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Lot 113
Sale 5708 - Books and Manuscripts
Nov 16, 2023
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[Literature] [Bronte Sisters] Bell, Currer, Ellis, and Acton (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte): Poems
Bell, Currer, Ellis, and Acton (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte)
Poems
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. First American edition. 12mo. iv, (13)-176 pp.; without the 24 pp. ads at rear, only found in a few copies. Publisher's pale green paper-covered boards, spine perished, boards lightly soiled; all edges trimmed; contemporary ownership signature in pencil on front paste-down and on title-page; small crease to bottom corners of pp. 137-146. Smith 1, pp. 14-15
First American edition, published on August 12, 1848, and preceding the second English issue.