Shelfmark
Kp.3.13
Author
Title
Jane Eyre : an autobiography / By Currer Bell, author of "Shirley," "Villette," "The professor," etc.
Edition
A new edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill, 1859.
Physical description
vii, 467, [1] p. ; 18 cm.
Note
Currer Bell is a pseudonym of Charlotte Brontë.
Provenance
Inscribed on leaf facing title page in the hand of William Johnson Cory: "Given by an old bachelor to a lady who had the courage to leave off crinoline. Eton, August 3, 1865."
Provenance
Booklabel of John Carter with his pencil inscription recording that the book was given to him by Christopher Stone in 1961, and identifying the recipient as Lily Vidal, wife of Edward Daniel Stone of Eton, mother of Christopher Stone and Carter's grandmother.
Binding
19th century mottled calf binding; gilt fillets and rolls on spine; four raised bands; black spine label; marbled endpapers; gilt text block edges.
Copy-specific note
Loosely inserted ALS from Cory to an unidentified correspondent, dated Halsdon, Thursday 21 [or 20?] November 1873.
Added entry--name
Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 former owner.
Added entry--name
Stone, Christopher, 1882 - 1965 former owner.
Added entry--name
Carter, John, 1905 - 1975 former owner.
Added entry--name
Smith, Elder & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45553