1900 Art Nouveau Binding - JANE EYRE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE illustrated by John H. Bacon

 

Author :CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Title : Jane Eyre: an Autobiography.
Publisher : London: Published by The Gresham Publishing Company, no date (circa 1900).
Language : Text in English
Size : 8 " X 6 "
Pages : xxi-393 pages
Binding : Attractive and good gilt decorated cloth binding in Arts Nouveau style  by Talwin Morris (overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Good content (tight and clean, foxing and staining - mostly on first and last pages, signature of a previous owner on first free endpaper). 
Illustrations: With original illustrations by John H. Bacon.

The book : Attractive edition of Jane Eyre (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) -- a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published under the pen name "Currer Bell", on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York. Jane Eyre follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr. Rochester, the brooding master of Thornfield Hall.

The author: Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.