/ en /node/1646 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2025-12/Ex%20libris%20of%20John%20Sparrow%2C%20in%20New%20College%20Library%2C%20Oxford%2C%20BT3.2.6.png.webp?itok=ICowfZIZ" width="655" height="435" alt="Ex libris of John Sparrow, in New College Library, Oxford, BT3.2.6" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Jane Austen First Editions: Aves and the Sparrow </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Christopher Skelton-Foord</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2018): 09</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/80" hreflang="en">Library Antiquarian</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/81" hreflang="en">Jane Austen</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/82" hreflang="en">John Hanbury Angus Sparrow</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/83" hreflang="en">Nigel Aves Watson</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/77" hreflang="en">Winchester College</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/104" hreflang="en">20thC history</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/145" hreflang="en">Second World War</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>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.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Ex libris of John Sparrow<br>New College Library, Oxford, BT3.2.6</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-12/9NCN9%20%282018%29%20Skelton-Foord%20on%20Jane%20Austen%20First%20Editions.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=823554" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">9NCN9 (2018) Skelton-Foord on Jane Austen First Editions.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">804.25 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:50:36 +0000 Christopher 1646 at