If you are into collecting first editions, Burnside Rare Books is selling a first edition of
Jane Eyre:
Jane Eyre
Brontë, Charlotte [pseud Currer Bell]
London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1847.
First edition. 8vo. Bound in late 20th-century dark green crushed morocco by Bayntun (Rieviere), ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt top stain, wide turn-ins decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers. Three volumes housed in green cloth slipcase. Half-titles present, lacking ads. pp.[iv], 304; [iv], 304; [iv], 311, [1]. Near Fine. Minor scuff to leather of volumes II and III, half-title and title pages of III guarded. Previous owner bookplate loosely attached in volume I. Unusually fresh and clean internally. The first published novel by the Brontë sisters, credited with revolutionizing literature and even by one recent writer with no less than inventing the modern self. One of only approximately 500 copies printed. Parrish pp. 87-88. Smith 2. Item #170928001
Price: $45,000.00
A first American edition of
Wuthering Heights and
Shirley can also be found, as well as an early American printing of
Villette can also be found.
If you are into collecting first editions, Burnside Rare Books is selling a first edition of Jane Eyre:
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