Author: Jane Austen
Title: Lady Susan, Sanditon, Volume the First
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925-33. Cloth. A nice set of three of Jane Austen's works which were unpublished during her lifetime. Three of the lesser known works of Jane Austen, all of which were unpublished during her lifetime.'Lady Susan' is an epistolary novel, an early complete work which Austen never published during her lifetime. The novel follows the eponymous Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and charming widow who goes to visit her brother-in-law at his country residence.'Sanditon' was an unfinished novel, left behind by Jane Austen when she died in 1817. There were only 120 pages of this manuscript, but it has been thoroughly analysed in a critical manner over the past couple of hundred years. This copy is titled 'Fragment of a Novel' to the title page, and 'Sanditon' to the spine label, which is the name the novel is now better known by. 'Volume the First' contains sixteen of Austen's early works, writing in a variety of genres - short stories, verses, moral fragments, and playlets. Austen completed this work when she was eighteen, though she wrote some of the pieces in this volume when she was only eleven. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Spines are a little age-toned and discoloured. Light spots to the spine of 'Volume the First&apos. A few light marks to the boards, a little heavier to 'Sanditon&apos. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Lady Susan&apos. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Title page of 'Volume the First' is unopened to the top edge. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
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Title: Lady Susan, Sanditon, Volume the First
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1925-33. Cloth. A nice set of three of Jane Austen's works which were unpublished during her lifetime. Three of the lesser known works of Jane Austen, all of which were unpublished during her lifetime.'Lady Susan' is an epistolary novel, an early complete work which Austen never published during her lifetime. The novel follows the eponymous Lady Susan Vernon, a beautiful and charming widow who goes to visit her brother-in-law at his country residence.'Sanditon' was an unfinished novel, left behind by Jane Austen when she died in 1817. There were only 120 pages of this manuscript, but it has been thoroughly analysed in a critical manner over the past couple of hundred years. This copy is titled 'Fragment of a Novel' to the title page, and 'Sanditon' to the spine label, which is the name the novel is now better known by. 'Volume the First' contains sixteen of Austen's early works, writing in a variety of genres - short stories, verses, moral fragments, and playlets. Austen completed this work when she was eighteen, though she wrote some of the pieces in this volume when she was only eleven. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, smart. Spines are a little age-toned and discoloured. Light spots to the spine of 'Volume the First&apos. A few light marks to the boards, a little heavier to 'Sanditon&apos. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Lady Susan&apos. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Title page of 'Volume the First' is unopened to the top edge. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: lady susan sanditon austen volume the first sanditon None
Price: GBP 240.00 = appr. US$ 342.72 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 882P1
- Book number: 882P1
See more books from our catalog: English Literature Pre 1900