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Charlotte Bronte. Novels Of The Sisters Bronte: The Professor [Thornton Edition]. John Grant, 1924.
Price: US$9.76 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1924. Thornton Edition. 378 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decorations to spine. Contains black and white photographic plates and an illustrated frontispiece. Gilt top text block edge. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Rough-cut pages have moderate tanning and light foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Faint white marks and scratches overall. Book is slightly bowed and forward leaning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$12.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume II only. Green cloth covers with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Some small marks. 469pp. Black and white illustrations.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Volume I only. Green cloth covers with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Some small marks. 354pp. Black and white illustrations.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Charlotte Bronte. Villette By Charlotte Bronte Volumes 1 and 2. John Grant, Edinburgh, 1924.
Price: US$35.86 + shipping
Description: Originally part of a 12 piece set titled 'Novels of the sisters Bronte' edited by Temple Scott. Both volumes have gilt titling to slightly faded spine and top edge, other edges untrimmed. Both volumes also have prev. owner's neat inscription in pen to ffep. Volume 1 boards slightly stained. pp. 421. Volume 2 pp. 406
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth covers with gilt titles and decoration to spine. A few small marks. 500pp. Black and white illustrations.
Seller: M and M Books, Barkway, HERTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$153.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Twelve volume set of novels which include by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre 2 vols. Shirley 2 vols. Villette 2 vols and The Professor. By Anne Bronte, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 2 vols. and Agnes Grey. By Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights and by Elizabeth Gaskell, A Life of Charlotte Bronte. Bindings are firm and the contents are clean though the covers show some wear and some volumes have a little tanning on preliminary pages. (the set of books will form a heavy parcel or parcels and so exceed the postage template advertised. Likely cost of postage in UK estimated at £25-£30 to be quoted before order is processed. Not suitable for overseas sale as postage may well exceed the price of the books !))
Seller: K R CLARK, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.22 + shipping
Description: Thornton edn. 12 vols. Tall 8vo (8½ x 6 ins). Original uniform gilt decorated green cloth, top edges gilt (fore-edges lightly spotted - otherwise a VG set). Pp. various, titles printed in red and black, illus with b&w plates some with tissue-guards (no inscriptions).
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
Price: US$377.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Complete in 12 volumes. The Thornton Edition. Publisher's green cloth with ornate gilt decoration and lettering to spines. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut. Frontis to each volume and with additional illustrations. Rubbing to spine ends; a damage hole to the spine of vol. I of 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'. Minor scratches to some of the boards. Bookplate of D. R. Rosevear to front pastedowns. Some yellowing to endpapers, but otherwise all internally clean. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$439.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12 vols. (complete). Original green cloth with gilt designs and gilt lettering on spines. The tiniest of edge tears at head of spine of four volumes, else Very Good. Other volumes Very Good or Very Good Plus with just a trace of edge wear at the head of spines. Top edges gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Some leaves uncut.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$462.06 + shipping
Description: The Thornton Edition, complete 12 volume set, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering and design to spines, gilt upper page edges, frontispieces, all volumes VG (light wear to extremities, bruising to corners of boards and head and tails of spines, light foxing throughout esp. to prelims and page edges
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Price: US$589.20 + shipping
Description: 12 vols., 8vo., on laid paper, with 12 frontispieces, series and volume titles in red and black, and 55 plates on 54; original leaf-green cloth, backs gilt extra, gilt tops (excepting one volume), uncut, some backstrips lightly faded (that of 'The Professor' rather more so) but all gilt designs and lettering entirely legible, else a very good, crisp, internally spotless set. The edition comprises Bronte (A): The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (2 vols; 2 frontispieces); Agnes Grey (1 vol; frontispiece). Bronte (C): Jane Eyre (2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 9 plates); Shirley (2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 10 plates); Villette (2 vols; 2 frontispieces and 4 plates); The Professor (1 vol; frontispiece and 3 plates). Bronte (E): Wuthering Heights (1 vol; frontispiece and 4 plates). Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte (1 vol; frontispiece and 25 plates on 24). First issued in 1911, the Thornton edition is by far the finest twentieth century collected edition, well printed with broad margins and fine plates.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$614.81 + shipping
Description: Plates. 12 volumes 8vo (8 1/2 x 6 inches). Original green cloth, spines blocked in gilt, uncut. Very slight 1/8 inch split to one headband. Headbands bruised. Overall a lovely bright set in very good condition indeed. Weight 9 kg thus extra postage will be requested.
Seller: Bristow & Garland, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: The Thornton Edition. Illustrated with photographs, engravings and manuscript facsimiles. 12 vols. 8vo. Bound in original publisher's green cloth. A fine set Illustrated with photographs, engravings and manuscript facsimiles. 12 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$720.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12-volume set, complete. Dust jackets are in clear plastic Brodart protectors and show minor wear, tanning, rubbing, and slight foxing. Green cloth covers show minor wear. Light foxing on the edges, pages are lightly tanned.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A complete, 12 volume set of the Thornton Edition, in original green cloth with gilt decorations and titles to spine, gte, sides untrimmed. Internals gently toned, as is usually seen. Re-issue of the Thornton Edition first published beginning in 1898. Gilt to spines a tad dulled. Still a solidly bound and readable set.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Green cloth, spines titled and decoratively stamped in gilt. Three front panels with mild discoloration, occasional mild rubbing, overall near fine and handsome.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: The Thornton Edition. Illustrated with photographs, engravings and manuscript facsimiles. 12 vols. 8vo. Bound in original publisher's green cloth. Spines faded, foxing Illustrated with photographs, engravings and manuscript facsimiles. 12 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$790.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green cloth with guilt decorations. A heavy set that will require additional postage for destinations outside of the USA.
Seller: Atticus Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Twelve volumes, octavo. Plates. Original green cloth with gilt spine. Minor shelfwear, small tear in front free endpaper of Volume I. A very good set. Thornton Edition.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1024.69 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: ~FULL TITLES: Vols 1 & 2: Jane Eyre, by C. Bronte / Vol. 3: The Professor, by C. Bronte / Vols 4-5: Shirley, by C. Bronte / Vols 6-7: Villette, by C. Bronte / Vol. 8: Wuthering Heights, by E. Bronte / Vol. 9: Agnes Grey, by A. Bronte, with a Memoir of her Sisters by Charlotte Bronte / Vols 10-11: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by A. Bronte / Vol. 12: The Life of Charlotte Bronte, by E. C. Gaskell, Introduction and Notes by Temple Scott and B. W. Willett. ~Original full green cloth, gilt lettering and ornate gilt decor to spines. Top edges dark green, other edges deckled, with a little foxing to fore-edges. Half titles and title pages printed in red and black. Frontis to all vols, four with tissue guards. Numerous b/w illustrations. Hinges all sound, inside and out. A very little faint foxing to text margins or prelims. Endpapers all uncracked at gutters. Cream dustwrappers, unclipped, slightly toned on spines, minor foxing spots to panels. Small hole to dustwrapper on spine in Vilette vol.1 only (see picture). Dustwrappers protected in removable clear plastic sleeves. The Thornton Edition, first published in 1901 and including Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of Charlotte Bronte, became the standard text of the Bronte's works in the early twentieth century. Attractive set, unusually fresh and little used. Robust packaging. Size: About. 450pp. per vol
Seller: St Philip's Books, P.B.F.A., B.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$1216.82 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Complete 12 volume set in the original green cloth, gilt dec. and titles to the spine. Edited by Temple Scott. Photographic frontis. plates and other plates bound-in . A fine unfaded set but one or two spines gilt a trifle rubbed. Green top-edge and uncut fore-edge. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS. Size: 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Twelve vols. 8vo. xi, [5], 405, [1]; [6], 371, [1]; xvii, [3], 499, [1]; xi, [5], 378; [6], 458; [6], 471, [1]; xi, [5], 421, [1]; [6], 406; [4], 353, [1]; [4], 347, [1]; [4], 301, [1]; xviii, [2], 525, [1] pp. Half-titles & titles in red & black, all vols. w/ frontisp. (some sepia-tinted photogravures), plates. Uniformly bound in publisher's green linen, decorated gilt spines & lettering (occasional shelfwear, slight rubbing, very slight bumping to some corners), w/ original d.j.'s, printed spine art to match the bindings (some minor chipping heads & feet of some spines, occasional closed tears, thumbing, dustsoiling), still a NF/VG set, partially uncut & unopened. An excellent Thornton Edition of the Bronte sisters' opus of gothic novels, edited by Temple Scott, featuring the detailed biography of Charlotte Bronte by Gaskell, uncommon with all volumes in original dustjackets. Charlotte's "Jane Eyre," and Emily's "Wuthering Heights," are considered not only the two sisters best works, but still central to the English literature canon, while Anne's lesser known Tenant of Wildfell Hall is considered by many as the first sustained feminist novel. Charlotte would outlive both her talented sisters, eventually marry her father's curate whom she had disliked, and die at 38, unable to survive her pregnancy.
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1274.46 + shipping
Description: A complete collection of the Thornton edition of the novels by the sisters Bronte, in the publisher's uniform full cloth bindings. The 1924 John Grant Thornton edition of this lovely set of the novels of the incredibly successful and influential sisters Brontë. Complete in twelve volumes. Edited by Temple Scott. With half titles, titles in red ink. Illustrated with portraits and photographic plates which aid bringing to life the settings of the novels.In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings.This series comprises the following titles:The Life of Charlotte Bronte by E. C. Gaskell, with introduction and notes by Temple Scott and B. W. Willett. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four full page plates. Collated, complete.Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, with a preface by Charlotte Bronte. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four full page plates. Collated, complete.The Professor by Charlotte Bronte. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three full page plates. Collated, complete.Villette in two volumes by Charlotte Bronte. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume and four full page plates. Collated, complete.Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume and nine full page plates. Collated, complete.The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume and one full page plate. Collated, complete.Agnes Greyby Anne Bronte, including a biographical sketch by Charlotte Bronte. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Complete.Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume and ten full page plates. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, minor rubbing and general light soiling to the boards and spine. With a minor mark to the rear board of vol. II of Jane Eyre. Internally, firmly bound. Faint light spotting to the occasional endpaper, otherwise the pages are bright and clean. The occasional leaves remain unopened. Illustrated with frontispieces and plates in black and white. Collated, complete. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1274.46 + shipping
Description: A beautiful twelve volume set of the Brontë sisters classic novels. The new, Thornton Edition, edited by Temple Scott. Complete in twelve volumes. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with gilt detail. A beautiful collection of these classic novels by the incredibly influential and successful, Brontë sisters. This set comprising of: 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë, with a preface by Charlotte Brontë. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four monochrome plates. Collated complete. 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë, complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece in both volumes and nine plates altogether. Collated complete. 'Agnes Grey' by Anne Brontë. With a memoir of her sisters by Charlotte Brontë. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Collated complete. 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' by Anne Brontë, complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece in both volumes and one full page plate. Collated complete. 'Shirley' by Charlotte Brontë, complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece in both volumes and ten plates. Collated complete. 'Villette' by Charlotte Brontë, complete in two volumes. Illustrated with a frontispiece in both volumes and four plates. Collated complete. 'The Professor' by Charlotte Brontë. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. 'The Life of Charlotte Brontë' by E. C. Gaskell. Introduction and notes by Temple Scott and B. W. Willett. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-four full page illustrations. Collated complete. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with some shelf wear to the edges. The occasional light mark to the boards. Some light spotting and the occasional mark to the paste-downs and free endpapers, heavier in 'Shirley' volumes one and two. Age-toning to the free endapers of 'Agnes Grey'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the occasional mark. Spotting towards the front and rear of 'Shirley' volumes one and two. Several pages throughout are uncut. Spotting to the fore-edges. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1375.00 + shipping
Description: 12 volumes. The Thornton edition. Handsomely illustrated throughout primarily with contemporary photographs of settings and locations, title-pages and half-titles printed in red and black. 8vo, in the publisher's original dark green cloth, the spines gilt decorated in a floral motif and gilt lettered, t.e.g. A lovely and fine set, the bindings all sound and strong with bright spines and bright gilt, a hint of shelving evidence to the extremeties, the text-blocks very clean and quite fresh with just a touch of mild spotting as typical, at the prelims only. A very attractive collection. A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF THE BRONTË SISTERS' NOVELS. The set is comprised of Emily Brontë's WUTHERING HEIGHTS; Charlotte Brontë's JANE EYRE, VILLETTE, THE PROFESSOR and SHIRLEY; and Anne Brontë's TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL, and "AGNES GREY. Also included is E. C. Gaskell's THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 12 volumes. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's green cloth with elaborately gilt spines, in dust jackets. Thornton Edition. A fine set in the scarce dust jackets which are a little tanned at the spines.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: 12 volumes. 8vo, old 3/4 red gilt-ruled morocco, t.e.g., by Brentano's, N.Y. Thornton Edition. A few tiny nicks to the leather; all volumes tight and sound. An attractive set.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1638.90 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 12 v. : ill., portrait plates with tissue-guards., facsims. ; 22 cm. Notes; Each volume has special title-page. Includes: Life of Charlotte Brontë/by Mrs. Gaskell. Contents; [v.1-2] Jane Eyre, by C. Brontë.--[v.3] The professor, by C. Brontë.--[v.4-5] Shirley, by C. Brontë.--[v.6-7] Villette, by C. Brontë.--[v.8] Wuthering Heights, by E. Brontë.--[v.9] Agnes Grey, by A. Brontë.--[v.10-11] The tenant of Wildfell Hall, by A. Brontë.--[v.12] The life of Charlotte Brontë, by E. C. Gaskell. Introduction and notes, by T. Scott and B. W. Willett. Subjects; Brontë, Charlotte 1816-1855. Novelists, English 19th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$1804.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains a particularly well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 12 v. : ill., portrait plates with tissue-guards., facsims. ; 22 cm. Notes; Each volume has special title-page. Includes: Life of Charlotte Brontë/by Mrs. Gaskell. Contents; [v.1-2] Jane Eyre, by C. Brontë.--[v.3] The professor, by C. Brontë.--[v.4-5] Shirley, by C. Brontë.--[v.6-7] Villette, by C. Brontë.--[v.8] Wuthering Heights, by E. Brontë.--[v.9] Agnes Grey, by A. Brontë.--[v.10-11] The tenant of Wildfell Hall, by A. Brontë.--[v.12] The life of Charlotte Brontë, by E. C. Gaskell. Introduction and notes, by T. Scott and B. W. Willett. Subjects; Brontë, Charlotte 1816-1855. Novelists, English 19th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This is a 12 volume set of the Novels of the Sisters Bronte, the Thornton Edition, in the original green cloth bindings with original dust jackets. The jackets are protected with a mylar cover and have some minor fraying with some darkened spine panels. The books overall are in near-fine condition while the dust jackets are in very good condition.
Seller: Antiquarian Book Company, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$3202.16 + shipping
Description: Handsomely bound set of one of the most attractive editions of the Brontë sisters, pleasingly illustrated with numerous photographic illustrations of places associated with the authors. The Thornton edition was first published in 1901. 12 volumes, octavo (205 x 138 mm). Contemporary green half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, compartments framed in gilt with floral corners, single gilt fillet trimming to sides and corners, green cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With 67 plates, including frontispieces, portraits, photogravures, views, and facsimiles. Title pages printed in black and red. Spines uniformly sunned to brown, occasional rubbing to extremities, small spot of abrasion to front pastedowns, a few leaves unopened. A very good set indeed.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Bronte, Anne, Charlotte, & Emily. NOVELS OF THE SISTERS BRONTE. John Grant, Edinburgh, 1924.
Price: US$3639.32 + shipping
Description: Edited by Temple Scott. In twelve volumes, totalling approximately 5000 pages, each volume with frontispiece (most with tissue guards), all but 2 volumes with other plates (totalling 67 plates in the set), the half-title and title pages printed in red & black; dark green cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, the cloth occasionally a trifle marked, a few corners lightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut, a couple of volumes partly unopened; dust wrappers, a trifle soiled, edges sometimes very slightly rubbed and split; free endpapers faintly offset, hinges occasionally tender, scattered light foxing; John Grant, Edinburgh, 1924. Thornton Edition, later printing. *Includes Mrs. Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte, with an Introduction and notes by Temple Scott and B. W. Willett. The novels Jane Eyre, Villette, Shirley and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall are each in two volumes.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$3900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: THE THORNTON EDITION. 12 vols., 8-5/8" x 6-1/8", title-pages printed in red and black, illustrated. Bound in 1/2 maroon morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, textblock uncut as issued, by Atkinson. Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, gift inscription, or bookplate, a VERY GOOD set.
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: Twelve octavo volumes (8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 205 x 140 mm.). Handsomely bound ca. 1960 by [Rivière] for Henry Sotheran in three-quarter red calf over red cloth boards ruled in blind. Spines decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, two blue and green morocco lettering labels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispieces and plates. Half-titles and title-pages printed in red and black. Seven of the green spine labels are faded, otherwise near fine. The Thornton Edition was first published in 1905, named for the village on the outskirts of Bradford, West Yorkshire best known as being the birthplace of the Brontës. The moorlands of that area "had a profound influence on the writing of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte.at their home the children created a rich imaginary world. Any books that came their way were eagerly devoured, and they produced their own books as well" (Bronte Society). As the sisters rose to adulthood, their novels began to focus on the complex emotional lives of women from all walks of life -- from orphans to governesses to heiresses -- but with the greatest emphasis on those whose educations and livelihoods most reflected their own. With clear-sightedness, they used their knowledge of gendered, economic, and social constraints to develop their best material. Again, the moorlands of their upbringing affected their writing. Anne's work was like a still day before a storm. And "if Charlotte's novels keep up a stiff wind, Emily's one novel is a thunderstorm. Their characters.have such a gust of life that they transcend reality" (Dean). Publishing under gender neutral pseudonyms of Currer Bell, Ellis Bell, and Acton Bell, the three talented authors were able to release their works to the public without the kind of criticism that fell on women of the time. It was with the publication of Anne's second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, that the women were forced to reveal their true identities when an unscrupulous publisher attempted to use Currer Bell's name to sell another, less successful author's works. The literary fame that came with the Brontes' revelation led only to a shortlived happiness, as all three died at early ages" (Bronte Society).
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Description: The Thornton Edition. Illustrated. Printed by Loiver and Boyd, Edinburgh. 12 vols. 8vo. A beautiful set of the Thornton edition. The most desirable and attractive edition of the works of the Bronte sisters, which includes the 7 novels in 11 volumes, as well as Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Bronte as the final volume. Three quarter blue morocco and marbled paper board, gilt spines, somewhat faded, teg and other edges uncut, over all very good Illustrated. Printed by Loiver and Boyd, Edinburgh. 12 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.