EMMA BY JANE AUSTEN 1898 ILLUSTRATED BY CHRIS HAMMOND

[AUSTEN, JANE]. Emma; with an Introduction by Joseph Jacobs and Illustrations by Chris Hammond. London: George Allen, 1898.

FIRST EDITION THUS. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (19 x 12 x 3.5 cm); pp. xxvi, 504. English text, with an introduction by Joseph Jacobs. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt to front cover and spine; all page edges gilt; coated endpapers; half-title; decorated title-page; 86 line drawings by Chris Hammond. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding secure with slight lean to spine. Covers well-preserved. Interior with a trace of light foxing to the endpapers. Two leaves with a corner neatly trimmed but not touching text. Previous owner details neatly inked to front endpaper. A handsome copy.