Jane Austen; R. W. Chapman [ed.]; xi [5], 521; xii [3], 416; xiv [3], 429 pp. — 5 Vols the Novels of Jane Austen

London, Oxford University Press, 1969-1971. Cloth. A partial set of Chapman"s Oxford editions of the Novels of Jane Austen, reprints of the third editions, illustrated throughout and complete with their original dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Complete with the original dust wrappers, all but two of which remain unclipped. A partial set of five volumes, lacking volume V containing Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.Compromising:  Sense and Sensibility (1971). A reprint of the third edition. Illustrated with five plates, including a frontispiece, and a facsimile of the first edition title-page. Collated, complete. The dust wrapper has been clipped. Pride and Prejudice (1971). A reprint of the third edition. Illustrated with eight monochrome plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Mansfield Park (1970). A reprint of the third edition. Illustrated with eight monochrome plates, including a frontispiece, and a facsimile of the first edition title-page. Collated, complete. The dust wrapper has been clipped.Emma (1971). A reprint of the third edition. Illustrated with twelve plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. Minor Works (1969). First published in 1954, this reprinted volume incorporates revisions to the text and notes.R. W. Chapman (1881-1960) was a British scholar and editor whose meticulous textual work on Jane Austen established the first modern critical editions of her novels, published by Oxford University Press between 1923 and 1954. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to extremities. One or two spots to endpapers. Dust wrappers, generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd chip, closed tear, and crease. The odd spot to wraps. One or two handling marks. Slight age toning to perimeters, heavier to spines. Dust wrappers to volumes III more worn and Vi more worn, with closed tears to heads and tails of spines with slight loss. Internally, firmly bound, with the exception of the contents up to page viii in volume II, which have become disbound, here loosely inserted. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots, heavier to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None Stated. Very Good/Good.