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AUSTEN, JANE.
The Novels.
12 volumes. Portrait frontispiece to volume 1. 8vo,
later
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olive calf, spine gilt in 5 compartments with gilt-lettered morocco lettering pieces
in 1, top edges gilt.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-12
[800/1,200]
THE WINCHESTER EDITION
,
A BRIGHT AND CLEAN SET
.
One of the more desirable editions
of Austen’s works.
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AUSTEN, JANE.
Pride and Prejudice.
Second Edition.
3 volumes. Lacking half-
titles. 12mo, contemporary
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calf over
marbled boards, spine gilt with leather let-
tering pieces (two perished, one with
partial loss), covers and spines scuffed with
some splitting along spine ends, fore-edges
bumped in areas, joints strengthened; scat-
tered light foxing, neat contemporary
ownership inscriptions on title-page of
each volume.
London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1813
[3,000/4,000]
The less common second edition. According to
Gilson, the publishing history is rather furtive
(“The size of the edition is not known”). It does
differ from the first edition in that it is entirely
reset, resulting in occasional variations within the
page. In addition, there are numerous small
changes to spelling and punctuation and, occa-
sionally, a change in wording (see Gilson A4 for
list of alterations.); Chapman 4.
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