A Portrait of Jane Austen Letters To Alice on First Reading Jane Austen I, Jane Austen Jane Austen And Her World

A charming set of biographies on the life and legacy of Jane Austen, all in original dust wrappers. A 4 volume set of biographical texts, including the very scarce 'Jane Austen and Her World', in original, unclipped dust wrapper.Volume 1 features a double-sided colour frontispiece, vignette illustrations, and 7 unlisted double-sided colour plates. No other collation record available.Volume 4 also features frequent monochrome vignette illustrations.Volume 1, volume 2 and volume 4 dust wrappers unclipped.Features two titles which experiment with the form of letters: 'I, Jane Austen', which constructs and reimagines Austen's own correspondence, and 'Letters to Alice', which documents an inter-generational exchange through fictional letters, exploring the appreciation for Austen's timeless writings, beyond personal barriers.Volume 2 also features a newspaper clipping review of the title by Hilma Wolitzer. Bound in original cloth. Externally, very smart. Forward curve to vol4 front board. Mild bumping to vol1 and vol4 head and tail. Ink notations to vol2 front free endpaper. In original dust wrappers, all but vol3 unclipped. Price sticker to vol1 dust wrapper rear cover. Sunning to vol1 dust wrapper spine. Light shelf wear to vol1 dust wrapper. Sunning and chipping to vol2 dust wrapper. Spotting to vol2 dust wrapper reverse. Rubbing to vol3 dust wrapper head. Light cockling to vol4 dust wrapper front cover. Small closed tear to vol4 front dust wrapper cover. Mild age toning to vol4 dust wrapper fly leaves. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Spotting to vol1 text block top edge. Ink notations to pp.32-33, p.57, p.98. Mild handling marks to vol2 pp.32-33 p.52, pp.94-95, p.117. Very Good Indeed. …