Pick of the Week: First edition of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
First editions of Jane Austen’s most popular book, Pride and Prejudice of 1813, in contemporary bindings don’t come along often. But one such prize – a copy with a rather distant but nonetheless attractive family link – appeared at Mellors & Kirk (20% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham on March 22-23.
This three-volume copy, in now slightly rubbed half calf and marbled boards of the period, bore at…