[Rarebooks] For Sale: Fanny Burney's "Camilla," N. Y., 1797.

[Norman Kane]

[BURNEY, FRANCES ("FANNY), MADAME D'ARBLAY.]   CAMILLA: OR,  A
PICTURE OF YOUTH.  [FIVE VOLUMES.]   New York: John Bull, 1787, (Vol. 
5 has the imprint of Samuel Campbell, N.Y., 1787.)  12mos, old calf, 
approx.  6 1/2 X 4 inches, some wear, hinges indicate gluing 
reinforcement. In Vol. One the top corner of 9 leaves are gone (no 
loss), in Vol. Three the lower corner of L4 is gone affecting 1 
letter in 2 words, all volumes with intermittent moderate staining 
not affecting legibility. Complete with viii,232; iii, blank, 329; 
iii, blank, 255; iii, blank, 234; iii, blank, 295 pages.  Interesting 
inscription in each volume with reference to two leading 
Penna.-German families: "Rebecca Hiester's - Presented by her 
Affectionate Sister Catherine Hiester. - R. C. Muhlenberg."   (This 
novel has been described as "a story of frustration and 
impoverishment." With its proceeds she was able to build a house for 
her family which they called "Camilla Cottage."  Here as elsewhere 
she is seen as a literary precursor of her friend, Jane Austen.  Her 
general attitude is satiric "with an eye to  large questions such as 
the politics of female identity ... [&] her perspective on the social 
lives and struggles of women in a predominantly male-oriented 
society.")  $850.00                                       (Trade 
Discount Available)


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