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MANSFIELD PARK
by Austen, Jane
- Used
- Condition
- A bit handled with faded spine, rubbing and slight lean, foxing to title caused by the tissue guard, good+
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1897. First Hugh Thomson edition. Publisher's Presentation Copy, evidenced by a blind stamp on the title page. A bit handled with faded spine, rubbing and slight lean, foxing to title caused by the tissue guard, good+. First Hugh Thomson edition. Publisher's Presentation Copy, evidenced by a blind stamp on the title page. 8vo. xviii, 429p, 1 leaf ads. Illustrated with 40 black & white plates by Hugh Thomson. Bound in publisher's red embossed cloth featuring repeated floral patterns with the letter "M" on the upper and lower covers, gilt spine and cover titles. The titles in Thomson's Jane Austen series are quite scarce.
Synopsis
Mansfield Park is a novel by Jane Austen, written at Chawton Cottage between 1812 and 1814. It was published in July 1814 by Thomas Egerton, who published Jane Austen's two earlier novels, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. When the novel reached a second edition, its publication was taken over by John Murray, who also published its successor, Emma.
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Details
- Bookseller
- First Folio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23477
- Title
- MANSFIELD PARK
- Author
- Austen, Jane
- Book Condition
- A bit handled with faded spine, rubbing and slight lean, foxing to title caused by the tissue guard, good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Hugh Thomson edition. Publisher's Presentation Copy, evide
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1897
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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