Bicentennial Book: The collected Jane Austen, in a fine edition.

Jane Austen, Seven Novels (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions, 2007, 10th printing, ISBN 978-1-4351-0319-1. Hardcover, 9.48(w) x 6.18(h) x 2.30(d). Bonded leather covers with elaborate embossed front and back covers as well as hubbed spine. Gilt top, bottom, and fore-edges. Inscribed at the bottom of the title page in gold ink, “To my beautiful wife, my wonderful friend. I wish should many joyful hours with this book!” Christmas 2011, Your T.” 1232 pp., very good condition. Not an investment-grade collectible, just a fine edition of an author whose insight and style remains vibrant and alive two hundred years after she died this day in 1817. This is a book that may spark the urge to read *and* collect in a young person. HBB price: $25.

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