The rarest of her five books sold is Logic and Sensibility, as fewer than 1,000 were printed when first published anonymously in 1811
Five first-edition novels by her Jane Austen, by one of the most popular and widely read novelists in English literature, were sold at auction for £181,000.
The books were among the top sellers at Dominic Winter’s auction in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, with Pride and Prejudice being the most popular, selling for £92,000.
The books were put up for auction by the daughter of a UK-based private collector who bought them for around £5,000 in the 1970s and 1980s, according to the BBC.
Auctioneer Chris Albury said he was “absolutely delighted” with the result.
The copy of Pride and Prejudice is one of about 1,500 published in 1813. The rarest of the five books sold is Sense and Sensibility, as fewer than 1,000 were printed when it was first published anonymously in 1811.
It attracted the second highest bid of £62,000 and ‘Emma’, published in 1816, fetched £12,800.
‘Mansfield Park’ sold for £8,400 and Northanger Abbey and Persuasion was acquired by a collector who paid £6,400.
The novels are now in the possession of four different buyers who attended in person or were contacted by phone.
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