Early Letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle Together with a Few of Later Years and Some of Thomas Carlyle.

First edition of this collection of letters reflecting Victorian life. Octavo, bound in three quarters morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, and tissue-guarded frontispiece. In very good condition. Clipped newspaper article regarding Edinburgh University acquiring the collection of forty original letters written by Jane Welsh and eleven by Thomas Carlyle adhered to the second free endpaper. Edited by David G. Ritchie. Bookplate to the front pastedown.