Marriage: A Novel and The Inheritance

Published in 1835 and 1836, bound by the publisher in one volume. Leather spine and corners show wear; gilt text on spine still clear. Binding tight; pages show foxing throughout (see photos); tag on front endpaper from Smith & Fenno, a Bangor, Maine, bookseller and publisher of the 1830s and '40s. Combined edition of Ferrier's first two novels, first published in 1818 and 1824, both anonymously. (The author wasn't credited until an 1851 edition.) The books were massive bestsellers throughout the first half of the 19th century and largely forgotten after that, though some have worked to resurrect Ferrier's reputation: Val McDermid has claimed her as the Scottish Jane Austen. 156 + 226 pages.