With some delay, we report the auction of a first edition of Jane Eyre some weeks ago.
Lot 94
Bell (Currer) Jane Eyre, 1847, 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles present but bound without adverts, 19th century half calf, marbled boards and edges
From
AuctionPublicity:
On Wednesday the 25th June, Yorkshire auctioneers Tennants, brushed away current economic fears with its most successful ever book auction. The Leyburn auction house was packed with prospective bidders and extra seating had to be rushed in at the last minute.
The leading attraction was a first edition of Jane Eyre. The 1847 three volume set, written by Yorkshire author Charlotte Bronte under the pseudonym of Currer Bell, was brought into the Leyburn auction centre by a member of the public. Book specialist Paul Hughes identified it as the rare first edition and advertised the book worldwide. ‘I believed that it would make up to £10,000 but I was delighted for the vendor when a phone bidder pushed the price to £17,500’.
Categories: Brontëana, Jane Eyre
With some delay, we report the auction of a first edition of Jane Eyre some weeks ago.
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