About this title: Charlotte Bronte (1816-55) had a natural gift for story-telling, for creating memorable characters, and for evoking atmosphere. Shirley, a novel with a strongly regional flavour, is a dramatic tale of the Luddite riots during the latter part of the Napoleonic wars, when labour-saving machinery was smashed by unemployed workers. Before writing Shirley, which is set among the cloth mills of Yorkshire, her own county, Charlotte Bronte steeped herself in the history of the period, reading old newspaper files; and her sympathy with the sufferings of the working people, and appreciation of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: COLLINS
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good. Hardback, no dustwrapper. Introduction by Phyllis Bentley. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Collins
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good. Please note: Limp bound, not as stated; Corners and spine ends slightly shelf damaged; else All in very good condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1931
Description: Very Good. 4to-9¾"-12" Tall. large paper edition. Volume 2 ONLY. numbered 232 of 500. Illustrations after drawings by Jack Hewer. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co., London
Date Published: 1891
Description: Fair+ No Jacket. Boards are worn and hinge is cracked front and back. Three engravings. Bound in at rear: catalogue of Minerva Library of Famous Books. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walter Scott,, London
Description: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The boards of this book are well worn with the corner and spine ends worn through. All edges are gilt. The paper hinges are split and the end papers have previous owner stamp on them but the contents are otherwise tight and clean. 534pp plus ads. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walter Scott Publishing, London
Date Published: nd ( 1900's? )
Description: Hardback. Good/ No dj. 534pp with 16pp Publishers catalogue. Green covers with some light marks on front. bright gilt floral decoration & title on spine. Internally very good. All edges gilt. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pomona Press
Date Published: 2006-01-01
ISBN-13:9781406790573ISBN:1406790575
Description: Good. Very 1st copy in paperback with no date by Eagle book, collectible. Ex library book with attachments and markings, covers are worn. The binding is very tight and secure and the pgs are very neat, clean and solid. This is a very nice paperback copy. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smith, Elder and Co, London
Date Published: 1857
Description: 'New Edition'. Small octavo, pp534 + 6-page catalogue, advertisements printed as endpapers. Issued as part of the Smith Elder series of 'Standard Works', published nine years after the three-volume first edition. FIRST EDITION thus. Publisher's yellowback cloth printed in black. Some wear as expected, spine toned and dulled as usual. Overall a very good copy of a scarce early edition. Shirley is the sweeping social chronicle of two contrasting heroines; the shy Caroline Helstone, trapped in the ... read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Half Calf
Publisher: Service & Paton, London
Date Published: 1897
Description: F. H. Townsend. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall vi, 509 pp. Half purple calf over marbled boards. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. Five raised bands to spine. Gilt panels. Leather title label. Teg. Spine slightly sunned. Marbled endpapers. Frontis and 15 additional full-page illustratioins by F. H. Townsend. Prelims very slightly foxed. Fore-edge slightly foxed. Very Good to Near Fine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smith, Elder and Co, London
Date Published: 1849
Description: FIRST EDITION. 3 volumes. 8vo. Advertisements to rear of volume III. Bound in recent half blue morocco over marbled sides, gilt ruled, five raised bands to spine with titles in gilt. Internally bright and clean. A fine, fresh set housed in a cloth slipcase. Shirley is the sweeping social chronicle of two contrasting heroines; the shy Caroline Helstone, trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory, symbolizing of the plight of the Victorian single woman, and the vivacious Shirley ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smith, Elder and Co, London
Date Published: 1849
Description: By Currer Bell, Author of Jane Eyre. In Three Volumes. 3 vols, Post 8vo. Rebound in burgundy quarter morocco, titles to spines gilt, marbled paper boards, tissue guards before and after contents. Housed in a brown cloth drop-down box. Complete with 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated October 1849 at end of vol. I; without half-titles as issued. Pages rather tanned and with some minor nibbling at the tips of a few leaves, overall a good copy. First Edition. Her second published novel, completed ... read more
Description: FAIR. NO JACKET. Red covers with gilt design, moderate wear, pages clean and binding tight. World of Books makes a contribution to the British Heart Foundation for every book sold. The BHF is the UK's leading heart research charity. read more
Edition: reprint ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John W. Lovell, New York
Date Published: N.D.
Description: Good. Wear to gray pictorial covers, rear inner hinge cracked. Oxford Edition. Probably published 1880-1900. Pages yellowed; this is a good reading copy.; 16mo 6"-7" tall. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Richard Edward King-The Rainbow Library, London
Description: Good+ Red decorative cloth boards. A nice copy with chip at head of spine, pages tanning, owner's signature, half-title page loose but present. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford Universities, London
Date Published: 1969
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 32mo-over 4"-5" tall. 25% of the proceeds from this book will be donated to charity light tanned d/w. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, London: Humphrey Milford
Date Published: 1938
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 24mo-over 5"-5Ā¾" tall. 25% of the proceeds from this book will be donated to charity. no d/w. light tanning to foredge, light rubbing to spine ends. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grant Richards
Date Published: 1902/01/01
Description: Used-Acceptable. Very small inscription inside, pages good. No dust jacket, green hardback edgescuffed cover. Published by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Service & Paton, London
Date Published: 1897
Description: F h Thompson. Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 509pp. Illus with 16 full page plates by F H Townsend. Classic literature. An excellent copy. read more
Edition: First of this publisher
Binding: , red calf, gilt titles
Publisher: published by Grant Richards, , London
Date Published: , 1902
Description: , spine rubbed, top cover darkened areas and lightly scuffed, previous owner's name in black ink on the front free endpaper, the book is in good plus condition. Hardback. 645 pages, red calf with top and bottom covers blind rule, gilt decoration on the top cover and spine, red place ribbon, old correspondence included. approximately 16 x 10 cm. read more
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