AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817) [Standard Novels]. Pride and Prejudice. -- Sense and Sensibility. -- Northanger Abbey [and] Persuasion. -- Mansfield Park. All published in London by Richard Bentley, 1833.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $10,160
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817) [Standard Novels]. Pride and Prejudice. -- Sense and Sensibility. -- Northanger Abbey [and] Persuasion. -- Mansfield Park. All published in London by Richard Bentley, 1833.
Together, 4 volumes, small 8vo. Engraved title and engraved frontispieces in each volume. Variously bound, 2 in modern bindings. Provenance: Carton House Library (armorial bookplate in Pride and Prejudice).
FIRST ONE-VOLUME EDITIONS OF EACH TITLE (Northanger Abbey and Persuasion being published together). "No English reissues of Jane Austen's novels is known after 1818 until in 1832 Richard Bentley decided to included them in his series of Standard Novels" (Gilson). Gilson D1, D3, D4, D5.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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