Works by Women

First edition, first printing (with the correct front and rear endpapers according to Linder); 16mo (160 x 110 mm); colour frontispiece, plain title vignette, 14 colour plates, colour pictorial endpapers, a little oxidising and curiously, mild spotting to some blank versos, some light spots to fore-edge (as usual but not affecting text or illustrations, a small smudge to corner of upper free endpaper but in the main, very good-plus; publisher's red boards with inset colour illustration, spine slightly sunned, otherwise a very good, sharp copy, in the original or coeval printed glassine dust-jacket, slightly over-sized (as it should be), toned and a few small manuscript ticks next to some of the titles listed on the rear panel, otherwise in exceptionally good condition and especially rare in such a good wrapper.

Mixed editions; 10 volumes, small 8vo (180 x120 mm); illustrated with numerous colour plates by Brock, edited by R.B. Johnson, occasional minor spotting to some vols, more pronounced to half-title of vol. II of Sense and Sensibility,which also has two, small marginal marks to title-page, contemporary ink gift inscriptions, both dated 1899, to blank verso of front free endpapers in Persuasion, Emma and also in Northanger Abbey, the last also with more evident spotting to preliminary leaves, neat (rather beautiful) contemporary ink, gift inscription, dated 1906 to half titles of both volumes of Pride and Prejudice and Emma, in mostly to preliminary pages of Mansfield Park, otherwise very good internally; publisher's grey cloth decorated in blue and gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, with mild wear, light dust-soiling to spines and a small area of rubbing to upper cover of vol. I of Sense and Sensibility but in the main, very clean and bright.

Second edition, 12mo (19 x 11 cm); contemporary gift inscription in sepia ink to upper margin of title, dated 'March 1949'; original brown cloth boards, rubbed, front end leaf partially detached, held by gentle tape repair, ink staining, notes and pencil scribbles to some pages. 278 pp.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt, in the minimally sunned and very slightly rubbed dust jacket.

First edition, one of 500 copies, inscribed by the author; 8vo; unmarked internally; original dark grey wrappers, stitched as issued, black lettering to upper cover, light wear to extremities, unopened and uncut, with NPG tissue wrapping with label.

First edition, inscribed by the author to Sacheverell Sitwell; 8vo; scattered light foxing; publisher's emerald green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped dustjacket, slightly marked with some light wear to the lower edge, otherwise a very good copy.

First edition, inscribed by the author to Sacheverell Sitwell; 8vo; slight marginal toning to leaves, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's green boards, black lettering to upper cover, with the unclipped dustjacket, slightly worn and marked, with the NPG tissue wrapping with label.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author to Sacheverell Sitwell; 8vo; light offsetting to endpapers, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's brown printed boards, spine and upper cover lettered in black, slight spotting to edges, with the unclipped peach dustjacket, title printed in blue within elaborate border, floral device to upper cover, with the NPG tissue wrapping with label.

First edition, first printing, first state binding; 8vo; marginal tear to one leaf, seemingly in production; publisher's quarter bound blue cloth binding with light grey paper-covered boards, titles to upper board in black, cream paper title label to spine printed in black, with the dust jacket; a superb copy in the professionally repaired dust jacket with small restoration here and there.

8vo, xvi, 313 pp., 8 photographic illustrations, folding map, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, light fade to spine, joints rubbed, a little spotting, a good copy.