Search Results: Tristram Shandy and Works of Sterne from Lyppard Books

London: London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall Mall / T. Becket and P.A. DeHondt in the Strand, 1760. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. Hogarth, William. Octavo; fifth edition (vols 1-2, 1763), first edition (vols 3-9, 1761-1767). Full set of nine volumes in uniform original eighteenth century full leather bindings (somewhat worn with minor loss to extremities, front boards to vols 1 and 9 detached, other hinges cracked but all secure), double gilt fillet to board margins, five raised spine bands between gilt double fillets, gilt-lettered red leather title label present in second compartment of vol.8 only, gilt volume numbers direct to spines in third compartments, old engaved heraldic library label to front pastedowns (applied over another unknown earlier label), early and closing leaves stained by turn ins, opening blanks and frontispiece to vol.1 detached, occasional unobtrusive spots and stains especially to opening and closing leaves of each volume, otherwise a clean and an attractive… Read More

London: London: printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand, 1746. 1st Edition . Full leather. Very Good. First edition, octavo; xvi,232pp, with full complement of 34 engravings, 33 of which are folding. In contemporary unlettered full calf (a little worn with minor loss to board corners, sometime skilfully rebacked in matching leather), five raised spine bands, internally clean with only the lightest of occasional dust staining. Muller was deputy head of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he was instrumental to its transformation into a disciplined cadet academy. An attractive first edition example of his first work. Laurence Sterne possessed the text in second edition, with possible influence on Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim's obsessions with fortification in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. ESTC T176381.

Dublin: Dublin: Printed by R. Steuart, sold by the Booksellers in Dublin, and Cork, 1776. Full leather. Good. 12mo; [2], 62, 61-140pp. In original eighteenth century full calf (somewhat worn with loss of leather to spine ends and board corners, upper board detached), five raised spine bands, occasional unobtrusive spots and stains but overall a clean complete copy. ESTC T14749, bringing together Sterne's History of a Watch Coat with various letters of whch some are spurious, probably the work of William Combe.

London: London: T. Becket, in the Strand., 1773. Full leather. Very Good. Octavo; "New edition"; volume 6 only; 205, [1]pp. In full original eighteenth century calf (a little worn), five raised spine bands, title label missing from second compartment, gilt volume number to third compartment, early and closing leaves stained by turn ins, sporadic light spots and stains but overall a clean attractive example in its original binding from one of the earliest six-volume editions.

SelfMadeHero, 2010. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rowson, Martin. Quarto; half cloth over pictorial boards; blue spine with block lettered title in white; pages not numbered but of some 200pp in length; inscribed "Martin Rowson May '10" in black felt tip to titlepage; an attractive signed copy of this celebrated graphic novel interpretation of Sterne's Tristram Shandy.

London: London: J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, 1772. Full leather. Very Good. Octavo; volume 2 only; ninth edition; 238pp, In full original eighteenth centiry calf (a little worn), five raised spine bands, gilt lettered title label to second compartment, gilt volume number to third compartment, early leaves stained by turn ins, unobtrusive occasional light spots and stains but otherwise a clean attractive copy of volume 2 from one of the earliest Shandy six-volume editions.

London: London: J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, 1773. Full leather. Very Good. Octavo; "New edition", volume 3 only; 248pp. In full original eighteenth century calf (a little worn) with five raised spine bands, gilt lettered title label to second compartment, gilt volume number to third compartment, sporadic unobtrusive spots and stains but overall a clean copy complete with attractive hand-produced marbled page at p.21-22. A very pleasant example in its original binding from one of the earliest six-volume editions.

London: London: printed for the author; and sold by G. Hawkins, at the Middle Temple-Gate, in Fleet-Street, 1759. 1st Edition . Full leather. Good. First edition; two volumes, quarto; xxvii, 452; (iv), 350, (xxxviii), 71, (xxix)pp; with 7 copper-engraved maps and plans (5 of them folding), folding table, and frontispiece portrait. Full contemporary leather (worn, hinges weak, boards held by cords, spine label missing from vol.2), five raised spine bands, some browning and spotting particularly to opening and closing leaves, early ink inscription to vol.1 front free endpaper. Good complete working copy of this uncommon first edition. Harte's work, Ian Campbell Ross suggests [in The Shandean v.20, November 2009, p.9 et seq] was the source of several Shandean elements - from his early reflections on the difficulty of writing his book and his use of digression through to his reference to the Abbess of Quedlingberg - and though debate continues as to the precise influence Harte's work may have had, the… Read More

London: London; T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, 1768. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, octavo, two volumes in one physcal volume; xx, 203, [2], 208pp. In contemporary half leather over marbled boards (a little worn, front hinge cracked but secure), gilt double fillets dividing spine into six compartments, with gilt-lettered red morocco spine label to second compartment. Early engraved armorial ownership label to front pastedown, endpapers very lightly stained by leather turn-ins, otherwise a beautifully fresh and unmarked example. An attractive example complete with list of subscribers. ESTC T14747.

London: London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1760. 1st Edition . Full leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reynolds, Joshua. First Edition. Two volumes, octavo; xi, [24], 176; 238pp. Contemporary uniform calf over five raised spine bands, spine labels missing, gilt volume numbers direct to third compartments, double gilt fillet to board edges, to head and tail of spine and above and below raised spine bands. Bindings lightly worn, volume 1 front hinge split but still firmly attached. Portrait frontispiece torn with minor loss and laid down on front free endpaper of volume 1, opening and closing leaves of each volume stained by turn ins, nineteenth century ownership labels on front pastedowns. A pleasant copy of this first edition published in great haste as Tristram Shandy shot Sterne to European fame in 1760. The subscribers list is a real hall of eighteenth century fame but concludes rather apologetically, "It is hoped that the errors and omissions in the names of the… Read More