Northanger Abbey & Persuasion
by Austen, Jane
Northanger Abbey was written in 1798, although it was not published until after her death when it was compiled with her final novel, Persuasion. It is notable for being a fierce parody of the late 18th century Gothic style's fainting heroines, 'terror' (giving hints of something fantastic but dreadful, only to quash it later with mundane truth) and haunted medieval buildings. Austen targets with particular venom Ann Radcliffe's extremely popular The Mysteries of Udolpho and has her characters reading and mimicking it whilst the author undermines it at every opportunity. Austen's comparatively thin novel as good as destroyed Radcliffe's reputation for almost two centuries and the exciting gothic writ large of Udolpho is only now being reassessed. Northanger Abbey itself concerns a typical Austen heroine, the young Catherine Morland who is taken to the fashionable resort of Bath with her friends the Allens. From there she travels to the eponymous medieval abbey, the seat of the Tilneys. As an impressionable girl, Catherine becomes obsessed with the possible atrocities going on at Northanger Abbey, inspired by Radcliffe's novel. As ever, Austen cannot resist injecting a little romance into proceedings and she puts Captain Tilney under the spell of the unpleasant, scheming Isabella Thorpe. The novel's central theme, common to Emma and Sense and Sensibility is the peril of confusing life and art: in this instance literature.
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Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
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Art Nouveau embossed red and floral boards. Gilt text block edges. Blank endpapers. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Introduction by Austin Dobson. Gilt Page edges.
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UK: Bentley, 1837. First Edition Thus 2nd Printing. Three-Quarter Leather. Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 2nd Edition 1837. From the library of Chris Viveash.With the bookplate of Chris Viveash, an author and contributor to the Jane Austen Society Report. His friend David John Gilson a highly respected Jane Austen Scholar and bibliographer. The second printing… Read more about this item Item Price
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London and New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897 A good copy of the first edition with Hugh Thomson illustrations in the original red decorative cloth binding with intricate gilt decoration to the front board and spine. Aeg. With decorative endpapers, and numerous black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson. The front board is very bright and clean. The top… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Macmillan and Co 1900. 8vo.Illustrated. xvi., 444, [4] pp, Recently bound half brown speckled calf over marbled boards, with a maroon leather label, raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to the spine; in a slipcase. Top edge gilt, but faded. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Foxing to prelims and occasional markings to leaves. . Very Good. Half Speckled Calf. Reprint.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. [Bentley's Standard Novels reissue.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNRESTORED PUBLISHER'S BINDING
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Richard Bentley,, 1856. 8vo., with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present), engraved and printed titles, frontispiece and titles minimally age-soiled; original green pebble-grain cloth, sides elaborately framed and blocked in blind, gilt back, primrose endpapers, uncut, corners just a fraction turned, tiny nick at tail of backstrip, joints tender (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, clean, crisp… Read more about this item Item Price
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MacMillan, London, 1897. First Thus. Hardcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Hugh Thomson. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xvi + 444pp. Hinges cracked. Spine cocked and faded with chips to base and slight loss to top. Endpapers browned, text has scattered foxing, but mostly clean. Edges browned and marked. Covers partially faded. Corners bumped. All… Read more about this item Item Price
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George Routledge & Sons, [1877] 1877. Hardcover. VG. 10.5 x 16.4 cm contemporary half leather over marbled boards. Brown label to the spine with gilt stamped titles. All edges speckled red, 288pp. [Gilson E49] A firm binding with rubbing to the spine tips, edges and corners. Internally there is a book plate for William Charles Plenderleath… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Collins, 1953. With an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Very good copy of this faux leather (leatherette) blue pocket edition. This series was printed in Italy by the graphic department of Mondadori and, one suspects they will be durable for many more decades.. Very Good. Used. Item Price
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Condition: Very Good; slight surface wear, to boards. Small internal cracking to the spine, the binding still tight. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name. Leather bound softcover, with gilded edges and a satin ribbon marker. Previous owner's name. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Item Price
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Collins, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. First Edition Thus. 379 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Paper worn away to pastedowns. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Item Price
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Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1906 1906. Full Leather Fine Binding (Hardcover). VG. THOMSON, Hugh. Pocket Classic Edition, 2nd Printing. 11.2 x 17.4cm, blue full leather binding with 5 raised bands and gilt stamped titles to the spine. Yellow top edge, marbled endpapers xvi, 443[5]pp with 40 black and white illustrations including tissue-guarded frontispiece. There is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Richard Bentley and Son, 1885 1885. Hardcover. VG. 12.5 x 19.2 cm publisher's original blue/black cloth with blind stamped decoration to the front and rear and gilt stamped titles to the spine. Dark brown endpapers. [ii] 429[1]pp with engraved frontispiece and title pages for both books and retaining the four volume division of the original edition. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Richard Bentley & Son, 1892. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1892. New Edition. 429 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm.Cracking to gutters. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Book is cocked. Item Price
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UK: Heron Books, 1970. First Edition Thus . Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Patricia Ludlow. 1st Edition Thus 1970. Illustrations by Sandra Archibald. Deluxe full leather bound edition with silk endpapers. Gilt to page edges. The book is near fine and bright. Contents good. More images can be taken upon request. … Read more about this item Item Price
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NORTHANGER ABBEY and PERSUASION
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New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1890. A very scarce nineteenth century printing. Small 8vo, publisher’s original maroon cloth over floral paper covered boards, attractively decorated and lettered in gilt on the covers, spine lettered and tooled in gilt, t.e.g. 446 pp. A handsome copy, well preserved. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
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Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. First Edition. 443 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. B&W illustrations throughout. Front endpaper missing. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Notable staining to pages. Moderate foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge severely… Read more about this item Item Price
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Collins Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No edition remarks. 512 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Illustrated black and white frontispiece. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting causing the binding to be shaky. Previous owner's inscription to half title page.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Northanger Abbey, and, Persuasion
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Collins Clear Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 512 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding, with rear board loose from text-block. Occasional thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Northanger Abbey & Persuasion
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Collins, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. This Edition. 380 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
by Austen , Jane
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Oxford University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine. As new . This volume in The Oxford Illustrated Jane Austen series was first published by Oxford in 1923 . This is an attractive reprint of the Third Edition published in 1933 . The text , prepared by R. W. Chapman , is based on his collation of early editions of Austen… Read more about this item Item Price
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