THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË, Author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette ETC. By E. C. Gaskell, author of Mary Barton, Ruth etc. (Quotation from Aurora Leigh.) London: Smith Elder and Co., 65 Cornhill. 1857. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 8).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 352.
Vol. II. pp. viii + 327 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., dated March, 1857, bound in at end.
Three illustrations in steel engraving—two in Vol. I., one in Vol. II.—all printed separately. Dark brown cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.
Note—This book was published in April, 1857.
1859
ROUND THE SOFA. By the author of Mary Barton, Life of Charlotte Brontë etc. etc. London: Sampson Low Son and Co., 47 Ludgate Hill. 1859. 2 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 340. Publishers' advertisement slip, printed on yellow paper, should be found inserted between the front end-papers.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 297 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 12 pp., printed on text paper and dated March, 1859, bound in at end.
No half-titles. Scarlet embossed cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Yellow end-papers.