The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle - 4 Volumes (from the Works of Tobias Smollett)

Smollett, Tobias (edited by George Saintsbury)

Published by Gibbings and Company, London, 1895

About this Item

1895. First edition thus. 4 volume set from the Works of Tobias Smollett. xxiv, 238pp.; xiii, 250pp.; ix, 261pp.; ix, 276pp. There are 3 tissue guarded plates by Frank Richards and an illustrated title page by F.D. Bedford in each volume. Top edges gilt.The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett (172-1771), first published in 1751 and revised and published again in 1758. It tells the story of an egotistical man who experiences luck and misfortunes in the height of 18th-century European society. The four books form volumes 4 to 7 of the publisher's collected works of Tobias Smollett, edited by George Saintsbury in twelve volumes.The books are uniformly bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling and designs on the spines and front boards. The cases of the books are in very good condition with some shelf wear on the boards. The top of the spine of the first volume and bottom of the spine of volumes 2 and 3 are bumped. The spines have faded to a light brown colour. The contents are tight and clean with some foxing on the endpapers and a few scattered light foxing marks elsewhere within the books, including some marks on the frontispiece illustrations. There is a small private ex-libris label on the front fixed endpapers. Seller Inventory # ScotLitSmoll003

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle - 4 ...

Publisher: Gibbings and Company, London

Publication Date: 1895

Binding: Original Green Cloth Hardback

Illustrator: Frank Richards

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition Thus