![]() ![]() Small 8vo, in very handsome polished antique mottled calf, the boards framed in gilt, the spines with gilt stippled raised bands between gilt framed and tooled compartments featuring large central gilt tooling, two compartments with contrasting red and green morocco labels gilt tooled and lettered, board edges gilt tooled, page edges speckled. From the noted collection of Beverly Chew with his red morocco, gilt lettered ex libris on the front endpapers. First edition, the first issue with errata and uncorrected text. Johnson, for the hero’s high-spirited and varied sexual escapades. Although a great success, the book drew criticism from many, including Dr. Coleridge acknowledged it as having one of the three great plots of all literature. ‘Tom Jones’ is not only generally regarded as Fielding’s greatest work, but is one of the first and most influential English novels. An unusually attractive set of Fielding’s classic story. VERY HANDSOME FIRST EDITION AND FIRST ISSUE OF A CORNERSTONE WORK IN LITERATURE. ![]()
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