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This is a handsome collection of nine volumes from "The Novels of JANE AUSTEN" - nine volumes of a ten-volume set (volume 6 "Persuasion" is not present). 1908; Duffield & Company; New York. The volumes are beautifully illustrated with full-page color plates. Nicely bound in three-quarter burgundy morocco leather with gilt top page edges, gilt lettering and decorations on the spines, marbled covers and end papers, and five raised bands on the spines. With an Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson (biographer, critic, and editor who specialized in 19th century English literature and literary figures).The following five works are included: Pride and Prejudice (complete in 2 volumes); Sense and Sensibility (complete in 2 volumes); Northanger Abbey (complete in 1 volume); Emma (complete in 2 volumes); Mansfield Park (complete in 2 volumes).Condition:All volumes are tightly bound with no cracks. All covers are firmly attached. Page 88/89 in volume 5 has pulled from the spine and is…

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.