The Novels Of Jane Austen [Riviere c1910]
$1,750.00 inc GST
By Jane Austen
All six novels bound in five beautiful volumes by Riviere
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Description
- Austen’s six novels in five beautifully bound volumes [Robert Riviere & Son, London, c1910]; red 2/3 leather over cloth; top edges gilt; marbled endpapers; spines faded; previous owner’s initials [JBC] on ffeps; colour frontispieces by C.E. Brock & dated 1907/8
- Each volume with introduction to the respective novel by R. Brimley Johnson
- Mansfield Park with water damage to front board and minor remnant damage to preliminaries
- A very good example of this master bindery from a period where they were dabbling in publishing
- Titles being:
- Pride & Prejudice
- Sense & Sensibility
- Mansfield Park
- Emma
- Northanger Abbey
- Persuasion