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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (The Black and Gold Library)
by Sterne, Laurence
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
Horace Liveright, 1932. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing to extremities (chiefly to head of spine and corners); slight bumping to lower right corners; previous owner's ink inscription on first preliminary page; slight internal browning to edges and preliminaries. xiv, [4], 526 pages. Spine title: Tristram Shandy. Later 'Black and Gold' issue of the novel ('Tenth printing, August, 1932' on title page verso; originally issued in this format in 1925); introduction by Wilbur L. Cross. Bound in 3/4 dark maroon morocco over dark red cloth, gilt-stamped and decorated spine with raised bands, covers ruled gilt; dark reddish-brown endpapers; t.e.g.; foredges untrimmed (lower edges trimmed).Decorative Title Page (red/black).
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
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L056730
- Title
- The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (The Black and Gold Library)
- Author
- Sterne, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Sterne, Laurence Irish Literature 18th Century Irish Fiction English Language Binding QX91, , , , , , ,
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