Auction record for 19th century literature as Brontë sisters' book in rare cloth binding emerges

An 1847 first edition of Emily Brontë’s 'Wuthering Heights' (together with 'Agnes Grey' by Anne Brontë) sold for £950,000 at Christie’s on June 30.

As the only textually complete copy in the publisher’s binding that has appeared at auction since 19…

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