Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - An Important Printing
Delightfully Decorated by Hugh Thomson - London - 1894
Austen, Jane; [Thomson, Hugh, Illus.] PRIDE AND PREJUDICE with a Preface by George Saintsbury London George Allen 1894
First edition with Thomson's illustrations. With 100 illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson. 8vo, publisher's original elaborately decorated dark green cloth, the covers with all over design showng a peacock in its full gilt splendour surrounding the title, author and illustrator lettering, spine lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt, a.e.g. xxvii, 476. A very pleasing copy, internally very clean and fresh. The attractive binding is quite sturdy and very clean and well preserved.
SCARCE IN FINE CONDITION IN ORIGINAL CLOTH.One of the nicest editions of Austen's satirical romance, perhaps her best and most famous work. Hugh Thomson's numerous illustrations are a true delight and wonderfully conjure the romance of the period.
$US1475
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