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Lot 9

Sale 6563 - Women’s Work
Mar 25, 2026 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
Estimate
$600 - 800

Lot Description

AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Emma. Austin Dobson, introduction. London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1898.

8vo. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Modern red calf gilt, all edges gilt, concealing a FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a portrait of Austen and a scene from Emma; original cloth bound in.

FIRST THOMSON EDITION. Thomson's illustrations gave "light touch and feeling for period manners provide a charming and accessible gloss to the author's work" (ODNB). 

[With:] AUSTEN. Northanger Abbey. Boston: Dana Estes & Company, n.d. [ca 1906-1910]. 3 color plates after H.M. Brock. Contemporary half blue levant gilt, top gilt. Illustrated cabinet edition.

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