THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES: A Foundling

Fielding, Henry

Published by Wesleyan, Ma.: Wesleyan University Press, (1982).

About this Item

First edition thus. Fine in cream tweed-linen with a brown embossed vignette illustration, titles and rules to the front cover and with brown embossed titles and rules to the spine, brown-and-yellow headband and tail-band, upper page edges green, color map illustrated end-papers, sewn-in brown silk ribbon; housed in a fine deep-brown imitation leather slipcase with an inset color illustrated title label, (with a barely perceptible lower rear corner bump). Contains eighteen color and twenty-one black-and-white quality plate illustrations by Warren Chappell, who also designed the binding and slipcase. An exceptionally fine book production, and with a bounty of insightful commentaries. Thick octavo; 999 pages. Seller Inventory # ABE-1585721360194

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES: A Foundling

Publisher: Wesleyan, Ma.: Wesleyan University Press, (1982).

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition