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[BRONTË, Charlotte (1816-1855)] 'Currer Bell'. The Professor. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857
2 volumes, 8° (194 x 124mm). Half-titles. 2pp. of Smith, Elder and Co.'s advertisements for 'Mrs Gaskell's Memoirs of Currer Bell' bound in at the end of volume I and 8pp. of Smith, Elder and Co.'s advertisements for 'Uniform Edition of the Works of Currer Bell', 16pp. of Smith, Elder and Co.'s 'A Catalogue of New and Standard Works [...] June, 1857', and 4pp. of Groombridge and Sons' advertisements for 'A New Edition of the Works of Grace Aguilar' etc. bound in at the end of volume II. (Variable spotting.) Later purple half crushed morocco gilt by Root & Son, the spines divided into 6 compartments by raised bands, titled in gilt in 2 and dated in gilt at the foot, top edges gilt, original dark purple cloth covers and spines laid down and bound in at the end of each volume (spines lightly faded, laid-down cloth a little marked and trimmed).
FIRST EDITION of a novel written in 1846, based on Charlotte Brontë's experiences in Brussels. As her husband, A.B. Nicholls, explains in his note to the 'Preface', Brontë intended to publish The Professor, following the appearance of Shirley in 1849, but 'being dissuaded from her intention, the authoress made some use of her materials in a subsequent work--''Villette.'' [1853] As, however, these two stories are in most respects unlike, it has been represented to me that I ought not to withhold ''The Professor'' from the public. I have therefore consented to its publication' (volume I, p.viii). Parrish Victorian Lady Novelists p.96 (calling for 2pp. of advertisements for 'Mrs Gaskell's Memoirs of Currer Bell', 8pp. of advertisements for 'Uniform Edition of the Works of Currer Bell', and 16pp. catalogue of 'New and Standard Works [...] 1857'); Sadleir 347 (calling for 2pp. advertisements in volume I and 16pp. dated 1857 in volume II only); Wise Brontë 8. (2)
2 volumes, 8° (194 x 124mm). Half-titles. 2pp. of Smith, Elder and Co.'s advertisements for 'Mrs Gaskell's Memoirs of Currer Bell' bound in at the end of volume I and 8pp. of Smith, Elder and Co.'s advertisements for 'Uniform Edition of the Works of Currer Bell', 16pp. of Smith, Elder and Co.'s 'A Catalogue of New and Standard Works [...] June, 1857', and 4pp. of Groombridge and Sons' advertisements for 'A New Edition of the Works of Grace Aguilar' etc. bound in at the end of volume II. (Variable spotting.) Later purple half crushed morocco gilt by Root & Son, the spines divided into 6 compartments by raised bands, titled in gilt in 2 and dated in gilt at the foot, top edges gilt, original dark purple cloth covers and spines laid down and bound in at the end of each volume (spines lightly faded, laid-down cloth a little marked and trimmed).
FIRST EDITION of a novel written in 1846, based on Charlotte Brontë's experiences in Brussels. As her husband, A.B. Nicholls, explains in his note to the 'Preface', Brontë intended to publish The Professor, following the appearance of Shirley in 1849, but 'being dissuaded from her intention, the authoress made some use of her materials in a subsequent work--''Villette.'' [1853] As, however, these two stories are in most respects unlike, it has been represented to me that I ought not to withhold ''The Professor'' from the public. I have therefore consented to its publication' (volume I, p.viii). Parrish Victorian Lady Novelists p.96 (calling for 2pp. of advertisements for 'Mrs Gaskell's Memoirs of Currer Bell', 8pp. of advertisements for 'Uniform Edition of the Works of Currer Bell', and 16pp. catalogue of 'New and Standard Works [...] 1857'); Sadleir 347 (calling for 2pp. advertisements in volume I and 16pp. dated 1857 in volume II only); Wise Brontë 8. (2)
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