Emma. A Novel. London: Ward, Lock & Co., (1885). 440. Publisher’s half calf and cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration to spine. A nice bright copy.

The fourth novel by Jane Austen, originally published in 1815. Set in Highbury, England, in the early 19th Century.

‘Emma’ follows about a year in the life of the young woman Emma Woodhouse, who decides to try her hand at matchmaking, finding matches for her new best friend, Harriet.