BRONTE, Charlotte ("Currer Bell") (1816-1855). Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1857.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$300 -
$500
Sold for $572
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
BRONTE, Charlotte ("Currer Bell") (1816-1855). Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1857.
8vo. 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end, publisher's advertisements on endpapers. Original orange printed cloth over thin boards (spine sunned, light soiling to extremities); folding case. Provenance: Early booksellers' embossed stamp on front free endpaper; Hendley (penciled name on title-page).
"NEW EDITION". Jane Eyre was first published in October 1847, and quickly went through several printings in the first year. "The fourth edition appeared in 1850 in the form of a single volume, post octavo size, price Six Shillings...In 1857 the book was still further compressed, and issued at half-a-crown" (Wise, p.21).
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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