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Evelina, or A Young Lady's Entrance into the World (Everyman's Library Fiction series, EL #352)
by BURNEY, Fanny
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. A 1964 reprint of the 1909 issuance. Fanny Burney's novel was first published anonymously in 1778 and takes the form of diary entries made by a young aristocratic girl in England. This Everyman's Library edition with an introduction by Lewis Gibbs. #352 in EL's Fiction series. --- In larger EL format binding style 4. Full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling and gilt "EL" in script at tail of spine; pale orange topstain. In light blue dust jacket with J. S. Goodall black & white drawing of Evelina and a young man in fancy dress on front panel. --- A Good-only copy, with frequent inked markings scattered through the text and spotting to topstain, otherwise tightly bound & sound. Dust jacket with chipping and chafing to extremities, inked notations to back flap, else intact and protected in removable clear plastic wrapper. (Note: This item is damaged and is priced accordingly.); 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xiv, 9-378 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88477
- Title
- Evelina, or A Young Lady's Entrance into the World (Everyman's Library Fiction series, EL #352)
- Author
- BURNEY, Fanny
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1964
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
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- 12mo
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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...
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