Monday, April 21, 2008

For your drooling pleasure: Rare Austen editions for sale


Bauman Rare Books lists following tantalizing items on their website:

  • First editions of Mansfield Park ($27,000) and Emma ($26,000)


  • The complete novels with illustrations by Hugh Thomson and Charles E. Brock (only $3,500)


  • First editions of Pride and Prejudice Volumes I and II, with second edition of Volume III ($42,000)

More info on all four rare Austen editions here.

5 comments:

Retainer Girl said...

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Melanie said...

sigh. thanks.

Bohemian Girl Collection said...

Would love to have this great collection. Though I think that I will stay with my pretty paperbacks.

Vic (Ms. Place) said...

Oh, my, they are a little beyond my budget. I do envy the person who purchases them!

Georgie Lee said...

If only I had the money... A number of years ago Clark Gable's script from Gone with the Wind was up for auction. That was another "if only I had the money" moment.