Northanger Abbey. A Novel. [And] Persuasion. AUSTEN (Jane).

Engraved frontispiece (foxed).

8vo. [165 x 105 x 24 mm]. [2]ff, 440pp. Bound in contemporary half calf, marbled paper sides, neatly rebacked preserving upper two-thirds of original spine with red and black labels and gilt tooling, marbled endleaves and edges (corners scuffed, hole in black label).
London: [printed by Spottiswoodes and Shaw for] Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street; and Bell & Bradfute, Edinburgh, 1851.

Gilson D7. A reprint of the edition of 1833 (D4). Bentley also published editions in 1837 and 1848. With the half-title. Persuasion has a separate title-page. a few light spots but a very good copy. Contemporary armorial bookplate of "Brown". Booklabel of the bibliographer David John Gilson, with pencil acquisition note "Bought from A. F. & R. Baker, Durham, August 1974". Given by Gilson to John Jordan 3/8/1985.

Stock no. ebc7130