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First American Edition "Love & Freindship and Other Early Works" by Jane Austen
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | Love & Freindship and Other Early Works (Jane Austen with preface by G. K. Chesterton) |
| Genre | Literary and Classic |
| Illustrator | Cassandra Austen |
| Type of Illustration | Offset Lithograph |
| Dust Jacket | No |
| Publisher or Printer | Frederick A. Stokes Company |
| Publication Year | 1922 |
| Period | Early 20th Century |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Edition Statement | First American Edition/First Printing |
| Number of Books | 1 |
| Additional Information | Containing stories written by Jane Austen when she was fourteen years old, this volume contains a tissue-guarded reproduction of the original manuscript as a frontispiece. This first American printing features a paper title label to the spine and illustrated endpapers with twelve miniature drawing by Cassandra Austen, Jane’s older sister. The drawings represent the characters in this volume. Jane Austen misspelled “freindship” throughout the text. |
Condition
- wear to cover with bumped corners, soiling and rubbed edges; chipping to the paper spine label; tanning to text edges and pages; fading.
Dimensions
0.75" W x 7.0" H x 5.5" D
Item #
ITMG535406
