Pride and Prejudice, Peacock, First Edition (13 results)

Full Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Hugh Thomson (illustrator). 1st Edition. Newly rebound in hunter green morocco with tooled gilt peacock to front. Elaborate gilt themed peacocks to compartments on spine; raised bands with gilt; red leather title and author/illustrator labels and gilt 1894 date to heel. Inside gilt dentelles. Gilt edges. Marbled endpapers. First Allen edition. Inscribed, signed and dated Nov 1894 by illustrator Hugh Thomson to free endpaper. Line drawings and devices throughout. Text block clean with slight toning to extremities. Slight foxing to front endpapers and half title. Book plate and inscription to front endpaper. Housed in a green cloth slipcase with gilt peacock tooled to front. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Jane Austen, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.Custom Clamshell Case Only. (NO BOOK INCLUDED) London: [1894, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First British Edition. Elegant Deep Green leather. Custom Gilt-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed multi-layered, [sculpted] design on the side graphically inspired from the iconic design of the Peacock. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb and unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included. Material and size can be adapted for your special first edition.

First UK edition, first printing of the peacock edition. Measuring approximately 7.25" x 5" with 476 numbered pages. Quarter bound in dark brown leather with green cloth boards. Gilt titling and five raised bands to the spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endsheets. This book is in very good condition. Minor surface wear and staining. Leather beginning to split at the bottom of the front gutter. Old Christmas gift inscription from 1895 on the half title page. Interior pages are well preserved. "Pride and Prejudice" follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(P6-34). First UK Edition, First Printing of The Peacock Edition.

First UK edition, first printing of the peacock edition. Measuring approximately 7.25" x 5" with 476 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Expert restoration work to the spine. Minor wear to the original cloth boards. Gilt design is still bright and well preserved. No previous ownership marks. A couple small foxing spots on the title page and tissue guard, not found elsewhere in the textblock. "Pride and Prejudice" follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(P5-39). First UK Edition, First Printing of The Peacock Edition.

First edition, second printing of the Peacock edition; 8vo (186 x 132 mm); frontispiece, title vignette and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, spotting to frontis-piece tissue-guard with mild offsetting to pages either side (as often), otherwise internally near-fine; publisher's dark green cloth with the stunning gilt depiction of a peacock on an urn to upper cover and related gilt decoration to spine, all edges gilt, dark blue endpapers, spine dulled, slight bumping to corners and spine ends, slight shelf-lean and a spot to the upper gilt edge but not encroaching on leaves, otherwise very good-plus. Second printing of the 'Peacock Edition' of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, with stunning gilt cover design by Hugh Thomson. Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) renowned illustrator, in pen and ink, of classic titles; he was born in Ireland where his skills as an illustrator were recognised while still a teenager. Consequently Thomson was trained by John Vinycomb, the head designer at Marcus Ward & Co., a prominent Belfast publishing house. He subsequently moved to England, working from 1883 for MacMillan & Co., illustrating all six of Jane Austen's novels and other literary classics. By 1900 he had become one of the most popular illustrators of his time. However, during the First World War there was less demand for his style of work and he took a job with the Board of Trade until his untimely death from heart disease.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator). First Edition. [9], x-xxvii, [2], 2-476pp, [2]. Full morocco by (for?) Hatchards with their pallet to front turn in, raised bands, spine in six panels, title lettered directly to second panel, author to third, both with leafy stem tools, remaining panels gilt with central rose head, from which emanate leafy stems with dots to corners. Covers with single fillet border and a single fillet inner frame with equidistant dots, single line to edges, inner edges gilt with four lines and leafy stem and dot corner pieces, t.e.g., with Edward Morris type marbled endpapers. Spine slightly faded, minor rubbing to extremities, small Japanese tissue paper repair to head of front joint, top corner of lower cover bumped with small splits. Internally there are a few small spots to margins, and one mark (crayon?) to top margin of E3v, but generally quite bright and clean. One of two hundred and fifty copies for England, (with another twenty-five for America), with proof illustrations by Hugh Thomson on China paper. A handsome copy of the most attractively printed edition of Pride and Prejudice, the large paper copy of the 'Peacock' edition. Gilson E78 Size: 4to.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Hugh Thomson (illustrator). First edition. The second edition of Hugh Thomson's beautifully illustrated 'Peacock Edition' of Jane Austen's enduring love story. The second edition of the important Hugh Thomson Peacock 'Pride and Prejudice'. This copy printed in March 1895, with the first Peacock edition having been printed in October 1894.Published five months after the first issue, and presented here in the original cloth binding, with gilt peacock to front board.Illustrated with a frontispiece and over one hundred further vignette illustrations by Thomson throughout the work.Thomson's was the first edition of Jane Austen's beloved novel to contain illustrations throughout, with previous editions, such as the Bentley 1833 edition, only containing a frontispiece. Irish illustrator Thomson was best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors including Austen, Charles Dickens and J. M. Barrie, inaugurating the 'Cranford School' of illustration with the publication of his 1891 Macmillan edition of Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Cranford'.With the former owner's inscription of Florence Killkelin to the half title.A bright example of this important edition of Jane Austen's classic Regency era romance. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Front board bright. Small mark to rear board. Light rubbing to cloth at back strip tail, with light fraying to cloth at tail of front joint. Rubbing to joints with small losses of cloth. Front joint head and tail starting, with board a touch tender. Rear hinge strained, and a touch tender to tail. Inscription to half title. Internally, binding lightly strained throughout and somewhat tender in places, with four central gatherings working loose. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Good. book.

The Peacock edition of Jane Austen's most popular novel. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth elaborately decorated in gilt with the iconic, highly detailed peacock design, illustrated by Hugh Thomson. With a preface by George Saintsbury. In near fine condition with light rubbing. A beautiful example of this landmark work in English literature. Pride and Prejudice was written between October 1796 and August 1797 when Jane Austen was not yet twenty-one. After an early rejection by the publisher Cadell, who had not even read it, Austen's novel was finally bought by Egerton in 1812 for £110. It was published in late January 1813 in a small edition of approximately 1500 copies and sold for 18 shillings in boards. Volume I of the first edition was printed by Roworth and Volumes II and III by Sidney, and their imprints appear both on the versos of the half titles and at the end of the text of each volume In a letter to her sister Cassandra on 29 January 1813, Austen writes of receiving her copy of the newly publishing novel (her "own darling child"), and while acknowledging its few errors, she expresses her feelings toward its heroine as such: "I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, & how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least, I do not know." Gilson A3; Grolier English 69; Keynes 3; Sadleir 62b.

First UK edition, first printing of the Peacock edition with the famous Hugh Thomson illustrations. This copy is the scarce large paper edition which was issued in plain cloth. Measuring approximately 8" x 5.25", with 476 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Moderate surface wear and staining to the original cloth boards. Previous owner's bookplate on the front endpaper. Interior pages are clean and well preserved. "Pride and Prejudice" follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(P1-16). First UK Edition, First Printing, Large Paper Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Jane Austen (1894) 'Pride and Prejudice', UK Peacock first edition, published by George Allen. Illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson. Beautifully rebound in fine full green morocco(leather), with all all three edges gilded, silk bookmark and gild stamp which replicates the famous original design. Housed in a buckram solander box lined with black velvet which cushions and protects the book. An absolutely gorgeous production. Condition: free from any stamps, previous owner names or bookplates. Internally clean with a few foxing spots to the prelims. Retains the original tissue guard. Presents in fine condition. Jane Austen needs no introduction. Her novels have become world literature and are studied for English degrees. Pride and Prejudice is one of her most beloved novels. Originally published anonymously in 1813 the novel was well received from the start. However, the Peacock edition played a major part in making the novel a bestseller. First and Fine.

HARDCOVER RED. Condition: VG. HUGH THOMSON (illustrator). 1ST ED. Beautiful hand made clam shell box Cover cloth is paper-backed Burgundy "Wooqu Bookcloth for Bookbinding. Tray cloth is paper-backed "Asahi Japanese bookcloth." Label is "Elephant Hide Paper". Bright gold gilt on spine, leather spine and corners, marbled covers and end papers, slightly age toned pages, one bookplate on inner front board and one bookplate on front end paper, else, clean and unmarked. The George Allen published 1894 thru 1906 editions are the most desirable copies of Pride and Prejudice published other than the original 1813 three volume first edition by Egerton which brings 5 figures in today's market. A relative unknown illustrator Hugh Thompson was an Irish Illustrator born at Coleraine near Derry. he took the task of creating 160 line drawings to produce the first and still finest illustrated edition. The success of George Allens " PEACOCK EDITION " launched Thompson's career as as a first class and prominent illustrator who is best known for his pen-and-ink illustrations of works by authors Charles Dickens, and J. M. Barrie. In total, Thomson illustrated sixty-five books and contributed a large number of illustrations to magazines and other periodicals. When working on a new illustration, Thomson would research his subject in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. He would often take detailed notes on costumes, furniture, old prints, and architectural records. His attention to detail can been seen in his sketchbooks, which include pages devoted to the changing styles of ladies and gentleman attire. Jane Austen born 16 December 1775 died 18 July 1817 was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's novels remained in obscurity until this 1894 first illustrated edition was published. 61 different publishers reprinted her titles up to 2010 before the explosion of electronic reprint companies. DATE PUBLISHED: 1894 EDITION: 1ST ED 476.

An elegantly bound set of the first fully illustrated editions of Austen's collected novels. The editions, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, were sensationally popular around the turn of the century. Complete sets in fine, uniform leather bindings are uncommon. Thomson (1860-1920) was celebrated in particular for his illustrated editions of English literary classics. He illustrated Pride and Prejudice for George Allen's "peacock" edition (1894) and subsequently turned his pen to Austen's remaining works for Macmillan's Illustrated Standard Novels series (1895-7). His "light touch and feeling for period manners provide a charming and accessible gloss to the author's work" (ODNB). 5 vols, octavo (Northanger Abbey: 193 x 137 mm; other vols: 185 x 128 mm). Frontispieces and illustrations to the text including scenes, historiated initials, and head- and tailpieces, all by Hugh Thomson. Near-contemporary light brown polished calf by Morrell, spines richly gilt, red and green morocco labels, triple gilt fillet border to covers with flower tools to corners, edges and turn-ins gilt, pale blue coated endpapers, all edges gilt (save for Northanger Abbey, top edge gilt, others untrimmed), yellow silk bookmarkers, original cloth covers bound in at rear of each vol. Bookplates and labels of Sir Harry Newton, 2nd Baronet (1875-1951), Conservative politician and MP for Harwich. Minimally rubbed, spines sunned, light sprays of foxing to outer leaves of a couple of vols. A handsome, choice set.

The first illustrated edition of Jane Austen's magnum opus, the so called 'Peacock' edition. Illustrated by Hugh Thompson, this is one of the most beautiful books of the late 19th Centurry due in large part to the showstopping peaccock binding. First edition of the Peacock edition. Near-fine to fine condition. The best copy on the market. Published by George Allen,London, 1894.