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Published by T. Egerton, London, 1813
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. 1st Edition. This stunning complete set of the works of Jane Austen, which consists of the following volumes; Sense amp; Sensibility Three Volumes, 2nd Edition, London: Printed for T. Egerton, Whitehall. Three volumes, 12 mo. Vol. 1 306 pp. iiv 1, no half title, verso blank. London: Printed C. Roworth. Vol. II 278 pp. London: Printed C. Roworth. Vol III. 294 pp. London: Printed C. Roworth. Bound in half sprinkled calf with marble sides, full decorative gilt spines with red title bands, and green labels. Gilt inlay to front and rear boards with LOND1813 to the bottom of each volume.nbsp;After the first edition of Sense sold out by July of 1813, the text was then reportedly revised by Austen herself. This second edition was first advertised on Friday 29th October 1813 and published the same day, with a price of 18s on boards. Published during Austens lifetime. (Gilson A2)nbsp; Pride And Prejudice 1st Edition in Three Volumes, London: printed for T. Egerton. Three volumes 12 mo., Vol 1. 307 pp.iv no half titles. Vol. II 239 pp. iiv. Vol. III. 323 pp. iiv.nbsp; Bound in full sprinkled calf with double ruled gilt boards, red leather title bands in gilt, and green labels reading AUSTEN with volume number. LOND 1813 to the bottom of the spines in gilt, with gilt inlay to the inside front and rear boards. Regarded by many as Austens finest work. This particular example stands as one of the finest of the 1st editions that St Marys Books have seen.nbsp; Emma 1st Edition in Three volumes, London: printed for John Murray. Three volumes. Vol. I. features a dedication to the Prince Regent; 322 pp. with no half titles. Vol. II. 351 pp. Vol. III. 363 pp. with a list of other titles published: Lately were published by the author of Emma, 1. Sense amp; Sensibility Second Edition, 2. Pride amp; Prejudice Second Edition, 3. Mansfield Park. Bound in full sprinkled calf with double ruled gilt boards, red leather title bands in gilt, and green labels reading AUSTEN with volume number. LOND 1816 to the bottom of the spines in gilt, with gilt inlay to the inside front and rear boards.nbsp; Mansfield Park 2nd edition in three volumes,nbsp;London: printed for J. Murray. Three volumes, 12 mo. Vol 1. 360 pp. Vol II. 294 pp. Vol. III. 354 pp. Bound in half sprinkled calf with marble sides, full decorative gilt spines with red title bands, and green labels. Gilt inlay to front and rear boards with LOND1813 to the bottom of each volume. Northanger Abbey amp; Persuasion 4 Volumes 1st Edition, London: printed for John Murray, 1818. Four volumes, 12 mo. Vol 1. 300 pp. xix Biographical notice of the author amp; Postscript Vol. II. 331 pp. Vol. III 280 pp. The start of Persuasion. Vol. IV. 308 pp. Bound in half sprinkled calf with marble sides, full decorative gilt spines with red title bands, and green labels. Gilt inlay to front and rear boards with LOND1818 to the bottom of each volume.nbsp;A total number of 1750 copies were printed of the first edition in December of 1817 at a cost of pound;238.178s. The work was first advertised in The Courier No. 7861 on 17th December 1817. Initial sales were rapid, totalling 1409 copies (Gilson A9). Published after Austens death. A fabulous opportunity to purchase this seminal work of English Literature. book.
Published by Printed for T. Egerton, London, 1813
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First editions of all three volumes of Jane Austen's second novel and most popular. Octavo, three volumes, bound in contemporary three quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Armorial bookplates to each pastedown. Period gift inscription from the year of publication to the title page of Vol. I.: "Mary Anne King given her by her mother April 1813." An exceptional example of this landmark work in English literature, rare and desirable bound in contemporary calf. Pride and Prejudice was written between October 1796 and August 1797 when Jane Austen was not yet twenty-one. After an early rejection by the publisher Cadell, who had not even read it, Austen's novel was finally bought by Egerton in 1812 for £110. It was published in late January 1813 in a small edition of approximately 1500 copies and sold for 18 shillings in boards. Volume I of the first edition was printed by Roworth and Volumes II and III by Sidney, and their imprints appear both on the versos of the half titles and at the end of the text of each volume In a letter to her sister Cassandra on 29 January 1813, Austen writes of receiving her copy of the newly publishing novel (her "own darling child"), and while acknowledging its few errors, she expresses her feelings toward its heroine as such: "I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, & how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least, I do not know." Gilson A3; Grolier English 69; Keynes 3; Sadleir 62b. With a contemporary ink gift inscription to volume one, "Mary Anne King given her by her mother. April 1813" to title, Campbell family bookplate to pastedowns. Lacking the half-titles. With volume one lacking text f. F9 (pp. 113-114).
Published by Murray 1818, 1817
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Four volumes. 8vo. Contemporary blue half calf, over grey boards. Complete with fly-title to "Biographical Notice of the Author" and all half-titles, bound after the title pages. A very good copy, with some wear to the spine ends and joints superficially refurbished. Some spotting to the preliminary leaves, but generally clean. First edition of Jane Austen's final published work, pairing Northanger Abbey, probably the first full-length novel she wrote, with Persuasion, her last completed novel. Her brother Henry's biographical notice, dated 13 December 1817, is the first acknowledgement of Austen's authorship of her novels to appear in one of her works. Gilson A9, Keynes 9.
Published by CAREY, LEA & BLANCHARD, PHILADELPHIA, 1838
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
LEATHER SPINE GREEN. Condition: FAIR. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION SECOND PRINTING 2 Volumes bound as one. Ex-Library, pages 11-18 missing. Volume 1 has 387 pages with the following Novels: Pride & Prejudice starting at pg. 9; Mansfield Park starting at pg. 139; Persuasion starting at pg. 303. Volume 2 has 376 pages with the following Novels: Sense and Sensibility starting at pg. 5; Emma starting at pg. 131; and Northanger Abbey starting at pg. 287. CONDITION-Bound in 3/4 leather; title on spine; book wear. edge wear; rubs; front/back hinge cracked resulting in separation from the spine but in place; moisture dampness stains, portions of the cloth removed exposing inner board; INTERIOR-card pocket and slip on the front paste-down paper; pages browning; foxing; moisture dampness stains front front the bottom rising to portions of the middle and side page edges; stains do not encroach text; some edge chipping. DATE PUBLISHED: 1838 EDITION: 387.
Published by Richard Bentley, 1833
Seller: Neverland Books, Waalre, Netherlands
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Set of first Bentley illustrated editions issued in 1833, uniformally rebound in fine half leather binding: 1. "Pride and Prejudice" - Richard Bentley, 1833 first illustrated edition, issued in standard editions and first one volume edition, bound with standard editions half title page, frontispiece, engraved vignette title page, regular title page, some page foxing, name inscription, some wear to edges. 2. "Sense and Sensibility" - Richard Bentley, 1833 first illustrated edition, issued in standard editions and first one volume edition, bound with standard editions half title page, frontispiece, engraved vignette title page, regular title page, some page foxing, name inscription, some wear to edges. 3 "Mansfield Park" - Richard Bentley, 1833 first illustrated edition, issued in standard editions and first one volume edition, bound with standard editions half title page, frontispiece, engraved vignette title page, regular title page, some page foxing, name inscription, some wear to edges.
Published by GEORGE ALLEN, LONDON, 1894
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
HARDCOVER RED. Condition: VG. HUGH THOMSON (illustrator). 1ST ED. Beautiful hand made clam shell box Cover cloth is paper-backed Burgundy "Wooqu Bookcloth for Bookbinding. Tray cloth is paper-backed "Asahi Japanese bookcloth." Label is "Elephant Hide Paper". Bright gold gilt on spine, leather spine and corners, marbled covers and end papers, slightly age toned pages, one bookplate on inner front board and one bookplate on front end paper, else, clean and unmarked. The George Allen published 1894 thru 1906 editions are the most desirable copies of Pride and Prejudice published other than the original 1813 three volume first edition by Egerton which brings 5 figures in today's market. A relative unknown illustrator Hugh Thompson was an Irish Illustrator born at Coleraine near Derry. he took the task of creating 160 line drawings to produce the first and still finest illustrated edition. The success of George Allens " PEACOCK EDITION " launched Thompson's career as as a first class and prominent illustrator who is best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie. In total, Thomson illustrated sixty-five books and contributed a large number of illustrations to magazines and other periodicals. When working on a new illustration, Thomson would research his subject in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. He would often take detailed notes on costumes, furniture, old prints, and architectural records. His attention to detail can been seen in his sketchbooks, which include pages devoted to the changing styles of ladies and gentleman attire. Jane Austen born 16 December 1775 died 18 July 1817 was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's novels remained in obscurity until this 1894 first illustrated edition was published. 61 different publishers reprinted her titles up to 2010 before the explosion of electronic reprint companies. DATE PUBLISHED: 1894 EDITION: 1ST ED 476.
Published by George Allen, 1894
Seller: First and Fine, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Jane Austen (1894) Pride and Prejudice , UK Peacock first edition, published by George Allen. Illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. Beautifully rebound in fine full green morocco (leather), with all all three edges gilded, silk bookmark and gild stamp which replicates the famous original design. Housed in a buckram solander box lined with black velvet which cushions and protects the book. An absolutely gorgeous production. Condition: free from any stamps, previous owner names or bookplates. Internally clean with a few foxing spots to the prelims. Retains the original tissue guard. Presents in fine condition. Jane Austen needs no introduction. Her novels have become world literature and are studied for English degrees. Pride and Prejudice is one of her most beloved novels. Originally published anonymously in 1813 the novel was well received from the start. However, the Peacock edition played a major part in making the novel a bestseller. First and Fine.
Published by Frank S. Holby, New York, 1906
Seller: Sean Fagan, Rare Books, Buford, GA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Leather. Condition: Very Good Set. Illustrated (illustrator). Limited. Octavo, Gilt lettered and decorated leather spines. Marbled paper covered boards. Deckled outside edges. Top edges gilt. Some minor edge scuffs and three volumes have some light chipping to spine ends. Otherwise a fabulous set of this wonderful author's complete writings, including letters. This is the Chawton Edition and is numbered 491of 1250 in a limited edition. Over 4000 pages. Very few sets were bound in leather like this set. Most were cloth with paper spine labels. Color frontispiece in each volume by Charles Edmund Brock and Henry Matthew Brock. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson with an introduction by Professor William Lyon Phelps, Ph. D. Includes Austen's novels Sense and Sensibility;Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; and Persuasion as well as her short works and letters. Jane Austen December 16,1775 - July 18, 1817 was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. Austen's works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th century realism. Her plots, though fundamentally comic, highlight the dependence of women on marriage to secure social standing and economic security. Her works, though usually popular, were first published anonymously and brought her little personal fame and only a few positive reviews during her lifetime.
Published by J.M. Dent, London. 1907-1909, 1907
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition thus: issued in The Series of English Idylls. Six volumes. Octavo. Each volume contains twenty-four colour illustrations by C.E. Brock. Late 20th century bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf, presumably for Asprey, of full pale turquoise morocco with raised bands, gilt decoration to bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt.Spines a bit faded. A fine set.
Published by George Allen, London, 1894
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Leather. Condition: Fine. Hugh Thomson (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in green morocco, gilt titles to two spine compartments and date stamped in gilt to spine foot, gilt rolls to raised bands, boards with decorative gilt borders, gilt rolled board edges, wide turn-ins with gilt borders and green marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine copy. With a tissue guarded frontis illustration and a large number of illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson, with a preface by George Saintsbury. First printing of this edition.
Published by George Allen. London. 1894, 1894
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST HUGH THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.4 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with 101 fine engravings by Thomson. Several of the illustrations (about half of them) have been finely hand coloured by a skilled hand. A beautiful copy of the book, bound in an attractive early fine leather binding of half red morocco by Palmer, Howe and Company of Manchester, with their blind stamp on the front blank free endpaper. Spine with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind, and decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge gilt, the others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. A fine copy of the scarce first Thomson edition in an attractive leather binding. --- Hugh Thomson illustrated this work for George Allen publishers before going on to illustrate the other Austen books for Macmillan & Co. -- More photos available on request.
Published by George Allen Ruskin House 156 Charing Cross Road, London, 1894
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Trade edition. Thomson, Hugh. First Trade edition. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with the plates on Tissue and tipped in. xxvii, [1], 476, [1] pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 1 vols. 4to. In the late 1880's and through the 90's, a remarkable illustrator made his appearance on the London scene: Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), perhaps the pre-eminent representative of what has come to be known as 'the Wig and Powder School' of English illustration. Thomson's delicate pen drawings of English life lent themselves perfectly to the new technique of photo-engraving (he was a pioneeer of the genre) and he was soon in popular demand for illustrations of the novels of Jane Austen, Fanny burney, Mrs. Gaskell, Charles Reade, as well as for contemporaries like Austin Dobson. His influence on contemporary illustrators was felt keenly for many years, and can be seen in the work of Charles E. Brock and others of the 'school.'. Red polished calf, all edges gilt. Front hinge starting. Iconic Hugh Thompson cloth binding bound in at rear. Contemporary gift inscription to endpaper Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with the plates on Tissue and tipped in. xxvii, [1], 476, [1] pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 1 vols. 4to.
Published by George Allen, London, 1894
Seller: Jacques Gander, Fairford, United Kingdom
First Edition
Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hugh Thomson (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, first impression of this 1894 illustrated edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. With a preface by George Saintsbury, with line illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Bound in dark green cloth with the front board and spine beautifully decorated with an elaborate peacock feather design in gilt, with gilt lettering. All edges edge gilt. Dark green endpapers.5 X 7 .25 inches. 476 pages. The book is a very good copy. Externally the cloth and binding are very sound, with no wear at the joints along the sides of the spine. The gilt decorations are bright and clear. Inside the hinges are all firm and sound. There is no splitting of the endpapers along the hinges, to either the front or rear of the book. Inside all complete and in good order. There are no inscriptions or signs from prior ownership. There is some lean to the spine, and some browning to the margins of the title page and tissue guard, the pages are quite clean throughout. There is a little smudge to the mat surface of the front free endpaper. There is a some wear to the corners, some fading along the lower edge of the rear board,and a small chip to the cloth at the bottom edge of the spine, which is a little crushed. Overall a very presentable copy of this popular edition of one of English literature's best loved novels.
Published by Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1923-1932, 1932
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[Classic Literature] First Oxford Edition. Large Paper, limited to 1000 sets. Complete in seven volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 35cm), pp.[6] xiv; 429 [3]; pp.[2] xiv; 415 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 567 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 521 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 252; 310 [2]. With a coloured frontispiece to each of the first five volumes, as well as numerous black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's grey quarter cloth, with marbled paper over boards, and printed paper title labels to spines (each volume with a spare bound in at rear). Untrimmed deckle edges. First and final leaves toned, with some browning to spines, and light general shelf wear. A very good set. Complete in seven volumes, comprising five volumes of the works plus two volumes of letters, which were published considerably later than the rest of the set in 1932. Complete sets are therefore uncommon.
Published by Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1923-1932, 1932
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[Classic Literature] First Oxford Edition. Large Paper, limited to 1000 sets. Complete in seven volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 35cm), pp.[6] xiv; 429 [3]; pp.[2] xiv; 415 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 567 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 521 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 252; 310 [2]. With a coloured frontispiece to each of the first five volumes, as well as numerous black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's grey quarter cloth, with marbled paper over boards, and printed paper title labels to spines. Untrimmed deckle edges. First and final leaves toned, with some browning to spines, and light general shelf wear. A very good set. Complete in seven volumes, comprising five volumes of the works plus two volumes of letters, which were published considerably later than the rest of the set in 1932. Complete sets are therefore uncommon.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1898
Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
First Edition
Quarter Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hugh Thomson, Charles E. Brock (illustrator). First Thus Edition. Uniformly bound in half-calf leather, the books are from the "Macmillan's illustrated standard novels" series which first appeared from 1895-1897. These volumes are reprints from 1898, 1909, 1910, 1913 and 1914. Line illustrations are mostly by Hugh Thomson, one by Charles E Brock. The leather hinges are supple and show no tendancy to crack or split. There is some edge fade of the crimson colour on many of the boards to a greater or lesser extent, the spines have faded to a uniform nutty brown. A couple of the fore-corners have minor bumps. No wear or fraying to the corners. The gilt titling and tooling is bright and solid, a couple of the boards have some indents to the leather, and one board has a partial cupring mark. The text blocks are in amazing condition, free of ownermarks or foxing or such, with brilliant and very high quality gilt edging. Attractive marbled endpapers round off the excellence of the bindings. This set displays superbly on the shelf, and everything is robust and ready for reading pleasure. Size: 8vo.
Published by Oxford Clarendon 1923 and 1932, 1923
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
1st thus, Large-Paper Edition Limited to 1,000 sets of which 950 were intended for sale. 15.4 x 23.2 cm blue cloth backed marbled boards with white title labels. All have uncut edges with spare titles label to the rear. Sense and Sensibility, xii 429 (1)pp, colour frontispiece and 6 black and white plates and folding map of London and Westminster to the rear; Pride and Prejudice, xiii (i) 415(1)pp, colour frontispiece and 7 black and white illustrations; Mansfield Park, xii 567(1)pp, colour frontispiece and 9 black and white illustrations; Emma, xi (i) 521(1), colour frontispiece and 12 black and white illustrations; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, xiii (i) 310pp with 2 colour frontispieces, 14 black and white illustrations and a folding map of Bath to the rear. Letters Volume 1 xlv[i] 266pp [34] notes with 19 illustrations including 3 folding maps. Letters Volume II xxx 267-509[1]pp [30] notes [62] index with 14 illustrations including 4 folding plates. [Gilson E150 & G5] The boards have a little light rubbing to the edges and some toning/ marking to the labels but are otherwise very good noting only a faint tide mark on the bottom corner of the upper board of Sense and Sensibility which is difficult to see. Internally, the five novels have a small bookplate on the front paste down but otherwise the books are clean and bright with some toning to the free endpapers and a touch of spotting to the folding map at the rear of both volumes of letters and Northanger Abbey. A very presentable example of this sought after set, with many illustrations and notes. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Published by J.M. Dent, London. 1907, 1907
Seller: Holybourne Rare Books ABA ILAB, Alton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Illustrated by C.E. Brock. The series of English Idylls. First Edition thus, with 24 coloured illustrations by Charles Brock for this edition. Bound in full red morocco gilt binding by Bayntun-Riviere . Superb gilt tooling and design, five raised bands and compartments, all edges gilt, inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. The text block is clean, bright and tight. A very attractive and highly presentable example indeed of this superbly illustrated edition. 14491.
Published by Macmillan, 1906
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Reprints of the Macmillan Illustrated Pocket Classics. Limp red leather, gilt titles and decorations, top edges gilt. Intros. by Austin Dobson. Each with tissue guarded frontis., and captioned b/w illustrations throughout. Pride & Prejudice illustrated by Charles E. Brock; all others by Hugh Thomson. Condition: VG. 1. Pride & Prejudice 1906 3rd reprint thus. Spine rather worn and creased. Minor edgewear and marks of age. Owner s name in pencil to ffep. Endpapers browned. Red silk page marker present but detached. Pages clean and bright. 352pp. plus 4pp. book list. 2. Sense and Sensibility 1907 3rd reprint thus. Spine a little rubbed. Minor edgewear and marks of age. Owner s name in pencil to ffep. Endpapers browned. Inner hinges partially split but leather intact along spine edges. Red silk page marker present but detached. Pages clean and bright. 341pp. plus 2pp. book list. 3. Emma 1907 3rd reprint thus. Spine a little rubbed. Minor edgewear and marks of age. Some spotting to foreedge. Owner s name in pencil to ffep. Rear inner hinge partially split but leather intact along spine edge. Endpapers browned. Red silk page marker lacking. Pages clean and bright. 437pp. plus 2pp. book list. 4. Northanger Abbey/Persuasion 1909 2nd reprint thus. Spine a little rubbed with small loss to head. Minor edgewear and marks of age. A little spotting to foreedge. Owner s name in ink to ffep. Endpapers foxed. Red silk page marker lacking. Pages clean and bright. 444pp. 5. Mansfield Park 1913 4th reprint thus. Spine bright and unrubbed. Minor bumping to corners. Owner s name in pencil to ffep. Endpapers and pages clean and bright. Red silk page marker present and attached. 429pp. Size: 7x5in / 18x13cm. Combined weight: 1.5kg.
Published by George Allen, 1894
Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This book is in fair condition. This book has been rebound in full leather binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, who have stamped thier name in the front. There are no signatures, bookplates, or markings of any other kind. The book has five raised bands to the spine and gilt lettering and design to the spine. The original Peacock binding is bound in the rear of the book.The pages are all somewhat wrinkled. The front board is nearly detached. This is the rare "Peacock" Edition, published by George Allen in 1894. It features 101 black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson, all of which are present. A great chance to own a rare edition of Austen's classic work.
Published by Edinburgh John Grant 1911, 1911
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
10 volumes. The Winchester Edition, the First Expanded Edition. 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt on spines, t.e.g. A pleasing set with only light age evidence. THE IMPORTANT WINCHESTER EDITION, STILL ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE OF ALL COLLECTED EDITIONS OF THE AUTHOR'S WRITINGS. â Recognition came to Miss Austen slowly. But she is now firmly established as an English classic. Miss Austen had always her panegyrists among the best intellects-such as Coleridge, Tennyson,Macaulay, Scott, Sydney Smith, Disraeli and Archbishop Whitely, the last of whom may be said to have been her discoverer. Disraeli read PRIDE AND PREJUDICE seventeen times. Scottâ s testimony is often quoted: â That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I have ever met with. The big bow-wow I can do myself like any one going; but the exquisite touch which renders commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me.â â - EB.
Published by S. W. Partridge, [1896?], London, 1896
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. 130, [3], 6-130, [3], 6-130pp. With three half-tone plates. Printed in double coloumns. Original publisher's decorated brown cloth, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed, marked, spine dulled. Hinges exposed, leaves browned and spotted, near contemporary inked ownership inscription of James W. Ager to FEP. A late nineteenth century anthology of three rather disparate popular novels; comprised of American novelist and Presbyterian minister Edward Payson Roe's (1838-1888) From Jest to Earnest (1875); American writer of religious fiction Susan Warner's (1819-1885) first published, and most popular work, The Wide, Wide World (1850); and Jane Austen's (1775-1817) perennially popular romantic novel Pride and Prejudice (1813). The conjectured date of publication is derived from an advertisement in the October, 1896 issue of The Bookseller. OCLC and COPAC together record copies at two locations (KwaZulu-Natal and V&A). Not in Gilson. Size: Quarto.
Published by London Macdoald & Co 1951-1961, 1951
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
All are 1st thus with the exception of Emma which is a 3rd Impression. 12.2 x 18.5 cm red faux leather with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Top edges red, each volume with 7 full page colour illustrations and numerous black and white line drawings by Philip Gough. All volumes are in their original scarce printed cellophane wrappers and Pride and Prejudice has a 9/6d price on the front flap. [Gilson E 261] A near fine set of books bright boards with firm spine tips and corners. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a hint of toning to the edges of the endpapers probably as a result of the glue used in production. The very scarce jackets are complete and in near fine condition noting just tiny losses to two corners and a short 1cm closed tear to the top corner of the lower panel of Persuasion. A lovely mid 20th Century set with some really charming Philip Gough illustrations. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Published by London Oxford University Press 1970 - 1971, 1970
Seller: Jonathan Frost Rare Books Limited, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
A new edition, 5 volumes complete, each edited and with an introduction by a noted academic of the day, all first printings. From the library of David Lodge, who contributed his expertise and insight to Emma, being well placed to do so having edited a casebook of essays on the subject three years earlier in 1968. These are Lodge's complimentary and working copies of the set, signed by him in black ink to the front endpaper of the final volume, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, with compliments slips from Oxford University Press and the University of Birmingham loosely inserted into Mansfield Park, and with occasional pencil notes and highlighting to the texts of four of the five volumes, the exception being Mansfield Park. The books are firmly bound in red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and green to the spines, the extremities are slightly bumped and rubbed. The text blocks are slightly toned and marked. The dust jackets are all unclipped, they are lightly toned and rubbed with minor marks, the spines are quite uniformly slightly sunned (Emma a little less so than the rest), and there are small nicks and closed tears to the edges, more so to those that Lodge has consulted most frequently. An excellent set of association copies. One of the two main protagonists in perhaps Lodge's most famous novel, Changing Places, which he was writing during this period, Morris Zapp is a world expert on Austen, who Lodge describes working on: "a series of commentaries on Jane Austen which would work through the whole canon, one novel at a time, saying absolutely everything that could possibly be said about them. [ ] The object of the exercise [ ] was not to enhance others' enjoyment and understanding of Jane Austen, still less to honour the novelist herself, but to put a definitive stop to the production of any further garbage on the subject. [ ] the specialist, who, looking up Zapp, would find that the book, article or thesis he had been planning had already been anticipated and, more likely than not, invalidated. After Zapp, the rest would be silence.". Complete jacketed sets of this scholarly edition of Austen are quite uncommon, and it is pleasing to see an academic who contributed to the edition engaging not only with his own volume but also with the rest.
Published by Clarendon Press,, Oxford,, 1932
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition, Thus 8vo. pp xiv, 429; xiv, 415; xiv, 567; xiv, 521; xiv, 310. Illustrations from contemporary sources. Complete set of five volumes published by The Clarendon Press, Oxford between 1932-1934. Third Clarendon edition of Austen's collected novels. The second volume (Pride & Prejudice)states ''Third Impression'' but is in fact the third edition in line with the other volumes. Alhough Austen's novels remained in print throughout the 19th century, it was the scholarly work of Robert William Chapman (1881-1960) that produced the first modern edition, in 1923; he revised his work in 1925 and 1933. Chapman had planned to edit Austen's novels as early as 1912 with Katharine Marion Metcalfe, and completed it, with her assistance, in 1923. His editions were "judiciously annotated and accompanied by numerous appendixes of great importance" (DNB), and they firmly established Austen's novels within the otherwise male canon of English literature. Original publisher's green buckram covers, lettered gilt at spine with gilt device on front. Spines a little faded, two volumes have slightly more fading and faint wear at head of spine o/w very good. The pages of Mansfield Park and Emma are unopened. Volumes 1, 4 and 5 bear the Royal bookplate of Prince Henry with crown and entwined initials HG, the name GLOUCESTER and his 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' motto. Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) was the third son of King George V and Queen Mary. He served as Governor-General of Australia from 1945 to 1947.
Published by Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 2006
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
First Edition
[Classic Literature] COMPLETE SET, first editions thus. Nine volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 34cm), pp.lxx; 502 [4]; pp.lxvi; 354 [4]; pp.lxx; 500 [6]; pp.lxxii; 540 [2]; pp.lxxxviii; 738 [6]; pp.lxxx; 600; pp.lxxxviii; 392; pp.cxxx; 742; pp.xxx; 467 [7]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spines and gilt facsimile signatures to uppers. Red endpapers with red ribbon-makers. Each volume with the red dust-jacket, not priced. Some very minor spotting to edges, with an offset mark from a bookmark to p.2/3 of Sense and Sensibility. otherwise a crisp, clean, near fine set. A superlative critical edition of the works of Jane Austen, with large introductions, notes, all the Juvenilia and Minor Works, as well as entire volumes devoted to the manuscripts and critical essays.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk Connecticut, 1996
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Collector's Edition. Collector's editions bound in genuine leather. Measuring approximately 8.75" x 5.75". These volumes are in very good plus condition. Minor surface wear to the boards. Gilt lettering and design on spine, boards, and edges full and vivid. Left edge of spine on the Pride and Prejudice volume is silver instead of gilt in color. This 6 volume set includes Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, and Northanger Abbey. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N5-45).
Published by Easton Press, 1996
Seller: Neverland Books, Waalre, Netherlands
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Complete six volume deluxe set of the Novels of Jane Austen, published by Easton Press: Emma, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey. Very nice set.
Published by Folio Society, [2013-2017], 2013
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus (save one volume), with coloured frontispieces and plates; uniformly bound in gold cloth, upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked in white and black, backstrips lettered in black, stone endpapers, a fine set in publisher's board slip-cases, each case illustrated with a quotation blocked in gilt. The set comprises: Pride and Prejudice. Introduced by Sebastian Faulks. Illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso (third impression thus, 2017); Sense and Sensibility. Introduced by Elena Ferrante. Illustrated by Philip Bannister (first edition thus, 2015); Mansfield Park. Introduced by Lucy Worsley. Illustrated by Darya Shnykina (first edition thus, 2017); Northanger Abbey. Introduced by Val McDermid. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton (first edition thus, 2017); Persuasion. Introduced by Siri Hustvedt. Illustrated by Deanna Staffo (first edition thus, 2016); Emma. Introduced by Fay Weldon. Illustrated by Sam Wolfe Connelly (first edition thus, 2015). A FINE SET OF AN ELEGANT EDITION.
Published by EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY DENT LONDON, 1972
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1972, 1ST EDITION REPRINT, LARGER FORMAT, 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, 327 PGS, NOT ILLUSTRATED.