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BELL Currer, pseud BRONTE Charlotte. The Professor. A Tale. Harper & Brothers, new York, 1857.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: first american edition, 330 p. Call number on spine. Bookplate of the fraser Institute. Wear to binding partially orginal. Small water,s mark on the top of 50 first pages.
Seller: Livresse, Gatineau, QC, Canada
BRONTE, CHARLOTTE. PROFESSOR. , 1857.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: BRONTE, Charlotte. THE PROFESSOR. By Currer Bell. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First American edition in cloth. brown cloth; yellow endpapers. Front flyleaf missing. Moderate foxing throughout, spine Head and tail somewhat worn and some slight wear to extremes of cloth. Overall, an acceptable copy. (Smith p. 172).
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Small octavo. Pp. [1] 330 [6]. Although this was the first novel written by Charlotte Bronte, it was not published until 1857, after her death in 1855. The American edition appeared iin the same year as the London Smith, Elder first edition. Although Currer Bell is listed as author on both wrappers, The Professor is listed with "The Bronte Novels" in the advertisement on the back. A paperback copy (with Price Sixty Cents on the front) is unusual. Both wrappers are detached, and the back one is tattered. Foxing throughout; lean to spine, and paper worn off the spine. However, it is complete.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
[Bronte, Charlotte] Bell, Currier. The Professor, A Tale. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1857.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Description: 330 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Bronte's first novel, an intensely autobiographical story, and ironically published after her death. It was initially rejected by several publishers. Charlotte Bronte reworked this novel into a similar tale entitled, "Villette," published 1853. PARRISH p.96. SADLIER 347. Front and back endpapers excised. Intermittent scattering foxing throughout, heaviest from few and last leaves. Six pages of publisher adverts at rear. Orig. brown publisher cloth decorated in blind, nicked at backstrip foot. Very good
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
BELL, Currer (Charlotte Brontë). The Professor. A Tale. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1857.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Octavo. Original blindstamp decorated cloth over boards, gilt lettering at spine, yellow end papers. Very good, moderate wear to spine ends and corners, rubbing to cloth covers, spine gutters worn, light wear to edges, pages foxed, bookplate at front paste down, previous owner's signaure at front free end paper.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
BELL, Currer [Charlotte Bronte].. The Professor. A Tale.. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1857.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 330 [6,ads] pp. 8vo, publisher's brown cloth. First American edition. Light foxing to the edges of the text block and the first several dozen pages; spine lettering dulled; shallow chipping at extremities of spine with some other losses of cloth along the joints; several gatherings sprung.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. Advertisement for "Bronte Novels" of leaf preceding title. Pp. [viii, in cluding advertisement leaf], [9]-330 [6 pages advertisements]. 1 vols. 8vo. First American edition. Smith "Bronte Sisters" p. 171 Original reddish-brown cloth, borders on covers decorated in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers. Some rubbing and fraying of extremities and along lower joint, a gathering sprung, upper portion of spine repaired, some spotting of text else a very good copy Advertisement for "Bronte Novels" of leaf preceding title. Pp. [viii, in cluding advertisement leaf], [9]-330 [6 pages advertisements]. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Bronte, Charlotte writing as Currer Bell. The Professor. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1857.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. Bound in publisher's ribbed brown cloth decorated in blind with titles in gilt on the spine. Very Good. Lean to spine. Cloth rubbed, worn through at extremities, and with a large but light ring-stain on front cover. Previous owner name to front free endpaper, pages foxed and toned. The first novel written by Charlotte Bronte, though it remained unpublished until after her death.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
BELL, Currer (Charlotte Bronte). The Professor. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1857.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Octavo. [1] ad for Bronte novels, 330, [6] ads pp. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Early penciled owner's name ("Smith 1860"), tiny breaks in the cloth at the foot, spine very slightly faded, a handsome and tight near fine copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
BRONTE, CHARLOTTE.. The Professor. New York: Harper, 1857, 1857.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Minor cloth wear and page spotting; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.