Bell,Acton — Agnes Grey

Shakespeare Head Press Published By Basil Blackwell This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in dark green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and with title lettering in green blocked in black to the front cover.This is the First Illustrated Edition and is Volume Four of Seven Volumes from the Life and works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters.Complete with five engraved black and white plates that include a frontispiece of Crimsworth Hall and a vignette to the title page of the House in Daisy Lane.There are NO former names or inscriptions present.Original chocolate brown endpapers and half title page is present.There are some pages left uncut by the binder along their top edges.Minor rubbing to the spine tips and corners of the book.The work also contains poems and her Father's Cottage Poems at the rear of the book.This copy was acquired from a large and substantial collection of impressive titles relating to the works and history of this famous literary family.Charlotte Bronte was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë.She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell.This is great addition to any serious Bronte collection of works,8vo 506pp + 1 page advert leaf [1890] Near Fine No Jacket Limited Edition London 8vo