First editions

We considered giving away one of these Jane Eyre first editions for our anniversary contest, but we finally decided on Wuthering Heights gifts ;)

St Mary's Books (Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK) is proud to be able to offer a beautiful FIRST EDITION copy of Jane Eyre:

Currer Bell ( Charlotte Bronte). Jane Eyre An Autobiography in Three Volumes.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1847. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. H. Back. First edition - collated with text errors of first edition including title page of Vol III printed with no comma following the publisher Elder as in the first two volumes. Three volume set, bound in full dark green wavy rippled leather. Triple ruled gilt border to boards. Five raised bands to spine, gilt rule to raised bands, titling to the second compartment, volume number and author to the third compartment, tooled floral decoration to other compartments with date embossed towards bottom of spine. Spines of all three volumes are darkened and show slight rubbing/scuffing to top and tail and to raised bands. Upper board of Vol. I is lightly scratched/marked. Corners of all three volumes are a little bumped and scuffed. Binding is uniformly tight. Top edge gilt, gilt inner dentelles and marble endpapers. Contents are clean showing no inscriptions but fore edge and margins show the usual browning with age. A number of small tears to the bottom edge have been expertly repaired in all volumes. pp 304 + 304 + 311. A delightful first edition copy of Charlotte Bronte's first and greatest work.
£35,000.00

Bookseller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd (New York, US)
Jane Eyre
* Edition: 1st Edition
* Binding: Hardcover
* Publisher: London: Smith, Elder and Co.
* Date published: 1847

Book Description

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. Edited by Currer Bell. First edition. Three volumes. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in a very attractive half dark green crushed morocco, gilt lining on front and rear covers. Spines in 6 gilt-tooled compartments, with 5 raised bands. Top edge gilt. Bound without half titles, 32pp. publisher's advertisements, fly-title and advertisement leaf in volume 3. Three leaves supplied in facsimile in vol. 3, B1, F6, and F7. A number of leaves cleaned and repaired. Housed in a fleece-lined slipcase. Parrish pp.87; Sadlier I. 346; Wolff 826; Smith 2.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Price: $12,000.00

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