Sense and Sensibility

by Austen, Jane

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen. Published in 1811, it was Austen's first published novel, which she wrote under the pseudonym "A Lady". The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances.

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The novel sold out its first print run of 750 copies in the middle of 1813, but it had a second print run later that year. 

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Sense and Sensibility was the first Austen title to be republished in England after her death. It was also the first illustrated Austen book, published in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series of 1833.

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Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Lady Susan and The Watsons
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by Jane Austen

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London: Martin Secker , 1927-30. Cloth. Near Fine. 7" by 5" . None. The handsome Adelphi edition of Jane Austen's works, uniformly bound in the original cloth. The Adelphi edition. Complete in seven volumes. All volumes are first thus, with the exception of 'Mansfield Park', 'Pride and Prejudice', and, 'Lady Susan and The Watsons', which are second… Read more about this item
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SENSE & SENSIBILITY  [The English Idylls series]
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First Edition, Thus
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1908
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London: J. M. Dent & Co.,, 1908. Book. Illus. by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund). Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Thus. 8vo. A near fine to fine, very bright volume in the publisher's highly decorative vellum binding, extravagent gilt-decoration to front board and spine (to Brock's design). Tissue-guarded, colour frontispiece plate, a total of 24 colour plates, internal… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility: A Novel
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1813
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London: T. Egerton, 1813. Three volumes complete - Volume One - [4], 306pp; Volume Two - [4], 278pp and Volume Three - [4], 294pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards, smooth backs divided into five panels, title label to second panel, contrasting volume label to fourth, remaining panels with central flower head device in gilt. Volume one rebacked… Read more about this item
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by Jane Austen

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1896
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London and New York : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1896 A very good copy of the first Macmillan edition with Hugh Thomson illustrations. In the original red decorative cloth binding designed by A A Turbayne. Aeg. The binding has intricate gilt decoration to front board and spine. The front board is very bright with a small bump to the tip… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

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First Thus
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1896
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MacMillan, London, 1896. First Thus. Hardcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Hugh Thomson. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xvi + 342pp. Text contains some pencil markings. Hinges cracked. Spine cocked and faded with chips to base and slight loss to top. Endpapers browned, text has scattered foxing, but mostly clean. Edges browned. Covers partially faded.… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility

by AUSTEN, Jane

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1909
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Macmillan, 1909. Hardback. Reprint, 1909. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Good condition; boards lightly marked, slightly sunned to spine, some edge and shelf wear, endpapers lightly tanned, pages clean and tightly bound, owners mark on title page. No dust jacket. Macmillan pocket edition. Published: Macmillan, 1909
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Sense and Sensibility

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1985
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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1985). First Edition in this format; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Helen Sewell. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Fine, Like New condition. Very slight shelf wear on back bottom edge. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility [Vols I and II, Winchester Edition]
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Sense and Sensibility [Vols I and II, Winchester Edition]

by Jane Austen

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1911
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Edinburgh: John Grant , 1911 A fair set of the Winchester Edition version of Sense and Sensibility in 2 volumes. In original blue cloth binding with gilt decoration and titles to spines. Top page edges gilt, remaining edges untrimmed. Vol I with a frontispiece portrait of Austen. Vol I 276 pp; Vol II 286 pp. Classed as 'fair' because, although… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

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1937
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UK: Macmillan, 1937. Reprint . Full-Leather. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hugh Thomson. Reprint 1937. Hugh Thomson illustrations. Book is virtually fine and in lovely condition. Contents very good. Inscription to endpaper. Includes the original slip case which is slightly rubbed at the edges.. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15994… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility: A Novel
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Sense and Sensibility: A Novel

by Austen, Jane

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1837
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London: Richard Bentley, 1837. [iii]-xv, [1], 331, [12] pp. Frontispiece & added engraved title with vignette illustration, both engraved by Greatbatch after Pickering. Bound in period calf rebacked with later calf, spine tooled in gilt, morocco lettering piece. Very Good with scratches to leather, corners showing, bookplate on paste down, very little foxing to contents. An early reprinting of… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility

by Austen, Jane

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First Edition Thus
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1898
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London: Macmillan & Co, Ltd 1896. 8vo. xvi, 342, 6 ads. pp. Recent full cherry morocco with raised bands, gilt borders and lettering to spine; top edge gilt, others uncut. 'Presentation Copy' in circular blind stamp on the title page. Occasional minor spots but generally internally clean. No ownership names. First edition with the Hugh Thomson illustrations. . Near Fine.… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

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New Edition
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1846
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UK: Bentley, 1846. New Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. New Edition 1846. From the library with his bookplate of William Macknight Crawfurd of Ratho, 7th Baron of Cartsburn. Further bookplate of David Gilson & Chris Viveash. With the bookplate of Chris Viveash, an author and contributor to the Jane… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility: The Winchester Austen

Sense and Sensibility: The Winchester Austen

by Austen, Jane

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2008
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Hardcover
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Cambridge, U.K.: Worth Press, 2008. This Winchester Austin edition of Sense and Sensibility is a lovely collectible for any Austen admirer. The edition is named after the city of Winchester, near which Jane Austen spent most of her life and where she is buried in the cathedral. The book is in Fine, unread condition. The book is bound in a… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

by Austen, Jane

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First US Edition Thus/5th Printing
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1961
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Hardcover
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New York: Signet/New American Library , 1961. First US Edition Thus/5th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -/N/A. Library binding - no jacket as issued with a fantastic cover by Milton Glaser. Foxing to some board edges, spine and top page ends. Tanning as well to edges of boards and pages. Small puncture to rear board, otherwise a nice copy.
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Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

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First Edition Thus
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1933
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UK: Dent, 1933. First Edition Thus . Half-Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Maximilien Vox. 1st Edition 1933. 8 illustrations by Maximilien Vox. Introduction by Emile Legouis. From the library of David Gilson & Chris Viveash. With the bookplate of Chris Viveash, an author and contributor to the Jane Austen Society Report. David… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility  : Everyman's Library Series

Sense and Sensibility : Everyman's Library Series

by Austen, Jane

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Revised Edition: First Printing
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1946
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Hard Cover
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J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1946. Revised Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 322 pages: 4.5 x 6.75 in.: 1: KB#013648: Top and bottom edged of spine are lightly scuffed. Otherwise, would classify book as almost in Fine Condition. Bright Red Boards with Gilt Lettering on spine and embossed … Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility 
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Sense and Sensibility 

by Jane Austen

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1864
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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. 1864 Tauchnitz (this edition printed after 1877 as Emma is on ad card), 340 pages. Marbled boards and endpapers, gilt pages, leather bound. A classic in beautiful presentation. Condition: Good+, pages have warping and browning "He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing."
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Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

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Reprint
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1951
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Decorative Cloth
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UK: Macmillan, 1951. Reprint . Decorative Cloth. Very Good ++/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hugh Thomson. Reprint 1951. Hugh Thomsn illustrations. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents very good. The complete wrapper is near very good and bright. Spine darkened/age toned. Odd nicks to edges. More images can be… Read more about this item
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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (VOLUME 2)

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (VOLUME 2)

by Austen, Jane

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1900
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Colonial Press Co. Boston and New York (Beacon Edition). Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. (Volume 2 only) Scarce printing of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibilty, undated but circa 1900, with colour plates by C. E. Brock, with 1898 copyright date on two color plates and fontice. 'Beacon Edition' at base of spine and Colonial Press… Read more about this item
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Sense and Sensibility, A Novel

Sense and Sensibility, A Novel

by Austen, Jane

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London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street (Late Colburn and Bentley), Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; Cumming, Dublin; and Galignani, Paris, 1833. 331 pp .Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved titlepage, both foxed. With a 'Memoir of Jane Austen' (10pp) and , with 'Memoir of Austen', followed by a statement on one page by the editor of Bentley's Standard Novels, 'that arrangements have… Read more about this item
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