Villette, The Life and works of Charlotte Bronte and her Sisters. Vol III by Charlotte Bronte - 1932

John Murray, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. Reprint. 594 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Volume III. Contains black and white plates throughout. Ex-libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Marks overall. Dents to edges. Textblock is shaky.

Smith, Elder & Co, 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. The Haworth Edition. 594 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Part of the series The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters Vol III: Villette. Gilt top text block edge. Contains black and white illustrated and photographic plates. Moderate foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Pages are rough cut. Both hinges cracked causing boards to be slightly loose. However binding throughout remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with tanning to spine. Notable faded staining and other marks to boards, causing discolouration to boards. Small splits (approx. 1cm) to spine ends. Book is bowed and forward leaning.

John Murray, 1926-1933. 6 vols (lacks Vol 7 The Life of Charlotte Bronte): Jane Eyre (reprint 1932), Shirley (reprint 1933), Villette (reprint 1932), The Professor & Poems (reprint 1926), Wuthering Heights & Agnes Grey (reprint 1931), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (reprint 1926). 8vo (7 x 4½ ins). Original gilt decorated blind-ruled brown cloth, top edges brown (some light spots on boards - otherwise a bright VG set), no dustwrappers. Pp. various (school prize plate on front paste-down of vol I and previous owner's neat 1934 inscription on front free endpapers of vols II-VI).