{"product_id":"jane-austen-in-her-own-hand-easton-press-edition","title":"Jane Austen: In Her Own Hand (Easton Press Edition)","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUSTEN, Jane.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eJane Austen: In Her Own Hand.\u003c\/em\u003e Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2013. 3 vols.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e8vo. All three volumes bound in full genuine leather, gilt-decorated to covers and spines with hubbed spines. All edges gilt. Smyth sewn. Silk ribbon page markers. Facsimile reproductions throughout of Austen's manuscripts in her own handwriting — juvenilia, unpublished stories, playlets, verses, and moral fragments — alongside printed transcriptions. \u003cstrong\u003eFacsimile edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eJane Austen (1775–1817) began writing as a teenager, filling notebooks with stories, plays, and verses of exuberant, knowing comedy that she shared within the circle of her own family — work she never intended for publication and that survived only by the accident of her family's care in preserving her papers after her death. This facsimile set reproduces those manuscripts as they physically exist: in Austen's own hand, with her characteristic small, neat, and confident script, her crossings-out and revisions visible, her playful dedications to family members intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eEach volume pairs the facsimile manuscript pages with printed transcriptions, allowing the reader to move between the pleasure of seeing Austen's actual handwriting and the practical clarity of a modern typeset text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNear fine.\u003c\/strong\u003e Some mild imperfections to volume edges; otherwise fine throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: This is a three-volume set. Additional postage costs may apply. If so, we will contact you after purchase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThis book is currently not on display in store.\u003cbr\u003eIf you would like more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact: \u003ca href=\"mailto:rarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\" title=\"Harry Hartog Rare Book Department\"\u003erarebooks@harryhartog.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number: HH000665\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49335999103219,"sku":"1110003000699","price":350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/eaaea0a8-f4d7-4a63-9f10-16608c4f0005.png?v=1783392885","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/jane-austen-in-her-own-hand-easton-press-edition","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}