- 158
[Brontë, Charlotte, Emily and Anne.]
Estimate
800 - 1,000 GBP
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Description
- Poems by Curer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Smith, Elder and Co., 1846
8vo, first edition of the first book by the brontë sisters, second issue with this imprint, advertisement leaf at the beginning and errata slip at the end followed by 16-page publisher's catalogue dated May 1848, original green vertical ribbed-grain cloth, covers with a geometrical design in blind, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, endpapers relaid
Literature
Smith 1, second issue; Hayward 266 (first issue); Wise p.9
Catalogue Note
the extremely rare variant, with the geometrical design on the covers, and the addition of the lettering on the spine together with blind bands, which conforms to Carter's A(ii) binding in More Binding Variants (1938, pp.2-4). Carter had only seen two copies (Widener and Parrish), also with the Smith Elder imprint.