Northanger Abbey (Winchester Edition)
by AUSTEN, JANE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good. Spine very slightly cocked and a touch toned. Some light and occasional foxing to text, more moderate at margins and
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906. First Thus. Hardcover. Very good. Spine very slightly cocked and a touch toned. Some light and occasional foxing to text, more moderate at margins and endpapers; contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown, text otherwise unmarked. Binding tight. Gilt remains rather bright.. Demy 8vo. 347 pp. Original green cloth, titled and decorated in gilt on spines, top edge gilt. Volume IX of the Winchester Edition of the Novels of Jane Austen. 'The Winchester Edition has special claims to gratitude through the delightful quality of its print and paper. The print is of a generous design, and very black and clear, and the paper while untransparent, not so heavy but that the book can be held comfortably in one hand. Altogether this promises to be one of the most delightful reprints ever given to the public' (Spectator). An uncommonly nice copy of the charming Winchester Edition of Northanger Abbey.
Synopsis
Northanger Abbey was the first of Jane Austen's novels to be completed for publication, though she had previously made a start on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. According to Cassandra Austen's Memorandum, Susan (as it was first called) was written about the years 1798-1799. It was revised by Austen for the press in 1803, and sold in the same year for £10 to a London bookseller, Crosby & Co. , who decided against publishing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1160
- Title
- Northanger Abbey (Winchester Edition)
- Author
- AUSTEN, JANE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. Spine very slightly cocked and a touch toned. Some light and occasional foxing to text, more moderate at margins and
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- John Grant
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1906
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About the Seller
Irving Book Company
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Asheville, North Carolina
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...