Price: US$865.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH EMBOSSED BOARDS, HALF TITLE & FRONTIS PRESENT, SEVERAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 30 + 352 PAGES + PUBLISHERS CATALOGUE. SPINE SLIGHTLY FADED WITH SOME MINOR WEAR AT TOP & BOTTOM OF SPINE, SMALL MARK TO CLOTH AT TOP RIGHT OF FRONT BOARD & A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL MARKS TO SPINE, CORNERS LIGHTLY BUMPED, LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, OCCASIONAL MINOR MARK OR LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES, PAGE EDGES ROUGH CUT WITH OCCASIONAL MINOR WEAR TO PAGE MARGINS, PENCIL INSCRIPTION TO MARGIN OF LAST TEXT PAGE DATED 1895. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY WITH MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Austen, Jane [Brock, C E illustrates]. Pride and Prejudice. Macmillan, London, 1895.
Price: US$897.87 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition Thus. Introduction by Austin Dobson. Publisher's original maroon cloth with embossed floral decorations in blind to the boards with gilt titling to the front board and spine. xxx; 252 pages + 4 pages of publisher's adverts to rear. 40 illustrations by C E Brock (all present). Slight fading to the spine, softening to the head and tail of the spine, minor rubbing to the extremities. Overall, a solid VG copy with foxing to the early/late pages of the book. Front hinge starting. Two former owner's names to the front free end-paper. Virtually no foxing to the interior. No D/W. Quite a nice copy. NB: A bibliographical note: this is the First Edition Thus from 1895 and NOT the 1899 Reprint. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Austen, Jane and Dobson, Austin (Intro). Pride And Predjudice. MACMILLAN & CO, LONDON AND NY, 1895.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: General wear: previous owner name , cracked rear hinge, foxing, faded spine Bright gold gilt on cover and fore edges, clan text, approximately 39 charming illustrations DATE PUBLISHED: 1895 EDITION: 352
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$12500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Charles Brock illustrated edition, signed and dated in black ink by Charles E. Brock with an original drawing of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy in cameo on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original burgundy cloth with boards ornately patterned in blind, with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Near Fine with slight fading to spine, bookplate of William Heighway to front pastedown, some foxing to textblock edge and endsheets, small tear to corner of tissue guard. A beautiful copy, signed and with a wonderful original illustration by Brock.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.