The Diary of Fanny Burney by Burney, Fanny; edited & with an intro by Lewis Gibbs - 1966

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. Last Reprinted. 416 pages. Dust jacket over black cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Mild foxing. Moderate sunning to spine. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

London: Everyman's Library [J. M. Dent & Sons LTD], 1966. Later Printing. Very Good/Very Good. Edited with an introduction by Lewis Gibbs. Everyman's Library 960. In original unclipped jacket in protective sheet. Jacket with illustration on front and details of the Everyman's Library including a list of authors on the back. Some scuffing and creasing to jacket. Black cloth over boards with gilding on spine. Some bumping to covers including one corner. Pencil note on first blank, otherwise the interior is clean, clear, crisp and in nearly unread condition.  Pages: (16) 416     Dimensions: 7½ x 4¾ x 1.

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London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1940. Everyman's. hardback. Good, red clothbound boards (spine faded), missing d/j, blindpressed design on cover, gilt spine titling clear; pages clean and unmarked.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Everyman's Library #890. Novelist and playwright Frances (Fanny) Burney, 1752-1840, was also a prolific writer of journals and letters' starting the diary at fifteen and continuing until the end of her eventful life. From her youth in London high society to a period in the court of Queen Charlotte and her years interned in France with her husband Alexandre d'Arblay during the Napoleonic Wars, she captured the changing times around her, creating brilliantly comic and candid portraits of those she encountered - including the 'mad' King George, Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick and a charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. She also describes, in her most moving piece, undergoing a mastectomy at fifty-nine without anaesthetic. Whether a carefree young girl or a mature… Read More