Lot 10
  • 10

[Brontë, Charlotte, Emily and Ann]

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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1846.
  • Paper, ink, cloth
8vo (170 x 100 mm). Errata slip. Original blind-stamped green cloth; fading to spine, minor wear to joints at ends.

Second issue. Poems was first published by Aylott and Jones in an edition of 1,000 copies on 26 May 1846. In 1848 Smith purchased the unsold stock of 961 copies and published this second issue in October of that year, adding a cancel title (but not changing the date).

Literature

Smith 1, second issue; Hayward 266 (first issue); Wise p.9