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Description:
Austen, Jane (1775-1817) The Novels. London: Richard Bentley; and Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1853.
Five octavo volumes, including the following titles: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion, with a frontispiece in each volume; bound in full uniform contemporary tan calf, two black labels on each spine, tooled in gilt compartments, 6 1/4 x 4 in. (5)
Provenance: the Estate of Stratford W. Carter, Boston, Massachusetts.
Estimate $400-600
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Keywords
London, Brown and Co., Richard Bentley, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, MassachusettsJohn Dorfman
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