AUSTEN, Jane (author). Hugh THOMSON (illustrator). Emma. London; Macmillan & Co., Limited 1904.
8vo.; publisher's terracotta cloth prettily decorated with an Art Nouveau floral design in crimson to spine and upper cover, lettered gilt, all edges gilt, [vi], vii-xviii + 436 + [i] + [6] publisher's list; with fine full-page illustrations throughout after engravings by Hugh Thomson; a clean copy with light bruising, and barely noticeable wear, to spine ends and mild rubbing to joints and forecorner tips, internally clean throughout with a couple of small and neat inscriptions to half-title.
Early Thomson edition, first published with these illustrations in 1896. One of the best-loved illustrated interpretations of this popular Austen classic.
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