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New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1899. Edge and corner wear; no dj; scuffed and scratched; corners are bumped and rubbed; front and rear boards are creased; head and tail of the spine are split and beginning to fray; shelf worn; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall still a tight collectible used copy! Green cloth with gilt illustration on the front board and faded gilt lettering on the spine. 555 historical and magical pages! "Determined to make her heroine "as poor and plain as myself," Charlotte Brontë made a daring choice for her 1847 novel. Jane Eyre possesses neither the great beauty nor entrancing charm that her fictional predecessors used to make their way in the world. Instead, Jane relies upon her powers of diligence and perception, conducting herself with dignity animated by passion. The instant and lasting success of Jane Eyre proved Brontë's instincts correct. Readers of her era and ever after have taken the impoverished orphan girl… Read More

GB: Smith, Elder (Haworth Edition), 1910. Mid-green cloth lettered in gold with monogram on front cover. Book is in near very good condition with minor but just noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . Hardback. nrVG/No DW.

John Murray, 1926-1933. 6 vols (lacks Vol 7 The Life of Charlotte Bronte): Jane Eyre (reprint 1932), Shirley (reprint 1933), Villette (reprint 1932), The Professor & Poems (reprint 1926), Wuthering Heights & Agnes Grey (reprint 1931), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (reprint 1926). 8vo (7 x 4½ ins). Original gilt decorated blind-ruled brown cloth, top edges brown (some light spots on boards - otherwise a bright VG set), no dustwrappers. Pp. various (school prize plate on front paste-down of vol I and previous owner's neat 1934 inscription on front free endpapers of vols II-VI).