London, J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd 1922
This delightfully illustrated and much sought-after edition, is further enhanced with a binding by the renowned binder, Bayntun-Riviere.
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawfords arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation...
8vo (195 X 125 mm); colour frontispiece, decorative title-page, a further 15 colour plates; later half, blue polished calf by Bayntun-Riviere, with red lettering piece, gilt tooled spine, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, as published, light spotting for fore-edge (edge of text-block) but not affecting leaves, slight toning to spine and mild scuffing to leather, otherwise very good and internally fine.
Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawfords arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation...
8vo (195 X 125 mm); colour frontispiece, decorative title-page, a further 15 colour plates; later half, blue polished calf by Bayntun-Riviere, with red lettering piece, gilt tooled spine, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, as published, light spotting for fore-edge (edge of text-block) but not affecting leaves, slight toning to spine and mild scuffing to leather, otherwise very good and internally fine.
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