Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over burgundy boards, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with 9 full-page color plates and numerous B&W drawings by Lawrence Beall Smith. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding (1707-1754). First published on February 28 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel. The History Tom Jones is not only generally regarded as Fielding's greatest work, but is one of the first and most influential English novels, and a masterpiece of English literature. Coleridge acknowledged it as having one of the three great plots of all literature. Although a great success, the book drew criticism from many, including Dr. Johnson, for the hero's high-spirited and varied sexual escapades. This is an excellent, unmarked, copy. Spine lightly sunned with some mild rubbing at head and heel of spine, else fine. The original slipcase is moderately shelf-worn. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD (slipcase). Color and B&W drawings. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. xxiii, 721 pp.

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Title

THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES: A FOUNDLING

Publisher

Random House, NY

Publication Date

1964

Language

English

ISBN 10

0520052595

ISBN 13

9780520052598

Binding

Hard Cover

Illustrator

Illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith

Edition

First Edition Thus. First Printing.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket

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Wolfram, Herwig; Tr. By Thomas Dunlap, History Of The Goths

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Herwig Wolfram is Professor of History at the University of Vienna and Director of the Austrian Institute for Historical Research.

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