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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman [9 volumes]
by Sterne, Laurence
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
R. and J. Dodsley / T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt [Dehont], 1760. First Edition. Leather Binding. Fine. Signed by author Laurence Sterne in Volume V, VII, and IX (as an anti-piracy measure). A fine set, beautifully bound in full brown speckled and polished calf, spines with raised bands, three contrasting black and red morocco labels, and delicate gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments, covers bordered with twin gilt fillets, with the inner featuring floral devices at corners, gilt-tooled inner dentelles, all edges gilt. A stunning set, with only slight traces of wear. A mixed set, of which seven volumes are first editions. Volume I is a Second edition (the first Dodsley and first London printing, 1760); Volume II is a Third edition (Dodsley, 1760); Volumes III through IX are all first editions: Volumes III and IV issued by Dodsley inh 1761; Volumes V through IX issued by Becket and Dehondt 1762-1767 (one volume erranrtly spelling it 'Dehont'. SUPERB PROVENANCE: Margot Asquith's copy, signed and inscribed to her in Volume I in 1913 while her husband was Prime Minster. Asquith, later Countess of Oxford and Asquith (1864-1945), British socialite and author, wife of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. Also with the later ink ownership inscription in Volume I of noted American poet William Matchett.
Synopsis
LAURENCE STERNE was born in 1713, the younger son of a landowning Yorkshire family. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge and was ordained in 1738. Sterne's dramas were mostly personal, including bitter quarrels with his wife and uncle, and some high profile affairs. The publication of the first volumes of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy in 1759 made him famous throughout Europe overnight. He went on to complete the remaining volumes over the next seven years. Sterne died in 1768 of tuberculosis, the condition that had dogged him for many years.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 629354
- Title
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman [9 volumes]
- Author
- Sterne, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. and J. Dodsley / T. Becket and P.A. Dehondt [Dehont]
- Date Published
- 1760
- Keywords
- KATH23 GG2023 GG2023FICT, , , , , , , ,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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