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Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good. Spine very slightly cocked and a touch toned. Some light and occasional foxing to text, more moderate at margins and endpapers; contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown, text otherwise unmarked. Binding tight. Gilt remains rather bright.. Demy 8vo. 347 pp. Original green cloth, titled and decorated in gilt on spines, top edge gilt. Volume IX of the Winchester Edition of the Novels of Jane Austen. 'The Winchester Edition has special claims to gratitude through the delightful quality of its print and paper. The print is of a generous design, and very black and clear, and the paper while untransparent, not so heavy but that the book can be held comfortably in one hand. Altogether this promises to be one of the most delightful reprints ever given to the public' (Spectator). An uncommonly nice copy of the charming Winchester Edition of Northanger Abbey.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spines. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Toning to edges and endpapers, otherwise, a crisp, clean set internally. Some bowing to a few volumes, with occasional minor wear and marks to boards, and some gentle toning to spine. Very good.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Elegantly bound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt, others gently trimmed. Some spotting to preliminaries of Northanger Abbey, and some paper restoration to lower corners of the last eight leaves of the same volume. Otherwise a crisp, clean set in an attractive new leather binding.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-1912. [English Literature] COMPLETE LEATHER-BOUND WINCHESTER EDITION. Twelve volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 34cm). With a portrait frontispiece to first volume, and title pages printed in red and black with a vignette 'JA' monogram. Recently bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels, and further gilt decoration to spines. Marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A crisp, clean set in an attractive new leather binding.