THE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN [Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Lady Susan; The Watsons]

London: Martin Secker, 1939. Very good plus in very good jackets.. Handsome Adelphi edition, issued on the eve of WWII — a pleasing set in the scarce original dust jackets. Austen's novels are among the most celebrated and still-widely read in English, combining a profound artistic confidence and entertaining popular love stories. Audiences have been buoyed along for centuries by Austen's subtly bold and witty authorial voice, her novels burrowing into our collective literary consciousness. A charming '30s edition. Seven volumes, 7'' x 4.75'' each. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. In original unclipped (35/- net) light blue typographic dust jackets. Blue topstains. Ranging from about 150 to 530 pages. Spines gently toned, with moderate foxing to jackets and fore-edges; edge rubbing to jackets with short closed tears to P&P. Firm.