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Tom Jones. The History of a Foundling
by Fielding, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- vg
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Limited edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. 870pp. Original charcoal leather over flexible boards. Gold lettering and decoration on spine. Uncut. Ex-libris of Lucy Smith Battson (ex Lucy Doheny) on free front endpaper. Colored vignette on title-page. Decorative colored headpieces. Beautiful edition of this classic novel, profusely illustrated with numerous colored and b/w illustrations by Alexander King. Limited edition of 1500 copies, this being No. 1431 signed by the illustrator. Minor rubbing on spine edges and corners. Binding in overall very good, interior in fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23613
- Title
- Tom Jones. The History of a Foundling
- Author
- Fielding, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- American literature, Classic novel, Mississippi River, Limited edition, Signed copy, Lucy Doheny
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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