Publicado por Folio Society, 1961
Librería: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. 1961. No Edition Remarks. 315 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Red cloth with decorations and slipcase. Black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges. Water marking to front board. Slipcase has moderate edge wear with markings to panels and scuffing to edges. Tears to edges. Stickers to rear panel.
Publicado por Folio Society
Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino Unido
Condición: VeryGood. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Publicado por Folio Society
Librería: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London, 1962
Librería: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Second Impression. A Fine copy, beautifully bound, as are all Folio Society volumes Maroon cloth and gilt titles and ornate design on spine and front cover No marks or damage at all In original gray cardboard slipcase Slipcase has split along bottom edge but it otherwise in very good condition 315 pp.
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Folio Society, London, 1961; 8vo, 150 x 220mm; red cloth with a gilt decoration on the front cover and the spine titled gilt and with similar gilt decorations; pp xii, 315; spine very slightly and uniformly lightened but in near fine condition; bue/grey slip case (referred to by "jacket") with some small surface damage by the spine edge but otherwise good; frontispiece and 11 other monochrome images. . . . . . Fanny Burney was a novelist, diarist and playwright, the author of four novels. eight plays, a biography and 25 volumes of journals and letters. Her first novel, Evalina, was published anonymously but when the autor's identity eventually became known it brought her considerable fame.Her novels and plays were satirical in style.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London, 1961
Librería: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
First FS Edition. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xii, 315pp + plates. 12 b/w plates, VG : in very good condition with grey slipcase Maroon/gilt hardback cloth cover.
Publicado por The Folio Society, London, 1961
Librería: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket, as Issued. First Folio Society Edition. First impression of the first Folio Society edition, published in 1961. A selection from the Diary and Letters edited by John Wain. With twelve illustrations. ***Near fine in crimson cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and floral decorations to the spine and decoration to the front board. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No fading even to the spine. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing - pages clean and bright. No creases or tears. ***In a very good dark-grey outer slipcase, which is complete, but has a couple of splits at the top edge. ***XII prelim pages including an Introduction by the editor plus 315 printed pages, including a detailed Biographical Index at the back. 222mm x 145mm. ***'Frances Burney (13 June 1752 - 6 January 1840), also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786 - 1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, George III's queen. In 1793, aged 41, she married a French exile, General Alexandre d'Arblay. After a long writing career and wartime travels that stranded her in France for over a decade, she settled in Bath, England, where she died on 6 January 1840. The first of her four novels, "Evelina" (1778), was the most successful and remains her most highly regarded. Most of her plays were not performed in her lifetime. She wrote a memoir of her father (1832) and many letters and journals that have been gradually published since 1889. The first entry in Frances Burney's journal was dated 27 March 1768 and addressed to "Nobody". The journal itself was to extend over 72 years. A talented storyteller with a strong sense of character, Burney kept the journal-diary as a form of correspondence with family and friends, recounting life events and her observations of them. The diary contains a record of her extensive reading in her father's library, as well as the visits and behaviour of noted personalities in the arts who came to their home. Frances and her sister Susanna were particularly close, and Frances continued to send journal-letters to her throughout her adult life.' (Wiki) ***First impression of the first Folio Society edition, produced on quality cream paper and in a quality binding, complete with the outer slipcase. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.