Jane Austen; R. W. Chapman [ed.] — The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen

London, Oxford University Press, 1948-1960. Cloth. Four volumes of R. W. Chalmer's illustrated critical edition of Jane Austen's works, including her minor works, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. The third edition of the Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen, edited by R. W. Chapman, a prominent Austen scholar.Four volumes only of a six volume set.Retaining the publisher's original dust wrappers to volumes I and V, with volume I ('Sense and Sensibility') clipped, and volume V unclipped.Each volume shows facsimiles of the original title pages.Present here are:Volume I, Sense and Sensibility. The 1960 sixth impression of the third edition, illustrated with six plates.Volume III, Mansfield Park. The 1948 fourth impression of the third edition, illustrated with eight plates.Volume V, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. The 1954 fifth impression of the third edition, illustrated with thirteen plates.Volume VI, Minor Works. illustrated with five plates.Collated, complete.Lacking volumes II and IV, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. With two dust wrappers, one clipped, and one unclipped. Tide marks to board and back strip heads of Minor Works. Inscriptions to front free endpapers of two volumes. Fading to tail of Northanger back strip. Dust wrapper back strips age toned, with loss to tail of Northanger back strip, light chipping to Northanger back strip head. Further closed tear to wraps at joint heads and tails of Northanger. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with light tide marks to leaf heads of Minor Works. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good/Good.