1893 Scarce Victorian Edition - Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and Her Sisters (7 Volume Box Set). Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, etc.
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Author: Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and Anne Brontë.
Title: Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and Her Sisters.
Publisher: London, Smith, Elder & Co., no date (1893).
Language: Text in English.
Size: Box: 7" X 6" X 5". Books: 6.5" X 4.5".
Pages: over 3000 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine original full-cloth bindings with gilt titles and decorations on the spine, and floral decorations on the cover (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) in a scarce very good original box (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown). It is an exceptional set in a scarce original box.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing - as shown, small name at the top of the half-title page - as shown.
Illustrations: Complete with the frontispiece illustration in each volume.
Estimate: (Scarce, with no or few other copies of this book set in his original publisher's box available for sale).
The Books: Scarce and attractive "Pocket Edition" of the Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her sisters, Emily and Anne Brontë. This exceptional seven-volume set includes the following titles:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
Villette by Charlotte Brontë
The Professor and Poems by Charlotte Brontë; and Poems by her Sisters and Father
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë; Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Mrs. Gaskell
The authors: Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her novel "Jane Eyre."
Emily Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her only novel "Wuthering Heights."
Anne Brontë (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, known for her novels "Agnes Grey" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall."