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Complete novels of Fanny Burney Author: Burney, Fanny Place Published: London Publisher: T. Payne, T. Cadell, etc. Date Published: 1779-1814 Description: 18 volumes. Many illustrated with frontispieces. 17x10 cm (6¾x4"), uniformly bound by Birdsall in Northampton in full red straight grain morocco, gilt decoration, gilt-rolled turn-ins, all edges gilt. Includes: Evelina. 1779. 3 volumes. Fourth edition. Folding frontispiece with accompanying tissue guard; lacks half titles. Cecelia. 1782. 5 volumes. First Edition. First state, with misspelled catchword on p.235 in volume II, mispaginated p.159 in volume V. Lacks adverts at front of volume I and half titles. Camilla. 1796. 5 volumes. First Edition. Lacks half titles. The Wanderer. 1814. 5 volumes. With half titles. Beautifully bound set of Burney's works, including the subscriber list in the first volume of Camilla containing what is thought to be the first appearance of Jane Austen's name in print. The list of subscribers in Camilla features leading society figures and dignitaries, surviving members of the Johnson circle like Bennet Langton and Hester Thrale, and fellow women writers Anne Radcliffe, Hannah More, Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen, then an unknown 20-year-old. Additional shipping charges may apply Condition: Bindings minimal shelfwear; occasional foxing and dampstains; bottom edge rear board of Camilla volume 4 stained; overall near fine. Item#: 348237 Headline: Burney's works, w/ 1st Austen print appearance