The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. In Four Volumes
by Henry Fielding
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
CA$1,216.11CA$1,094.50
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About This Item
London : James Baillie, 1806-07. Leather. Good Only. 5.5" by 3". None. A pocket sized collection comprising Henry Fielding's comic novel Tom Jones. Forming part of Baillie's Elegant Pocket Editions of Selected Novels, with a life of the author. Henry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist known for his satirical humour. He wrote numerous satirical plays and novels including a parody of Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, entitled Shamela. Tom Jones is considered Fielding's greatest work and is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel. The text is part Bildungsroman and part Picaresque as it follows the hero Tom Jones against a background of biting social commentary. It features elements that were original for the time including that of sexual promiscuity. Complete in four volumes. Uniformly bound in half calf bindings. Externally, worn. Bumped. Boards heavily rubbed with some loss. Hinges tender but still reasonably firm. Marks to pastedown of Volume IV. Internally, generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages foxed throughout. Ink inscription in Volume three to rear page. Good Only
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SET23-D-2
- Title
- The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. In Four Volumes
- Author
- Henry Fielding
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Baillie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806-07
- Size
- 5.5" by 3"
- Keywords
- Henry Fielding Pocket Sized Tom Jones Pocket Sized
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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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