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Northanger Abbey & Persuasion First Edition Four Volumes

Jane Austen

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Ref. 117767   Edition. 1st Edition

Published By: John Murray 1818 (London)

Northanger Abbey & Persuasion 4 Volumes 1st Edition, London: printed for John Murray, 1818. Four volumes, 12 mo. Vol 1. 300 pp. + xix [Biographical notice of the author & Postscript] Vol. II. 331 pp. Vol. III 280 pp. The start of Persuasion. Vol. IV. 308 pp.
Bound in half sprinkled calf with marble sides, full decorative gilt spines with red title bands, and green labels. Gilt inlay to front and rear boards with ‘LOND1818’ to the bottom of each volume. A total number of 1750 copies were printed of the first edition in December of 1817 at a cost of £238.178s. The work was first advertised in The Courier No. 7861 on 17th December 1817. Initial sales were rapid, totalling 1409 copies (Gilson A9). Published after Austen’s death. A fabulous opportunity to purchase this seminal work of English Literature.

Book Condition: Fine

Size: 12 Mo

Binding: Hardback

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