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2 volumes. viii, 352; viii, 327, [1] blank, 16 ad pp. Engraved frontispiece in each volume, facsimile plate in Vol. 1. (8vo) 7¾x5, ¾ brown morocco and tan cloth, raised bands, gilt spine decorations, top edges gilt. Original cloth bound in at rear of volumes. Binding by Bayntun. First Edition.

First edition of Mrs. Gaskell's controversial biography of Charlotte Bronte. The first and second editions were withdrawn from sale in response to a threatened lawsuit and a third, revised, edition was issued later in 1857.