Brontë sisters--

Brontë, Charlotte. "Emma. (A Fragment of a Story...)", with an introduction by W.M. Thackeray, [extracted from] The Cornhill Magazine. April, 1860; The Adventures of Ernest Albembert. A Fairy Tale...Edited by Thomas J. Wise. Printed for Private Circulation, 1896, limited to 30 copies--Brontë, Patrick. Brontëana...His Collected Works and Life...edited...by J. Horsfall Turner. Bingley, 1898--Swinburne, Algernon Charles. A Note on Charlotte Brontë. 1877--Gaskell, Mrs [Elizabeth]. The Life of Charlotte Brontë. 1905, later edition--Shorter, Clement K. Charlotte Brontë and her circle. 1896; The   Brontës Life and Letters. 1908, 2 volumes--Reid, T. Wemyss. Charlotte   Brontë. 1877--Leyland, Francis A. The   Brontë Family. 1886, 2 volumes--Scruton, William. Thornton and the Brontës. 1898; The Birthplace of Charotte  Brontë. Leeds, 1884--Stuart, J.A. Erskine.The   Brontë Country... 1888--Wright, Dr. William. The   Brontës in Ireland. 1893-- Malham-Dembleby, John. The Key to the Brontë Works. 1911; together with 3 volumes of the Transactions and other Publications of the Brontë Society (Volumes 1-3, 1898-1906), a collection of 14 articles and offprints on the Brontës from various magazines, bound in one volume (upper cover detached), contents leaf and notes probably in the hand of Sir G.J. Armytage, together with several loose items of Brontëana, including flyers for the AGM of the Brontë Society (chaired by Armytage) and several unbound offprints of an account of a "Visit to Miss Ellen Nussey..." by "E.M.F"; and two others; various cloth, board and leather bindings; 8vo (22)

Sir G.J. Armytage, bookplates in most volumes, his notes, prospectus addressed to him at Kirklees Hall

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