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Poems by the Bronte Sisters 1st Edition 2nd Issue

Title: Poems
Author: Bell, Currer, Ellis, and Acton
Description: iv, 165, [1] pp. (12mo) 6¼x4, later green calf, rebacked with remnants of original spine laid down, red morocco spine label, all edges marbled. First Edition, Second Issue (as usual).First published by Aylott and Jones in 1846 in an edition of 1000 copies. The volume was not commercially successful, with only 39 copies having been distributed and thus extremely rare today. The remaining 961 copies were placed in storage and, following on the success of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, were purchased and reissued by Smith, Elder, and Co. in October 1848 with a cancel title page but with the date unaltered. The present copy lacking the errata leaf and advertisements.
Heading: (Bronte, Charlotte, Emily and Anne)Place Published: London
Publisher: Smith, Elder and Co.
Date Published: 1846 [but 1848]