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Jane Austen’s Novels In Five Volumes. Pride & Prejudice / Northanger Abbey & Persuasion / Emma / Sense & Sensibility / Mansfield Park. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson and Charles E. Brock. With Introductions by Austin Dobson.
by AUSTEN, JANE:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Macmillan & Co., 1909, 1906, 1904, 1908, 1909. 5 vols.; Hardbacks, 7.5 x 5 inches. Quarter-bound red polished calf leather to spines and corners, and red clothr to boards. Raised banding, gilt decorations to spines, with gilt lettering spine. Top page edges. Marbled endpapers. In good conditions. Spines a little faded and with rubbing on edges. Sense & Sensibility slight marked on front leather edge, Pride & Prejudice lightly sunned top half of front board. Some mild foxing endpapers fore edges. Else good clean and tight copies. 5 volumes. Each with a B&W frontis, and full-page illustrations by Hugh Thompson and Charles E. Brock.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92427
- Title
- Jane Austen’s Novels In Five Volumes. Pride & Prejudice / Northanger Abbey & Persuasion / Emma / Sense & Sensibility / Mansfield Park. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson and Charles E. Brock. With Introductions by Austin Dobson.
- Author
- AUSTEN, JANE:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Macmillan & Co., 1909, 1906, 1904, 1908, 1909
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE AUSTEN, JANE: FINE BINDING, Works in Five Volumes, Pride & Prejudice / Northanger Abbey & Persuasion / Emma / Sense & Sensibility / Mansfield Park, Illustrated, Hugh Thomson, Charles E. Brock, Austin Dobson, calf leather, 1
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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