DEFOE, Daniel

The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. Hardcover. Two volumes in publisher's cloth-backed boards with illustrations by Thomas Stothard. Designed by Bruce Rogers. This edition (Haas 80) is a reprint of the Riverside Press Large-Paper Edition (Warde 89) in 4 volumes published the same year. Ill.: Thomas Stothard. Some soiling and wear to covers, still quite good .

Charles AgventVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 003403

Catalogue: 18th Century British Literature

Mots-clés: Thomas Stothard, Bruce Rogers, Illustrated Books Thomas Stothard Literature: English Imaginary Travel Bruce Rogers Illustrated Books

FIELDING, Henry

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling in a Charles Lewis Binding

London, A. Millar, 1749. Second Edition. Hardcover. Six volumes bound in early full paneled calf leather with gilt-decorated boards and elaborately gilt-decorated spines with contrasting morocco spine labels: lxiii, [i], 214; [2] 324; [2] 370; [2] 312; [2] 294; [2] 304 pages. Binding with the small leather label on the front pastedown of Charles Lewis, one of the best bookbinders of the early 19th century and employer of Francis Bedford, who took over Lewis's shop after his death. Considered to be the first true novel in English. Second edition, printed from reset type of the first edition, correcting a number of minor mistakes. Cross III, pages 316-317. Often mistakenly referred to as the second issue of the first edition. Probably printed on 13 April 1749, the first edition having been printed only about a month prior, with the errata corrected and the table of contents for all six volumes preceding the text in the first volume. Both editions were in circulation on the date of publication. Light, scattered foxing. Rubbing to joints, covers firm. Near Fine in a handsome Charles Lewis binding Cross describes the need for this edition so soon after the first: "Immediate revision was rendered imperative on account of the numerous errors that crept into the text owing to the haste with which the novel had been at last put through the press.. Type and paper are the same and the paging is kept uniform with the edition having the errata.. The table of contents is re-spaced so as to extend into the page formerly given to the errata.. Scores of individual pages differ either in the number of lines or in the last words and phrases.

Charles AgventVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 017300

Catalogue: 18th Century British Literature

Mots-clés: First Book, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Classics, 18th Century Literature High Spots Classics Literature: English Movie Fiction

FIELDING, Henry

Tom Jones, the History of a Foundling

New York, Heritage Press, (1952). Cloth-backed marbled boards. Large Octavo. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Color plates. Ill.: T. M. Cleland. Fine in slipcase .

Charles AgventVendeur professionnel

N° du livre: 007172

Catalogue: 18th Century British Literature

Mots-clés: T. M. Cleland Fiction Illustrated Books Color Plates Literature: English