Jane Austen: The Complete Works: Classics Hardcover Boxed Set (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

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Rare books by Jane Austen, including first and early editions, finely bound books and sets, and original artwork and letters.

The Complete Jane Austen Collection (Wordsworth Box Sets)

Her path crosses with that of the arrogant Darcy and the two develop a special relationship, anchored in pride and in prejudice, but which will eventually lead to the discovery of true love. In its day, Jane Austen’s most famous work stood as an argument against marriages of convenience and social conventions that measured a woman’s value by the size of her dowry. Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Louisa May Alcott… Timeless Classics offers you a superb selection of novels that revolutionised the female universe. Here you’ll find the answers to any doubts you might have about details of the collection and subscription terms and conditions. The Winchester Edition, the most attractive of the unillustrated editions of Jane Austen's works produced around this time, presented here in a handsome contemporary binding.A true publishing treasure, the splendid cover illustrations with gold embossing, inspired by exuberant naturalistic motifs of the period, spill across the front and back covers and spine, transforming each book into a unique and beautiful object. The Winter editions have page edges sprayed to match the boards, while later editions feature a matching laser-cut bookmark. This would be such a great help as I am in love with these books and heartbroken to not have the complete collection.

Jane Austen: The Complete Works: Classics Hardcover Boxed Set

First expanded Winchester edition, the most attractive unillustrated edition of Austen's works produced around the turn of the century, here uniformly bound in contemporary morocco and scarce thus. Through her main character, Elizabeth Bennet, the novelist showed for the first time what it meant to be an intelligent woman in a world governed by men. First fully illustrated edition, presented here in an attractive arts and crafts style binding with Celtic influences, signed by the London bookbinder Maurice George de Rupe Roche (1882-1943).

First expanded Winchester edition of what is considered the most attractive of the unillustrated editions of the author's works produced around this time, here in the original cloth. Today her first editions, the Bentley editions, and the later collected editions are all highly sought-after by collectors. Information found across this site, verified through publicly available sources, is assumed to be accurate at the time of publication. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. The books have textured boards in block colors under the jacket, with gold foil stamping on the front cover, spine and a seasonal quote from the book on back cover.