Nov 18, 2014 - Sale 2366

Sale 2366 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
AUSTEN, JANE. Emma * Northanger Abbey * Persuasion. 3 titles bound in 1. With 2 title-pages and one divisional title. 12mo, contemporary 1/2 calf, boards scuffed, spine lettered in gilt; joints strengthened; scattered foxing, John T. Gallienne bookplate. London: Simms and McIntyre, 1849; 1850

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first edition thus and rather uncommon. Early issue from the Parlour Library, the series begun in 1847, credited as having "completely revolutionised the publishing of cheap literature throughout the English-speaking world" (Sadlier 3754-56). Gilson E15; E16.