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Shorter works: PB 287-2003

Object information

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Titles

Shorter works

Maker(s)

Author: Austen, Jane
Publisher: Folio Society
Illustrator: Hassall, Joan
Printer: Butler & Tanner Ltd.
Printer: Key & Whiting Ltd.

Categories

Description

By Jane Austen ; introduction by Richard Church ; decoration by Joan Hassall.

"This edition is selected from the definitive text of Professor R. W. Chapman"- verso t.p.
Contents: Complete novels (Lady Susan and Love and friendship) - Major Fragments (The Watsons, Sanditon, and Catharine) - The History of England - Minor novels (Lesley Castle, Evelyn, Frederic and Elfrida, Jack and Alice, Edgar and Emma, Henry and Eliza, and The three sisters).

318 p. front., 11 plates. 23 cm

Place(s) associated

  • London
  • Frome ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1963

Note

Quarter bound in grey cloth with patterned paper sides designed by Joan Hassall. Lacks slipcase

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 287-2003
Primary reference Number: 95884
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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