Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

BRONTE (ANNE)] The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, T.C. Newby, 1848 image 1
BRONTE (ANNE)] The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, T.C. Newby, 1848 image 2
Lot 90

[BRONTË (ANNE)]
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, T.C. Newby, 1848

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £9,375 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Books & Manuscripts specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

[BRONTË (ANNE)]

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By Acton Bell, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title in volume 1 (not called for in other volumes), without advertisement leaf at end of volume 1, light spotting, later half calf gilt over marbled boards, gilt morocco spine labels, spine rubbed, slight loss to upper joint of volume 3 [Smith 4; Wise, p.106], 8vo, T.C. Newby, 1848

Footnotes

Anne Brontë's second novel and her only separately published work, now seen as 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" (Margaret Smith, ODNB).

Additional information

Bid now on these items