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The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, a New Edition in Six Volumes
by Sterne, Laurence
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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UPLAND, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Dodsley, 1777. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Six volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 printed in London for Dodsley in 1777. Volumes 3-6 printed in London in 1776 for Strahan, Becket, and Cadell. Volume 1 contains engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Contains 45 sermons. Size: 6.25" tall (16mo). Bound in contemporary full calf, gilt stamped spine with red and green morocco labels. Five volumes contain laid in Art Deco bookplates of Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948), British journalist, writer, publisher, and one of the leading bibliophiles of his time. Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) is the author of THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN and A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY, as well as his sermons and memoirs. "Mr. Yorick" is a pseudonym of Laurence Sterne. Very Good. Binding tight, joints sound. Rubbed at top and bottom of spines and on corners. Toning to endpapers. There are light pencil notes on endpapers of all volumes, light pencil marks in most volumes (see photo), and light pencil notes in most volumes (see photo). Nearly all pencil notes in the text block seem to be dates.
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- Bookseller
- Cedar Tree Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114995
- Title
- The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, a New Edition in Six Volumes
- Author
- Sterne, Laurence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Dodsley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1777
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Anglicanism, Christian
- Bookseller catalogs
- rare or antiquarian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cedar Tree Antiques
Biblio member since 2022
UPLAND, California
About Cedar Tree Antiques
Cedar Tree Antiques has been selling art, antiques and books since 1992, throughout Southern California.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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