Jane Austen: Ten Volumes by Austen, Jane. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson - 1902

London: J. M. Dent and Company, 1902. Winchester Edition stated, No. 125 of 250 copies; ten volume set, all numbered 125 and published in 1902; includes all SIXTY-ONE color plates by the Brocks, six plates per volume except for Vol II of Sense and Sensibility which has seven. Includes: Sense and Sensibility, two volumes; Pride and Prejudice, two volumes; Mansfield Park, two volumes; Emma, two volumes; Northanger Abbey; and Persuasion. 12mos, possible contemporary rebind, three-quarter leather with gilt titles on spine and gilt top edges; overall, good (red rot to leather; leather on spines and corners worn, scratched, scraped, cracked, and faded; leather on joints worn and cracked; leather on spine ends heavily worn and rubbed; leather on corners often worn to boards; gilt on top edges dulled, scratched, and scraped; shelfworn; paper on boards and edges worn and scraped; hinges starting; cracks to feps along hinges; edges browned; eps and pages toned; tears to side edges of a few tissueguards). Sense and Sensibility in FAIR condition: Vol I (tear to top joint end of rear board; spine head chipped; stain to bottom of p48; starting at verso of rfep) and Vol II (front board detached; rear joint cracked and torn; leather spine lifted away from spine and torn along rear edge; chips and tears to side edges of pp25-32 and 153-6 from poor cut; side edge of pages from p201 to rfep darkened). Pride and Prejudice in good condition: Vol I (tear to bottom end of rear joint; brown mark on margin of p17) and Vol II (tear to top end of ffep along hinge; rfep tearing along hinge). Mansfield Park in good condition: Vol I (top joint ends torn; chip to side edge of p21-2, 37-8 and 189-92 from poor cut; bottom corner of p117-8 and 239-40 chipped) and Vol II (spine head chipped and torn; signature from p189-204 browned). Emma in FAIR condition: Vol I (chip to leather on top joint end of front board; water stain to bottom edge at case end from board to board; water stain to ffep; cracked at pp8-9 and 216-7; chip to tissueguard at p9; signature from p11-24 loose; plate at p72 loose from final bottom stitch; chipped and torn side edge at pp85-8; water stain to bottom corners of pages along bound edge from ffep to Preface and p245 to rfep, water stain affects frontis and title page) and Vol II (spine head chipped; water stain to ffep; gift inscription on verso of frontis; large section of side edge of p23-4 torn out, affects text resulting in loss of page numbers and one word). Northanger Abbey in good condition (spine tail chipped). Persuasion in good condition (top joint end chipped and bottom joint end of front board torn; one darkened square and one spot to bottom edge of front board; small chip to bottom corner of ffep and first blank flyleaf; two tears to side edge of tissueguard at p113; small chips to side edge of p235-6). Please be aware that shipping this set internationally might require additional postage.. Hard Cover. Illus. by C. E. and H. M. Brock.