Nov 18, 2014 - Sale 2366

Sale 2366 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
[BRONTË, CHARLOTTE.] Villette. By Currer Bell. 3 volumes. 10 pages publisher's advertisements at end of vol. I (2 leaves unopened with marginal tear, and lacking last 2 pages). 8vo, original brown blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt-lettered, corners bumped, rubbing to spine tips with a few small chips and short splits; narrow catalogue clipping mounted to top of front pastedown of vol. I, contents generally clean; chemise and 1/4 blue morocco slipcase. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1853

Additional Details

first edition, with earliest advertisements, dated January 1853. Brönte's final novel. Parrish 95; Sadleir 349; Smith 6.