Villette. A New Edition.
Rare and modern books
Bell Currer
Smith Elder,
1860
Villette. A New Edition.
Rare and modern books
Bell Currer
Smith Elder,
1860
241.50 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1860
- Author
- Bell Currer
- Publishers
- Smith Elder
- Keyword
- literature, charlotte bronte, currer bell, villette, currer bell, charlotte bronte, literature, villette
- Languages
- English
Description
8vo., strongly bound in contemporary half calf, pebble-grain cloth boards, back with four raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with a lozenge in blind, red edges, green endpapers, corners and joints mildly worn and rubbed else a very good, good, tight copy. Following the withdrawal of the two-volume second edition for fear of libel in 1857, the work was first issued as a single volume later in the same year. Nice copy of an early [fifth/sixth?] edition. See Wise, p.33.
