Jane Austen, Dent, First Edition (51 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Reprint.

Condition: Good. 1987. First Edition Thus. 290 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Clean pages with faint foxing throughout. Tightly bound. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Small holes to head of spine. Book has forward lean. Notable dent to upper rear board.

Condition: Fair. 1950. First Edition Thus. 427 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Condition: Poor. No 24 in the Everyman's Library. Reprint of the 1906 edition. Dust jacket is in poor condition with tears and loss and a tape repair. It is not price clipped. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Fading to top and bottom of spine. Pages are clean and binding is tight. 12mo. Previous owner's signature on fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First thus. Green cloth boards, gilt title and attributions to spine. Slight tilt towards front board. Light wear to corners, edges, crown, heel. Mellowed text block - firm binding. Color illustrations by Charles E. Brock. 414pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First thus. Green cloth boards, gilt title and attributions to spine. Minimal tilt towards front board. Light wear to corners, edges and crown - light rubbing to heel. Mellowed text block. Color illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Introduction by E. Bromley Johnson. (xv)322pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original red cloth hard covers. No date, but circa 1940s. Some moderate handling and fading to covers. Otherwise, clean, tight and unmarked, and internally fine. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. This is in The Westminster English Texts series, and includes questions at the end for either general or detailed study, useful for general readers or high school/undergraduates. vi,314pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. Nice copy of the first EL edition of the original Dent edition of 1934. The EL edition retains the calligraphic headpieces, omits the coloured plates and adds a new note of other works by Austen. EL 4; Gilson E181; Seymour 43.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Brock, C. E. (illustrator). 1st Edition. True first British printing of this edition, 1908. First thus. Part of 'The Series of English Idylls'. No jacket as issued. With twenty four coloured illustrations by C. E. Brock. All illustrations (including tissue guarded frontispiece) are present and in very good condition. Grey boards with gold lettering/decoration to spine and front are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, a few small marks, little patchy browning (including to spine), the odd small bump/rub to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages gilt (little dulled/scratched). Rough cut page edges and bottoms have the odd small mark/spot of foxing. Inside boards/end-papers tanned. Pages bit tanned. Occasional small mark/spot of foxing to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. C E BROCK (illustrator). 1st Edition. The Complete Works by Jane Austen, London, J M Dent & Co, First Brock Edition, 1907 - 1909. DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 6 volumes, illustrated with twenty-four coloured Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Bound in contemporary half sage green smooth calf by Riviere & Son, gilt lettering ornament to spines with raised bands, cloth infill, top edge gilt, others uncut. Marbled endpapers and with binder's stamp to front endpaper. CONDITION: Even fading to spines as usual, without losing their green tone, else a fine clean set throughout with hardly a trace of rubbing. FURTHER COMMENTS This set, highly considered by collectors because of the beautiful colour illustrations, is illustrated by the prominent and highly successful artist Charles Brock and contains some of his finest and most well-known work. A notable complete edition of Austen, first edition illustrated thus, in fine Riviere bindings. SIZE: Volume: 196 x 120mm Set Length: 150mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. C.E Brock (illustrator). 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. J.M. Dent, London. 1907, Illustrated by C.E. Brock. First Edition thus, with 336 pages and 24 full page coloured illustrations . Three quarter leather binding, with five raised bands and compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers whole, frontis tissue guard still present. Some slight wear to the spine and extremities. No previous ownership inscriptions. Book firm and solid, a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST 'ENGLISH IDYLLS' EDITION. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (19.5 x 12.5 x 3cm); pp. [viii], 308. English text. Publisher's original full cloth; elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt to front cover and spine; t.e.g.; untrimmed fore edge and bottom edge; pictorial endpapers; initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present; framed title-page with vignette; illustrated with 24 full-page coloured plates by C. E. Brock; head-pieces. Printed by The Temple Press. Condition: NEAR FINE. A touch of browning to endpapers and a neat contemporary gift inscription, otherwise a fine example. Scarce thus. Notes: Charles Edmund Brock first illustrated Sense and Sensibility for the edition published by J.M. Dent & Co. in 1898, as part of the novels of Jane Austen in 10 volumes. Sense and Sensibility was published in two volumes for this edition, each with a colour frontispiece and five further plates. For this later edition, Brock produced a new suite of plates, based on watercolour drawings. They are all signed by Brock and dated 1907 or 1908. [Gilson E90 & E120].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Hardback. Octavo. vi, 414pp. Original green cloth with gilt spine titles, top edge red. Light wear to covers otherwise very good indeed. No jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Second Impression of the Everyman's Library Edition, dated April, 1906 (the First Edition in the Everyman's Library Series was issued in February, 1906). Octavo, original red cloth, the spine titled and decorated in gilt, decorated endpapers, elaborately decorated 2-page title spread, small vignette at head of Chapter One. 494 pp. Light mottling to the cloth, a clean, bright, very good copy.

Condition: Good. 1934. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Grey and blue patterned cloth boards with blue lettering. Contains colour illustrations by Maximilien Vox. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor water staining to top edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Condition: Fair. 1933. First Edition Thus. 322 pages. No dust jacket. Grey patterned cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Illustrated by Maximilien Vox, who also wrote a Prefatory letter in French after the intro. Introduction by Emile Legouis. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. More pronounced foxing to text block edges. Some cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding throughout remains firm. Noticeable brown staining to pages 126-7. Text remains legible. Illustrations are bright and clean. Minor water staining to top edge of text block. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine ends with cloth slightly frayed. Lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1934. First Edition Thus. 211 pages. No dust jacket. Grey patterned cloth boards with blue lettering. Contains colour illustrations by Maximilien Vox. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor water staining to top edges textblock. Mild cracking to gutters. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1934. First Edition Thus. 427 pages. No dust jacket. Grey patterned cloth boards with blue lettering. Contains colour illustrations by Maximilien Vox. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Minor water staining to top edges textblock. Binding is firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is clear. Faint water markings to rear board. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1934. First Edition Thus. 414 pages. No dust jacket. Grey patterned cloth. Contains colour illustrated plates. Illustrated by Maximilien Vox. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing throughout. More pronounced foxing to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Minor brown markings to top edge of pages 2-7. Text is unaffected. Illustrations are bright and clean. Minor water staining to top edge of text block. Boards have slight edge wear with corner bumping. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Small splits to spine ends with cloth slightly frayed. Lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1953, 1ST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE REPRINT, SMALL Embossed RED CLOTH Hardcover. 8vo, xviii, 414 PGS, NO ADS IN BACK, edges slightly browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, red cloth, gilt titles only (no decorations) , Very Good+ condition / VG- Dustwrapper, Wrapper edges slightly frayed & TINY CHIPS WEAR, Back of dJ mentions Few of 500 Authrs,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1950, 1ST EDITION, LATER ISSUE REPRINT, VG+/GOOD-, TAE RESIDUE TOP EDGES OF DJ & TINY CHIPS WEAR EXTREMITIES, , IN RED DUSTJACKET WITH B/W CIRCULAR SYMBOL ON FRONT MENDED TEARS TO DJ TOP EDGES , BACK OF DJ SAYS A FEW OF 980 VOLS, Book is in PRETTY good condition. , SMALL RED CLOTH HARDBACK GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR ,427 pages with tanning, NO ADS IN BACK ,Jacket rubbed withTaped Tears. Pen ownership on the f.e.p, TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS WEAR, RED TOPSTAIN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Fletcher, Miss (illustrator). 1st Edition. 139 pages; light green cloth, gilt spine titles and decorations, gilt front title and Austen family crest, gilt facsimile signature to front; top edge gilt; publisher's Ex Libris stamp to front pastedown; black & white frontispiece, tissue guard, black & white illustrations throughout; light soiling, other blemishes to boards, some wear to extremities, softening, fraying to head & tail of spine; name of previous owner in ink to Ex Libris stamp; foxing to endpapers, esp. to rear; a very good minus copy.

First edition thus. Octavo. Handsome contemporary prize binding of full navy-blue calf with Charterhouse school crest in gilt to the upper board, the spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt, and with titles in gilt. Turn-ins decorated in blind. Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers. Title page printed in blue and brown. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece with tissue-guard and seven further colour plates by Maximilien Vox. Occasional head-piece vignettes in black and white. pp. [6], 414. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a few minor marks to the boards and even fading to the spine. The contents with a few spots of light foxing to the preliminary pages and occasionally elsewhere are otherwise in very good order throughout, remaining free from previous owners' inscriptions or markings. A smartly-bound copy of this 1930s edition of Austen's Mansfield Park, nicely embellished with eight colour plates by the French illustrator Maximilien Vox.

Condition: Good. 1908. First Edition Thus. 308 pages. No dust jacket. Pale green cloth with attractive gilt decorations and lettering. Contains 24 colour plates illustrated by C. E. Brock. Clean pages. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge partially cracked, thus the board is slack. Presentation plate to fly leaf. Pages are rough cut. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with few small marks mainly to the rear board. Book has a slight backward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1973, 1ST EDITION REPRINT, VG/VG, SMALL RED CLOTH COVER GOLD GILT ON SPINE CVR, DJ LITE RUB WEAR & TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS ,BACK DUSTJACET SMALL LITE CREASE SAYS FEW OF 500 AUTHORS ENDS WITH ZOLA, 322 PGS, SLIGHT LEAN, NOT ILLUSTRATED.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1960, 1ST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE REPRINT, SMALL Embossed BLUE CLOTH Hardcover. 8vo, xviii, 414 PGS, ADS IN BACK, edges slightly browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, red cloth, gilt titles only (no decorations) , Very Good- condition / VG+ Dustwrapper, Sold AS-IS ,Wrapper edges slightly frayed & TINY CHIPS WEAR, Back of dJ mentions Few of 500 Authrs ENDS WITH ZOLA, SMALL CREASE BTM BACK OF DJ, ,front Inner dJ flap mentions LARGER FORMAT , DJ WRAPPER DRAWING BY FRED EXCELL, NOT PRICECLIPPED NO PRICE, DJ WRAPPER DRAWING BY FRED EXCELL, Industrial Revolution, FICTION, I am Josiah Bounderby of Coketown, I know the Bricks of this town, & I KNOW THE WORKS OF THIS TOWN, & I KNOW THE CHIMNEYS OF THIS TOWN, & THE HANDSA. I NOW THEM ALL PRETTY WELL, when a man tells Me of Imaginative Qualities, I always tell that Man Whoever He Is, that i know what He Means, Turtle Soup & Venison with a Gold Spoon.& he wants 2 b set up with Coach & 6.

First edition thus. Octavo. Handsome contemporary prize binding of full navy-blue calf with Charterhouse school crest in gilt to the upper board, the spine with five raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt, and with titles in gilt. Turn-ins decorated in blind. Marbling to page edges. Marbled endpapers. Title page printed in blue and brown. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece with tissue-guard and seven further colour plates by Maximilien Vox. Occasional head-piece vignettes in black and white. pp. xix, [2], 322. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with even fading to the spine. The contents with light foxing to the endpapers and very occasionally elsewhere, and with two plates standing very slightly proud of the textblock, are otherwise in very good order throughout, remaining free from previous owners' inscriptions or markings. A smartly-bound copy of this 1930s edition of Austen's Sense and Sensibility, nicely embellished with eight colour plates by the French illustrator Maximilien Vox, with an additional note by the illustrator and an introduction by Emile Legouis.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION THUS, cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (19.5cm x 12.5cm x 3cm), pp. viii, 396. English text, with twenty-four coloured illustrations by C. E. Brock. Publisher's original cloth, elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt to front cover and spine, t.e.g., untrimmed fore edge and bottom edge, pictorial endpapers, initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present, framed title-page with vignette, frontispiece with tissue-guard, head-pieces. Printed by The Temple Press. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square. Slight bumping to spine ends and marking to covers. Mild spine crease. Interior with some light scattered foxing and browning to endpapers. Without previous owner markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. C. E. Brock (illustrator). First Thus. Light green cloth, lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt. Modest surface rubbing/soiling to boards. Cloth apparently mended along rear joint. Minor scattered internal foxing. Presentation book plate (a Form VI award) mounted inside front cover, with some offsetting onto flyleaf, which also shows a vintage bookseller's tag. viii,216 pp., 24 color plates. Quite uncommon, apparently the scarcest entry in the series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.