90230-5 BookBox Foreign Language 1959 reprint of the 1953

1959 reprint of the 1953 edition

A group of essays including the one where he famously states he is a Jane Austenite and reads her with "the mouth open and the mind closed

Marmontel [1723-1799] was a French historian and writer

Charlton's excavations help bring the rectory to life

Every page is a treasure

90230-5 BookBox Foreign Language 1959 reprint of the 1953R. W. Chapman's collection of Jane Austen's letters. Includes notes, maps, illustrations. Chapman's second edition adds a few letters and makes a few changes that he describes in the Preface, otherwise similar to the 1932 first edition. Then in 1959 it was reprinted with corrections. This copy from 1969 is the 3rd printing of the corrected second edition. The cover is red cloth with gilt title on spine. Cover has some damage. Hinges are loose.