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Emma Watson: The Watsons Completed
by Joan Aiken
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1996. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". None. A charming first edition of a novel completing Jane Austen's "The Watsons". Joan Aiken has hundreds of titles to her name and is a well known fiction writer. "The Watsons" is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen, abandoning it in 1805 after her father's death. With "Emma Watson" Aiken completes and compliments Austen's work from her own admiration of the classic writer. With the bookplate of Chris Viveash, a Jane Austen scholar and contributor to the Austen Society Reports. In a cloth binding with original dustwrapper. Externally, in excellent condition. Tape mark to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper in great condition with some light chipping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Personal bookplate to title page. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD2-B-8
- Title
- Emma Watson: The Watsons Completed
- Author
- Joan Aiken
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 9" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Jane Austen The Watsons Continuation Joan AIken The Watsons
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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