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London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street (Late Colburn and Bentley), Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; Cumming, Dublin; and Galignani, Paris, 1833. 331 pp .Engraved frontispiece, additional engraved titlepage, both foxed. With a 'Memoir of Jane Austen' (10pp) and , with 'Memoir of Austen', followed by a statement on one page by the editor of Bentley's Standard Novels, 'that arrangements have been made for including several other of the works of Miss Austen in this collection'. Hardcover, contemporary brown cloth (waterspots), with black leather letterpiece with gilt lettering. Bookblock loose in binding.

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.