Pamela by Samuel Richardson, First Edition (22 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Samuel Richardson's Pamela is a captivating story of one young woman's rebellion against the social order, edited by Peter Sabor with an introduction by Margaret A. Doody in Penguin Classics.Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead mistress's son. Although she is attracted to Mr B, she holds out against his demands and threats of abduction and rape, determined to protect her virginity and abide by her moral standards. Psychologically acute in its explorations of sex, freedom and power, Richardson's first novel caused a sensation when it was published, with its depiction of a servant heroine who dares to assert herself. Richly comic and full of lively scenes and descriptions, Pamela contains a diverse cast of characters ranging from the vulgar and malevolent Mrs Jewkes to the aggressive but awkward country squire who serves this unusual love story as both its villain and hero.In her introduction, Margaret Ann Doody discusses the epistolary genre of novels and examines the role of women and class differences. This edition, based on the 1801 text and incorporating corrections made in 1810, makes Richardson's final version of the two-volume generally available for the first time.Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) was born in Derbyshire, the son of a joiner. He received little formal education, but in 1706 was apprenticed to a London printer, going on to become a leading figure of the trade in the capital. Pamela originated as a volume of model letters for unskilled letter-writers, but as Richardson became more fascinated by the characters in his letters than the letters themselves, the germ of a novel began to emerge. Upon its publication in 1740 Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded became a national sensation.If you enjoyed Pamela, you might like Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, also available in Penguin Classics. Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead mistress' son. Although she is attracted to Mr B, she holds out against his demands and threats of abduction and rape, determined to protect her virginity and abide by her moral standards. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Special order direct from the distributor.

First Printing of This Edition. Near fine in wrappers with light wear on the rear panel. The text is a facsimile of the 1741 unattributed attack on Richardson's Pamela, published 23 days after Henry Fielding's Shamela.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Translated into French by l'Abbe Prevost. First edition thus (paperback). Bumped corners, light shlef wear to covers, else very good in printed wraps. ; 378 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published in 1741, as a letter to the Chaplain of St Savior's Church in Southwark, this essay in manners and morals by the fictional writer, Pamela, was highly accepted as a guide and then severly criticized but survived as a lasting expression of the times. In olde English.

First edition thus, limited to 500 copies. A facsimile of Richardson's popular 1769 work, this was Newton's Christmas greeting sent to friends and associates in 1929. 16mo. xv, [14], 166pp. Fleck 88. Very good in marbled paper boards with paper spine and cover labels; in partial glassine wrapper and good blue box with paper title label but with wear and one corner torn.

1st edition. Good copy in a modern, gilt-blocked cloth binding. Inside, browning to the pages and scattered foxing. Edge-nicked pages. Physical description; (583, [1] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (engravings). Subjects; 1701-1800. Epistolary fiction, English ; Early works to 1800. Epistolary fiction, English. Samuel Richardson. 18th century literature. Pamela, 18th century. 18th century authors. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Good copy in a modern, gilt-blocked cloth binding. Inside, browning to the pages and scattered foxing. Edge-nicked pages. Physical description; (583, [1] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations (engravings). Subjects; 1701-1800. Epistolary fiction, English ; Early works to 1800. Epistolary fiction, English. Samuel Richardson. 18th century literature. Pamela, 18th century. 18th century authors. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Seven volumes. 12mo. [178 x 105 x 190 mm]. Bound c.1990 by Period Binders of Bath in half calf, marbled paper sides, the spines divided into six panels by raised bands, lettered in the second on a red goatskin label and numbered in the third, plain endleaves and edges. The title-page to Vol.VII sates it to be the third edition, but Rothschild (1752) explains: "Portions of Vol.VII of the first and third editions were printed about the same time, and according to Sale either through accident or design, various combinations of sheets and title-pages were achieved when these volumes for the two editions were being bound". The final 20 pages present Richardson's lament at a pirated Dublin edition. Signature N in vol.5 is misbound. Titles and final pages with light marginal offsetting from original turn-ins and a few spots but a very good copy. Richardson's third and final novel, published at the age of 64, in response to Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, and in request "to give the world his idea of a good man and fine gentleman combined".

quarter leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. x, 410 pages. 6.75 x 4.1 inches. First edition. Rebound with leather spine, marbled paper over boards, and new endpapers. Leaves toned - title page particularly so. Binding is sound. Title continues: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, and page, both in octavo and twelves, in the respective histories. To which are subjoined, two letters from the editor of those works: the one, in answer to a lady who was solicitous for an additional volume to the History of Sir Charles Grandison. The other, in reply to a gentleman, who had objected to Sir Charles's offer'd compromise in the Article of religion, had he married a Roman Catholic lady.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. First Edition. Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. Ballantyne's Novelist's Library, v. 6-8.[edited by Sir Walter Scott]. Three volumes bound in contemporary full polished calf, the backs with two brown calf labels lettered in gilt and three sections ornately decorated in gilt, printer's name in gilt at tail, edges marbled, prior owner name and small gift inscription in pencil, light wear at edges mild toning, approx. 25 pp. Vol. III with creasing, a Very Good Plus set. RARE, the last copy sold at auction 1972 (RBH). The first editions of these novels published 1740-1742. . "Pamela" is considered by most to be the first novel published in English. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for priority mail and international orders, please inquire before ordering. v. 1. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded. The History of Clarissa Harlowe in a series of letters -- v .2. The History of Clarissa Harlowe -- v. 3. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Bart. in a series of letters. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Six volumes (complete), octavo, bound in three-quarter pebbled morocco lettered in gilt; raised bands; top edges gilt; extremities scuffed. First edition, with portrait frontispieces (volumes 1 and 6), folding hand-colored frontispieces (volumes 2 and 3), tinted frontispiece (volume 6), folding facsimiles (volumes 5 and 6), and comprehensive index and publisher s catalogue (volume 6). ---- From the library of Elisabeth Walcott Kellogg, with her distinct bookplates in each volume. A philanthropist from Oneida County, New York, Kellogg was the wife of lumber entrepreneur Frederick S. Kellogg of Utica. A handsome set with a distinguished provenance.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. selected from the original manuscripts bequeathed by him to his family, to which are prefixed a biographical account of that author and observations on his writings by Anna Laetitia Barbauld, six volumes, contemporary full-leather, sensitively re-spined and re-cornered, decorated in gilt, leather labels, portrait frontispiece volumes I and VI, folding hand-coloured frontispiece volumes II and III, tinted frontispiece volume IV, folding facsimiles volumes V and VI, publisher's catalogue volume VI, sprinkled edges, occasional off-setting, very good, a handsome set. Rodd armorial bookplate front pastedowns; first edition; 192, 340, 332, 379, 348 and 317 pages including list of plates.

FIRST EDITION. 170 x 100 mm. (6 3/4 x 4"). x, 410 pp. 19th century smooth calf by J. Leighton (stamp-signed on the front free endpaper), covers blind-stamped with armorial designs, raised bands, carefully rebacked, retaining much of the original backstrip, all edges dyed red. Each section with attractive woodcut headpieces and tailpieces, and with decorative initials beginning each. Bookplate of William Stirling on the front pastedown; a blue bookplate reading "A N A &c. KEIR" (Keir House being near Stirling in central Scotland) on the rear pastedown. Sale 47; Rothschild 1753; ESTC T58996. See Day, "History of English Literature 1660-1837," pp. 223-28. ?The spine a little scuffed and marked, some wear at corners and along edges, isolated light stains internally, but the text almost entirely clean. This is a compilation of wisdom from Samuel Richardson's three famous novels, "Clarissa," "Pamela," and "History of Sir Charles Grandison." Richardson (1679-1761) was a largely self-educated printer who loved to write letters and who, at the age of 50, began composing novels using the epistolary form. While undeniably moralizing, Richardson's novels are far more exciting than a modern reader might expect, featuring kidnapping, betrayals, ardent love, and even an instance of justified murder. All this is enacted by characters Day calls "the first in English prose fiction that must be acknowledged as complete and complex human beings." Among the many fans of Richardson were Samuel Johnson, Honoré de Balzac, Thackeray, Fielding, and Jane Austen. The present work was composed as a companion to the author's popular novels in response to requests from friends and admirers to have a handy "collection of maxims, aphorisms, &c. which they think would be of service to the world . . . as they relate to life and manners." While this book itself was not as popular as the novels--no further editions were printed following our 1755 first edition--it did have a notable impact on popular culture. It inspired the production of decks of cards with the sentiments printed on them, advertised as "Entertaining Cards. . . the whole designed, while they amuse and entertain, to establish the Principles of Virtue and Morality in the Minds of both Sexes." These cards were hugely successful, still being issued in 1771, when a ninth edition of them was put out. Our copy is distinguished because it belonged to Sir William Stirling-Maxwell (1818-1878), an art historian and bibliophile known for his impressive library. A Scottish M.P., Knight of the Thistle, and Chancellor of Glasgow University, he also collected paintings, engravings, ceramics, and silver, and he wrote several books relating to his interests, including "Annals of the Artists of Spain" (1848) and "An Essay towards a Collection of Books Relating to Proverbs, Emblems, Apothegms, Epitaphs and Ana." (1860).

169 x 102 mm. (6 5/8 x 4"). Four volumes. Elegantly simple dark blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed and dated 1912 on front turn-in, with oval exhibition stamp on rear pastedown), covers with French fillet border, raised bands, spine compartments with double gilt fillet, gilt lettering, densely gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Front pastedowns with ex-libris featuring two interlocking "A"s forming an X. Sale 5, 15; Rothschild 1745; Day, "History of English Literature 1660-1837," pp. 225-26. Spines just slightly and uniformly darkened, text lightly washed and pressed (no doubt at the time of binding), half a dozen expert marginal paper repairs, leaves a shade less than bright, isolated light foxing or trivial stain, but still quite a fine set--clean and pleasing internally, in lustrous, virtually unworn bindings. This is an attractively bound copy of a work widely considered the first English novel, with all four volumes in their first state. The story of a virtuous servant girl who resists the unwanted attention of her employer's son until marriage is offered, "Pamela" was first issued in November 1740 as a complete novel in two volumes. The tale was a runaway success, going to five editions in 1741 and spawning so many imitations, parodies, and unauthorized continuations that Richardson was compelled to wrest the narrative back under his own control by writing two additional volumes. The second part of the work features "Pamela" as the exemplary wife of a country gentleman, winning over snobs and winning back her straying spouse. Day describes the plucky maid-turned-lady as "the first great character creation of English prose fiction," wryly observing, "as much as we may dislike her prudential morality, we must recognize here a complete human being." And even the book's moralizing is far more than just palatable: as Day notes, Alexander Pope, after staying up all night to read the novel, declared, "it will do more good than a great many of the new sermons." Sets with all four volumes in the first state are rarely seen in the marketplace, and are frequently in unpleasant condition when they are found. A well-preserved set of firsts in uniform bindings by a premier workshop is especially agreeable. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST STATES (vol. I with Letter XXVII [p. 81] misnumbered "XXVI"; p. 16 mis-paged "61"; p. 295 with the "5" left off).

In seven volumes. Pp. viii+315+[ii]+358+[ii]+376(last blank)+[ii]+ 302+[2]+[ii]+294+[ii]+372+[ii]+442, title page ornament in Volumes I-VI, decorative headpieces and initials; cr. 12mo; early calf boards with double gilt rule borders, modern calf spines lettered and ruled in gilt, with gilt lettered red morocco title labels, the boards rubbed and grazed, edges lightly worn, several of the fore-corners neatly repaired; bookplate of Arthur Stone Dewing (1880-1971, one of the founders of the Harvard Business School) on upper pastedowns, early inked signature (Audrey Wastell, dated 1754) on upper pastedown of Volume I, hinges occasionally starting, a few leaves slightly creased, a few small edge splits or chips, a little light foxing, browning and soiling; printed for S. Richardson, London, 1753-4. First edition. ESTC N469605; Rothschild 1752. *With the cancels listed by Rothschild in Volumes I-III, the advertisement leaf for Pamela and Clarissa at the end of Volume IV, and the additional wording on the title page in Volume VII. Volume VI is in the first state, with the uncorrected catchword 'My' for 'Well' on page 279. In 1753, some Irish printers began producing a pirated edition before the London edition was published, so Richardson had to employ several additional printers to speed up the official publication. In November 1753, publication of the official edition was advertised in The Gentleman's Magazine. Volumes I-IV were published in that month, V-VI in December, and although all volumes are dated 1754 on the title page, only Volume VII was in fact published in that year, a few weeks before the final volume of the pirated edition. Headed 'To the Public', pages 424 to 442 at the end of Volume VII comprise Richardson's denunciation of the unlicensed edition and of the 'Savages', who produced it.

First Edition. Six vols., 12mos; ccxii, 192, 340, 332, 379, 348, 317, [1]pp; frontispiece engravings in Vols. 1,2,3, and 6, including hand-colored folding plates in Vols. 2 and 3; nineteenth-century three-quarter polished calf gilt and marbled boards by Henry Young & Sons, Liverpool; a.e.g. A lovely set. Bound without half-titles; covers a bit rubbed at extremities.

First Complete Edition in French Of the First English Novel [RICHARDSON, Samuel]. Paméla, ou la vertu recompensée. Traduit de l'anglais. Londres [Paris]: Chez Jean Osborne [Didot], 1742. First complete edition, first printing in French of Richardson's classic epistolary novel integrating his sequel, Pamela's Conduct in High Life, translated by F.-A. Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois (erroneously attributed to Abbé Prevost). Four twelvemo volumes (6 7/16 x 3 3/4 in; 165 x 94 mm). xxiii, [1], 271, [1]; [4], 324; [4], 298; [4], 302 pp. Two leaves from the end of Volume III have been mis-bound into the last signature of Volume IV. Full contemporary French mottled calf with blind ruled border. The spine features five gilt-tooled raised bands separating six compartments with an unusual gilt floral tool of a lily with eight leaves and central annular dot, within a double-fillet frame with foliate sprigs as corner pieces. Maroon spine labels lettered in gilt, the Volume labels decorated with gilt roseates with lateral floral volutes above and below the lettering in gilt. Original French marbled endpapers. All edges stained red. Original green bookmark ribbons. Small oval stain (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.) to upper board of volume four, otherwise an absolutely stunning copy, tight, bright and clean inside and out. First complete edition in French of what is considered to be the first novel in English by the Father of the English novel, Samuel Richardson, the translation traditionally attributed to Abbé Prevost but later scholarship has shown it to be the work of François-Alexandre Aubert de la Chesnaye des Bois, a defrocked Capuchin monk who was the compiler and author of many books, including Lettres amusantes et critiques sur les romans en général (1743). Only nine complete copies are known to exist: the ESTC records only eight, and NUC records one other. Richardson wrote Pamela (1740) at the suggestion of booksellers Rivington and Osborn. "The book was highly successful and fashionable, and further editions were soon called for. Richardson felt obliged to continue his story, not only because of the success of Pamela but because of the number of forged continuations that began to appear. Pamela Part II appeared in 1741" (Oxford Companion to English Literature). "A translation of Pamela into French, 4 vols., duodecimo, with imprint 'A Londres, chez Jean Osborne.M.DCC.XLII' was published shortly after the appearance of Vols. III and IV in English. The translator was the Abbé Prevost (?). It was offered for sale in France before Jan 12, 1742, when fifty copies were seized from Guerin's. Apparently it was later sold with the tacit consent of the authorities. The price was six livres, stitched" (Sale, Samuel Richardson: A Bibliographical Record, p. 29). The correct place of publication, Paris, and publisher, Didot was discovered in a leaf of ads from an incomplete copy at the British Library that lists various Didot publications for sale. An earlier translation of Parts I and II of Pamela appeared in 1741, in all likelihood by Chesnaye des Bois, as well. "This French edition was published after the fifth English edition, at the time when Richardson was begining to revise his text for the handsome octavo edition of the novel. According to the preface of the translator in Volume I, Richardson furnished him with a small number of additions and corrections for the text" (Ibid, p. 16). And in the edition under notice, the translation for the first two parts has been revised by Chesnaye de Bois per Richardson and the sequel has been translated for the first time. Sale 15n (p. 29). Rochedieu, pp. 279-80.