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Evelina
by Burney, Fanny
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1904. with an introduction by Austin Dobson 12mo size pictorial clothbound hardcover with a wonderful illustration executed in gold which fills the entire cover of a woman dressed in an upper class clothing style from the 1700s, standing under a tree holding a feather pen and leaving on a very large vase. The falling leaves of the tree help to fill much of the space on the cover. The titles, also in gilt are displayed on the vase. Gilt borders surround the illustration. The spine also has gilt titles and decorations. 477 pages with gilt borders all around. Black and white frontispiece and illustrated title page which share tissue covering, Other black and white illustrations throughout volume. Please note the date on the bottom of the vase on the front cover as "1903." This volume was published in 1904. This epistolary novel, Evelina, written by Frances, or Fanny, Burney (1752-1840) was first published, anonymously in 1778. Both reading and writing novels were considered inappropriate in Burney's social class at that time. Once Burney's identity was revealed, she became quite well known and she wrote several more novels, all of which showcase the lives of the English aristocracy. This beautifully illustrated volume has some flaws. Both hinges are split inside and the exterior spine cover appears to have been separated and has been reinforced with cello tape across the spine extending onto both covers. Some of the tape is now missing from the blank back cover but has left transfer marks. Blank fep is mostly detached and its corners are creased. Edgewear and worn corners. Chipped head and heel of spine and minor chipping to top edge. Toned pages. . Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Thomson, Hugh. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is a novel written by English author Frances Burney and first published in 1778. In this epistolary novel in three volumes, Evelina, the title character, is the unacknowledged daughter of a dissipated English aristocrat. Her dubious birth has seen her raised in rural seclusion until her seventeenth year.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005613
- Title
- Evelina
- Author
- Burney, Fanny
- Illustrator
- Thomson, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- antiquarian; Epistolary novel; novel; fiction; aristocratic;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Novels; Antiquarian;
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 12mo
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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