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GR-OF CA CL.7.42
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The Life of Charlotte Brontë
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Smith, Elder & Co. (editions)
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The Haworth Edition. The Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters
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1900
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21 x 13.5 cm; 6 s.p. + XXXVIII p. + 659 p. + 6 s.p., l. 1 C. P. Cavafy’s handwritten signature in English with pencil on verso, l. 2 bookplate CPC on recto, p. [I] half-title page, p. [II] portrait by Mrs Gaskell and signature of “Walker & Boutall (Photographers)”, p. [III] title page of series with a reference to the introduction by Clement K. Shorter, p. [v] title page, p. [VII]-XIII “Contents”, p. [XV]-XVI “List of illustrations”, p. [XVII]-XXXIV “Introduction” by Clement K. Shorter and p. [XXXV]-XXXVI “A Brontë chronology”, p. [XXXVII] facsimile of title page with motto. Pencil mark on p. [1]. Reading trace with pencil on p. 236, p. [645]-659 “Index”, p. [661-664] advertisements with titles of the publishing house. Illustration is found on several places in the print.
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The handwritten signature was transcribed for the first time by Michaila Karampini-Iatrou. See Michaila Karampini-Iatrou, C. P. Cavafy Library, Ermis, Athens 2003, p. 62.
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Gaskell (Mrs). The Life of Charlotte Brontë. (The Haworth Edition. The Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters, Volume VII). London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. Book, GR-OF CA CL.7.42, Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Library. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.03.2026. https://doi.org/10.26256/7.42.
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