Jane Austen by Lord David Cecil - 1936

Cambridge Univ Press 1935 PB Reprint. Covers edge-worn and a little marked, split to spine, no inscriptions, pages yellowed, clean and sound, good. 43pp 0

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1935. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; spotting and chipping; good to very good. With the corrigendum slip tipped in at page 19.

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1935. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; tiny Oxford bookshop label on the upper cover, else very good. With the corrigendum slip tipped in at page 19.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1935 . First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A scarce, first edition of this documentation of The Leslie Steven lecture delivered by Lord David Cecil on the subject of Jane Austen in 1935. First edition, in the publisher's original paper wraps. Scarce. A documentation of the Leslie Stephen Lecture of 1935, which was taken by biographer, historian and scholar, Lord David Cecil. The Leslie Stephen Lecture was a bi-annual lecture at the University of Cambridge which had taken place since 1907 and included a different literary subject, exploring their life, ethics and works. Named after critic and biographer, Leslie Stevens. This lecture took place on 1st May 1935.With a postcard of Jane Austen's Tomb, with a previous owner's inscription dated 1963, loosely inserted. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, very smart, with light edge wear and a touch of age toning. Slight split to the spine and the odd mark to the wraps. Internally… Read More