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Author:
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Jane Austen
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Title:
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Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice
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Description:
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Book is Fair in no dust jacket. Full-Leather binding,
Richard Bentley, London, 1856. Three volumes only of 5 volume set. Front hinges split on 2 volumes, front boards detached but present. Pride and Prejudice has spine strip flapping but binding otherwise sound. The text blocks are in good order on all 3, a bit of darkening on the engraved title and frontis leaves, the odd smudge and stain, but a solid VG. Bentley published the first single-volume editions of each novel, and these would make a good starting point for building a set in this original form. Although later printings these have the same pagination, and the original title page engravings, which in two cases are dated 1833, a second title page bearing the 1856 date in all 3. 1833 was the date of the first single-volume edition by Bentley, so these must be close to how the originals looked. The bindings are full leather with matching double gilt keylines on the boards, somewhat rubbed and cornerworn but reasonable and able to form part of a binding restoration. The bindings each have the spine strips present, the titling readable embossed in the leather, though two of the labels are chipped and incomplete, and the spine strip for Sense and Sensibility is split in two with the label missing, but the whole strip preserved. The spine strips are all very rubbed and distressed, at least the character can be seen with raised tooled bands and plain compartments. These volumes have shared provenance, each with dated inscriptions, by 3 owners, 1858, 1920 and 1941. A poignant and neat letter bequeaths the volumes from owner 2 to owner 3, and mentions at that time the lack of 'Emma'. Sometime since then 'Northanger Abbey' has also been separated, I don't think that 'Persuasion' was originally included in this set by the publisher. These volumes are ideal for re-backing, perhaps with the original spine panels laid-on, as the text blocks are in decent tight condition with marbled edges and no serious flaws. There is light foxing of the prelim and title pages, but none inside. Some of the marbled endpapers are split or splitting in the gutters, but all leaves are present. The texts still contain the break points of the original 3 volume editions, with 'Volume the first' etc above the chapter headings. Please contact us for some digital photos before ordering.
Size 12mo
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