THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES by HENRY FIELDING (W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM - EDITOR) - 1948

PHILADELPHIA: JOHN C WINSTON, 1948 Blue cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front, 220 x 145 mm approx. xxvi + 374 pp. Black and white frontis illustration extending to title, numerous other b/w illustrations and six full colour plates by Harry Diamond. First Printing thus 1948. One of a series of 10 books selected by W. Somerset Maugham as being the best novels of the world and with a critical and biographical introduction by him. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book- mild general shelf wear to cloth, offset browning bands to free end papers with a couple of light outlines from old style cellotape used to secure a protective cover to the jacket, no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- moderate rubbing to extremities with a little loss and colour rubbed to spine and white titles a little tanned, non price clipped cover $3.50 Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).