Fanny
by Jong, Erica
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0453003826
- ISBN 13
- 9780453003827
- Seller
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Walnut, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
New York: New American Library, 1980 Red boards with embossed gilt flower on front; gold lettering on spine; dj has a few chips and dings, but is protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; stated First Edition. "The infant Fanny is discovered upon the doorstep of a great house in wiltshire, where she grows to lluscious young womanhood under the care of Lord and lady bellars. Circumstances force her to run away to London to 'seek her Fortune.' On the way she falls in with witches, highwayman, and pirates, men and women who cover the full spectrum of human virtue and vice. Forced to work in a London brothel for a time, she meets many of the notables of her own day -- from Willian Hogarth and Jonathan Swift to John Cleland, the notorious author of 'Fanny Hill.' Before long she is off on a series of amazing around-the-world adventures that teach her all she much know of life to survive and prosper as a woman." -- from the dj
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- Bookseller
- The Book Closet (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001560
- Title
- Fanny
- Author
- Jong, Erica
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0453003826
- ISBN 13
- 9780453003827
- Publisher
- New American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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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...
- Brodart
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- First Edition
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