Books and Manuscripts

(Austen, Jane)
Sense and Sensibility: A Novel
London: Printed for the Author, by C. Roworth…and Published by T. Egerton, 1813. In three volumes. The Second Edition. 8vo. (ii), 306; (ii), 278; (ii), 294 pp.; without half-titles and final blanks. 19th-century three-quarter brown calf over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in blind, green and black morocco spine labels, stamped in gilt, extremities, boards, and spine ends rubbed, green spine labels browned, light dampstaining to spine of Vol. I; red sprinkled edges; matching marbled endpapers; title-page of Vol. I lightly foxed; title-page of Vol. II lightly worn; title-page of Vol. III repaired, laid down, and foxed; scattered light foxing and soiling to text. Gilson A2; Keynes 2

Second edition of Austen's first-published novel, the work she chose over Pride and Prejudice “to launch her career as a published writer” (ODNB). The first edition appeared in 1811, attributed on the title-pages to a “Lady”. Austen “introduced several alterations into the text” of the second edition (Keynes).