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Lot 10

BRONTË (ANNE)
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell, 3 vol., second edition (i.e. "second issue"), T.C. Newby, 1848

14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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[BRONTË (ANNE)]

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell... Second Edition, 3 vol., second issue, advertisement leaf at end of volume 1, short tear in upper blank margin of pp.1/2 of volume 1, old adhesion marks in corners of front paste-downs, original dark greenish-blue diaper cloth-backed greenish-grey boards, with original printed spine labels (2 with small marginal losses not touching lettering), dust-soiled [Smith 4.2], 8vo, T.C. Newby, 1848

Footnotes

The second issue, in original binding, of Anne Brontë's second novel and her only separately published work, considered an innovative and radical expression of feminist values, "challenging the then current ideal of woman as an 'angel' in the house, submissive to her lot as her husband's chattel" (ODNB). The first issue was published at the end of June 1848. This second issue, published in early September, comprises the sheets of the first impression with altered title-pages ("Second edition") and an added preface, but with all but three of the flaws (as noted by Smith) uncorrected.

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