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Tristram Shandy (Everyman)
by Sterne, Laurence
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Dent, 1946. Reprint as No 617 in Dent's Everyman's Library, plain single-colour cloth format, 12mo, 478pp, previous owner's name and date to ffep o/w VG Copy in sound, age-darkened DJ with shallow chipping to head of spine. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne in the form of a poioumenon. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next 10 years. It was not always held in high esteem by other writers (Samuel Johnson responded that, "Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Lucas Booksellers
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46757
- Title
- Tristram Shandy (Everyman)
- Author
- Sterne, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
Roger Lucas Booksellers
It has always been our policy over 25 years to offer decent books in good shape at sane prices. In the unlikely eventuality that something is not as described return within 7 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Roger Lucas Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
About Roger Lucas Booksellers
We are a family-based firm of general, out-of-print booksellers with strongish suits in Literature and Literary Criticism, Art & Art History, and New Age Subjects. Horncastle is a small market town at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds about 20 miles East of Lincoln.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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