BRONTË POEMS: SELECTIONS FROM THE POETRY OF CHARLOTTE, EMILY, ANNE AND BRANWELL BRONTË
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First American Edition. Item #7837
First Printing. Octavo (17cm); cobalt blue cloth titled in gilt on spine, with gilt-stamped titles within a decorative border on front cover; all edges gilt; dustjacket; publisher's original two-piece cardboard box with printed title label; xxxii,390,[2]pp, with a tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece of the Brontë's, one additional portrait and two plates of facsimiles. Early pictorial bookplate (William R. Anderson's) of a seated monk reading to front pastedown. A fresh, Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, priced $2.00 at lower spine. Publisher's box is dust-soiled, showing some light external wear and a scuff to the lid, but otherwise whole and structurally sound, title label a little toned but intact and legible; Very Good+.
A pristine copy of this comprehensive collection of verse written by the Brontë family, including portraits and facsimiles. Edited and with an introduction by Arthur C. Benson. Uncommon in commerce. Wise 44 (p.211).
Price: $1,500.00