Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
by Leighton, Clare (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. dark brown cloth, spine faded. Top edge gilded. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark brown cloth, spine faded. Top edge gilded. Very good. Leighton, Clare. 325 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Limited edition, copy 137 of 450 printed at the Lakeside Press and signed by Leighton on the colophon page. Illustrated with twelve wood engravings by Leighton. Wide text margins, rubbing to extremities, interior contents clean. Spine head worn, decorated and lettered in gilt. The story became well known for the successful romantic film adaptation starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24176
- Title
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- Author
- Leighton, Clare (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Leighton, Clare
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. dark brown cloth, spine faded. Top edge gilded. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Literature
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ardsley, New York
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