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The Adventures of Roderick Random; The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle; The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom; The History and Adventures of an Atom; The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker
by Tobias Smollett
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Lodon: The Waverley Book Company, c1900. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Not stated. A nice set of six picaresque novels by Tobias George Smollett. A scarce edition Six picaresque novels by Scottish novelist and playwright Tobias George Smollett. Each with frontispiece. Best known for his picaresque novels, Smollett made his name in 1748 with The Adventures of Roderick Random, a semi-autobiographical story based on his experience as a naval surgeon in the Royal Navy. His second novel, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle depicts the luck and misfortunes of an egotistical man. Alongside The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom and The History and Adventures of an Atom, the set includes Smollett's epistolary novel, The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker, considered by many to be his best and funniest work. Undated. Estimated circa 1900 from the dates Waverley Book Company were publishing and the style of the books. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards and spine, with a little discolouration at the spine of all volumes. There are some small closed tears in the cloth at the head of the spine of The Adventures of Roderick Random and The History and Adventures of an Atom. Internally, firmly bound. Some light offsetting to the endpapers of all volumes, more so to the endpapers of The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. Otherwise, pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good
Synopsis
Of all kinds of satire, there is none so entertaining and universally improving, as that which is introduced, as it were occasionally, in the course of an interesting story, which brings every incident home to life, and by representing familiar scenes in an uncommon and amusing point of view, invests them with all the graces of novelty, while nature is appealed to in every particular. The reader gratifies his curiosity in pursuing the adventures of a person in whose favour he is prepossessed; he espouses his cause, he sympathises with him in his distress, his indignation is heated against the authors of his calamity: the humane passions are inflamed; the contrast between dejected virtue and insulting vice appears with greater aggravation, and every impression having a double force on the imagination, the memory retains the circumstance, and the heart improves by the example.
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 849N33
- Title
- The Adventures of Roderick Random; The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle; The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom; The History and Adventures of an Atom; The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker
- Author
- Tobias Smollett
- Illustrator
- Not stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Waverley Book Company
- Place of Publication
- Lodon
- Date Published
- c1900
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Tobias Smollett Peregrine Pickle Roderick Random Humphrey Clincker Peregrine Pickle The Waverley Book Company
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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