Fanny - first US edition - signed

by Erica Jong

Subtitled, "being The True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout Jones", this is a highly readable, bawdy, adventure story about a young women of 18th century London, who in the course of her travels to and from the New World falls in with witches, highwaymen, pirates, and prostitutes, to name a few. Lush detail with rich reconstructions of period mannerisms, attitudes and style, and a protagonist with a thoroughly modern contemporary consciousness, this story brings to mind a similar novel, "The Sotweed Factor", by John Barth.

Book is red cloth with gold-stamped spine and front cover. Maps on inside pastedowns and end papers.  Signed by the author on the title page.

Purchased while in college at Penn State, I personally acquired the author's signature when she visited the campus in the fall of 1980.