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Soft cover. Condition: Fair to Good, Reading Copy. Biographical Notice and Preface - Currer Bell (Charlotte Bronte) (illustrator). 8th Edition by this publisher. PENGUIN Books #524; 1954; 5th Edition by Publisher; Complete and Unabridged; 160-Grams; 279-Pages; Plus: 7-page Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell from 1950 - Currer Bell (Charlotte Bronte); Plus 4-1/2-pages Editors Preface to the New (1950) Edition of Wuthering Heights - Currer Bell (Charlotte Bronte); Plus 2-Page Publishers Note; Back cover has 1-3/4" x 2" image of: The Three Bronte Sisters - Anne, Emily and Charlotte, from the Painting by their brother Patrick Branwell Bronte, from the National Portrait Gallery. Wuthering Heights is the only novel by Emily Brontė, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It's a dark, atmospheric blend of Gothic fiction, romantic obsession, and family tragedy, set on the wild moors of Yorkshire, England. ** The novel follows the passionate, destructive relationship between: Catherine Earnshaw - willful, magnetic, torn between love and social ambition; Heathcliff - an orphan of mysterious origins, consumed by love and revenge; Their bond spirals into generational conflict between the Earnshaws and the Lintons, narrated through layered storytelling by Mr. Lockwood and Ellen (Nelly) Dean; ** Themes and Tone: Obsessive love, Revenge and generational trauma, Class cruelty and social constraint, The moors as a symbol of emotional wildness; ** The novel was controversial on release for its raw depictions of violence and moral ambiguity, but it's now considered one of the greatest works in English literature. ** Wuthering Heights, the major new MOVIE adaptation, Debuts on February 13, 2026, directed by Emerald Fennell, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.* Wikipedia Notes; The earliest known film adaptation of Wuthering Heights was filmed in England in 1920 and was directed by A.V. Bramble. ** The most famous is 1939's Wuthering Heights, starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon and directed by William Wyler. ** Nigel Kneale's script was produced for BBC Television twice, first in 1953, starring Richard Todd as Heathcliff and Yvonne Mitchell as Cathy; ** In 1958, an adaptation aired on CBS television starring Rosemary Harris as Cathy and Richard Burton as Heathcliff. ** The BBC produced a four-part television dramatization in 1967 starring Ian McShane and Angela Scoular. * The 1970 film with Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff is the first colour version of the novel. * In 1978, the BBC produced a five-part TV serialisation of the book starring Ken Hutchinson, Kay Adshead and John Duttine, with music by Carl Davis; it is considered one of the most faithful adaptations of Emily Brontė's story. * In 1978, the BBC produced a five-part TV serialisation of the book starring Ken Hutchinson, Kay Adshead and John Duttine, it is considered one of the most faithful adaptations of Emily Brontė's story. >> This is a reading copy. Cover creasing & scuffing; wear to top & bottom of paper spine; 1/4" piece missing from top of paper spine; spine wear; pen to front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. With this book, "Reminiscences", first published posthumously in 1881, Thomas Carlyle shocked the literary world by his pointed honesty. He had delivered the manuscript for the book to his literary executor, James Anthony Froude, with instructions that it not be published until after his death, which Froude did. The book was first issued in London in 1881, and there soon followed an American edition, published early in the same year. This is the Charles Scribner's Sons edition, issued as 'The Authorized Edition'. This copy's cover is fairly worn , and the interior is fairly well toned. (Read our full condition report below) The book consists of five biographical sketches of family members, friends and associates who were important in his life, and to his development. The individuals are James Carlyle of Ecclefechan (Thomas's father); Edward Irving (a reverend in the Church of Scotland). One of Irving's students was Jane Welsh, with whom Irving fell in love; but his engagement to another made his attachment to Jane impossible. Ironically it was Irving who introduced Jane To Carlyle who married her. Irving remained lifelong friends with them both; Lord Jeffrey (Francis), Carlyle's lawyer and editor; Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas's wife ; Poet Laureate Robert Southey; and poet William Wordsworth. This copy came form the private library of Homer Stanley Goodwin, a distinguished citizen of Bethlehem PA, and has in his hand, a handsome signature, with his place of residence and a date : March 16, 1881. Goodwin (1833 - 1897) was the General Eastern Superintendent of Reading Railroad System, President of the American Society of Railroad Superintendents. He was also a 33° Mason. The Bethlehem Masonic Lodge is named after Homer. TITLE : Reminiscences AUTHOR : Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) EDITOR : James Anthony Froude (1818 - 1894) PREFACE : James Anthony Froude IMPRINT : Charles Scribner's Sons PLACE : New York EDITION : First Scribner's Edition ] PROVENANCE & SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : From the personal library Homer Stanley Goodwin of Bethlehem PA, with his dated signature. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade Hardcover; contains a frontispiece with tissue guard (silhouettes of Carlyle's parents), and a Preface; xii + 536 pages, plus 4 pages of publisher's promotional ads; 5 1/8" x 7 3/4" (12mo); silk covered boards and spine, with gilt lettering stamped on spine; the silk, colored dark maroon, is diagonally, minutely ribbed CONDITION -- GOOD ONLY -- This is a previously owned book that has seen use, and displays wear, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR -- The spine extremities are quite ragged and frayed - the fraying, at head and foot intrude on the publisher's name (at foot), and the Authorized Edition (at head), else the gilt lettering is still fairly bright. Spine has surface rub down the center. Joints display modest rub. The front board has modest rub, as well as vague weathering along the top edge. The rear board is considerably rubbed, displays some abrasion, and a small patch of either white ink or white paint - the scrapes are mostly along the top of the boards. The board edges have moderate wear - shelf rub for the bottom edges, and denting to the top edge (on the rear board). Text-block edges are toned, else clean and free of marking. BINDING -- Solid; the hinges are not cracked and the text-block is only slightly shaken. No leaves are detached or loose. INTERIOR -- The tissue guard laid in over the frontispiece has a ragged fore-edge, which is also darkened. The paper throughout is toned (darkened). The end-papers are likewise darkened which is a result, mainly, of production decisions, ie: the toning of the end-papers is a reflection of the glue used in the binding, rather than the type of paper used, which is behind the general interior toning. There are a small group of leaves that have creased top fore-edge corner tips, else the interior is clean and presentable.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. DISCALA cover art; (illustrator). 11th Edition By This Publisher. Washington Square Press Book W-210; November 1962; 11th Printing by Publisher; NY, USA; 408-Pages; 190-Grams; DISCALA cover art; 15-Page Preface by Albert J. Guerard (Harvard University); Wuthering Heights is the only novel by Emily Brontė, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It's a dark, atmospheric blend of Gothic fiction, romantic obsession, and family tragedy, set on the wild moors of Yorkshire, England. ** The novel follows the passionate, destructive relationship between: Catherine Earnshaw - willful, magnetic, torn between love and social ambition; Heathcliff - an orphan of mysterious origins, consumed by love and revenge; Their bond spirals into generational conflict between the Earnshaws and the Lintons, narrated through layered storytelling by Mr. Lockwood and Ellen (Nelly) Dean; ** Themes and Tone: Obsessive love, Revenge and generational trauma, Class cruelty and social constraint, The moors as a symbol of emotional wildness; ** The novel was controversial on release for its raw depictions of violence and moral ambiguity, but it's now considered one of the greatest works in English literature. ** Wuthering Heights, the major new MOVIE adaptation, Debuts on February 13, 2026, directed by Emerald Fennell, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.* Wikipedia Notes; The earliest known film adaptation of Wuthering Heights was filmed in England in 1920 and was directed by A.V. Bramble. ** The most famous is 1939's Wuthering Heights, starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon and directed by William Wyler. ** Nigel Kneale's script was produced for BBC Television twice, first in 1953, starring Richard Todd as Heathcliff and Yvonne Mitchell as Cathy; ** In 1958, an adaptation aired on CBS television starring Rosemary Harris as Cathy and Richard Burton as Heathcliff. ** The BBC produced a four-part television dramatization in 1967 starring Ian McShane and Angela Scoular. * The 1970 film with Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff is the first colour version of the novel. * In 1978, the BBC produced a five-part TV serialisation of the book starring Ken Hutchinson, Kay Adshead and John Duttine, with music by Carl Davis; it is considered one of the most faithful adaptations of Emily Brontė's story. * In 1978, the BBC produced a five-part TV serialisation of the book starring Ken Hutchinson, Kay Adshead and John Duttine, it is considered one of the most faithful adaptations of Emily Brontė's story. >>> Address label at bottom of front endpage, Creasing to covers; edge wear to covers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. RICHARD AMSEL cover art (1947-1985) (illustrator). Fourth Edition By Publisher. POCKET BOOKS Enriched Classics Edition/Washington Square Press Book 48520; September 1976; 4th Printing; New York, NY, USA; 408-Pages, plus with Bonus 48-Page Readers Supplement Section, by Richard R. Reaske with many illustrations, thus 456-pages total; 237-Grams; 15-Page Preface by Albert J. Guerard (Harvard University); Classic RICHARD AMSEL cover art; Embossed Textured Covers. Wuthering Heights is the only novel by Emily Brontė, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It's a dark, atmospheric blend of Gothic fiction, romantic obsession, and family tragedy, set on the wild moors of Yorkshire, England. ** The novel follows the passionate, destructive relationship between: Catherine Earnshaw - willful, magnetic, torn between love and social ambition; Heathcliff - an orphan of mysterious origins, consumed by love and revenge; Their bond spirals into generational conflict between the Earnshaws and the Lintons, narrated through layered storytelling by Mr. Lockwood and Ellen (Nelly) Dean; ** Themes and Tone: Obsessive love, Revenge and generational trauma, Class cruelty and social constraint, The moors as a symbol of emotional wildness; ** The novel was controversial on release for its raw depictions of violence and moral ambiguity, but it's now considered one of the greatest works in English literature. ** Wuthering Heights, the major new MOVIE adaptation, Debuts on February 13, 2026, directed by Emerald Fennell, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.* Wikipedia Notes; The earliest known film adaptation of Wuthering Heights was filmed in England in 1920 and was directed by A.V. Bramble. ** The most famous is 1939's Wuthering Heights, starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon and directed by William Wyler. ** Nigel Kneale's script was produced for BBC Television twice, first in 1953, starring Richard Todd as Heathcliff and Yvonne Mitchell as Cathy; ** In 1958, an adaptation aired on CBS television starring Rosemary Harris as Cathy and Richard Burton as Heathcliff. ** The BBC produced a four-part television dramatization in 1967 starring Ian McShane and Angela Scoular. * The 1970 film with Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff is the first colour version of the novel. * In 1978, the BBC produced a five-part TV serialisation of the book starring Ken Hutchinson, Kay Adshead and John Duttine, with music by Carl Davis; it is considered one of the most faithful adaptations of Emily Brontė's story. * In 1978, the BBC produced a five-part TV serialisation of the book starring Ken Hutchinson, Kay Adshead and John Duttine, it is considered one of the most faithful adaptations of Emily Brontė's story. ** Writing at top of Title page, Creasing to bottom right cover corner, rubbing to covers; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.