The Novels of the Sisters Brontë: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey, Shirley, Villette, The Professor. The Thornton Edition.

BRONTË, Anne (1820-1849), Charlotte (1816-1855), and Emily (1818-1848), [SCOTT, Temple, editor].

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. [Prose Works] LEATHER-BOUND THORNTON EDITION. Complete in 12 volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm). With a frontispiece illustration to each volume, and numerous black and white photographic plates showing Bronte country. Recently re-bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to twin green labels, further gilt decoration to spines, and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt; other lightly trimmed. Some spotting, otherwise crisp, clean copies in an attractive new leather binding. The Thornton Edition of the Novels of the Bronte Sisters, first printed in 1905, is considered the definitive complete works, and includes Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Bronte'. This set is simply dated 1924 (no reprint history is shown). Item #73922

Price: £3,500.00