Tristram Shandy (Modern Library No. 147)
by STERNE, LAURENCE
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good. Some rubbing to edges, especially at spine. Contemp. bookplate to front pastedown. Binding sound, text otherwise clea
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 1928. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Some rubbing to edges, especially at spine. Contemp. bookplate to front pastedown. Binding sound, text otherwise clean and bright. Lacking scarce dust jacket.. 16mo. 4.375 x 6.625 in. 591 + adverts. Toledano Binding Style No. 4 in forest green 'limp croft leather', Lucien Bernhard's flying torchbearer device in gilt to upper cover, titled in gilt on spine; Bernhard endpapers. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Andes 147.1.1G. Toledano 147.1.
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
- Irving Book Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1208
- Title
- Tristram Shandy (Modern Library No. 147)
- Author
- STERNE, LAURENCE
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. Some rubbing to edges, especially at spine. Contemp. bookplate to front pastedown. Binding sound, text otherwise clea
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Modern Library Edition
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
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- Rubbing
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- Device
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- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...