Wuthering Heights And Agnes Grey Bronte Emily And Anne.; Bell Ellis And Acton

With a Preface and Memoir of Both Authors by Currer Bell, Author of Jane Eyre. 'New Edition' (third English edition). 8vo., original orange glazed cloth printed in black. London, Smith, Elder and Co. The third edition overall of one of the great masterpieces of English literature, a rare and fragile publication, its inexpensive manufacture, a necessary evil in bringing the text to a wider audience was not conducive to this particular edition's longevity. The Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell and the Preface to Wuthering Heights, both by Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë's pseudonym) were first included in the second edition of 1850. Contemporary bookseller's blindstamp to front free endpaper, neat pencilled ownership inscription in an early hand to head of title page, otherwise generally internally clean; neat repair to joints, spine slightly faded, some light scuffing to covers, corners bumped, still a good copy overall.