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The Novels of Jane Austen. The Text based on the Collation of the Early Editions by R.W.Chapman.. With Notes, Indexes and Illustrations from Contemporary Sources. In Five Volumes [with] Jane Austen's Letters to her sister Cassandra and others [2 Vols.]
by Austen, Jane [R.W.Chapman (coll.)]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1923 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.. First Thus. Hard Cover. F.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031188
- Title
- The Novels of Jane Austen. The Text based on the Collation of the Early Editions by R.W.Chapman.. With Notes, Indexes and Illustrations from Contemporary Sources. In Five Volumes [with] Jane Austen's Letters to her sister Cassandra and others [2 Vols.]
- Author
- Austen, Jane [R.W.Chapman (coll.)]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Novels of Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion Regency Georgian Literature RW Chapman Letters of Jane Austen Fine Binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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