Austen Freeman (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Popular Library #70. A Dr. Thorndyke Mystery. Cover art by Hoffman. Very good- condition. Minor edge-wear on front cover. Small crease on upper right corner of front cover. Staining/fading on front cover (see photo). Wear on top and bottom of spine. Reader's crease on spine. Minor edge-wear on back cover. Crease on backcover toward middle-right. Small crease originating from spine on back cover. Small crease on lower left corner of back cover. Weak front hinge.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Light blemishing/staining on page edges and margins. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Heavier scuffing on spine. Binding is loose, hinges strong. Previous owner's name on end paper. Book very slightly shelf-cocked.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Publisher's original stapled green candy stripe card covers. 8vo 8½'' x 5ĵ'' 40 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Small name to the free front end paper and in Fine clean condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. edition. First American edition, 1930. Red cloth, black lettering. 338 pp. + 4 pages ads.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. edition. First American edition, 1939. Yellow-orange cloth, red top stain, monkey illustration to cover, red lettering to spine. 312 pp.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. First Edition. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, pictorially stamped in black & gilt. Phila., (1914). Precedes the English edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Lovely collection of critical and biographical works on Jane Austen and the times she lived in, featuring eight first editions and a number of illustrations. Interesting collection of works on Jane Austen and the times she lived in. Eight out of ten texts are first editions.Collection comprised of:(1917) Jane Austen and Her Times by G. E. Mitton;(1932) Jane Austen: Her Life and Art by David Rhydderch - first edition;(1937) Jane Austen: Study for a Portrait by Beatrice Kean Seymour - first edition;(1943) Talking of Jane Austen by Sheila Kaye-Smith and G. B. Stern - first edition;(1945) Emma by Gordon Glennon - first edition;(1949) Jane Austen and Southampton by R. A. Austen-Leigh - first edition;(1950) More Talk of Jane Austen by Sheila Kaye-Smith and G. B. Stern - first edition;(1955) Jane Austen: A Critical Bibliography by R. W. Chapman;(1956) T'Other Miss Austen by Kathleen Freeman - first edition;(1970) Women in Profile: A Study in Silhouette by F. Gordon Roe - first edition.In publisher's original cloth bindings. Jane Austen and Southampton is the publisher's original cloth paperback edition.Jane Austen: Her Life and Art contains a frontispiece portrait of Jane Austen. Jane Austen and Southampton contains a frontispiece, maps to each endpapers and three further monochrome plates. T'Other Miss Austen contains six double-sided plates. Women in Profile contains sixteen double-sided plates, with an additional tipped-in postcard. Collated, complete.The majority of the included works shed light on the life and writings of the popular English novelist. This is excepting Emma, which is Gordon Glennon's stage adaptation of Austen's novel, and Women in Profile, a lovely investigation into the artistry of silhouettes, popular in Austen's time, complimentary to the collection in its visuals of the everyday heroines Austen's novels depict. In publisher's original cloth bindings. Jane Austen and Southampton is the publisher's original cloth paperback edition. Contemporary inscription to front free endpaper of Talking of Jane Austen, dated Xmas 1943, and signatures of previous owners to Emma and More Talk of Jane Austen. Previous bookseller's insert tipped in to the rear of Jane Austen: Study for a Portrait. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing and the odd mark. Women in Profile encased in protective binding. Internally, generally firmly bound. Binding of Jane Austen and Her Times a little fragile to the first page. Page 13 to Jane Austen: Her Life and Art loose and binding delicate between pages 96 and 97. The occasional delicate page also to Jane Austen and Southampton, especially to pages 6-7, 24 and towards rear. Modern penmanship to the penultimate page of More Talk of Jane Austen. More spotting to Jane Austen and Her Times, otherwise reasonably bright and clean collection with the odd spot throughout, heavier to first and last few pages to each volume. Very Good. book.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: GOOD. JACKET: WORN DJ. FOURTH PRINTIN. Dust jacket is tattered/chiped at top, fading and discolored from age. Cloth covered boards shows some fading at edges, very clean. Inside is foxing and browning. Binding is good. DATE PUBLISHED: 1950 EDITION: FOURTH PRINTIN 317.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None stated (illustrator). First edition. A thirteen volume collection of reference works on the legendary Jane Austen, including bibliographies and collections of her letters. The first edition for all but 'Talking of (Services Edition), 'Talking of' (Pocket Edition)' Dear Cassandra' and the first edition, third impression to 'Novels Study in Structure'.Thirteen volumes.Colour full page and vignette illustrations to 'Dear Cassandra', monochrome vignettes to 'English History', 6 double sided monochrome plates to 'T' Other', monochrome vignettes and a frontispiece to 'Presenting', four double sided monochrome plates to 'Double Life', seven monochrome plates to 'Personal Aspects' and a frontispiece to 'Her Life and Art'. Collated complete.Includes an invitation for the 'Jane Austen Society' annual meeting from 1977.This thirteen volume collection features reference works on the celebrated Jane Austen. This set includes bibliographies on the writer, including one written by Mary Augusta Austen-Leigh, Jane Austen's great niece and daughter to James Edward Austen-Leigh who wrote 'A Memoir of Jane Austen', Jane Austen's official biography. The works also contain a collection of letters written to her sister in 'Dear Cassandra'.In the publisher's original cloths for most with unclipped dust wrappers to 'T' Other Miss Austen', 'Study in Structure', 'Talking of Jane Austen', 'More Talk' and 'The Double Life'. Clipped dust wrapper to 'My Dear Cassandra'. In a quarter calf binding to 'History of England' with marbled paper to the boards.Lacking dust wrapper to 'Presenting Miss Jane Austen', 'Contemporaries', 'Study for a Portrait' and 'Her Life and Art'. In the publisher's original cloths for most with unclipped dust wrappers to 'T' Other Miss Austen', 'Study in Structure', 'Talking of Jane Austen', 'More Talk' and 'The Double Life'. Clipped dust wrapper to 'My Dear Cassandra'. In a quarter calf binding to 'History of England' with marbled paper to the boards. Externally very smart to most with fading to the spines to 'Talking of', 'Personal Aspects', 'Presenting', 'Contemporaries' and 'Her Life and Art', marks to the boards to 'More Talk', 'Her Life and Art', 'History of England', 'Contemporaries', 'Presenting', 'Talking of' and 'Personal Aspects' and bumping to the extremities to 'Personal Aspects' and 'Her Life and Art' and a closed tear to the tail of the spine to 'Talking Of (Services Edition)'. 'Study for a portrait', 'T' Other', 'Talking of Jane Austen', 'Novels', 'Dear Cassandra' and 'Double Life' are excellent with only slight edge wear. Offsetting to the endpapers to 'Novels', 'Personal Aspects', 'Life and Art' and 'T' Other' and spotting to 'Contemporaries' and 'More Talk'. The wraps are excellent with only the odd minor mark and slight edge wear to all but 'More Talk', 'T' Other' and 'Talking of' which have fading to the spines, spotting to the versos and small chips and slight marks to 'T' Other' and 'More Talk' and a closed tear to the head of the latter. Lacking dust wrapper to 'Presenting Miss Jane Austen', 'Contemporaries', 'Study for a Portrait' and 'Her Life and Art'. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages to most with age toning to 'Talking of (Services Edition)', occasional spotting to 'Life and Art', 'Contemporaries ' and 'Personal Aspects'. The odd newspaper clipping loosely inserted. Very Good Indeed 10" by 7.5"; 9.5" by 6"; 8.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 6"; 8" by 5.5" etc. book.