AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817). Emma, London, 1898, 8vo, illustrations by "Chris." Hammond, original decorated cloth gilt. FIRST "HAMMOND" EDITION. With 18 other works in 19 vols. in decorated or pictorial cloth bindings gilt. (20)

AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817).  Emma ... with an Introduction by Joseph Jacobs and Illustrations by Chris Hammond. London: George Allen, 1898. 8vo (180 x 120mm). Half title, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, many full-page, by Christiana ("Chris.") Mary Demain Hammond (spotting to corner of frontispiece and title). Original dark blue decorated cloth gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: William S. Argent (bookplate). FIRST "HAMMOND" EDITION. Gilson 92. With 18 other works in 19 vols. in decorated or pictorial cloth gilt bindings including the same author's Sense and Sensibility (London, Macmillan, 1896, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original red decorated cloth gilt), the same author's Mansfield Park (London, Macmillan, 1897, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, original red decorated cloth gilt), Jonathan Swift's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver (London, Macmillan, 1894, illustrations by C. E. Brock, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt) and Reynard the Fox (London, Macmillan, 1895, illustrations by W. Frank Calderon, original dark blue decorated cloth gilt). (20)

Condition Report: The school for Scandal and The Rivals - published in 1896 by Macmillan and Co. The Vicar of Wakefield - published in 1890 by Macmillan and Co.