The Novels of Jane Austen. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by HW Chapman With Notes, Indexes and Illustrations from Contemporary Sources. Oxford: Clarendon Press., 1933. Third Edition Thus. Five Volumes. Publisher’s green cloth boards, titles lettered in gilt. in original dust jackets; pages uncut.  A nice bright set.

Comprises: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (in one volume).  Each volume includes illustrations from contemporary sources, facsimile title pages, notes, and indexes of characters

This 1933 Clarendon Press set represents the definitive scholarly edition of Jane Austen’s novels, edited by R. W. Chapman. It is widely regarded as the foundational text that established Austen as a serious subject of academic study. Before Chapman, Austen’s novels had no authoritative edition. He established the definitive texts by collating early editions and manuscripts, providing extensive notes and appendices