Author: FIELDING, HENRY
Title: The History of Tom Jones: Volume Two Only (of the Two-Vol. Set) (Everyman's Library #356)
Description: London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1922. Hardcover. A 1922 reprint of the 1909 issuance. Henry Fielding (1707-1754) has been credited with co-founding the first police force in London. His classic "Tom Jones" was first published in 1749, and presented here in volume 2 only of the 2-vol. Everyman's Library set. EL #356, an entry in their Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full carmine cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed imitation gold spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, black topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- The spine titling & decorations have tarnished and turned black, with prior Edinburgh owner's inked signature & info. to front free endpaper & moderate chafing to edges of cloth, else a sound copy. A weakened back hinge has been carefully repaired on this item.; 24mo (5 to 6 in. tall) ; xi, 413, 6 (ads) pages. Good with no dust jacket .

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