 1857-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Two volume set published by Appleton 1857. Substantial wear to spine tips on both volumes. Names written in pencil on first blank page of both volumes. Top of spine cover separating from spine for one inch on Volume I. Foxing on page edges of both volumes. No text markings noted on either volume. D. Appleton And Company, New York hardcover
rif. 011871New York: Appleton 1858 Later printing 1858. Two volumes bound in one; Vol. 1 8vo; pp. viii 285; port. frontis. facsimile of ms page; Vol 2 8vo; pp. viii 269 8 pub. ads; engraved frontis. of Haworth. Originally published in 1857. Owner's penciled name; Some foxing to prelims. otherwise a very clean and bright copy very good tightly bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt spine. New York: Appleton, 1858 hardcover
rif. 000402Hardback. Fair. Appleton and Company New York 1857 first US edition; 2 vols 12mo pp viii 285 and viii 269; pp 12 but paginated 14 catalogue of Appleton publications divided between the two volumes at the end; original brown cloth gilt lilac end papers recased with later blue free end paper at the front on vol I; engraved frontispiece of Bronte to volume I and of Haworth church and parsonage to volume II; spines dulled and frayed at the edges and ends internally slightly browned at the extreme edges of the pages but otherwise clean; back hinge of volume 1 a little weak but binding generally tight and firm; ownership inscription dated 1858 in each volume; despite the flaws described this is a still a reasonable copy of the first US edition published shortly after the book appeared in the UK. hardcover
1857rif. 36329Leipzig Tauchnitz 1857. Small 8vo. Bound with both original front wrappers in a later ab. 1900 green full cloth w. gilt leather title-label to spine. Some brownspotting. W. half titles. VIII 314; VIII 298 pp. First Tauchnitz edition of the first biography of Charlotte Brontë by the important English novelist of the Victorian era the author of "Mary Barton" and "Cranford" and a close friend of Charlotte Brontë. This edition appeared in the same year as the first edition London 1857 in the series "Collection of British Authors". hardcover
1857rif. 21489New York: D. Appleton and Company 1857. First American Edition. Two octavo volumes 18.75cm.; original blind-patterned brown cloth gilt-lettered spines yellow glazed endpapers; viii28516;viii26917-14pp.; engraved frontispieces tissue-guarded. Boards a bit rubbed especially at spine ends spine gilt almost entirely perished though cloth itself remains unfaded textblocks rather foxed especially at preliminaries else a Very Good sound set complete with original publisher's advertisements including one leaf bound before the front free endpaper of Vol. I. D. Appleton and Company unknown
1858rif. 111173New York NY: Appleton & Co 1858. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Appleton & Co New York NY 1858. 285 pages. Brown blindstamped cloth gold spine decor. Portrait of Emily Bronte on frontispiece. 285 pages 2 pages of publishers ads. Nice Firm copy ! Cloth frayed on top and bottom of spine. Foxing on preliminary and ending pages. Previous owner name. Size: 12mo 6.75 - 7.75'' tall. Branwell Bronte's ruin 256 264 being caused by a married woman in London was omitted from later editions. Biography Books on Books::Books on Authors History::Britain 6700 6700 Appleton & Co hardcover