The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. With a Memoir of the Author by Thomas Roscoe and Illustrations by George Cruikshank. [The Novelist's Library]. IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES MOIRE BOARDS
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. With a Memoir of the Author by Thomas Roscoe and Illustrations by George Cruikshank. [The Novelist's Library]. IN THE ORIGINAL SERIES MOIRE BOARDS
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- Año de publicación
- 1831
- Autor
- Fielding Henry
- Editores
- James Cochrane
- Materia
- literature, fielding, henry fielding, cruikshank, george cruickshank, thomas roscoe, novelist's library, tom jones
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2 vols., sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved frontispieces and 7 engraved plates; original series binding of ivory moiré boards, backstrips each with two labels (chipped) blocked and lettered in gilt, uncut, very neatly rebacked to style, a very good, bright, clean copy. Complete with printed series titles [The Novelist's Library vols. 5 and 6] and single-leaf series catalogue at end of first volume and beginning of second volume. With the binder's ticket of Smith of Ivy Lane on rear paste-down of first volume. THIS IS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THESE CRUIKSHANK ILLUSTRATIONS, COMMISSIONED BY ROSCOE FOR THIS SERIES IN 1831. See Evans, pp.77-79. COPIES IN THE ORIGINAL (AND FRAGILE) SERIES BINDING ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE.
