Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, Ellen Nussey's copy with her ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, errata slip, advertisement f., 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated November 1849, some light marginal marking or surface soiling, light ink staining to extreme foot of later pp., Westleys & Co. binders label to rear pastedown, book seller's blindstamp to front free endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, original ribbed green cloth with harp design to covers, spine browned, spine ends strengthened and repaired, corners bumped, covers with light browning to margins, some small ink marks and light surface soiling, [Smith 1 pp.6-14], 8vo, Smith, Elder and Co., 1846 [but 1848]. ⁂ An excellent association copy of the second issue. Ellen Nussey (1817-97), lifelong friend and correspondent of Charlotte Brontë Until around 1850 the Brontë sisters kept the true identities of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell as close a secret as they could manage. Juliet Barker surmises however that Nussey likely became aware of their true identities during a short holiday with Charlotte in September 1848 (Juliet Barker, The Brontës, pp.528-9). This would likely explain then why Ellen Nussey was not one of the two purchasers of the 1846 Aylott and Jones edition but made sure to acquire the Smith, Elder and Co. reissue when it appeared in November 1848. Provenance: Ellen Nussey (ink ownership inscription); Butler Wood (bookplate).
Brontë (Charlotte, Emily & Anne)], "Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell". Poems, first edition, second issue, Ellen Nussey's copy with her ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, errata slip, advertisement f., 16pp. publisher's catalogue dated November 1849, some light marginal marking or surface soiling, light ink staining to extreme foot of later pp., Westleys & Co. binders label to rear pastedown, book seller's blindstamp to front free endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, original ribbed green cloth with harp design to covers, spine browned, spine ends strengthened and repaired, corners bumped, covers with light browning to margins, some small ink marks and light surface soiling, [Smith 1 pp.6-14], 8vo, Smith, Elder and Co., 1846 [but 1848]. ⁂ An excellent association copy of the second issue. Ellen Nussey (1817-97), lifelong friend and correspondent of Charlotte Brontë Until around 1850 the Brontë sisters kept the true identities of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell as close a secret as they could manage. Juliet Barker surmises however that Nussey likely became aware of their true identities during a short holiday with Charlotte in September 1848 (Juliet Barker, The Brontës, pp.528-9). This would likely explain then why Ellen Nussey was not one of the two purchasers of the 1846 Aylott and Jones edition but made sure to acquire the Smith, Elder and Co. reissue when it appeared in November 1848. Provenance: Ellen Nussey (ink ownership inscription); Butler Wood (bookplate).
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