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Lot of Works by The Bronte Family. The collection is as follows and can also be seen at www.bookmoose.com/bronte.html. There are 66 books listed with a few PB's thrown in that are not. This collection belonged to a Friend and Bookseller now deceased, mostly in VG+ to NF condition. A very nice set.
COLLECTIONS;
Life and Works of the Sisters Brontë. With Prefaces by Mrs. Humphrey Ward and an Introduction and Notes to the Life by Clement K. Shorter. In Seven Volumes (Thornfield Edition) Harper & Bros., 1900. 8vo. In blue cloth, teg. Very Good.
Brontë Poems, Edited by A. E. Benson. First Edition, GP Putnams, 1915. 12 mo. In blue cloth, gilt titles and borders, aeg. Near Fine.
Shirley, By Charlotte Brontë. Volume II of the Haworth Edition by Harpers, 1900 (1899). 8vo. Green cloth, gilt titles, teg. Good+.
Brontës works: 3 Volumes from this set by Gresham Publishing; Shirley, Lillette, & Wildfell Hall. Uniform in 12 mo. Red cloth. Undated editions, circa 1920. Many photo Illustration Plates.
BIOGRAPHIES & HISTORY
The Brontës Life and Letters by Clement Shorter. First edition, Second American issue. NY: Charles Scribner, 1909. 2 Volume set in 4to Maroon cloth, gilt titles. Teg, others deckled. 8 gravure plates. Very Good with the spines sunned. (85)
The Brontës and their Background. By Tom Winifrith. 1st Edition, NY: B&N, 1973. 8vo. Orange cloth in DJ. NF/VG+
The Three Brontës. By May Sinclair. 1st Edi. NY: HM Co., 1912. 8vp. Green buckram and gilt titles. A Library copy in NF condition.
The Brontë Sisters. By Phyllis Bentley. 1st Ed.; LONDON: British Council & the NBL. 8 vo. Pamphlet in wraps with 44 pages. Library copy, VG.
An Enigma of Brontës. My Maureen Peters. (2, one is a library copy) Both are VG and better with Dust Wrappers.
Myths of Power: A Marxist Study of the Brontës. By Terry Eagleton. 1st Ed.; LONDON: Macmillan Press, 1975. VG/VG
The Brontës Web of Childhood. By Fannie Elizabeth Ratchford. 1st Ed.; NY: Columbia UP, 1941. VG/G+. (60)
The Miracle of Haworth. By Bertram White. 1st Ed.; NY: EP Dutton, 1939. VG.
Haworth Harvest, The Story of The Brontës. By N. Brysson Morrison. 1st Ed.; NY: Vanguard Press, 1969. NF.
The Clue to The Brontës. By G. Elsie Harrison. 1st, LONDON: Methuen, 1948. VG in DJ. Photo Illustrated.
The Young Brontës. By M. L. Jarden. 1st NY: Viking, 1938. VG.
The Brontë Story. By Margaret Lane. 1st NY: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1953. VG in DJ.
Pattern for Genius. By EE Kinsley. 1st NY: EP Dutton, 1939. VG in a good wrapper.
The Brontës, Charlotte Brontë and her Family. By Rebecca Fraser. BCE, NY: Crown, 1988. Fine in a NF wrapper.
The Brontës, Charlotte and Emily. By Laura Hinkley. 1st Ed, 2nd printing; NY: Hastings House, 1946. NF.
The Brontë Sisters. By Ernest Dimnet. Translated by LM Sill. NY: HB & Co., ND…circa 1930. VG+
The Bewitched Parsonage, The Story of The Brontës. By William Stanley Braithwaite. 1st Ed., 2nd Impression. NY: Coward-McCann, 191950. NF/VG+
Three Virgins of Haworth being an account of The Brontë Sisters. By E. & G. Romieu. 1st Edition, NY: EP Dutton, 1930. Good+.
The Brontës by Phyllis Bentley. 1st thus, DENVER: Alan Swallow, 1948. VG+.
In the Steps of The Brontës. Bt Ernest Raymond. 1st Ed. 2nd Printing, LONDON: Rich and Cowan. VG+ in a VG wrapper.
The Brontës. By Irene Cooper Willis. (Great Lives Series) 1st, NY: Macmillan, 1933. VG in an edge chipped wrapper.
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
Two Tales, “The Secret” & “Lily Hart”. Transcribed and Edited by William Holtz. 1st Edition, University of Missouri Press, 1978. 4to. In blue and Grey cloth, nice dust wrapper. Near Fine.
Jane Eyre, Modern Library Hardcover, 1944. Illustrated. VG+
The Evolution of Genius by Winifred Gerin. 1st Oxford PB, 1969. VG+
The Evolution of Genius by Winifred Gerin. 1st ed. 2nd reprint, Oxford, 1968. Fine in a NF Wrapper. (30)
Charlotte Brontë, by E. F. Benson. 1st LONDON: Longmans, 1932. NF with the spine sunned.
Passionate Search, A Life of Charlotte Brontë. By Margaret Crompton. 1st, NY: D McKay, 1955. Near Fine in a Good Wrapper.
Charlotte Brontë by Clement Shorter. (Literary Lives) 1st edition, NY: Scribners, 1905. A Very Good library copy in red cloth.
Girl with a Pen Charlotte Brontë by Elisabeth Kyle. 1st, NY: HR & W, 1964. A Very Good library copy in a decent wrapper.
The Search After Happiness. 1st Edition thus, NY: S&S, 1969. (2 copies) both near fine in like Dust wrappers.
Charlotte Brontë The Self Conceived. By Helen Moglen. 1st, NY: WW Norton, 1976. Near Fine in a like Dust Wrapper.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. 1st American Edition, NY: David Appleton, 1857. (Volume II only) Quite stained and worn. Fair but complete with 14 pp pub. ads in the rear, 269 pp.
The Accents of Persuasion: Charlotte Brontë’s Novels. By Robert Bernard Martin. 1st Ed., 2nd Imp., LONDON: Faber & Faber, 1966. About
Fine in a like dust wrapper.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Augustine Birrell. 1st (Great Writers Edition), LONDON: Walter Scott, 1887. 12 mo. In very dark blue/green cloth, gilt titles, fore & bottom edges deckled. Pages: 1-186, vi, [1], 6pp ads. Near Fine.
Charlotte Brontë Days with the Great Writers by Maurice Clare. 1st, LONDON: Hodder & Stoughton, nd…circa 1912, colored Illustrations by Brock. Very Good+
Emma and “Another Lady”. 1st Edition, NY: Everest House, 1980. About fine n a NF dust wrapper.
EMILY BRONTË
Emily Brontë A Critical and Biographical Study. By John Hewish. 1st Edition’ 2nd printing. NY: Macmillan, 1970. AF/NF
Emily Brontë by Charles Simpson. 1st LONDON: Country Life, 1929. Good+ from Colby Jr. College. Hardcover.
The Life and Private History of Emily Jane Brontë. By Romer Wilson. 1st NY: A&C Boni, 1928. Illustrated with Plates. Very Good+.
Emily Brontë (Famous Women Series) by A. Mary F. Robinson. BOSTON: Roberts Brothers, 1889 (1883). A library copy yet Near Fine in the original Brown cloth. Attractively bound.
Emily Brontë A Peculiar Music. Poems for Young Readers Chosen, Introduced and Annotated by Naomi Lewis. 1st, NY: Macmillan, 1971. Near Fine in a Very Good dust wrapper.
ANNE BRONTË
Anne Brontë Her Life and Work. By Ada Harrison and Derek Stanford. 1st NY: John Day, 1959. VG in a Good+ dust wrapper (edge worn)
BRANWELL BRONTË
The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë. by Daphne du Maurier. 1st, NY: DDay & Co., 1961. NF/VG.
Branwell Brontë by Winifred Gerin. 1st UK Edition, LONDON: T Nelson & Sons, 1961. About Fine in a Near Fine dust wrapper.
Harriet Dark. Branwell Brontës Lost Novel. By Barbara Rees & Branwell Brontë. 1st, LONDON: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1978. NF in a like dust wrapper.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Brontë Bibliography. By Yablon & Turner. 1st Edition, LONDON: Hodgkins & Co., 1978. Fine in 8vo. Blue cloth, teg, 151 pp. (20)
Brontë Country by Tom Howard. 1st this edition, NY: Smithmark, 1996. A Large attractive folio in DJ, many color photos and historical text about the Estate at Haworth and the surrounding countryside.
Catalog of the Museum and Library. The Brontë Society. Compiled by J. Alex Symington. 1st reprint edition by NY: Burt Franklin, 1968. About Fine.
Jane Eyre Century Print By Sigismond de Ivanowski. A Copyrighted “Century” Print enclosed
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