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Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew J.E. Austen Leigh. To which is added Lady Susan and fragments of two other unfinished tales by Miss Austen. STEVENTON EDITION.
by AUSTEN, JANE: LEIGH, J.E. AUSTEN:
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Richard Bentley & Sons Ltd. 1882 “Steventon Edition”. Hardback, 8 x 5.5 inches. In halfbound navy blue leather fine binding by “Sangorski & Sutcliffe”, with gilt decoration and raised banding to spine with brown leather spine label. Blue marbled paper to boards with gilt line edging. Marbled endpapers and gilt top page edges. In very good condition. Corners a little bumped and rubbed. Some rubbing to edges and ends of spine. Small cracks at ends of front hinge. Partailly cracked between endpapers at front. Binders stamp to corner of front endpaper. Neat previous owners inscription to blank prelim “Leonard Overbury, 1930.” Some minor darkening to frontis, not tissue guarded. Some occasional handling marks and foxing spots to pages. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 364pp. With engraved frontis portrait, view of Steventon Parsonage, and facsimile page of handwriting. Decorative borders to pages, with decorative chapter headings. Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew with Lady Susan and some fragments.
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- Title
- Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew J.E. Austen Leigh. To which is added Lady Susan and fragments of two other unfinished tales by Miss Austen. STEVENTON EDITION.
- Author
- AUSTEN, JANE: LEIGH, J.E. AUSTEN:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Richard Bentley & Sons Ltd. 1882 “Steventon Edition”
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE JANE AUSTEN, J.E. AUSTEN LEIGH, Memoir, nephew, Steventon edition, Lady Susan, fragments, unfinished tales, Fine Binding, leather, Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1882 Limited Edition Leather Binding Illustrated Books Fine Binding Jane Aust
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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.
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