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Austen (Jane) [The Novels], 6 vol. in 5, 'Standard Novels' series No. XXIII, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII & XXX, first collected edition, lacking all half-titles, also final blanks in vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, each vol. with engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title (foxed as usual), occasional other light foxing, mostly to 'Emma', attractive contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, mostly to edges, slight gouging to upper cover of 'Sense and Sensibility', corners repaired and neatly rebacked with gilt spines and green roan labels by Maltby & Son of Oxford (with related letter loosely inserted), [Gilson D1-5], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833.
*** A handsome set of the first collected edition of Austen's novels, and rare to find complete.
In 1832-33 Richard Bentley bought the copyright of Pride and Prejudice from the executors of Thomas Egerton and of the remaining novels from Henry and Cassandra Austen. None of Austen's novels had been reissued since 1818 so these are all still early editions: Sense and Sensibility, third edition, pre-dating first American edition by a few months; Pride and Prejudice, fourth edition; Mansfield Park, third edition; Emma, second edition, omitting the dedication to the Prince Regent included in the first edition; Northanger Abbey/Persuasion, second edition. The first American editions of the second, third and fifth were in 1832, just ahead of Bentley's.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/c24249d5-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/ce953b6b-7691-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "308
Austen (Jane) [The Novels], 6 vol. in 5, 'Standard Novels' series No. XXIII, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII & XXX, first collected edition, lacking all half-titles, also final blanks in vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, each vol. with engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title (foxed as usual), occasional other light foxing, mostly to 'Emma', attractive contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, mostly to edges, slight gouging to upper cover of 'Sense and Sensibility', corners repaired and neatly rebacked with gilt spines and green roan labels by Maltby & Son of Oxford (with related letter loosely inserted), [Gilson D1-5], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833.
*** A handsome set of the first collected edition of Austen's novels, and rare to find complete.
In 1832-33 Richard Bentley bought the copyright of Pride and Prejudice from the executors of Thomas Egerton and of the remaining novels from Henry and Cassandra Austen. None of Austen's novels had been reissued since 1818 so these are all still early editions: Sense and Sensibility, third edition, pre-dating first American edition by a few months; Pride and Prejudice, fourth edition; Mansfield Park, third edition; Emma, second edition, omitting the dedication to the Prince Regent included in the first edition; Northanger Abbey/Persuasion, second edition. The first American editions of the second, third and fifth were in 1832, just ahead of Bentley's.")
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Austen (Jane) [The Novels], 6 vol. in 5, 'Standard Novels' series No. XXIII, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII & XXX, first collected edition, lacking all half-titles, also final blanks in vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, each vol. with engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title (foxed as usual), occasional other light foxing, mostly to 'Emma', attractive contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, mostly to edges, slight gouging to upper cover of 'Sense and Sensibility', corners repaired and neatly rebacked with gilt spines and green roan labels by Maltby & Son of Oxford (with related letter loosely inserted), [Gilson D1-5], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833.
⁂ A handsome set of the first collected edition of Austen's novels, and rare to find complete.
In 1832-33 Richard Bentley bought the copyright of Pride and Prejudice from the executors of Thomas Egerton and of the remaining novels from Henry and Cassandra Austen. None of Austen's novels had been reissued since 1818 so these are all still early editions: Sense and Sensibility, third edition, pre-dating first American edition by a few months; Pride and Prejudice, fourth edition; Mansfield Park, third edition; Emma, second edition, omitting the dedication to the Prince Regent included in the first edition; Northanger Abbey/Persuasion, second edition. The first American editions of the second, third and fifth were in 1832, just ahead of Bentley's.
Lot 308
Austen (Jane) [The Novels], 5 vol., 'Standard Novels' series, Richard Bentley, 1833.
Hammer Price: £3,800
Description
Austen (Jane) [The Novels], 6 vol. in 5, 'Standard Novels' series No. XXIII, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII & XXX, first collected edition, lacking all half-titles, also final blanks in vol.1 and advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, each vol. with engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title (foxed as usual), occasional other light foxing, mostly to 'Emma', attractive contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, mostly to edges, slight gouging to upper cover of 'Sense and Sensibility', corners repaired and neatly rebacked with gilt spines and green roan labels by Maltby & Son of Oxford (with related letter loosely inserted), [Gilson D1-5], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1833.
⁂ A handsome set of the first collected edition of Austen's novels, and rare to find complete.
In 1832-33 Richard Bentley bought the copyright of Pride and Prejudice from the executors of Thomas Egerton and of the remaining novels from Henry and Cassandra Austen. None of Austen's novels had been reissued since 1818 so these are all still early editions: Sense and Sensibility, third edition, pre-dating first American edition by a few months; Pride and Prejudice, fourth edition; Mansfield Park, third edition; Emma, second edition, omitting the dedication to the Prince Regent included in the first edition; Northanger Abbey/Persuasion, second edition. The first American editions of the second, third and fifth were in 1832, just ahead of Bentley's.
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