This 19 volume boxed set consists of the first edition texts of Jane Austen's classic masterpieces. The first editions are documents in the history of English literature - other subsequent editions of the novels were corrected, some by Jane Austen herself, and many spellings and much punctuation changed. Alos included is the first edition text of The Memoir by Austen's nephew includes engravings which were suppressed in subsequent printings. Lord Brabourne's editions of the first collected selection of Jane Austen's letters to her sister Cassandra and others included here, also contain...