January 2021 Catalogue

3 Required Reading January 2021 “The Mother Of The English 19th-Century Novel” 1. AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels. London and New York, 1896-98. Five volumes. Octavo, contemporary three- quarter tan calf gilt. $4800. Click for more info Turn-of-the-century set of Austen novels illustrated with splendid line drawings by Hugh Thomson, beautifully bound by Henry Young and Sons of Liverpool. “Generations of readers havemarveled at themodernity of her work… She is the mother of the English 19th- century novel as Scott is the father of it” (Kunitz & Haycraft, 23). Contains Sense and Sensibility , Pride and Prejudice , Northanger Abbey , Persuasion (bound with Northanger Abbey ), Mansfield Park and Emma . Each volume with frontispiece and numerous illustrations, most full-page, by Hugh Thomson, and introduction by poet and literary historian Austin Dobson. A lovely set in fine condition. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” —Pride and Prejudice

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