PERSUASION BY JANE AUSTEN 1909 DELUXE VELLUM BINDING, C. E. BROCK ILLUSTRATIONS
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[AUSTEN, JANE]. Persuasion. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1909.
First deluxe edition thus ['The Series of the English Idylls']; vellum-bound; hardcover; octavo (20cm x 12.5cm x 2cm); pp. viii, 216; English text; bound in publisher's original deluxe full vellum elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt to front cover and spine; t.e.g., untrimmed fore edge and bottom edge; decorative endpapers; initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present; framed title-page with vignette; illustrated with 24 full-page coloured plates by C. E. Brock; decorative head-pieces. Printed by The Temple Press. Condition: NEAR FINE. Binding tight, secure and square - importantly the boards are not warped and have sharp edges and corners - the covers remain remarkably clean. Interior fresh and clean else for two pages with light brown spots and a neatly inked previous owner inscription to the front endpaper. Exquisite and scarce.