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Sense and Sensibility.: Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. With an introduction by Austin Dobson.
by AUSTEN, Jane; Hugh Thomson (illus.)
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1896. Finely bound illustrated copy First fully illustrated edition, issued in "Macmillan's Illustrated Standard Novels". This edition was the first to feature illustrations accompanying the text, as Bentley's 1833 collected edition and subsequent printings contained only a frontispiece and vignette title page. Hugh Thomson was one of the most notable book illustrators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and his illustrations for Jane Austen's novels remain widely regarded as classics in the field. Thomson's "light touch and feeling for period manners provide a charming and accessible gloss to the author's work" (ODNB). Octavo (176 x 117 mm). Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in greenish-blue morocco, spine lettered and decorated with centre tool gilt, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, decorative endpapers, gilt edges. With black and white illustrations throughout. Minor foxing to prelims and endmatter. Otherwise a fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 164156
- Title
- Sense and Sensibility.
- Author
- AUSTEN, Jane; Hugh Thomson (illus.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1896
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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