Emma [and] Northanger Abbey [and] Sense and Sensibility [and] Pride and Prejudice [and] Mansfield Park [and] Persuasion.
London, Hamish Hamilton, The Novel Library 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950.
A delightful set of of Jane Austen's completed novels in a an attractive and readable format.
Mixed editions, the first four are first editions thus, the fifth, a second impression thus and the last, a third impression thus; 6 vols, small 8vo ( 175 x 110 mm); titles printed in red and black, contemporary soft calf, blind panelled, gilt lettering to spines, marbled endpapers and top edge gilt, preserved in a later cloth slip-case, neat ownership name to each upper endpaper, dated 1952, very mild wear to findings, otherwise a near-fine set.
Mixed editions, the first four are first editions thus, the fifth, a second impression thus and the last, a third impression thus; 6 vols, small 8vo ( 175 x 110 mm); titles printed in red and black, contemporary soft calf, blind panelled, gilt lettering to spines, marbled endpapers and top edge gilt, preserved in a later cloth slip-case, neat ownership name to each upper endpaper, dated 1952, very mild wear to findings, otherwise a near-fine set.
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