Lot 167

[Austen (Jane)] Mansfield Park: A Novel... By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility," and "Pride and Prejudice.", 3 vol., first edition, 1814.

 

Hammer Price: £6,000

Description

[Austen (Jane)] Mansfield Park: A Novel... By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility," and "Pride and Prejudice.", 3 vol., first edition, half-title, advertisement f. at end of vol. 3, lacking final blank O4 in vol. 2, with additional 2ff. of advertisements for Gale, Curtis and Fenner at end of vol.1, vol. 1 half-title, title and first 3 leaves of text with lower corner restored, affecting imprint to half-title verso and with loss to 4 or 5 letters of text on B1, vol. 3 E11 defective with loss of text to last 7 lines, marginal worming to a few gatherings in vol. 2 and 3, occasional other marginal chips or tears, some repaired, some marking and soiling, 19th century ink inscriptions to endpapers, half calf for H. Sotheran, spines gilt in compartments with red and black morocco labels, upper cover becoming detached, rubbed, [Gilson A6], 12mo, T.Egerton, 1814

⁂ Provenance: E. H. A. Elliot (contemporary ink ownership inscription, possibly Emma Elliot who would marry Sir Thomas Hislop in 1823); Anne Carnegie (later 19th century gift inscription to vol. 1).

Description

[Austen (Jane)] Mansfield Park: A Novel... By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility," and "Pride and Prejudice.", 3 vol., first edition, half-title, advertisement f. at end of vol. 3, lacking final blank O4 in vol. 2, with additional 2ff. of advertisements for Gale, Curtis and Fenner at end of vol.1, vol. 1 half-title, title and first 3 leaves of text with lower corner restored, affecting imprint to half-title verso and with loss to 4 or 5 letters of text on B1, vol. 3 E11 defective with loss of text to last 7 lines, marginal worming to a few gatherings in vol. 2 and 3, occasional other marginal chips or tears, some repaired, some marking and soiling, 19th century ink inscriptions to endpapers, half calf for H. Sotheran, spines gilt in compartments with red and black morocco labels, upper cover becoming detached, rubbed, [Gilson A6], 12mo, T.Egerton, 1814

⁂ Provenance: E. H. A. Elliot (contemporary ink ownership inscription, possibly Emma Elliot who would marry Sir Thomas Hislop in 1823); Anne Carnegie (later 19th century gift inscription to vol. 1).

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