Author: FIELDING, Henry
Title: The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
Description: New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with paper label and patterned brown paper over boards, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xviii, 231pp. Color illustrations. Fine/very good. Minor expert archival mends to tight and nice slipcase. Lovely copy of this LEC production, a volume in their 14th series, in which Fielding chronicles the exploits of the real-life British crimefighter who was also the Tony Soprano of late 17th/early 18th century London. Colophon at rear does not state limitation (usually 1500), but this is #241 and beautifully signed by Cleland. Illustrations are all hand colored by Charlize Brakely. Printed at the Marchbanks Press. Laid in is the publisher's 5½" X 8½" announcement for this title. NEWMAN 145. .
Keywords: British Literature
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Title: The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
Description: New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Illustrations by T.M. Cleland. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Small 4to. Quarter blue cloth with paper label and patterned brown paper over boards, paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label. xviii, 231pp. Color illustrations. Fine/very good. Minor expert archival mends to tight and nice slipcase. Lovely copy of this LEC production, a volume in their 14th series, in which Fielding chronicles the exploits of the real-life British crimefighter who was also the Tony Soprano of late 17th/early 18th century London. Colophon at rear does not state limitation (usually 1500), but this is #241 and beautifully signed by Cleland. Illustrations are all hand colored by Charlize Brakely. Printed at the Marchbanks Press. Laid in is the publisher's 5½" X 8½" announcement for this title. NEWMAN 145. .
Keywords: British Literature
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 47545
- Book number: 47545
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