Austen Jane Chapman Edited (10 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (in mylar). Third Edition. The Oxford Illustrated Vol. I.; Ink underlining and notations on about half the pages, else textblock is clean and tight; Black cloth binding, minimally shelf worn. Unclipped, edge-worn dust jacket, creasing to the head and foot of the spine, small tear to the back corner on the head of the spine. 429p., including index. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. b&w Photos (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (in mylar). Reprint. Vol. VI of The Oxford Illustrated. Minimal marginalia, else textblock very clean and very tight. Black cloth binding, bumped head and foot of spine. Unclipped, edge-worn dust jacket, minor folding at the head of the spine, minimally shelf worn. 476p., including notes and index. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. B&W Photographs (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Very Good (in mylar). Third Edition. The Oxford Illustrated Vol. III.; Ink underlining and marginalia on about half the pages, else textblock is clean and tight; Minor bump to head and foot of spine; Tear at front corner head of spine, overall minor shelf wear. Dust jacket edge-worn and scuffed, closed tear at spine head; 568p., including appendixes and index. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. B&W Photographs (illustrator). Hardcover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 2nd Revised Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Reprinted with corrections," book has a mild bump to the top front corner and a minor production flaw that has caused a wrinkle on the publisher's name on the spine, the book is in excellent condition otherwise, the cloth binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has edge-wear at the corners and moderate tanning on the spine, the price is clipped but the publisher's original label with a British price is present.…

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. VG+ DW. 1st Thus. Blue cloth lettered in gold on spine. No Catalogue. Yellow typographic DW with "shield" on front cover and "OTHER VOLUMES OF LETTERS" on rear cover. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. No signatures. Fading to spine. Split to gutter at title page.; This is a single volume, containing the novel "Sense and Sensiblity" from a five volume set of "The Novels of Jane Austen - The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions". This is the 1953 fifth printing of the 1933 third edition. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 186 x 120mm. Contents includes Preface; Introductory Note; Notes; Appendixes - Miss Austen's English; Reading and Writing; The Early Editions; Index of Characters; Addenda.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Fading to spine and boards. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Lacking the dust-jacket.; This is a single volume, containing the novels "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" from a five volume set of "The Novels of Jane Austen - The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions". This is the 1959 sixth printing of the 1933 third edition. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 122mm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VOLUME I ONLY. 8vo. 8 x 5.5 inches. Vol. I, [4] + xiv + [2] + 429 pp. Include 3 separate reproduction title pages of original edition. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, with gilt block on front board. Rough cut edges, Some pages uncut. Extremities worn and partly sunned with stain on spine. Some foxing of page edges, but otherwise a very good copy. Armourial bookplate. Illustrated by 6 pages of plates, including frontispiece, and by reproductions of title pages. Volume I only of the five volume set produced by the Oxford University Press, one of the best editions of the novels of Jane Austin ever issued. The inclusion of reproductions of the original title-pages to the first editions, together with the scholarly notes, appendices and indexes, and the carefully chosen contemporary illustrations complement the definitive text. A revised version of the 1923 Oxford edition edited by Robert William Chapman (1881-1960) scholar and editor, with unacknowledged assistance from his wife. Chapman became Secretary of the Clarendon Press and later edited the letters of Samuel Johnson. ART / LITERATURE NOVELS LIT. FICTION 19TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ART / LITERATURE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. 2 no. volumes: Volume I, 1796-1809. xlv. 265 pp. (68 Letters), Notes to rear. Marbled paper on blue cloth with paper title to spine: clean with mld abrasion to corners. Neat dated, gift inscription to FEP. 2 no. fold-out maps and further B&W images. Toning to prelims. Entirely clean throughout with A1 binding. Normal toning to text block edge. Bookseller's discrete mark to rear pastedown. Volume II, 1811-1817. xxx. Pp. 267 - 509. ( Letters 69-148). Folding facsimile letter as frontis. Toning to prelims. B&W images throughout all present and correct. Notes to rear and index. Marbled paper on blue cloth with paper title to spine: clean with mld abrasion to corners. Neat dated, gift inscription to FEP. Entirely clean throughout with A1 binding. Normal toning to text block edge. Bookseller's discrete mark to rear pastedown. The first and important scholarly edition of Austen's letters in VG condition.…

The text is based on collation of the early editions by H.W. Chapman, with notes, indexes and illustrations from contemporary sources. Complete in five volumes Large-paper edition, limited to 1000 sets. Coloured frontispiece in each vol. Publisher's original paper-covered boards with grey linen spines, printed white paper labels to each, that of 'Pride and Prejudice' darkened and rubbed, with spares tipped in at the back of each vol. Edges of boards rubbed in places; points of corners rounded on well bumped. Edges of the text block untrimmed. Without old inscriptions or other interior markings, indeed the text pages and endpapers are extremely fresh and clean, completely free of foxing - an unusual attribution in this set. All five dust-jacket supplied but well browned and mostly detached, now housed in a separate packet. A VG+ set of the five Jane Austen novel originally published between 1811 and 1817. Comprises Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northangar Abbey and Persuasion. The text is based on collation of the early editions by H.W. Chapman, with notes, indexes and illustrations from contemporary sources. Complete in five volumes Large-paper edition, limited to 1000 sets. Coloured frontispiece in each vol. Publisher's original paper-covered boards with grey linen spines, printed white paper labels to each, that of 'Pride and Prejudice' darkened and rubbed, with spares tipped in at the back of each vol. Edges of boards rubbed in places; points of corners rounded on well bumped. Edges of the text block untrimmed. Without old inscriptions or other interior markings, indeed the text pages and endpapers are extremely fresh and clean, completely free of foxing - an unusual attribution in this set. All five dust-jacket supplied but well browned and mostly detached, now housed in a separate packet. A VG+ set of the five Jane Austen novel originally published between 1811 and 1817. Comprises Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northangar Abbey and Persuasion. Book.…