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AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). [Works,] London: Richard Bentley, [1832-] 1833. 5 volumes. 8° (170 x 110mm.). Engraved frontispieces, additional engraved title pages with vignettes. (Emma lacking general "Standard Novels" title, frontispieces and titles lightly spotted and stained, occasional light spotting and staining). Original plum cloth, black morocco lettering-pieces. (Spines faded, some chipping to lettering-pieces, some light staining).
The FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Jane Austen's works published as nos. 23 (Sense and Sensibility), 25 (Emma), 27 (Mansfield Park), 28 (Northanger Abbey & Persuasion) and 30 (Pride and Prejudice) respectively of Bentley's Standard Novels series. All the volumes, including Sense and Sensibility, are dated 1833 (see Sadleir for a detailed discussion of issue points). Keynes p. 171; Gilson D7; Sadleir 3735a. (5)
The FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Jane Austen's works published as nos. 23 (Sense and Sensibility), 25 (Emma), 27 (Mansfield Park), 28 (Northanger Abbey & Persuasion) and 30 (Pride and Prejudice) respectively of Bentley's Standard Novels series. All the volumes, including Sense and Sensibility, are dated 1833 (see Sadleir for a detailed discussion of issue points). Keynes p. 171; Gilson D7; Sadleir 3735a. (5)
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