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Tristram Shandy
by Laurence Sterne
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Port Angeles, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover; red leather spine with two raised bands over red cloth boards. Gilt spine-titles and decorations. All edges gilt. Octavo; hardcover, quarter-bound in red leather with gilt spine-titles and decorations between, gilt board decorations and rules, marbled endpapers and a crimson ribbon; 547pp. Several monochrome illustrations. No dustwrapper as issued. Very good.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Port Book and News
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- UFLSTERNE198101
- Title
- Tristram Shandy
- Author
- Laurence Sterne
- Illustrator
- Harry Furniss
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; red leather spine over red cloth boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 547
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Franklin Library;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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About Port Book and News
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- Edges
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- Dustwrapper
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- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
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