Publisher and Year: New York: Macmillan & Co, 1894
Edition: First peacock edition, American issue. Title page dated 1894 and copyright page without a printing statement, as called for (later printings would be stated). Identical to the British issue (London: George Allen), except that the spine lists the American publisher and the title page lists both publishers. Across the first two printings (October 1894 and March 1895), 11,605 copies were produced for the British market and only 3,500 were "sent to America." Originally published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice was sparsely illustrated throughout the nineteenth century, with various editions containing only up to six illustrations total. This 1894 edition was the first to be fully illustrated, integrating a full 160 drawings by Hugh Thomson into the text. (Gilson E78
Condition and Description: Octavo (~7.5" x 5"), blue-green cloth, front board and spine elaborately stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, dark blue coated endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard, 476 pp. 160 illustrations by Hugh Thomson, including headpieces, tailpieces, ornamental initials, and other decorations. Preface by George Saintsbury. As with all copies, a facsimile signature and note by Thomson is on the leaf facing the copyright page. Gilt bright. Edges and joints with some rubbing and fraying; small gouge to the upper rear joint. Scratches to the rear board and faint staining to the bottom left corner. Tips bumped and exposed. Some rubbing to the gilt on the edges of the text block, with scratching on the fore-edge. Spine crown with an L-shaped tear (vertical leg 1.5 cm long, with horizontal portion 1 cm long and reversibly stabilized) and with small loss; tail with some rubbing, fraying, and exposure. Slight lean to the binding. Hinges and binding sound, but with separation just barely starting at the gutters (refer to the final four photos), and with intermittent instances of gutter exposure throughout the length of the text (examples shown). All pages firmly attached. Bookplate bearing a 1905 gift inscription to the front pastedown. Otherwise, free of prior owner markings. Tissue guard tanned, with offsetting to the frontispiece and title page. Select close-ups provided at the end of the gallery.
Provenance: The note on the bookplate reads, "Alice [illegible] from her friend Edna Doughty Knox / Suffolk Hills, / July, 1905." The giver of the book was Edna Stilwell Doughty (1872-1960), who later took the surname Knox after marrying Herbert Howard Knox of New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1900. She was a local organizer for the women's suffrage movement, serving as chairman of the Fairfield County division of the Woman's Suffrage Association of Connecticut. She was also involved with the New Canaan Equal Franchise League, which likewise focused on advancing women's suffrage. She is listed in Woman's Who's Who of America (New York: The American Commonwealth Company, 1914-1915).
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Inventory ID: 978 - 331 - 449
Publisher and Year: New York: Macmillan & Co, 1894
Edition: First peacock edition, American issue. Title page dated 1894 and copyright page without a printing statement, as called for (later printings would be stated). Identical to the British issue (London: George Allen), except that the spine lists the American publisher and the title page lists both publishers. Across the first two printings (October 1894 and March 1895), 11,605 copies were produced for the British market and only 3,500 were "sent to America." Originally published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice was sparsely illustrated throughout the nineteenth century, with various editions containing only up to six illustrations total. This 1894 edition was the first to be fully illustrated, integrating a full 160 drawings by Hugh Thomson into the text. (Gilson E78
Condition and Description: Octavo (~7.5" x 5"), blue-green cloth, front board and spine elaborately stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, dark blue coated endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard, 476 pp. 160 illustrations by Hugh Thomson, including headpieces, tailpieces, ornamental initials, and other decorations. Preface by George Saintsbury. As with all copies, a facsimile signature and note by Thomson is on the leaf facing the copyright page. Gilt bright. Edges and joints with some rubbing and fraying; small gouge to the upper rear joint. Scratches to the rear board and faint staining to the bottom left corner. Tips bumped and exposed. Some rubbing to the gilt on the edges of the text block, with scratching on the fore-edge. Spine crown with an L-shaped tear (vertical leg 1.5 cm long, with horizontal portion 1 cm long and reversibly stabilized) and with small loss; tail with some rubbing, fraying, and exposure. Slight lean to the binding. Hinges and binding sound, but with separation just barely starting at the gutters (refer to the final four photos), and with intermittent instances of gutter exposure throughout the length of the text (examples shown). All pages firmly attached. Bookplate bearing a 1905 gift inscription to the front pastedown. Otherwise, free of prior owner markings. Tissue guard tanned, with offsetting to the frontispiece and title page. Select close-ups provided at the end of the gallery.
Provenance: The note on the bookplate reads, "Alice [illegible] from her friend Edna Doughty Knox / Suffolk Hills, / July, 1905." The giver of the book was Edna Stilwell Doughty (1872-1960), who later took the surname Knox after marrying Herbert Howard Knox of New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1900. She was a local organizer for the women's suffrage movement, serving as chairman of the Fairfield County division of the Woman's Suffrage Association of Connecticut. She was also involved with the New Canaan Equal Franchise League, which likewise focused on advancing women's suffrage. She is listed in Woman's Who's Who of America (New York: The American Commonwealth Company, 1914-1915).
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Inventory ID: 978 - 331 - 449
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