Any Amount of Brontëana

Any Amount of Books is one of those unavoidable secondhand bookstores that you have to enter if you are in London. Each time that BrontëBlog is in London, a visit to Charing Cross, 23 (not so far from Helene Hanff's 84) is on the to-do list. We have to admit that, until now, we have been unable to leave the bookstore without having been tempted by some book or other.

Therefore, when we received an e-mail from Nigel Burwood, from Any Amount of Books, informing us that Bookride (the fascinating rare book guide that we quoted some days ago concerning first editions of Wuthering Heights) has a very interesting Brontë-related offer on its web, we were thrilled. These are the details:

J. A. SYMINGTON.
Bibliography of the Works of All Members of the Brontë Family and of Brontëana.

(ISBN: 1584560126) Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, 2000. Octavo, cloth. (viii), 210pp.

Limited to 1,000 copies. A definitive bibliography of the works of all members of the Bronte family and of Bronteana. Originally written to be the 20th volume in a series on the Bronte family published by Shakespeare Head in the 1930s and now issued in russet cloth lettered gilt at the spine to correspond in physical appearance to that set. A great reference work (issued without d/w) that includes contemporary reviews of Bronte works, for example showing reviews of 'Wuthering Heights' from 1847.

Fine copies are £16 post free in UK. $36 inc post to USA and the Rest of the World. Please pay through Paypal.

It is, at present, the only book we have for sale on our site and our first attempt at selling a book on the site. I have about 50 copies
Email : charingx@anyamountofbooks.com

More information on this book can be found on the Oak Noll Press website:

First edition. A definitive bibliography which includes the works of all members of the Bronte family and of Bronteana. This work was written in the late 1930s and set aside due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Dame Daphne du Maurier acquired the manuscript from Symington’s library. She also acquired the original proof sheets of the proposed bibliography with a number of manuscripts amendments in Symington’s hands. These sheets were subsequently acquired by us. From them this bibliography was published.
Mr. Symington (1887-1961) was Librarian of the Brotherton Library and Honorary Curator, Librarian and Bibliographical Secretary of the Bronte Society. This bibliography contains a great deal of information which is not available in any other Bronte bibliography. It will be of great assistance to libraries, Bronte students, and collectors of books about the Bronte family. Co-published with Ian Hodgkins & Co. Ltd.

Tempted?

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