"IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT A SINGLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF A GOOD FORTUNE MUST BE IN WANT OF A WIFE"
(THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator) AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. London, 1895.
First reprint of the celebrated "Peacock" edition of Jane Austen's second and most popular novel, the first illustrated by Hugh Thomson, with 101 charming line drawings, in lovely publisher's elaborately gilt-decorated cloth depicting a peacock spreading its feathers. $4800.
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