Austen, Jane
Northanger Abbey [and:] Persuasion
£404
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: Richard Bentley, 1833. First Bentley edition, 8vo, 2 parts in 1 volume with continuous pagination and register, [2] 212 [3] 216 440 pp., engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title-page, separate letterpress title-page to each work, bound without series-title, binding rubbed, loss to head of spine, split to foot of front joint, crude tape-repair to inner hinges, frontispiece and vignette title spotted, Northanger Abbey leaf B1 tipped-in, textblock split between 2F3 and 2F4 (penultimate and final leaves) with 2F4 tipped in, occasional light soiling, a few leave dog-eared [Gilson D4; Sadleir 3734a 28]