AUSTEN, Jane, BROCK, C.E. (illustrator).
The Novels of Jane Austen - The Series of English Idylls.
London, J.M. Dent & Co., 1907, 1908, 1909.
C.E. Brock originally illustrated 'Pride and Prejudice' for Macmillan in 1895, with black and white line drawings. He then collaborated with his brother H.M. Brock on this set for Dent in 1898.
First editions thus (published between 1907 & 1909); 6 vols, 8vo (19.5 x 13 cm); each volume with 24 coloured plates by Charles E. Brock, including frontispiece, some pages uncut in all vols excluding 'Pride and Prejudice', minor loss to lower corner of vii in 'Mansfield Park', very light spotting to a few leaves of 'Emma', else only the occasional spot or mark, usual age-toning, pages are remarkably bright and pristine, very good; finely bound by Bayntun-Rivière, later half green calfskin over green cloth boards, spine in 6 compartments with gilt lettering to second and third, gilt emblem to others, marble endpapers, top edges gilt, slight offsetting to endpapers, old bookseller sticker 'Lupton Bros.' to front pastedown of each volume, fading to spine, corners a little bumped, small white mark to upper board of Sense and Sensibility, otherwise only light, general signs of wear, very good; [viii], 308pp, [xiv], 336pp, [viii], 396pp, [viii], 395pp, [1]pp, [x], 206pp, [viii], 216pp.
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The Novels of Jane Austen - The Series of English Idylls.
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Other Fables.
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Dracula.
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First edition of Bram Stoker's vampire classic, a genre-defining masterpiece inspiring numerous reprints, variations, pastiches, stage & screen versions
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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