Charlotte Bronte (Currer Bell). Jane Eyre. Smith, Elder & Co.,, London, 1847.

Price: US$51279.47 + shipping

Description: Firstnbsp;Edition. Three volumes bound by the renowned Riviere and Son binders. Volume I 4 304pp without add. (as is common) with half title. Volume II with half title 4 304 pp, bound with the original cloth from the front and rear boards together with the spine to the rear of Volume II. Volume III with half titles 4 311 pp. errors in paging: p.32 and p.225 are incorrectly numbered 23 and 252 respectively. All three volumes are bound in early full crushed green Morocco by Riviere, featuring gilt titles and triple ruled border, with gilt compartments to each section of the spine. Five raised bands with the date to the bottom of each volume. This is a first edition of the author's finest novel; one of the most groundbreaking and enduring works of English literature.nbsp;Charlotte Bront's semiautobiographical heroine was something completely new in Victorian fiction: a woman confronting men on equal terms, telling her story with passion and honest feeling. The contents are clear and bright, and free from damage. Bookplate to front endpaper of each volume; some light rubbing to the front boards of each. Smith 2; Sadlier 346. A fabulous example of this iconic work of literature, being the author's very firstnbsp;novel.nbsp;

Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1847.

Price: US$65000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First Edition, First Printing, in three volumes. A fantastic set bound in early period binding. The books are in great shape. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean and the half titles are present in all three volumes as called for. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in any of the books. A beautiful set in collector's condition. We buy Charlotte Bronte First Editions.

Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.

BRONTE, CHARLOTTE.. Jane Eyre. Edited by Currer Bell. London: Smith, Elder, 1847, 1847.

Price: US$100000.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition; three volumes; publisher's cloth; the fly-title of the publisher's catalogue is dated June, 1847 and the catalogue itself is dated October, 1847. This set has the very uncommon 'Calcutta Review' ad inserted (while copies lacking it are not considered incomplete, it is preferable to include it); complete with the half-titles in each volume. This set is in what might be termed, for a book so seldom seen in its original binding, in usual condition; in this instance, this standard is not a high one. Overall, this set is in the shabbier side of good condition. Unlike many of the few sets that have surfaced in cloth, it has not been rebacked, but it has undergone modest cloth mending; there is cloth staining and numerous, but generally minor, paper repairs to small chips and tears. However, the title page of the first volume has been rehinged. For all that, Jane Eyre is nearly always seen rebound, and these defects aside, a better copy is seldom seen. In a custom cloth clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.