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The Novels of Tobias Smollett, Large Paper Edition, 11 volumes Limited Edition #131, 30/500 (married set)
Smollett, Tobias · Boston & New York, Stratford-Upon-Avon
- Author
- Smollett, Tobias
- Date
- 1926
- Place
- Boston & New York, Stratford-Upon-Avon
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company, Basil Blackwell
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 8vo.(6" x 9") Eleven married volumes complete. Large Paper Limited Edition #131(30)/500. Three quarter green leather with generous corners, bright gilt rule to all leather edges, over light green cloth boards. Spines with five raised bands, gilt lettering to second and fourth compartments, fancy gilt rule frames to all other compartments. Top edge gilt, deckled edges, light green endpapers. This large paper edition has wide margins and some uncut pages. Every volume half-title and title page in red and black ink. A married set comprising 7 volumes #30/500 and 4 volumes #131/500, a matched set. Very minor edgewear, a couple of volumes with lightly rubbed and/or bumped tips. All volumes with slight sun-darkening of spines, barely noticeable. Illustrated with twenty engravings total. A beautiful set, and although a pity it is a married set, it is complete and beautiful.
- Format
- Attestation page states: This Edition Printed from Type at The Shakespeare Head Press Stratford-Upon-Avon England is Limiterd to Five Hundred Numbered Copies of which This is No. 131.
- Edition
- Limited Edition of 500 Copies, Married set
- Category
- Literature & Poetry
- Record
- S.I.10324
Tobias Smollett Novels 11 Vol Large Paper Limited Edition Set.
1926. Boston & New York, Stratford-Upon-Avon: Houghton Mifflin Company, Basil Blackwell. 8vo.(6" x 9") Eleven married volumes complete. Large Paper Limited Edition #131(30)/500. Three quarter green leather with generous corners, bright gilt rule to all leather edges, over light green cloth boards. Spines with five raised bands, gilt lettering to second and fourth compartments, fancy gilt rule frames to all other compartments. Top edge gilt, deckled edges, light green endpapers. This large paper edition has wide margins and some uncut pages. Every volume half-title and title page in red and black ink. A married set comprising 7 volumes #30/500 and 4 volumes #131/500, a matched set. Very minor edgewear, a couple of volumes with lightly rubbed and/or bumped tips. All volumes with slight sun-darkening of spines, barely noticeable. Illustrated with twenty engravings total. A beautiful set, and although a pity it is a married set, it is complete and beautiful. Attestation page states: This Edition Printed from Type at The Shakespeare Head Press Stratford-Upon-Avon England is Limiterd to Five Hundred Numbered Copies of which This is No. 131.
Condition
Near Fine
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