The Life and Opinions Of Tristram Shandy

Penguin, London, 1987. 17th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge wear, slight bottom corner crease, creasing at spine and slight bowing, price sticker on rear cover. One of the greatest shaggy-dog stories in English. No one description will fit this strange, eccentric, endlessly complex masterpiece. It is a fiction about fiction-writing in which the invented world is as much infused with wit and… Read more about this item

London: T Becket and P A Dehondt, 1760-1767. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". None. The complete nine volumes of Laurence Sterne's noted work, 'The Life and Opinons of Tristram Shandy'. Volumes III-IX are first editions. Laurence Sterne has signed volumes V, VII and IX as called for to fight against piracy of this… Read more about this item

London: T. Becket, 1777. Tristram Shandy is considered by many the first modern novel and the father of stream of consciousness writing. It is perhaps the most literal example of a novel available. Sterne was an Anglican Vicar who was influenced by Pope, Locke, Swift and Cervantes. His narrative devices and styles have indelibly influenced many modern and postmodern… Read more about this item

printed on laid paper medium 8voeight etchings by damman. orginal designs by harry Furniss proof etchings whatman papernumber 47 of 150front nad rear cover have two diagnol lines in gold gilt and two gold gilt linesseparate spine from boardsspine has title , date volume number and author in gold gilt. floral design in gilt on spinedappled edge paper.text unmarked. book… Read more about this item

Hammondsworth, England: Penguin, 1983. Paperback. Tight binding, faintest age tanning of pages, clean, slight curl to spine. A few pages with underlining. Contains Christopher Ricks's introductory essay. Classic of English literary criticism, fiction about fiction-writing. 659 pages, 4.25x7x1.2'

Hardcover. Good. Each volume of the two-volume set is 4x6 inches. The hardcover, two-volume set has a total of 685 pages. Covers are worn around the edges. Text is unmarked and bindings are good. Ribbon markers are worn thin and short. Both volumes have some shelf slant.

Gibbings & Company, 1903. Hardcover. Good/None. Complete in two volumes. With illustrations by Harry Furniss. Corners bumped and frayed with spine ends bumped and with some chipping. All boards faintly curved and boards of Vol. 2 have some pale discolored areas. Hinges intact though binding is weakening near beginning of Vol. 2. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf… Read more about this item

London: J. Dodsley and T. Becket, 1777. Hardcover. 16mo; six volume set; Fair to Good/Hardcovers; bound in full brown leather with gilt labels and volume numbers on paneled spines; light bumping and rubbing to corners and edges of all volumes; cracking at most joints; both boards of vol. IV and front board of vol. VI detached but present; chipping… Read more about this item

Macdonald Illustrated Classics, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 611 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white in-text illustrations. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Scuffing to… Read more about this item

Norwalk: Easton Press, 1980. Hardcover. Fine. Tall 8vo, deep brown full leather gilt, fine, no bookplates or marks, watered silk endpapers, illustrated by T. M. Cleland.

Franklin Center, Pa.: Franklin Library., 1983.. Full brown leather, raised bands, gilt decorations, all edges gilt, silk end papers, ribbon marker.. A near fine book, no dust jacket as issued.. 8vo.. Illustrated by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki..

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. Collector's Edition. Full-Leather. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to., 443pp. Beautiful Unread First "Collector's Edition", one of Easton's "100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Bound in full leather with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on both boards and spine. All edges gilt. Silk bookmark. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear.… Read more about this item

Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 1980. Very nice copy. Fully bound in genuine leather. Hubbed spines are stamped with 22kt gold accents. Pages are smyth sewn into the binding for permanence. Page edges are gilded. Maroon leather with much gilt decoration. Handsome copy with only flaw small fingernail scratch on bottom page edges. Oversize. … Read more about this item

New York: The Modern Library, n.y.. Hardcover. Introduction by Bergen Evans. 12mo. Grey cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xxi, 674pp, (2pp ads). Grey decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Jacket rather edgeworn and lightly rubbed, with old tape mends yet still attractive; small front pastedown ownership signature. Nice, tight later printing of #147, first published in this… Read more about this item

Penguin, UK, 1985. Paperback. Book condition: Good Plus. Light reading wear. Very clean interior..

Macdonald Illustrated Classics, 1949. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1949. First Thus. 611 pages. Red boards with gilt lettering, in clear glassine jacket with yellow lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some pages mildly dogeared. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners. Notable scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear… Read more about this item

New York: Brentano's Number 977 of an edition of 2000 copies. Spine top very slightly worn.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited. Original Cloth. About Very Good. Illus. by Rowland Wheelwright.

The Franklin Library, 1981. Hardcover. As New. BEAUTIFUL UNREAD COPY! Clean with no marks or writings, binding tight and sound, spine stiff. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. YY

Oxford University Press, 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1941. Reprinted. 593 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Hinges are slightly cracked with exposed netting. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to… Read more about this item

Gibbings & Co., 1903. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1903. No Edition Remarks. 348 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration. Volume II. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have moderate edge-wear with… Read more about this item