Author: Jane Austen; A. B. Walkley
Title: The Watsons Jane Austen A.B. Walkley
Description: London, Leonard Parsons, 1923 . Cloth. A very smart, early impression of Jane Austen's work 'The Watson's', published separately in this work. In the publisher's original smart, quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Second impression, published the same year as the first edition, first impression. This work was original first published within the second edition of James Edward Austen Leigh's 'Memoir of Jane Austen&apos. 'The Watson's was unfinished at this time. This work was then published in this particular form, on its own for the first time in 1923. Austen's 'The Watsons' is an abandoned unfinished novel which she begun around 1803, whilst living in Bath, abandoning the project after her father's death in January 1805. The 7,500 word work was not formally divided into chapters. Though unfinished the work is considered to be very promising. The work was subsequently finished in 1928 by Edith Charlotte Brown.With a frontispiece of Jane Austen. With a bookplate of H. M. Leach to the front paste down.With a photograph of Jane Austen's house at Chawton, to the verso of the half title page. In the publisher's quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Externally, excellent, with very light bumping and the odd light mark. A touch of sunning to the extremities and to the spine. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. With a photo to the verso of the half title. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: jane austen the watsons early impression uncommon the watsons None
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Title: The Watsons Jane Austen A.B. Walkley
Description: London, Leonard Parsons, 1923 . Cloth. A very smart, early impression of Jane Austen's work 'The Watson's', published separately in this work. In the publisher's original smart, quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Second impression, published the same year as the first edition, first impression. This work was original first published within the second edition of James Edward Austen Leigh's 'Memoir of Jane Austen&apos. 'The Watson's was unfinished at this time. This work was then published in this particular form, on its own for the first time in 1923. Austen's 'The Watsons' is an abandoned unfinished novel which she begun around 1803, whilst living in Bath, abandoning the project after her father's death in January 1805. The 7,500 word work was not formally divided into chapters. Though unfinished the work is considered to be very promising. The work was subsequently finished in 1928 by Edith Charlotte Brown.With a frontispiece of Jane Austen. With a bookplate of H. M. Leach to the front paste down.With a photograph of Jane Austen's house at Chawton, to the verso of the half title page. In the publisher's quarter cloth binding with marbled boards. Externally, excellent, with very light bumping and the odd light mark. A touch of sunning to the extremities and to the spine. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. With a photo to the verso of the half title. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: jane austen the watsons early impression uncommon the watsons None
Price: GBP 70.00 = appr. US$ 99.96 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 883Q40
- Book number: 883Q40
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