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Auction archive: Lot number 123

Amelia

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$780
Auction archive: Lot number 123

Amelia

Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$780
Beschreibung:

Title: Amelia Author: Fielding, Henry Place: London Publisher: Printed for A. Millar Date: 1752 Description: 4 volumes. xii, 285; viii, 262, [1(ad)]; x, 323; viii, 296. 12mo, uniformly bound in period speckled calf, gilt rules & fleurons, spines tooled in gilt including raised bands, black and red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, floral gilt dentelles, all edges gilt; bound by Riviere & Son. First Edition, second state. Fielding's last novel. The second impression , made in January 1752 (the first in December 1751), only recently made identifiable by the correction of a misprint at the fourth line of p. 191 of Volume III ("the at Folly" changed to "at the Folly"). This set does have the terminal blank in Volume I and the ad leaf in Volume II. Rothschild 853; Cross, III, p.321. Lot Amendments Condition: Light rubbing to edges, joints tender, scattered nicks, split carefully repaired near head of Vol. I spine; internally clean and nice, handsomely bound; very good or better. Item number: 185659

Auction archive: Lot number 123
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2007
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Amelia Author: Fielding, Henry Place: London Publisher: Printed for A. Millar Date: 1752 Description: 4 volumes. xii, 285; viii, 262, [1(ad)]; x, 323; viii, 296. 12mo, uniformly bound in period speckled calf, gilt rules & fleurons, spines tooled in gilt including raised bands, black and red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, floral gilt dentelles, all edges gilt; bound by Riviere & Son. First Edition, second state. Fielding's last novel. The second impression , made in January 1752 (the first in December 1751), only recently made identifiable by the correction of a misprint at the fourth line of p. 191 of Volume III ("the at Folly" changed to "at the Folly"). This set does have the terminal blank in Volume I and the ad leaf in Volume II. Rothschild 853; Cross, III, p.321. Lot Amendments Condition: Light rubbing to edges, joints tender, scattered nicks, split carefully repaired near head of Vol. I spine; internally clean and nice, handsomely bound; very good or better. Item number: 185659

Auction archive: Lot number 123
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2007
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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