The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Fielding
by FIELDING, Henry
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- Hardcover
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. Hardcover. Complete 4-volume set. Small 8vo. Quarter calf with raised bands and gilt lettering and marbled paper over boards. 492pp; 443pp; 547pp, (4pp ads); 500pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, marbled endpapers and page edges. Very good. Faintest of edgewear. Supremely tight and handsome first of this edition in a superb custom binding, with giltstamping bright and internally bright and free of foxing and age toning. Volumes I and II contain "Tom Jones," Volume III "Amelia" and Volume IV "Joseph Andrews" and "Jonathan Wild." From the library of Wisconsin civic leader JAMES M. LYNCH, chief clerk at the Adjutant General's Office during the Civil War, appointed quartermaster general in 1865; he dates an inner flyleaf of the first volume in pencil "Aug 31`, 70."
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37641
- Title
- The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Fielding
- Author
- FIELDING, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Derby & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1857
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; British Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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