Austen (Jane) Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion, 4 vol., first edition, vol. 4 with blank P7 but lacking half-title and final blank P8, vol. 3 L9&10 with tear to fore-edge into text but no loss, few corners lightly creased, some spotting and light water- or other staining, light browning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, some light rubbing to joints and spines, [Gilson A9], 12mo, John Murray, 1818.

⁂ First edition of both novels, published posthumously. Northanger Abbey, a Gothic novel parody, had been drafted fifteen years earlier under a working title of 'Susan', but was abandoned when another novel of the same name appeared in 1809. Persuasion was completed by Austen in the summer of 1816, shortly before she was forced to stop writing due to ill-health.