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[AUSTEN, Jane (1775-1817)]. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion by the author of "Pride and Prejudice" and "Mansfield Park". London: John Murray, 1818.
4 volumes, 12° (174 x 102mm). Half-title in each volume. (Without blanks P7 and P8 at end of vol. IV, some spotting throughout, but particularly affecting title and preliminaries of vol. I, slight soiling to one line on D9r of vol. II.) Contemporary black straight-grained morocco by Povey of Wotton, covers with roll-tool palmettes in blind, flat spines divided by triple gilt fillets, title and volume numbers in gilt, ornaments in blind (spines and corners rubbed). Provenance: Duke of Beaufort (bookplate and signature on front free endpaper of each volume).
FIRST EDITION of both novels. According to the author's sister, Cassandra, Northanger Abbey with its gentle pastiche of the Gothic novel was written in the years 1798-1799. Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice were both earlier in origin, but were far more drastically revised before publication. Northanger Abbey therefore represents Jane Austen's style in its earliest public form. In 1803 she had sold the novel, then entitled Susan, to Crosby and Company, a London publisher, for £10. When it failed to appear after six years, she asked Mr Crosby for information, to be told that he was under no obligation to publish it, and that she could have it back for the amount he had paid her. The novelist waited until 1816 to accept the offer, but despite preparing the manuscript for publication, she still held it back. As a result, it only appeared posthumously with Persuasion in December 1817, prefaced by Henry Austen's 'Biographical Notice' of his sister. The final version of Persuasion, her last novel, had been completed on 6 August, 1816. The two works were printed in varying specimens of Caslon Pica roman, volumes I-II by Roworth, volumes III-IV by T. Davison, John Murray publishing the edition of 1750 copies on a commission basis. Gilson A9; Keynes 9; Sadleir I, 62e.
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4 volumes, 12° (174 x 102mm). Half-title in each volume. (Without blanks P7 and P8 at end of vol. IV, some spotting throughout, but particularly affecting title and preliminaries of vol. I, slight soiling to one line on D9r of vol. II.) Contemporary black straight-grained morocco by Povey of Wotton, covers with roll-tool palmettes in blind, flat spines divided by triple gilt fillets, title and volume numbers in gilt, ornaments in blind (spines and corners rubbed). Provenance: Duke of Beaufort (bookplate and signature on front free endpaper of each volume).
FIRST EDITION of both novels. According to the author's sister, Cassandra, Northanger Abbey with its gentle pastiche of the Gothic novel was written in the years 1798-1799. Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice were both earlier in origin, but were far more drastically revised before publication. Northanger Abbey therefore represents Jane Austen's style in its earliest public form. In 1803 she had sold the novel, then entitled Susan, to Crosby and Company, a London publisher, for £10. When it failed to appear after six years, she asked Mr Crosby for information, to be told that he was under no obligation to publish it, and that she could have it back for the amount he had paid her. The novelist waited until 1816 to accept the offer, but despite preparing the manuscript for publication, she still held it back. As a result, it only appeared posthumously with Persuasion in December 1817, prefaced by Henry Austen's 'Biographical Notice' of his sister. The final version of Persuasion, her last novel, had been completed on 6 August, 1816. The two works were printed in varying specimens of Caslon Pica roman, volumes I-II by Roworth, volumes III-IV by T. Davison, John Murray publishing the edition of 1750 copies on a commission basis. Gilson A9; Keynes 9; Sadleir I, 62e.
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