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Bronte (Charlotte, i.e. "Currer Bell"). The Professor, A Tale, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 2 volumes in one, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1857, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of volume I, 8 pp. & 16 pp. advertisements at end of volume, a few light finger marks, hinges reinforced, previous owner signature, original green blind stamped cloth, spine and corners repaired, 8vo, together with Marryat (Frederick). Masterman Ready; or, the Wreck of the Pacific, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1841, illustrations, a few light spots, contemporary presentation inscription to volume II, bookplates, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Thackeray (William Makepeace). Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero, 1st edition, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848, engraved frontispiece (laid down), additional title and 38 plates, some usual spotting and browning, previous owner inscriptions, bookplate, contemporary half calf, joints repaired, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others including 1st editions of W.M. Thackeray's The History of Pendennis, 2 volumes, 1849-50, The Virginians, 2 volumes, 1858-59, Travelling Sketches, by Anthony Trollope, 1866, He Knew He Was Right, 2 volumes in one, 1869, and Phineas Finn, the Irish Member, 2 volumes, 1869 (Quantity: 24) Charlotte Bronte's The Professor was originally issued in two volumes, the present copy is the one-volume first edition issue, one of 719 bound up from unsold sheets, this copy is the second issue with the 16-page advertisements dated 1858.