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The History Of Tom Jones A Foundling
by Henry Fielding
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- Condition
- NEAR MINT/No Dj as issued
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1980. Franklin Library, Pennsylvania 1980. Green Leatherette over boards, 22 kt. gold designs and lettering on front and back covers and spine. gold gilded page edges to further protect the pages, raised spine bands that give each volume that distinctive antique look. NEAR MINT/No Dj as issued. The Illustrations Thomas Rowlandson. Plot
The Rowlandson etchings in this Franklin Library edition of Tom Jones were meticulously rendered from a rare edition published in three volumes by the Edinburgh firm of J. Dixon and P. Hillin 1792
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworth on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire-though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged ...more (good read). Franklin Library, Pennsylvania 1980. Very Good ++ Leatherette, 22 kt. gold accents and lettering, bump at right, bottom spine, printed with acid neutral pages that are thread sewn, not glued together,gold gilded page edges to further protect the pages, raised spine bands that give each volume that distinctive antique look , decorated end papers. No DJ as issued. Franklin Library Books stopped printing these in 2000, they are no longer in print These are beautiful books and make great gifts. Heavy book extra postage needed.
The Rowlandson etchings in this Franklin Library edition of Tom Jones were meticulously rendered from a rare edition published in three volumes by the Edinburgh firm of J. Dixon and P. Hillin 1792
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworth on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire-though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged ...more (good read). Franklin Library, Pennsylvania 1980. Very Good ++ Leatherette, 22 kt. gold accents and lettering, bump at right, bottom spine, printed with acid neutral pages that are thread sewn, not glued together,gold gilded page edges to further protect the pages, raised spine bands that give each volume that distinctive antique look , decorated end papers. No DJ as issued. Franklin Library Books stopped printing these in 2000, they are no longer in print These are beautiful books and make great gifts. Heavy book extra postage needed.
Synopsis
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squire—though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, Tom Jones is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature. Includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, notes, glossary, and an appendix of Fielding's revisions Introduction discusses narrative tecniques and themes, the context of eighteenth-century fiction and satire, and the historical and political background of the Jacobite revolution
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- 936
- Title
- The History Of Tom Jones A Foundling
- Author
- Henry Fielding
- Illustrator
- The Illustrations Thomas Rowlandson
- Format/Binding
- Green Leatherette over boards, 22 kt. gold designs and lettering on front and back covers and spine. gold gilded page edges to f
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR MINT
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Franklin Library, Pennsylvania 1980
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- bib bc web #1,080 Item #936 bx21 and 2nd copy bcase
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; FRANKLIN LIBRARY COLLECTION;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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