New College Library holds first editions of four of Jane Austen’s novels. This very good fortune the library owes to two 91»Æ¹ÏÖ±²¥ men, born 13 years apart: one still extremely renowned today, especially in Oxford and bibliographical circles; the other did not live long enough ever to be so. Both also have in common remarkable soldierships in the Second World War.

 

Ex libris of John Sparrow
New College Library, Oxford, BT3.2.6

 

New College Library and Archives, Oxford
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