The Expedition of Humphry Clinker: The English Comedie Humaine
by Smollett, Tobias George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Century Company, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. Original tan boards with gilt titling on spine. Binding is tight. Some tanning to pages, gilt edges at top; otherwise pages are clean and unmarked.
Synopsis
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and funniest work. Published in London on 17 June 1771, it is an epistolary novel, presented in the form of letters written by six different characters: Matthew Bramble, a Welsh Squire; his sister Tabitha; their niece and nephew, Jery and Lydia Melford; Tabitha's maid Winifred Jenkins; and Lydia's suitor, Wilson.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Denali Bay LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000315
- Title
- The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
- Author
- Smollett, Tobias George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1906
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...