1894 Pride & Prejudice 1ed
PEACOCK BINDING Jane Austen Romantic English Thomson
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner
one tires of anything than of a book!”
– Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
‘Pride and Prejudice’ is one of the most famous 19th-century
romance novels and has become one of, if not the most, popular novel of English
literature. Written by Jane Austen, this work defined a generation of social
classes and feminism and has been a major influence on society, film, and
literature. In fact, many people have speculated that the hit television show
‘Downton Abbey’ was a direct copy of Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice.’
A highly rare, first Hugh Thomson
illustrated edition, published in 1894. This valuable printing features a
preface by George Saintsbury and is bound in the decorative ‘peacock’ binding.
Item number: #25088
Price: $2950
AUSTEN, Jane
Pride and prejudice
London : George Allen, Ruskin
House; Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co., 1894. First edition.
Details:
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Collation: Complete
with all pages
o xxvii, [1] 476, [2]
o 101 illustrations
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Language:
English
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Binding: Hardcover;
tight and secure
o Decorative cloth
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Size: ~7.25in X 5.25in (18.5cm x 13cm)
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