Bronte,Charlotte (Currer Bell) — Shirley

Smith,Elder & Co This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in dark green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and with title lettering in green blocked in black to the front cover.This is the First Illustrated Edition and is Volume Two of Seven Volumes from the Life and works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters.Complete with five engraved black and white plates including the b&w frontispiece of Yorke's House.There are NO former names or inscriptions present.Slight crack line to the front gutter hinge join.Original chocolate brown endpapers and half title page is present.A little light browning to the endpapers and title page.Charlotte Bronte was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë.She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell.This is certainly a more than decent copy for the collector,8vo 576pp [1884] Very Good No Jacket Illustrated Edition London 8vo