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6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus (save one volume), with coloured frontispieces and plates; uniformly bound in gold cloth, upper boards and backstrips elaborately blocked in white and black, backstrips lettered in black, stone endpapers, a fine set in publisher's board slip-cases, each case illustrated with a quotation blocked in gilt. The set comprises: Pride and Prejudice. Introduced by Sebastian Faulks. Illustrated by Anna and Elena Balbusso (third impression thus, 2017); Sense and Sensibility. Introduced by Elena Ferrante. Illustrated by Philip Bannister (first edition thus, 2015); Mansfield Park. Introduced by Lucy Worsley. Illustrated by Darya Shnykina (first edition thus, 2017); Northanger Abbey. Introduced by Val McDermid. Illustrated by Jonathan Burton (first edition thus, 2017); Persuasion. Introduced by Siri Hustvedt. Illustrated by Deanna Staffo (first edition thus, 2016); Emma. Introduced by Fay Weldon. Illustrated by Sam Wolfe Connelly (first edition thus, 2015). A FINE SET OF AN ELEGANT EDITION.