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193811680<p>Penguin Books Limited. London. No date. Circa 1938. EARLY ONE VOLUME EDITION. viii 1364pp. Large 8vo. 8.2 x 5.6 inches. Neat school prize presentation dated 1938 on the blank front free endpaper and a couple of pages with spots otherwise a very good copy in early half red sheep binding by Foyles of London. Spine with five raised bands. Black morocco label lettered and ruled in gilt. Compartments decorated with floral gilt centre pieces. Red cloth on boards. Circular gilt stamp of King Henry VIII's School Abergavenny on the front board. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A few small scratches to the leather but overall this is still a very attractive early leather binding. --- Issued by Penguin in London using the American printed sheets. Although the text pages conform to item E180 published in New York in 1933 in David Gilson's Bibliography of Jane Austen he doesn't list this British Penguin Books variant.</p> Penguin Books Limited. London. No date. Circa 1938 hardcover
192811556<p>Heinemann. Ltd. London. 1928. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION. Octavo. xviii1421pp. 8.7 x 5.9 inches. A lovely clean copy which has been finely bound in recent full tan Morocco. Spine with five raised bands compartments decorated in gilt. Burgundy title label gilt. Single gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt.</p> Heinemann. Ltd. London. 1928 hardcover
19261234221926. AUSTEN Jane. The Novels. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1926-32. Five volumes. Octavo modern full crimson morocco gilt raised bands marbled endpapers. $5500.Second edition of the Clarendon Austen illustrated with over 40 plates from contemporary sources and with reproduction title pages from the first editions handsomely bound.Includes Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Northanger Abbey Persuasion Mansfield Park and Emma. This text of this edition is based on the collation of the early editions by R.W. Chapman; the Clarendon editions were the first to use ""contemporary illustrations"": ""An undated memorandum in the Press's files states 'The publishers are bitterly opposed to any imaginative illustrations and would cheerfully have no illustrations at all. But they would be in favour of a few objective illustrations"" Gilson E150. First issued in 1923 in a limited large-paper edition; this second and third edition set includes addenda and additional notes. Pride and Prejudice is from the 1932 third impression. Gilson E150. Fine condition. hardcover
19261234231926. AUSTEN Jane. The Novels. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1926. Five volumes. Octavo full green morocco gilt raised bands marbled endpapers. $5500.Second edition of the Clarendon Austen illustrated with over 40 plates from contemporary sources and with reproduction title pages from the first editions handsomely bound.Includes Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Northanger Abbey Persuasion Mansfield Park and Emma. This text of this edition is based on the collation of the early editions by R.W. Chapman; the Clarendon editions were the first to use ""contemporary illustrations"": ""An undated memorandum in the Press's files states 'The publishers are bitterly opposed to any imaginative illustrations and would cheerfully have no illustrations at all. But they would be in favour of a few objective illustrations"" Gilson E150. First issued in 1923 in a limited large-paper edition; this second edition set includes addenda and additional notes. Gilson E150. Interiors fine beautifully bound. hardcover
19111233491911. AUSTEN Jane. Novels and Letters. Edinburgh: John Grant 1911-12. Twelve volumes. Octavo contemporary three-quarter brown calf gilt raised bands top edges gilt uncut. $6200.Winchester edition of Austens writings beautifully bound.""The fact that she wrote comparatively little and that that little is almost always of the highest quality has resulted in the unique distinction which her reputation now enjoys that she is the only author of her period whose works can be read and are read today with delight in their entirety"" Baugh et al. 1206. Includes Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Emma Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park and Persuasion along with Lady Susan and The Watsons and Austen's letters. Austen's novels were first published 1811-18. The Winchester edition of Austen's novels was first published in 1898. See Keynes 36. A bit of wear to the spines of Northanger Abbey and the second volume of Letters. A beautiful set. hardcover
19051232021905. AUSTEN Jane. The Novels. Edinburgh: John Grant 1905. Ten volumes. Octavo 20th-century three-quarter navy morocco gilt raised bands marbled endpapers top edges gilt. $7500.""Winchester edition"" of Jane Austen's novels with frontispiece portrait of the author in Volume I handsomely bound by Bayntun.""The fact that she wrote comparatively little and that that little is almost always of the highest quality has resulted in the unique distinction which her reputation now enjoys that she is the only author of her period whose works can be read and are read today with delight in their entirety"" Baugh et al. 1206. Includes Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Emma Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park and Persuasion. Austen's novels were first published 1811-18. The Winchester edition of Austen's novels was first published in 1898. See Keynes 36. Interiors clean; expert repairs to spine ends and joints. An exceptionally good and attractive set. hardcover