These books were published by the Folio Society, 4th printing, 1993. The works comprising this set are listed below. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Wood engravings by Peter Forster Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Wood engravings by Simon Brett Villette by Charlotte Bronte, Wood engravings by Peter Reddick Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Wood engravings by Howard Phipps The Professor by Charlotte Bronte, Wood engravings by George Tute Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, Wood engravings by Harry Brockway The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, Wood engravings by Ian Stephens BINDING This collection has been recently rebound in a quarter binding style. The books have a green (Villette, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), red (Shirley and Agnes Grey), or blue (Jane Eyre and The Professor) cloth spine. The red and green have Italian paper cases, multi-coloured feathers outlined with gold and the blue volumes have blue feathered paper outlined in gold. Each book has complimentary coloured endpapers and endbands and has had its top edge sprinkled in the colour of its binding. Each book has a spine label whose position is staggered so that when they are together on a shelf they form a shallow v shape (please see photographs). CONDITION All bindings are as new. Internally the books are clean and bright with no marks. Books are roughly 9"x6" |
The Works of the Bronte Sisters, 7 volume set
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