Books

Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion & Mansfield Park. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863 edition, 2 volumes, publisher's list of novels by Jane Austen to verso of blank leaf before title of first volume, some spotting or light browning to both, short closed tear to blank lower margin of pp. 9-10 of second volume and blank paper loss to lower outer corner of pp. 189/190 of same volume, non-matching modern bookplates of Chris Viveash to front pastedowns, old ink ownership signature of Julia P. Graves and later ink signature of Chris Viveash to front free endpaper of first volume, small bookseller's printed label of H.F. Monahan of Boston, Massachusetts to front free endpaper of second volume and David Gilson's pencil purchase note at rear, inner hinges cracked, original blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt-titled spines, rubbed, a little frayed with loss at head and foot of spines, a little edge wear, 8vo (195 x 120 mm). Very rare. Gilson E28 & E29. Published as part of a uniform four-volume edition by Ticknor & Fields in 1863, Gilson notes that he had seen no copy of any of these books in original bindings. Provenance: David Gilson & Chris Viveash. Purchased from Patricia Latkin, Chicago, September 2000.

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was her first published work, which she wrote under the pseudonym 'A Lady'. The story follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they navigate love, romance, and societal expectations.