Marriage: A Novel, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier — 2nd Edition

£325.00

Marriage: A Novel, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier — 2nd Edition

Name: Marriage: A Novel, Susan Edmonstone Ferrier — 2nd Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 4388
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Publication: Edinburgh, William Blackwood; London, John Murray, 1819

Formatting: 12mo, 3 vols.

Condition Report: Good. Bound in the original publisher's boards, these three volumes remain structurally sound, which is uncommonly found for early 19th-century novels. The boards exhibit expected shelf-wear, rubbing to the extremities, and minor chipping to the spine ends. The bindings remain relatively tight, though showing some tenderness at the joints consistent with age. Internally, the pages are generally bright and clean with occasional minor foxing and age-toning. The half-titles are present in all three volumes. There is a faint offset of a historical circulating library label on the front paste-down of the first volume, adding character to the set's history without detracting from its overall integrity.

Catalogue Note: Second edition of Susan Ferrier's highly successful and shrewdly observant debut novel. Originally published anonymously in 1818, Marriage was often favorably compared to the works of her contemporaries, Jane Austen and Maria Edgeworth. This second edition was published shortly after the first, maintaining the text's original sharpness.

The set is complete in three volumes and remarkably retains its original boards. Finding early 19th-century triple-decker novels still in their original publisher's bindings without modern rebinding or restoration is increasingly scarce on the open market.

The first volume features the faint offset of an early circulating library label on the front paste-down, a fascinating artifact reflecting the reading habits and distribution of novels in the early 19th century.

Susan Ferrier's Marriage is a sharp, witty, and socially observant tale of courtship, parental authority, and the clashing of Scottish and English cultures. Often compared to the works of Jane Austen, this lively comedy of manners follows a young woman navigating the trials of high society and romantic expectations, offering a brilliant window into 19th-century domestic life and rational morality.

Book Condition: Good

Book Authors: Susan Edmonstone Ferrier

Book Publisher: William Blackwood; John Murray

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Romance

Book edition: Second Edition

Signed: No

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Book Publication Year: 1819

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Book Binding: Hardcover (Original Boards

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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