Emma
by Jane Austen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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Minor soiling to the boards but otherwise a very good copy.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
. Binding: Original cloth boards with blind tooled design. Illustrated free end papers.
, Size: 12mo (100mm x 151mm), Illustration: Illustrated with 1 plate (frontis).
, Pages: P. Frontis, Title, Advertisement, 3-487 , Category: Book Literature
Synopsis
Emma is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1815. The story follows the life of Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy and beautiful young woman who lives in the English countryside. Emma fancies herself as a matchmaker and sets out to find a suitable husband for her friend Harriet Smith. However, her attempts to play cupid lead to several misadventures, including a love triangle involving her own romantic interests. As the story unfolds, Emma learns important lessons about humility, love, and the consequences of meddling in the lives of others. The novel is a satire of the English upper class and is widely considered a classic of English literature.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B4056
- Title
- Emma
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Book Condition
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Used -
Minor soiling to the boards but otherwise a very good copy.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins Clear-Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London and Glascow:
- Date Published
- (c.1900)
- Keywords
- Book Literature
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...