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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters: The Haworth Edition.
London: John Murray, 1920. [Classic Literature] VINTAGE EDITION, reissue. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xxvi; 502. With eight black and white illustrated plates, including a portrait of the author, and a facsimile of the title page to the first edition. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and a gilt monogram to upper. With the rare typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. A large black ink ownership to fly-leaf, dated 1926. A black and white photograph of Anne's grave cut into verso of the fly-leaf. Toning to edges, otherwise internally clean. Jacket shows moderate general wear and toning, with heavy toning and a large loss to spine, repaired with brown paper. Rare in the jacket. Very good. An odd volume from the seven-volume Haworth Edition of the works of the Bronte Sisters, originally published by Smith, Elder & Co. in 1900. Item #74720
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