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Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library, 1980. Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson. (from the 3 volume 1792 Dixon). Green cloth, gilt, raised bands, aeg. 8vo. pp. [xxii], 736, [2] About Artist. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Some spotting to gilt..

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London : Heron Books, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in modern publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Series; Literary heritage series. Physical description; vol. II (only): 427 pages : ill., port. ; 21 cm. Contents; v. 2. Book IX continued-Book XVIII. Subjects; Henry Fielding (1707-1754). Fiction. Genre; Illustrated.

New York: White, Stokes, And Allen, 1885. First Edition in this form. Hardcover. Worn copies bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Series; The Works of Henry Fielding. Physical description; two volumes. Subjects; Fielding, Henry (1707-1754). 18th century fiction.

London : printed [sic] for C. Cooke, 1797. Cooke's Edition. Hardcover. Poor copies with wear, tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Edition; Cooke's edition. Embellished with superb engravings. Physical description; three volumes. Subjects; English Fiction. Henry Fielding (1707-1754). Tom Jones- Foundling. 18th century English Literature.

London: John Lane, Th Bodley Head Ltd. ; New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 770 pages. Subjects; Fielding, Henry (1707-1754). Fiction.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1844. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND. In two volumes. Octavo (16 x 12cm), pp.[6]; 456; [2]; pp.[6]; 443; [3]. Contemporary tan quarter calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red spine labels, and marbled boards and endpapers. Browning and spotting throughout. Spines lightly toned with some marks and rubbing. Both spine heads pulled, more so to volume I. Good.

London New York : John Lane, the Bodley Head ; Dodd, Mead and Co., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: [1-4] 5-770 [771-72] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Subjects: Jones, Tom (Fictitious character) ; Fiction; Jones, Tom (Fictitious character); 1700-1799; Manners and customs; England Social life and customs 18th century ; Fiction; Angleterre M�urs et coutumes 18e si�cle ; Romans, nouvelles, etc.; England.

Istanbul: MEB / Tan Basimevi., 1945-1946, 1945. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Uncut pages. Soiling and slightly stained on covers. Otherwise a very good set. 12mo. (18 x 11,5 cm). In Turkish. 4 volumes set: ([8], 338 p.; [8], 327 p.; [4], 292 p.; [4], 501 p.). Tom Jones: Sokakta bulunmus bir çocugun hikayesi. [= The history of Tom Jones; A foundling]. 4 volumes set. Translated to Turkish by Mina Urgan. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London, and is among the earliest English prose works to be classified as a novel. It is the earliest novel mentioned by W. Somerset Maugham in his 1948 book Great Novelists and Their Novels among the ten best novels of the world. Tom Jones is generally regarded as Fielding's greatest book and… Read More

Boston: Dana Estes & Company. Very Good, an uncut copy. Binding: Bound in original brown cloth. Spine with black morocco gilt title-label. Top edge gilt. Title-pages printed in red and black, printer’s device., Notes: The History of Tom JonesIllustrated with frontispiece portraits of Fielding (after an original etching by J.J. Calahan), Shakespeare, and the Earl of Chatham, each with a lettered tissue-guard, and 16 plates depicting scenes in the text. Pp. frontispiece, title-page, contents, list of illustrations, 17-366; frontispiece, title-page, contents, list of illustrations, 15-350; frontispiece, title-page, contents, list of illustrations, 6-376.Amelia.Illustrated with steel-engraved portrait of Milton by Bosselman and steel-engraved portrait of Cromwell by Geoffrey, each with lettered tissue-guards, and 8 plates depicting scenes from the text. Pp. frontispiece, title-page, contents, list of illustrations, dedication, 13-320; frontispiece, title-page, contents, list of illustrations,… Read More

London : James Cochrane and Co, 1831. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good copies bound in contemporary leather-backed, marbled boards. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine, with raised bands, and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges marbled. Spine bands, corners and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Front board of volume 1 almost detached with wear to the spine bands. Scattered foxing. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 2v (xxiv, 456 ; [8], 448p, [9] leaves of plates) : ill. ; 18cm. Notes; Both vols with a series title-page. Subjects; English fiction 18th century. Identity (Psychology) ; Fiction. Foundlings ; Fiction. Young men ; Fiction. Picaresque literature Social life and customs ; Fiction. London (England) Social life and customs ; Fiction.

Edinburgh: Printed by Martin & Wotherspoon, 1767. First Scottish Edition. cfNCBEL II 930. 3 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 6 p.l., 360; xi, [11], 288; 5 p.l., 319. with half-titles. contemporary calf (very worn, joints cracked, 1 cover detached, spine labels wanting, second contents leaf in Vol. III with loss of several lines at foot). elala5526

Paris: François-Ambroise Didot; Noël-Jacques Pissot; Louis-François Barrois, 1780. . 4 volumes in 2: (363, 379, 326, 384pp. ) ; 12.5 x 19.7cm. 8vo. Contemporary roan with some rubbing. Very good... First edition in English was in 1749 and this is the first edition after the English reprint of 1750....Lowndes, II, p. 797; OCLC Number: 425962997....Reprint of 1750 edition (cf. Morrissey).Originally published in 1749 (cf. Dict. of National Biog., 1889 ed., vol. 18, p. 420); includes author's introductory dedication: To the Hon. George Lyttelton, in vol. 1, p. i-viii.Description:4 tomes en 2 volumes in-8, basane havane, dos à nerfs orné (reliure de l'époque).

London: No. 17, Pater-Noster-Row: C. Cooke, 1792. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. CORBOULD R. SINGLETON H.. VG, 4 volumes, [1792], 15 plates, first Cooke edition, in contemporary tree calf, gilt edge tooling, corners bumped & worn. Spines, worn, edges bumped. Vol 1, additional engraved title with woodcut, plus the series edition & dedication both engraved, (iv), [1], 6-14, [1], (xvi-xx), [1], 22-264 pp, 7 pls. Vol 2, additional eng. title, [3], 4-272, 4 pls. V3, additional eng title, [3], 4-231, 2 pl. V4, eng tp, [3], 4-276 pp, 2 pl. All vols blue marbled endpapers, vols 1&2 with bookplate to fpds (Rev John Roberts), upper joints cracked, spine title labels lacking in V2&4, vertical spine crack to V2. Dated per ESTC 1792, plates dated 1792, the additional eng pl 1793. (142*85 mm). (ESTC T1941). estc T1941

London: Printed For C.Cooke, [c1800]., 1800. 3 Volumes. 12mo. pp. vi, [7]-312; 312; 310, [2]ads 3 additional engraved titles. woodcut ornaments. contemporary straight-grained red morocco, all edges gilt. An attractive set from Cooke’s Pocket Edition of Select Novels. Although the title page states that the work is embellished with copper engravings, the only plates present are three additional engraved titles. cfNCBEL II 930.. Hardcover.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publisher to the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1926. 1st edition. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Brian Fenwick Smith. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved set overall. Physical description: 10 volumes; 20cm. Subjects: English Fiction. 19th century fiction. 20th century fiction. Genre: Fiction.

Six volumes. lxiii+[blank]+214 pages; [2 blank]+title=blank=324+[2 blank] pages; [2 blank]+title+[blank]+370+[2 blank] pages; [2 blank]+title+[blank]+312+[2 blank] pages; [2 blank]+title+[blank]+294+[2 blank] pages; [4 blank]+title+[blank]+304+[4 blank] pages. Duodecimo (6 3/4" x 4")bound in full uniform contemporary calf with five raised spine bands with gilt numbering to spine and gilt edges to covers. (ESTC T1947; Grolier English 48; Rothschild 850) First edition, first issue.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. It was first published on 28 February 1749 in London and is among the earliest English works to be classified as a novel.
The novel is highly organized despite its length. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned", alongside Oedipus Tyrannus and The Alchemist. It became a best seller with… Read More