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The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
by FIELDING Henry 1707-1754
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good
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London: No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row: C. Cooke, 1792. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. CORBOULD R. SINGLETON H.. VG, 4 volumes, [1792], 15 plates, first Cooke edition, in contemporary tree calf, gilt edge tooling, corners bumped & worn. Spines, worn, edges bumped. Vol 1, additional engraved title with woodcut, plus the series edition & dedication both engraved, (iv), [1], 6-14, [1], (xvi-xx), [1], 22-264 pp, 7 pls. Vol 2, additional eng. title, [3], 4-272, 4 pls. V3, additional eng title, [3], 4-231, 2 pl. V4, eng tp, [3], 4-276 pp, 2 pl. All vols blue marbled endpapers, vols 1&2 with bookplate to fpds (Rev John Roberts), upper joints cracked, spine title labels lacking in V2&4, vertical spine crack to V2. Dated per ESTC 1792, plates dated 1792, the additional eng pl 1793. (142*85 mm). (ESTC T1941). estc T1941
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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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008087
- Title
- The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
- Author
- FIELDING Henry 1707-1754
- Illustrator
- CORBOULD R. SINGLETON H.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- C. Cooke
- Place of Publication
- London: No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row
- Date Published
- 1792
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 1.98 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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