Jane Austen; R. Brimley Johnson
The Novels of Jane Austen
London, Chatto & Windus, 1917 . Leather. A beautifully illustrated, ten-volume edition of the works of Jane Austen, uniformly bound in half calf. Complete in ten volumes. Uniformly bound in half calf with cloth boards. A lovely collection of the works of the beloved English author famed for her early nineteenth century Regency novels, celebrated for their commentary upon the British landed gentry. Each volume is illustrated with ten colour plates by Arthur Wallis Mills, a British artist notes for his artwork and cartoons for various prominent periodicals of the Victorian period. Collated, complete. This collection contains: Volume I and II, 'Pride and Prejudice', with an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson.Volume III and IV, 'Sense and Sensibility&apos. Volume V, 'Northanger Abbey&apos. Volume VI, 'Persuasion&apos. Volume VII and VIII, 'Emma&apos. Volume IX and X, 'Mansfield Park&apos.With the original illustrated endpapers and half title to each volume.With a types handwritten note dated 1937, written from a young girl named Susan to her father. Bound in half calf with cloth boards. Externally, generally smart, with rubbing to the extremities and joints. Fading to the spines and the occasional mark. Spotting to the fore edge. Hinges slightly strained to most volumes, starting to the front hinge of I and a little tender VII, VIII and X and the rear hinge of VIII and X, with small cracks to the joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting. Very Good . Ill.: A. Wallis Mills. Very Good .

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Keywords: Jane Austen novels pride and prejudice sense and sensibility novels persuasion emma A. Wallis Mills