
1st USA Edition 1930. Printed a year after the UK edition but using the UK sheets. A highly sought-after edition with the wonderful 12 full page art deco illustrations by Vera Willoughby. Very un-common and the first I have encountered with it's original white dustjacket. From the library of David Gilson & Chris Viveash. With the bookplate of Chris Viveash, an author and contributor to the Jane Austen Society Report. David John Gilson a highly respected Jane Austen Scholar and bibliographer of Jane Austen's books. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Pages a little age toned. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Lightly marked and soiled. Edges rubbed and nicked with minuscule loss.