Austen, Jane
Pride and Prejudice
£605
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
with a Preface by George Saintsbury and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: George Allen, 1894. First Thomson-illustrated edition, first impression, 8vo, xxvii 476 pp., original blue cloth, spine and front board lavishly decorated with peacock design in gilt, all edges gilt, frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson, spine rolled, loss to head, small tear to foot, rear joint partly split, rear cover stained, ownership inscription to front pastedown, front free endpaper excised, pp. xvii-xx partly torn in gutter, pp. 37/38 with nicks to fore margin, pp. 93/94 torn, rear inner hinge superficially cracked in places, a few marginal spots