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The Georgian Edition of the Works of Jane Austen. by Jane AUSTEN

Creator: Jane Austen
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

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AUSTEN, Jane.

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The Georgian Edition of the Works of Jane Austen.
Vol I: Sense and Sensibility; Vol II: Pride and Prejudice; Vol III: Mansfield Park; Vol IV: Emma
Vol V: Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan [and] The Watsons (bound together).

Stock Code 110468
London, Eveleigh, Nash & Grayson, 1927

Current price$2,473.00
One of the rarer, 'collected' works because it includes Lady Susan and The Watsons. The former was written in 1797 and 1798, sold to a publisher, who didn't print it. One of Jane Austen's brothers purchased it back from the publisher in 1816 but it was not published until 1871 when Austen's nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh included it in his biography of his aunt, A Memoir of Jane Austen; the novella is written in the epistolary format popular in Austen's youth.

The Watsons is a fragment of a novel, written on Bath on paper watermarked 1803. The work was put aside by Austen and never finished.

5 vols, 8vo (204 x 138 mm); titles in red and black, a few very faint spots to half-titles, otherwise near-fine; modern half crushed tan morocco gilt, raised spine bands, red and green morocco lettering pieces, delicate floral green endpapers, top edge gilt (slightly scratched), a handsome set.

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Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1920-1949
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	110468
Incollect Reference #:	685403

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