The Works of Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma].
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more": THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN; Finely Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, one of only 250 examples
The Works of Jane Austen [Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and Emma].
AUSTEN, Jane.
$8,800.00
Item Number: 125892
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892.
One of only 250 examples of the work of Jane Austen. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in full calf and marbled boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, inner dentelles, frontispieces. In near fine condition. An exceptional set.
"Generations of readers have marveled at the modernity of her work, she is the mother of the English 19th-century novel as Scott is the father of it" (Kunitz & Haycraft, 23).