Garden City: Doubleday & Co.. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950. First Edition. 8vo. 340 pages, Index. Portrait and 9 illustrations. Black cloth, spine lettering silver. Cloth in fine condition, previous owner used white-out to cover the name, rest of interior in near fine condition. Dustjacket price clipped, small chips/fraying at edges, slightly soiled, various wear along flaps folds. Fanny Burney's first book Evelina (written anonymously) was praised by Samuel Johnson. In her famous Diary she portrays those who frequented her house: Johnson, Mrs. Thrale, David Garrick, Sheridan, others. ; 10 illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 340 pages .

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Bookseller: Dale A. Sorenson (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2422
Title: A Degree of Prudery; A Biography of Fanny Burney
Author: Hahn, Emily
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday & Co.
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1950
Keywords: British Literature, English Language, English History, British Society

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