Sales catalogue 607: Maggs Bros

Date:
1935
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/144
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 607: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    oy THE BRONTES. EACH SIGNED AT END. Together 28 pp., 8vo. Bound in red morocco. 1836-7. The poems commence :— Verses by Lady Geralda. “Why when I hear the stormy breath, Of the wild winter wind, Rushing o’er the mountain heath, Does sadness fill my mind? “For long ago I loved to lie Upon the pathless moor, To hear the wild wind rushing by, With never ceasing roar.” Etc. Alexander and Zenobia. “ Fair was the evening, and brightly the sun, Was shining on desert and grove, Sweet were the breezes and balmy the flowers And cloudless the heavens above. “Tt was Arabia’s distant land, And peaceful was the hour Two youthful figures lay reclined Deep in a shady bower.” Etc. A Voice from the Dungeon. “I’m buried now, I’ve done with life I’ve done with hate, revenge and strife, I’ve done with joy and hope and love, And all the bustling world above.” Etc. [116] BRONTE (Charlotte). Janz Eyre. An Autobiography. First Epirion. 3 vols., post 8vo. Full morocco extra, g.e. London, 1847. [117] ——— Tue Proressor. A Tale by Currer Bell. First Epit1on. 2 vols., post 8vo. Original cloth. London, 1857. 75 £30 £5 5s Written by Charlotte Bronté when 14 years of age and commencing :— “Once more I view thy happy shores O England bold and free. Round whom the guardian ocean roars.” Sit, Lc,
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