William kimber oxford (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Book cover boards in overall very good condition have signs of a small bump at front top outer corner, Dust jacket is edge rubbed in a number of areas, notably each end of spine and corners (see image).

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. A very smart eight volume set of critical essays, biographies, and historical studies of notable author Jane Austen. A fantastic eight volume set of works on Jane Austen.Jane Austen was an English writer known for her novels which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the Englishlanded gentryat the end of the 18th century.Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are implicit critiques of thenovels of sensibilityof the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-centuryliterary realism.Her use of social commentary, realism,wit, andironyhave earned her acclaim amongst critics and scholars.In the publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers.Comprising of:(1944) Talking of Jane Austen.The second edition. A work by Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern. A collection of critical essays on Jane Austen by the two authors.(1950) More Talk of Jane Austen.The first edition. A work by Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern. The secondcollection of critical essays on Jane Austen by the two authors.(1963) The Novels of Jane Austen.The first edition. A work by Robert Liddell. An account of the history, themes, and attitude behind each of Austen's novels.(1968) Critical Essays on Jane Austen.The first edition. A work edited by B.C. Southam. Consisting of ten essays on Jane Austen by various authors such as Robert Garis, Gilbert Ryle, and John Bayley.(1970) Jane Austen and Her Art.A later reprint. A work by Mary Lascelles. A critical response to the use of narrative art in Jan Austen's novels.(1971) Dear Jane: A Biographical Study of Jane Austen.The first edition. A work by Constance Pilgrim. Illustrated with one plate. A biographical work on Jane Austen.(1976) Jane Austen: Woman and Writer.The first edition. A work by Joan Rees. Illustrated with four double sided plates. A biographical work on Jane Austen.(1983) A Goodly Heritage: A History of Jane Austen's Family.The first edition. A work by George Holbert Tucker. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A historical account of Jane Austen's relatives and family history. In publisher's original cloth bindings. In the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart. Light shelf wear to extremities. Small marks to tail of front board of Critical Essays on Jane Austen. Mark to head of front board of Talking of Jane Austen, with light spotting to endpapers. Bookseller's sticker to front paste down of Jane Austen and Her Art. Ink inscription to front free endpaper of The Novels of Jane Austen. Dust wrappers are smart. Closed tear to top edge of Talking of Jane Austen wrap, with sunning to spine, light spotting to rear, and the odd mark. Sunning to spine of Dear Jane, More Talk of Jane Austen, and A Goodly Heritage wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…