Jane Austen and the Body: 'The Picture of Health' by John Wiltshire - 1992

New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to Howard Mills: "For Howard, with Thanks, Nov. 92". Mr. Mills has also written his own name and 'Boulder, December 1992'. All this at the front free endpaper. First Edition (1992) so stated. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ DJ: The Book shows moderate shelving wear to the lower extremities; a small, stray pencil mark the fore-edge; the binding leans ever so slightly, but remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. The DJ shows a short, closed tear at the lower rear corner which as been tape-repaired; else just a touch of wear to the upper extremities and the mildest rubbing to the panels; . Attractive and intact.… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge, 1994. xi-xiii, 251pp, red boards with small sticker adhesive mark to back cover. Good condition. Title in gilt. . Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge University Press CUP , pp. 268 Index. Hardback. Used.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Jane Austen has been thought of as a novelist of manners whose work discreetly avoids discussing the physical. John Wiltshire shows, on the contrary, how important are bodies and faces, illness and health, in the novels, from complainer

Cambridge University Press, 1992-10-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. New. Jane Austen has been thought of as a novelist of manners whose work discreetly avoids discussing the physical. John Wiltshire shows, on the contrary, how important are bodies and faces, illness and health, in the novels, from complainers and invalids like Mrs Bennet and Mr Woodhouse, to the frail, debilitated Fanny Price, the vulnerable Jane Fairfax, and the 'picture of health', Emma.

Cambridge University Press, 1992. Hardcover. New.

Cambridge University Press, 1992. Hardcover. New.