Author: Bronte, Charlotte, Anne, and Emily. Temple Scott, editor. Mrs. E.C. Gaskell.
Title: Novels of the Sisters Bronte. The Thornton Edition. 12 volumes
Description: London, Downey & Co. 1898. First printing of this edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Engraved frontispieces. All 12 volumes are near fine in full leather bindings with four raised bands, labels, and gilt decorations on all aspects. Gilt on the top edges and marbled endpapers. Rubbing wear at the tips and the extremities. Volumes 3 and seven have partial chips on the spine labels. Tissue guard protectors for frontispieces all in place. A brief collation: vol. 1, [i-viii]+1-376 pages; vol. 2: [a-d]+i-xii+1-408, frontispiece portrait of Charlotte Bronte from an oil portrait by J.H. Browning; vol. 3: [a-b]+i-xii+1-458, frontispiece of Oakwell Hall from a photograph by J.J. Stead; vol. 4: [i-xii]+1-476; vol. 5: [a-f]+i-xii+1-426, frontispiece of Haworth Church and Parsonage in the Time of Charlotte Bronte; vol. 6: [i-viii]+1-410; vol. 7: [a-f]+i-xii+1-382, frontispiece of Charlotte Bronte from the portrait by G. Richmond; vol. 8: [a-d]+i-xvi+1-502; vol. 9: [i-xii]+1-306, frontispiece of Blake Hall, Mirfield, the "Horton Lodge" of "Agnes Grey"; vol. 10: [i-x]+1-358, frontispiece of Anne Bronte from an original pencil drawing by Charlotte Bronte; vol. 11: [i-viii]+1-352; vol. 12: i[a-f]+i-xvi+1-530. Eleven volumes contain the novels of the Bronte sisters and volume twelve is The Life of Charlotte Bronte by (Mrs.) E.C. Gaskell. Near Fine.

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