Lot 1588 , Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice ... with a Preface by George Saintsbury and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. first edition thus. decorated title, frontis., many text illus. and decorations, dedication leaf and half titl

° Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice ... with a Preface by George Saintsbury and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. first edition thus. decorated title, frontis., many text illus. and decorations, dedication leaf and half title; rebound mid 20th cent. gilt ruled tan calf, gilt decorated panelled spine with red label, ge., preserving original gilt pictorial upper cover and spine - both bound in at end, cr.8vo. George Allen, 1894. *amongst the most desirable editions of this author's novels.
£600-800

Condition:
Condition - good binding., e/ps. replaced, foxing on half title and lightly on frontis and title (marginal), text mostly clean - save few intermittent marginal spots; rather tightly bound (book cannot 'lay quiet') and slight size reduction to 18 x 11.5cms (approx.); frontis. tissue guard present; xxvii, 477pp/ Later binding not signed; original spine and cover retained, stuck to rear two pages, as shown.