AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Works. Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, editor. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892-1894. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 sets.
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AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Works. Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, editor. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892-1894.
8 works in 12 volumes, 8vo (172 x 113 mm). Illustrated frontispieces. (Several leaves uncut and unopened.) 19th-century half blue morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2 compartments, gilt-decoration in the rest, top edge gilt, marbled endsheets (some very minor wear).
LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 sets of the uniformly bound complete set of Austen’s novels with one volume of letters by Austen.
Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana
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