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Title: Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. Edited by Currer Bell
Author: [Bronte, Charlotte] Description: 3 volumes. [2], 302 [of 304]; 304; [2], 311, [1] pp. 7x4½, period (original?) red cloth, later endpapers. First Edition.First edition of one of the most popular of all Victorian novels, considered risque in its time and unsuitable for young ladies despite the uplifting moral that love conquers all. Heading: Place Published: London Publisher: Smith, Elder & Co. Date Published: 1847 Condition reportWorn, with spines rubbed, rear cover of Vol. III detached; lacking all of the fly-titles and also the title-page of Vol. II, pp. 303-4 of Vol. I lacking and supplied in manuscript, some soiling and other wear, fair to good, sold as is.
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