first edition
1848 · New York
by Bronte, Anne writing as Acton Bell
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848. First American Edtion. Very Good. First American Edition, first printing. In contemporary half leather binding over marbled boards. Very Good with rubbing to binding, darkening to spine. Offsetting to preliminary and terminal pages from binder's glue, pernicious foxing throughout. Shallow chipping to fore edge of page 177/178. The second and final novel by Anne Bronte, published under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Anne was the youngest of the Bronte sisters; she died at the age of 29 one year after the publication of this book.
(Inventory #: 140945103)