1894 Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen in 1st PEACOCK BINDING Hugh Thomson ART

1894 Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen in 1^st PEACOCK BINDING Hugh Thomson ART

“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 19^th-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: #26831

Price: $3500

AUSTEN, Jane

Pride and prejudice

London : George Allen, Ruskin House; Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co., 1894. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xxvii, [1], 476, [2]
  • 101 illustrations
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Decorative cloth
• Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13cm)

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