THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER. By the author of Roderick Random.

[SMOLLETT, Tobias George.]

Published by London printed for W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street; and B. Collins in Salisbury. MDCLXXI misprint for, 1771

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Three volumes, 12mo, pp. xv, [i], 250; [iv], 249; [iv], 275; with variants in vols I-II mosty as in Rothschild's variant A4; very light stain to half title and title in volume I; short tear in F9 of volume II; else a fine copy in contemporary calf, spines nicely gilt, with red and green morocco labels (one label chipped on volume I). First edition: a fine set of Smollett's last novel, usually regarded as his most accomplished piece of fiction. Rothschild 1925. Provenance. Armorial bookplate in each volume of Nathaniel Cholmley, almost certainly the man (1721-91) who was squire of Howsham Hall, Yorkshire, who was a local MP from 1756 to 1774. Elizabeth Montagu visited Howsham in 1783 and wrote: 'Mr and Mrs Cholmley wish not for any power but the power of doing good, nor contend for any superiority but that which transcendent virtue gives; and all they covet is to make those around them happy. If in the golden age villages were built and inhabited, I dare say in their modes and their manners they resembled the village at Howsham in every respect'. In recent times this set belonged to Walter Hirst, with his bookplate in volume I.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE EXPEDITION OF HUMPHRY CLINKER. By the author of Roderick Random.
• Publisher: London printed for W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street; and B. Collins in Salisbury. MDCLXXI misprint for
• Publication Date: 1771
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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