The Works of Tobias Smollett. 12 Stories in Six Volumes
Tobias Smollett
From Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since 07 December 2015
From Friends of the Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 07 December 2015
About this Item
University Edition. Undated, likely 1902 based on copyright date for illustrations. The books are half-bound in burgundy color leather over marbled paper boards. Titles and volumes numbers in gilt on the spines. The leather on the spines is dry and cracking on all spines with loss on volumes I,II,III IV and VI.The leather spine on Vol.I is cracked and loose along both edges. Corners are bumped. Top edges bright gilt. Rough-cut fore-edges are tanned. Beautiful marbled endpapers. Bookplate of previous owner on the pages after the ffe in all volumes. Each story has a frontis in monochrome by American painter John Ward Dunsmore. All have intact lightly tanned tissue guards in place. Preliminary pages in Vol.I have several small smudges. Otherwise, the books are clean with smooth unmarked pages. Bindings are firm. Vol. I Roderick Random I & II, Vol.II Random III and Pickle I; Vol.III Peregrine Pickle II& III; Vol V Peregrine Pickle IV; Vol. VI Humphrey Clinker I & II. Too heavy to ship internationally. Seller Inventory # ABE-1689858051688
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Works of Tobias Smollett. 12 Stories in ...
Publisher: Sully and Kleinteich, New York
Publication Date: 1902
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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