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Vol., FIRST EDITION, iv, 303, [1] pp.; iv, 308 pp.; iv, 320 pp. [including the press notices of third edition of Jane Eyre (pp. [318]-320) to rear of volume three], without half titles as issued, lacking end papers, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spines gilt, green and red morocco labels, boards ruled in gilt, 8vo, London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1849 Overall a nice copy of the author's second novel set during the Luddite riots. Sadleir 348; Smith, p.112; Parrish, p. 93; Wise 6 (pp.22-29).

About Shirley

Shirley is a social novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë, published in 1849. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (1847), and it is set in Yorkshire during the industrial depression of 1811–12.