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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.
This lot is located in Chicago.

