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1857643New York: Appleton and Company 1857. Hardcover. Good. 190 x 125 mm. Gaskell Elizabeth C. The Life of Charlotte Brontë. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1857.First American Edition. 190 x 125 mm Two Volumes. pp. viii 285 1 6 adverts; viii 269 1 7-14 adverts; blue fly leaves with one leaf of adverts bound in before yellow endpapers. Frontispiece tissue guard title page. Original blind-pattered brown cloth gilt title author and volume on spine in gilt now sunfaded. Title page gathering on Vol. 1 a bit loose; first 25 pages of vol. 1 holding on by single thread but present. Vol. 1 a a bit cocked. Some pages show historic creases of dogearing in both volumes. Limited foxing throughout. Ownership inscription of Lizzie Loude Nov. 16 1857 and E. A. S. Nelson Nov. 15 1857 Richmond V. A. Overall GOOD condition. Appleton and Company hardcover
1859feb97280<p>1859: First French Edition of North and South<br /><br />Nord et Sud</p><p>Used. For more details please contact me</p> Hachette
1855feb62435<p>1855: First Danish Edition of North and South</p>Nord og Syd<p>Used. For more details please contact me</p> Kbh
186064318New York: Harper & Brothers 1860. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. 20 x 12.5 cm. 305 1 6 ads. Bound in dark navy blue boards. Rubbing to edges of the boards. Scattered foxing. Library code markings on reverse of title page no additional indication of it being a library copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1853feb44673<p>1853: First Danish Edition of Ruth</p><p>Used. For more details please contact me</p> Kbh
1853mon0003775328London: Chapman and Hall 1853. Hardcover. Good. . Scarce. First edition. 3-volume set. Ex-library copies with usual markings in library bindings. Pages are lightly tanned with a bit of minor scattered foxing. This is a Victorian Era social protest novel about a ""fallen woman"" which is sympathetic to her. It also explores themes of redemption guilt and illegitimacy. It was controversal at the time of publication. London: Chapman and Hall hardcover
1866955P14Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1866. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6" by 4.5". None. The very scarce first Tauchnitz edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's final novel a smartly bound set. The very scarce first Tauchnitz edition published in the same year as the first U.K. edition in book form.Complete in three volumes.'Wives and Daughters' follows the only daughter of a widowed doctor Molly Gibson as she grows up in a provincial English town in the 1830s.This novel was originally serialised in the 'Cornhill Magazine' from August 1864 to January 1866. Gaskell died before finishing it so the final section was written by Frederick Greenwood.Bound without half-titles. This edition was published by Bernhard Tauchnitz. Tauchnitz started his 'Collection of British Authors' in 1842 and it continued for almost exactly 100 years. By breaking with the European practise of ignoring British copyright law Tauchnitz was a driving force behind international agreements on international copyright protection. The goodwill he gained from British authors enabled him to be the principal continental publisher of English language works. He was often sent early proofs and so was able to first publish at the same time or very soon after the British publisher. In a full calf binding with gilt decoration. Externally smart. A little light rubbing to the boards and spines. A few light marks to the boards mostly to Volume III. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean. Half-titles have been removed. Very Good Indeed Bernhard Tauchnitz hardcover
1857289867D. Appleton 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. First U.S. edition. Small 8vo contemporary 3/4 calf on marbled paper-covered boards raised bands black spine labels titles and devices in gilt marbled endsheets. Leather a bit scuffed corners and spine ends rubbed binding tight and square front hinge starting. The ads have been removed both frontispieces are present with their tissue guards. D. Appleton hardcover
185785006D. Appleton & Co 1857. First American edition. Volume 2 only. Good condition. Owner signature. Missing the front free endpaper. D. Appleton & Co unknown
1860560226London: SmithElder & Co 1860. Please Email for further details. Signed By "E J Douglas". First Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good Faded Worn Boards /No Jacket. Illus. by Not Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". HARDBACK. Smith,Elder & Co Hardcover
186824615London: n.p. Chapman and Hall 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First volume edition. 16 volumes for Household Words; 20 volumes for All the year Round; 36 8vo volumes in all. All but two of the volumes are ex-college library in modern buckram gilt spine titles. Library markings are: shelf numbers on spines; pencil numbers on upper left corners of titles pages; two line rubber stamp on textblock edges. Volumes 14 and 16 of Household Words are contemporary half leather marbled paper boards similarly ex-library. Generally very good to near fine but with occasional foxing and staining. <br /> <p><br /> First appearances of Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations and The Moonstone the first detective story. <br /> <p><br /> Shipping at cost.<br /> <p>. n.p. (Chapman and Hall) hardcover
185192172New York: Leavitt and Company. Poor; The spinal cover is missing the front cover is coming loose from . the spine the first two pages are loose inside and there is additional . age wear and fading throughout. 1851. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 276 pages . Leavitt and Company hardcover
186319727New York: Harper & Brothers 1863. 1st US edition Brussel EAST TO WEST p. 81; Gimbel B283. Later green library buckram binding. Gd lacking rear wrapper/paper repair to final leaf affecting 3 lines of text of inner column. Ex-lib of NYPL with 'Withdrawn' stamp to initial & terminal leaf as well as a few other associated institutional markings. 46 pp. Text in double-column. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
186319727.1New York: Harper & Brothers 1863. 1st US editiion Brussel EAST TO WEST p. 81; Gimbel B283; Oppenlander ATYR Contributer List p. 136; VanderPoel B450 for the 1864 edition. Not in Edgar & Vail. Printed white wrappers. Adverts to rear wrapper recto & verso. General soiling to wrappers with small piece missing from lower left of front panel no text affected. Bookseller blindstamp to front wrapper. Tide line to rear wrapper. Withal a VG copy of an uncommon edition. 3 - 46 pp. Text double-column. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>As is the case with most of the Christmas stories the work actually a collaborative effort though marketed under Dickens' very salable name: Chapters I & VII by Dickens per VanderPoel & confirmed by Oppenlander; Chapter II by Elizabeth Gaskell states Oppenlander even though Gaskell "swore" not to write for ATYR; Chapter III by Andrew Halliday; Chapter IV by Edmund Yates; Chapter V by Amelia Edwards; & Chapter VI by Charles A. Collins Dickens' son-in-law & the individual initially chosen to illustrate Drood. Harper & Brothers unknown books
18635249.2London 1863. 1st edition. Original blue printed wrappers sewn. A VG to Nr Fine copy. 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens responsible for the first & last sections; Mrs Gaskell penned the 2nd section. Cf. Oppenlander p. 136 for a distribution of the other contributors' efforts. unknown books
18635249.1London 1863. 1st edition NCBEL III 813. Original blue printed wrappers sewn. A VG copy showing some minor edgewear & soiling. 48 pp. Text double column. 8vo. <br/><br/>Dickens responsible for the first & last sections; Mrs Gaskell penned the 2nd section. Cf. Oppenlander p. 136 for a distribution of the other contributors' efforts. unknown books
18685074.26London: Chapman & Hall 1868. 1st volume edition. Black half leather bindings with marbled boards Vols 10 11 & 14-16 with Arabic numerals to spine labels; all other volumes have Roman numerals. Occasional corner wear. Some rubbing to boards. Period pos dated 1860. Occasional spot of foxing. Vol 10 with professionally restored joints. Withal a solid VG set. 20 volumes complete. ~600 pages per volume. Text double column. Christmas Stories included: Vol 2 with "The Haunted House" Vol 6 has "Tom Tiddler's Ground" Vol 8 has "Somebody's Luggage" & Vol 10 has "Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings" Vol 4 lacks "A Message from the Sea". 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8" <br/><br/>From the start of his literary career Dickens wished to be an editor. and began such early-on with Bentley's Miscellany. After two more somewhat unsuccessful efforts he succeeded with Household Words which due to personal differences with his publishers gave rise to this final editorial publication All The Year Round. The content was miscellaneous in nature and attracted some of the best writers of the day- Wilkie Collins The Moonstone & The Woman in White Mrs. Gaskell A Dark Night's Work Trollope Is He Popenjoy. not to mention Dickens himself- the periodical contains the first appearance of his two great works- A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1857018658Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1857. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 508 pages. Rebound in red cloth with a black leather spine label. Written on the front endpaper is "John B. Callender from the Author." About three dozen pages have small stains. The first American edition. John P. Jewett and Company Hardcover
1857018658Boston: John P. Jewett and Company 1857. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. 508 pages. Rebound in red cloth with a black leather spine label. Written on the front endpaper is "John B. Callender from the Author." About three dozen pages have small stains. The first American edition. John P. Jewett and Company Hardcover books
1900201163London: Smith Elder & Company 1900. Haworth Edition; First Printing. Fine Binding. All 7 volumes Very Good in decorative boards. Owner personalization on Villette 2nd FEP. Soiling along spine heel of The Life of Charlotte Bronte and The Tennant of Wildfell Hall. Top text block edges gilded. Smith, Elder & Company unknown
1899963T61London: Smith Elder & Co. 1899-1900. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A collection of five volumes of the Haworth edition of this series of works from the celebrated Bronte sisters. Five volumes of a seven volume set lacking volumes one and five. Haworth edition. With eleven illustrations each in Volumes I-V eight in Volume VI and seventeen in Volume VII. The Brontës were a nineteenth century literary family associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire England. The sisters Charlotte Emily and Anne are well-known poets and novelists who like many contemporary female writers published their work under male pseudonyms: Currer Ellis and Acton Bell respectively. Their stories attracted attention for their passion and originality immediately following their publication. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first to know success while Emily's Wuthering Heights Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works were accepted as masterpieces of literature only after their deaths. This set contains: Volume II - Shirley by Charlotte Bronte 1899. Illustrated with a frontispiece a facsimile of the original title page and nine plates. Volume III - Villette by Charlotte Bronte 1899. Illustrated with a frontispiece a facsimile of the original title page and nine plates. Volume IV - The Professor by Charlotte Bronte 1900. Illustrated with a frontispiece a facsimile of the original title page and nine plates. Volume VI - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte 1900. Illustrated with a frontispiece a facsimile of the original title page and six plates. Volume VII - The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Mrs. Gaskell or Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell an English novelist biographer and short story writer. Illustrated with a frontispiece a facsimile of the original title page and fifteen plates. Collated complete. With introductions to the works by Mary Augusta Ward a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. As well as an introduction to the life by Clement King Shorter a British journalist and literary critic. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original green cloth binding. Externally smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines of the odd volume with small marks to the boards. Minor splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spines with a 1" split to the spine of volume VII. Hinges starting but firm with the front free endpaper of volume II loosening. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the extremities. The odd small ink underline with contemporary ink inscriptions to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Smith, Elder, & Co. hardcover
1899003734london: Smith Elder & Co 1899. Book. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Set of five volumes from what was published as a seven volume set between 1899 and 1910. Bound in green buckram with a CB monogram. Nice solid bindings gilt top edge. Some wear to boards minimal foxing to endpapers. Volume seven has very old water staining at the very beginning. Set comprises "Jane Eyre" "Villette" "Wuthering Heights" "Agnes Grey" "Shirley" and "The Life of Charlotte Bronte" by Mrs Gaskell. Makes a nice set set in their own right see pictures. UK only these are very heavy so postage will be a bit more than the automatic quote Adjusted for approval on processing. All our books at the moment are reduced so the price you see reflects a 33% discount. You may be interested in The Literaticus Book Service. We specialise in tracking down those harder to find editions among other bookish services such as gift fulfilment. Get in touch to send us your Book Wants or ask a bookish question. If this is intended as a gift please email first and I can gift wrap for no extra charge. If you would like special delivery but don't see an option for it just email first and I'll obtain a quote. If you have any questions require more information or if you would like more pictures do not hesitate to get in touch. Smith, Elder, & Co Hardcover
188920968U. S. Publishing House. Good. 1889. Hardcover. Red cloth blind stamped cover with gilt is modestly soiled caps are lightly frayed corners are bumped and lightly worn but cover is in good condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet's printed book plate in ink. End sheets and paste downs have modest soiling. Pages are lightly toned some thumbing and in very good condition. B&W illustrated frontispiece many B&W plates and B&W illustrations. . U. S. Publishing House hardcover
189426284John F. Waite 1894. Hardcover. Good - Used/None as Issued. Large format hardcover no jacket as issued light corner bump. Hinges intact but weak. Oversized and overweight ferg Please email for photos. John F. Waite hardcover
1888523059London: Smith Elder and Co. 1888. Hardcover 7-volume complete set without dust jackets. Each book is bound in half green cloth with marbled paper sides uncut page blocks frontispiece and previous owner's name and date 1888-89 penned to FEP. Board edges are worn page blocks are tanned. "Villette" has a small tear to front board paper and taped repair to hinge at rear paste down. "Shirley" has hinge breaks at front and rear pastedowns. "Wuthering Heights" has a bump and crack to rear board lower leading corner. All have light foxing throughout. Contents are clean and unmarked. More photos available upon request. AD. First Thus. Hardcover. Good. Used. Smith, Elder and Co. Hardcover
