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London and New York : Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1896 A very good copy of the first Macmillan edition with Hugh Thomson illustrations. In the original red decorative cloth binding designed by A A Turbayne. Aeg. The binding has intricate gilt decoration to front board and spine. The front board is very bright with a small bump to the tip of the bottom corner and light rubbing to the top corner. The spine is slightly dulled and with some pulling to the ends. The back board has a few small paler marks at the side edge; a small indentation at the top edge; light rubbing to the top corner and a light bump to the bottom corner. The decorative yellow endpapers are present without inscriptiions. There is light spotting to the free endpapers and to the rear pastedown. The contents are very clean and bright. The tissue guard to the frontispiece is spotty and browned and there is some darker toning and light spotting to the frontispiece and the title page where the tissue guard lies across…

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.