Novels of Jane Austen The Text Based on Collation of the Early Editions [Complete in 5 Volumes; Sense and Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion]

Austen, Jane

Published by Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press 1932 - 34, Oxford, 1932

About this Item

This five volume edition of Jane Austen's works with it's accompanying resource of historical and textual analysis was edited by Robert William Chapman, with signficant, although uncredited, contributions from his wife Kathryn. Secretary of the Clarendon Press (part of the Oxford University Press), Chapman was a scholar of Austen's works, and his and Kathryn's work is often credited with securing Austen's place in the English literary canon. This is the third edition (it was first published in 1923), although the second volume (Pride and Prejudice) incorrectly states it's a third impression. With illustrations taken from contemporary sources. Sense and Sensibility, Third Edition, 1933; 6 plates, [ii], xvi, [430]; Pride and Prejudice, Third impression, 1932; 7 plates, xiii, 416; Mansfield Park, Third Edition, 1934; 9 plates, xiv, 568; Emma, Third Edition, 1933; 10 plates, xiv, 524; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, Third Edition, 1933; 12 plates xiv, 252, 1 - 312. Third Edition. Bound in green cloth with gilt design to the front board and spines lettered in gilt, edges uncut. Octavo The books are all in very good condition with brilliantly clean cloth and bright gilt, very slightly faded along the bottom edge of Vol II where the dustjacket has slipped, a little toning to the endpapers but otherwise pages very clean apart from a small mark to the margin of one page in Vol II. Dustjackets in good condition, some light watermarks to the spines as well as wear along the top edges, some marks to the front sections of Vols I and V.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Novels of Jane Austen The Text Based on Collation of the Early Editions [Complete in 5 Volumes; Sense and Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion]
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press 1932 - 34, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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