To Cassandra, from Steventon, "The books from Winton are all unpacked and put away;-the Binding has compressed them most conveniently, & there is now very good room in the Bookcase for all that we wish to have there." - Jane Austen, Saturday 27-Sunday 28 October 1798
Some interesting information I found on this section is that Winton is an archaic name for Winchester, England.
As for book binding I found a few sets of first edition Pride and Prejudice's. The set below sells for $60,000.00.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=6170167506&searchurl=an%3Djane%2Bausten%26fe%3Don%26sortby%3D2%26tn%3Dpride%2Band%2Bprejudice%26yrh%3D1813%26yrl%3D1813
Pride and Prejudice was first published on 28 January 1813. So, almost two hundred years later this book has sold over twenty million copies. It first sold for 18 shillings, 90 pence in our day. A pence is worth about 2 cents in U.S. money, so for $1.80 in 1813 you could buy a first edition Pride and Prejudice; a pretty good investment!
On 29 October 2010 a first edition set of Pride and Prejudice sold at auction for 140,000 pounds! A mere $225,217.7659 in U.S. dollars.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325055/Early-edition-Jane-Austens-Pride-Prejudice-auctioned-140-000.html
Well done, Jane, well done!
I hope you enjoyed your day today!
Terrie
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