The novels of Jane Austen / the text based on collation of the early edition by R.W. Chapman. Vol. 3: Mansfield Park: a novel: in three volumes by Austen, Jane (1775-1817). Chapman, Robert William (1881-1960) - 1934

(London) : Chancellor Press, 1985. Complete & Unabridged Edition. Hardback. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 832 pages; Description: 832 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject: Fiction -- Fiction in English -- Great Britain. Contents: Pride and prejudice -- Mansfield Park --Persuasion.

Hardback. New.

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London: J.M. Dent and Company, 1895-97. [Classic Literature] COMPLETE SET, later impressions thus. Ten volumes. Octavo (18 x 12 x 20cm). Each volume with an engraved frontispiece portrait, and two or three other illustrations by William Cubit Cooke, and ornaments by F.C. Tilney. Publisher's light green cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to spines and upper boards. Top edges gilt and others untrimmed. Green triangular ex libris stamp of Ben H. Lines to front fly-leaf of each volume, with a hand-written volume number to each stamp. A black ink gift inscription to volume I of Pride and Prejudice, dated December 1895, and a similar inscription to volume II. A bookseller's label to rear pastedown of most volumes. Moderate spotting to edges and endpapers, and occasionally throughout. Light wear and a few minor marks to cloth. Very good. An attractive illustrated complete set of Austen's finished novels, first published in 1892.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spines. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Toning to edges and endpapers, otherwise, a crisp, clean set internally. Some bowing to a few volumes, with occasional minor wear and marks to boards, and some gentle toning to spine. Very good.

Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1923-1932. [Classic Literature] First Oxford Edition. Large Paper, limited to 1000 sets. Complete in seven volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 35cm), pp.[6] xiv; 429 [3]; pp.[2] xiv; 415 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 567 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 521 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 252; 310 [2]. With a coloured frontispiece to each of the first five volumes, as well as numerous black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's grey quarter cloth, with marbled paper over boards, and printed paper title labels to spines. Untrimmed deckle edges. First and final leaves toned, with some browning to spines, and light general shelf wear. A very good set. Complete in seven volumes, comprising five volumes of the works plus two volumes of letters, which were published considerably later than the rest of the set in 1932. Complete sets are therefore uncommon.

Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1923-1932. [Classic Literature] First Oxford Edition. Large Paper, limited to 1000 sets. Complete in seven volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 35cm), pp.[6] xiv; 429 [3]; pp.[2] xiv; 415 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 567 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 521 [1]; pp.[2] xiv; 252; 310 [2]. With a coloured frontispiece to each of the first five volumes, as well as numerous black and white illustrated plates. Publisher's grey quarter cloth, with marbled paper over boards, and printed paper title labels to spines (each volume with a spare bound in at rear). Untrimmed deckle edges. First and final leaves toned, with some browning to spines, and light general shelf wear. A very good set. Complete in seven volumes, comprising five volumes of the works plus two volumes of letters, which were published considerably later than the rest of the set in 1932. Complete sets are therefore uncommon.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Recently bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. Marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A crisp, clean set in an attractive new leather binding.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Elegantly bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt, others gently trimmed. Some spotting to preliminaries of Northanger Abbey, and some paper restoration to lower corners of the last eight leaves of the same volume. Otherwise a crisp, clean set in an attractive new leather binding.