TRISTRAM SHANDY: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
by LAURENCE STERNE
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
This is a lovely leather-bound copy of the great humorous novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, regarded by many as one of the greatest novels ever written. It was published between 1759 and 1757 by the Anglo-Irish author Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), and is ostensibly Tristram's autobiography but takes the reader on a tour of many things. It is full of bawdy humor, graphic devices, satire, politics and fascinating people.
This copy was published in 1981 by the Franklin Library (Franklin Mint). It is dark red leather with an elaborate gold design on the cover and spine. It has a bound-in silk bookmark.
Inside, the book is perfect. Lovely thick paper, creamy white. Chapter headings are in red. 546 pages, 8 illustrations.
Although it has a bookplate on the inside front cover (which you can remove), it has not been read, or even opened. All pages are like new, crisp and clear and without marks of any kind. The spine is un-cracked, the covers have no shelfwear at all—it is in pristine condition.
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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
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 531
- Title
- TRISTRAM SHANDY
- Author
- LAURENCE STERNE
- Format/Binding
- Perfect, Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 546
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- A Cock and Bull Story, Yorick, Doctor Slop, Uncle Toby
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Society; British History; British Fiction; Ireland;
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Louise Aird
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