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Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice: a Novel... By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility", 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1 half-title supplied from vol. 3 second edition, vol. 2 with half-title, vol. 3 lacking half-title, vol. 1 title with short neatly repaired tear to fore-margin, vol. 2 K1 with small hole to lower margin, scattered foxing and some light browning, occasional light corner creasing but a very good set generally, bookplate of W. Goring Kerr to vol. 1 pastedown, polished calf, gilt, by Bumpus, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, g.e., slip-case, [Gilson A3], 12mo, Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1813.

A handsome set of Austen's most famous and best-loved novel.

Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice between October 1796 and August 1797 (like her protagonist Elizabeth Bennet, the author was not yet twenty-one). Initially titled First Impressions, the novel was submitted to the publisher Cadell who rejected it by return of post. Over the following years the novel was substantially rewritten as well as undergoing a change of title, the latter likely precipitated by Margaret Holford's novel First Impressions published in 1800. The copyright was eventually published by Egerton for £110 in 1812 and published in January 1813 in an edition of approximately 1,500 copies.

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Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice: a Novel... By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility", 3 vol., first edition, Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1813.  

Hammer Price: £70,000

Description

Austen (Jane) Pride and Prejudice: a Novel... By the Author of "Sense and Sensibility", 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1 half-title supplied from vol. 3 second edition, vol. 2 with half-title, vol. 3 lacking half-title, vol. 1 title with short neatly repaired tear to fore-margin, vol. 2 K1 with small hole to lower margin, scattered foxing and some light browning, occasional light corner creasing but a very good set generally, bookplate of W. Goring Kerr to vol. 1 pastedown, polished calf, gilt, by Bumpus, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, g.e., slip-case, [Gilson A3], 12mo, Printed for T. Egerton, Military Library, Whitehall, 1813.

A handsome set of Austen's most famous and best-loved novel.

Austen wrote Pride and Prejudice between October 1796 and August 1797 (like her protagonist Elizabeth Bennet, the author was not yet twenty-one). Initially titled First Impressions, the novel was submitted to the publisher Cadell who rejected it by return of post. Over the following years the novel was substantially rewritten as well as undergoing a change of title, the latter likely precipitated by Margaret Holford's novel First Impressions published in 1800. The copyright was eventually published by Egerton for £110 in 1812 and published in January 1813 in an edition of approximately 1,500 copies.

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