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Lot 58
  • 58

[Austen, Jane.]

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Emma: a Novel. C. Roworth for John Murray, 1816
  • paper
12mo (172 x 103mm.), first edition, without half-titles, nineteenth-century half calf, marbled boards, some creases at edges of some leaves, some spotting and browning, some gatherings proud, volume1 rebacked, recent expert repairs to binding and joints, some edge-wear

Provenance

Bridget Mary McEwen, bookplates

Literature

Gilson A8; Keynes 8; Sadleir 62d

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

First edition of arguablly the author's finest novel.