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UK: Smith Elder, 1858. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New Edition 1858. This is the true 3rd Edition and 1st Uniform Edition of Wuthering Heights. The publisher Smith Elder first issued each of the Brontë novels in this single volume edition. Correctly dated 1858 on the title page. Bound in the original orange cloth. Two novels in one volume. The Biographical Notice and the Preface to Wuthering Heights, both by Charlotte Brontë (under the name Currer Bell), were first included in the second edition of 1850. The book is near very good and in bright condition. Light edge rubbing and darkened spine. Wording on cloth dulled. A little fraying to spine tips/corner. Cloth colour a little mottled/marked. Contents good with usage marks to pages. Text block quite tight, a little uneven but overall good. A rare example without restoration. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18648

Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. Written between October 1845 and June 1846, it was published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. The novel is set on the Yorkshire moors and follows the turbulent relationship between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan taken in by Catherine's father.