Lot 1225 , Bronte Sisters - The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters. With introductions to the works by Mrs. Humphrey Ward...The Haworth Edition, 7 vols. with facsimile titles, 5 etched and num. photo. plates; earlie

° Bronte Sisters - The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters. With introductions to the works by Mrs. Humphrey Ward...The Haworth Edition, 7 vols. with facsimile titles, 5 etched and num. photo. plates; earlier 20th cent. gilt ruled green half morocco and cloth, gilt decorated panelled spines, gilt tops and marbled e/ps. 1899-1900; sold with a copy of 'Everybody's Pepys' (1927), decorated title and num. illus. (by Ernest H. Shepard), map and 2 double page plans; earlier 20th cent. half calf and marbled boards with gilt top. (1927) (8)
£160-200

Condition:
Haworth - spines a lt. rubbed and mellowed to brown, most half titles and frontispcs. spotted (markedly in 'Life' vol.), titles and text mostly clean, ownership on blank before half titles; collates complete; 'Life' by Mrs Gaskell

Sold for £280