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Price: US$1539.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A limited edition of the novels of Jane Austen lavishly illustrated with beautiful chromo-collotype frontispieces and further charming illustrations. Five novels by Jane Austen, the beautiful Oxford large paper edition limited to one-thousand sets, of which nine-hundred and fifty for sale. The text based on the collation of the early editions by R. W. Chapman. Complete in five volumes in the original uniform quarter cloth over marbled boards bindings. Spare spine labels tipped in to rear as called for.Comprising popular novels Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (in one). These titles among the publications that gained Austen modest success in her lifetime, for which she received little famed as published anonymously.Georgian novelist Jane Austen was known for her interpretations, comments, and critique of the British landed gentry of the time. Her plots are known for exploring the dependence of women on marriage in the favour of social and economic security.Illustrated with beautiful chromo-collotype frontispieces and thirty-seven further full page plates some folding, as well as illustrations in text. Collated, complete. The frontispiece to Mansfield Park has an image of the same location, Harleston Park, tipped in on top, which can be pulled back to reveal a different image of the building.Featuring uniform edition title pages as well as original title pages, with notes on the modern edition printed to verso of the original title page.Notes, indexes, and illustrations from contemporary sources. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over marbled boards, title label to spine. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor bumping to head and tail of spine, rubbed and lightly chipped with only minimal loss to spine title label of 'Emma,' back strip and labels lightly darkened. Neat previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Rosamond Wontage' dated 1924. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to endpapers affecting leaves of plates only, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Austen, Jane.. The Novels of Jane Austen. 5 Volumes.. Oxford, Clarendon Press., 1923.
Price: US$1697.18 + shipping
Description: The text based on collation of the early editions by R. W. Chapman. With notes, indexes and illustrations from contemporary sources. Complete in 5 volumes. Marbled boards with light blue cloth spine. Large paper edition limited to 1,000 sets, of which 950 are for sale. Some very slight foxing to frontpapers, otherwise in a very good condition. Scarce set.
Seller: Biblio Industries Alain Haezeleer, Stuttgart, Germany
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: Large paper edition. Limited to 1000 sets. Illustrations (some in color) from contemporary sources. 5 vols. Large 8vo. Large Paper Edition. The best edition (and the source for many Oxford re-issues), comprising Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. The plates include fashions, views, and reproductions of title pages. As Kathryn Sutherland noted, it is Chapman's edition and the Oxford imprimatur that brought Jane Austen to universal acclaim and attention Several interesting clippings are loosely inserted, most notably Edward Marsh's "Some Notes on Miss Austen's Novels" (London Mercury, 1924), Gilson M430; a contemporary review by "Our dramatic critic"; and R.W. Chapman's essay "Jane Austen's Texts" from the TLS for 13 February 1937, Gilson M634, and others. This is Anthony Hobson's set, with his distinctive handwriting identifying a clipped description of another copy from the Gloucester Road bookshop. Gilson E150 Original blue-grey cloth over marbled boards, untrimmed edges. Extra label at end of each volume. Some toning to spines, minor rubbing. Anthony Hobson's set, with inserted clippings Illustrations (some in color) from contemporary sources. 5 vols. Large 8vo Large paper edition. Limited to 1000 sets.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$2309.88 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine set of the 1st Oxford edition of Jane Austen's Novels, in the large paper version - limited to 1,000 sets of which 950 were for sale. The set consists of 5 volumes (Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are in one volume) with detailed notes, additional information and numerous illustrations. This set has been recently rebound by Elizabeth Howard - with pale blue calf spines (with title labels) and corners and matching marbled boards. New endpapers. Page edges to side and base untrimmed. Each volume has a colour frontispiece: in the case of Mansfield Park, this has an additional flap to give 2 different views of the same scene; and in Vol V there is a colour frontispiece for both books. All other illustrations are present as called for. Sense and Sensibility 429pp; Pride and Prejudice 415pp; Mansfield Park 567pp; Emma 521pp; Northanger Abbey 252pp; Persuasion 263pp. There is the very occasional spot, for example on the verso of the street plan of Bath at the end of Vol V, but otherwise contents very clean. A lovely set.
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Price: US$2566.53 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Editions -- 1923-1932. In 7 volumes. Light blue cloth spines with white title labels and marbled boards. Large paper limited editions -- only 1000 sets produced; includes all six novels by Austen and two volumes of her letters which were produced later, 1796-1809 and 1811-1817. All illustrated with plates. Heads and tails of spines a little rubbed with a small split at the head of Pride and Prejudice. Uncut and internally clean. A lovely set in great condition. Uncommon in such nice condition, and to have all seven matching. Large 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3208.16 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1923, Large Paper Limited Edition, One of 1000 Sets. Recent Half Leather Binding. Five volumes of a limited large paper edition set of 1,000 of which 950 were for sale. Half green morocco leather with twin red title labels and gilt decoratpion, recently rebound from the original cloth and paper bindings. Vol. I Sense and Sensibility, xii, [ii], 427pp, folding plan of London and Westminster 1809; Vol. II Pride and Prejudice, xiii, [i], 415pp; Vol. III Mansfield Park, Lover s Vows, xii, [ii], 567pp; Vol. IV Emma, xi, [iii], 521pp ; Vol V Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, xiii, [i], 252pp, 1-310pp, with a folding plan of the City of Bath. All volumes with the original replacement spine labels at the rear of each volume. Approximately 9 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles and volume numbers to twin red labels, four raised bands with gilt decoration. Joints very good condition sound. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition green leather and cloth boards. Page edges very good condition top edge gilt, others untrimmed, tanned and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition new plain paste downs. End papers very good condition new plain end papers. Title good condition minor marks and foxing, tanned. Pages good condition frontispiece to each volume, black and white plates throughout, minor marks and foxing. Binding very good condition sound, good clean copies. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1923 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Price: US$5019.06 + shipping
Description: Large Paper Edition. Limited to 1000 copies, 950 of which were for sale. 1923/1932. 7 vols. 8vo. contemporary full green morocco gilt, raised bands, uncut, marbled endpapers (a trifle rubbed & sunned, very occasional spots and marks, else clean and bright throughout); pp. The Novels (1923). Vol. I Sense and Sensibility, xii, [ii], 427pp, folding plan of London and Westminster 1809; Vol. II Pride and Prejudice, xiii, [i], 415pp; Vol. III Mansfield Park, Lover's Vows, xii, [ii], 567pp; Vol. IV Emma, xi, [iii], 521pp ; Vol V Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, xiii, [i], 252pp, 1-310pp, with a folding plan of the City of Bath; Coloured frontispieces and illustrations, throughout each vol.; The Letters (1932). Vol I.1796-1809. xlvi, 1-266, [34]; xxx, 267-510, [122], with folding maps. Very heavy set (8 kg), additional postage required for international and domestic delivery. A beautiful fine set of this magnificent edition.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia