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.
First edition identification
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.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
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
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1927-30
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$1,289.82
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility: A Novel
by Austen, Jane
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- Used - Good
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- Second Edition
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- 1813
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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$16,203.75
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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 Item Price
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SENSE & SENSIBILITY [The English Idylls series]
by Austen, Jane
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition, Thus
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- 1908
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- Hardcover
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Launceston, Cornwall, GBR
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$2,981.49
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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- 1833
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- Quarter Leather
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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$1,361.12
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London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Paris: Richard Bentley (late of Colburn & Bentley), Cumming, Bell & Bradfute, Galignani, 1833 A very good copy of the 1st single volume edition of Sense and Sensibility. Richard Bentley first published this work as part of his Standard Novels series and it was much reprinted. It has been rebound in a quarter leather binding -… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by AUSTEN, Jane
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- 1909
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- Hardback
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Stockport, Cheshire, GBR
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility [Vols I and II, Winchester Edition]
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Fair
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- No Jacket
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- 1911
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1985
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
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$175.00
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Fine
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- Reprint
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- 1937
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- Full-Leather
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, GBR
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$181.48
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Very Good
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- N
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- 1896
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- Decorative Cloth
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Birsay, Orkney, GBR
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$777.78
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Austen, Jane
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- Used - Good
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- New Edition
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- 1879
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- Hardcover
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Madison, New Jersey, USA
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$175.00
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London: Richard Bentley & Sons., 1879. 322pp. Smooth, light brown leather. Marbled boards. frontispiece. Five raised bands. Gilt decorated spine. Marbled endpapers, page edges. Some liftoff on the lower right corner of the front panel, Large dampstain on the half-title page, frontispiece (affects the image just at the corner) and less so on the title page. the text block is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility (Penguin Classics)
by Austen, Jane
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- New
- ISBN 10
- 0141439661
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Victoria, British Columbia, CAN
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$8.00
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Penguin Classics. New. Special order direct from the distributor Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility, A Novel
by Austen, Jane
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LISSE, NLD
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$1,519.79
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1933
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- Half-Leather
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, GBR
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$162.04
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility: A Novel
by Austen, Jane
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- 1837
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$3,000.00
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Austen, Jane
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- Used - Very Good -
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- N/A
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- First US Edition Thus/5th Printing
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Albany, California, USA
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$10.00
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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. Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility: The Winchester Austen
by Austen, Jane
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Published
- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 1903025664
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, USA
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$29.99
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Very Good +
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- New Edition
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- 1846
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- Decorative Cloth
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, GBR
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$1,296.30
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility : Everyman's Library Series
by Austen, Jane
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- Used - Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued
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- Revised Edition: First Printing
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- 1946
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- Hard Cover
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Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
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$45.00
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J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1946. Revised Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 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 emblem on front cover, and all pages … Read more about this item Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Very Good ++
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- Near Very Good
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- Reprint
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- 1951
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- Decorative Cloth
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, GBR
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$71.30
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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 Item Price
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Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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$27.66
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J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. First Thus. 322 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Previous owner's name to front endpaper, with small ink smudge to paste down. Notable foxing to page edges. Binding remains firm. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners,… Read more about this item Item Price
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