SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (VOLUME 2)
by Austen, Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Overland Park, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Colonial Press Co. Boston and New York (Beacon Edition). Good with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. (Volume 2 only) Scarce printing of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibilty, undated but circa 1900, with colour plates by C. E. Brock, with 1898 copyright date on two color plates and fontice. 'Beacon Edition' at base of spine and Colonial Press on title page. 8x 5 1/2". Tissue guards present with fontice and illustrations. Top page edges gilt; remainder untrimmed. Qt leather spines and corners over marbled paper boards. Original blue leather on boards however spine now looks brown. Binding Is tight and straight . Free of former owner writing or bookplates. Gilt designs and lettering on spine. Moderate wear to spine and edges a few leaves remain uncut. Scarce. (This book is in our possession. We ship most books six days a week and will confirm with tracking number for domestic orders or customs number for international orders). ; The Complete Works of Jane Austen; 8vo .
Synopsis
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen. Published in 1811, it was Austen's first published novel, which she wrote under the pseudonym "A Lady". The story revolves around Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr. Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances.
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- Bookseller
- Abound Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18053
- Title
- SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (VOLUME 2)
- Author
- Austen, Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Colonial Press Co. Boston and New York (Beacon Edition)
- Date Published
- 1900
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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