First American edition, first printing. 464pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Natural colour cloth-covered boards, copper titles on spine. Text blocked edge starting to tan; outer edge untrimmed. Lightly bumped spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket mylar covered (not adhered to covers), price unclipped. 8vo. In-depth, probing biography of one of the most talented writers ever known as the author enters the essentially private world of Jane Austen to reveal the experiences and observations she drew upon to produce her masterpieces. Draws on a wealth of fascinating new material, including diaries, memoirs, letters, and newly discovered manuscript material kept by Austen descendants and never before used by a biographer. Light tanning to page margins else a clean square hardback in an unclipped d/w protected in a plastic jacket. Fore-edges untrimmed - 452 pages including index. Next post dispatch from the UK.
