Lot 2052 , [Smollett, Tobias] - The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. By the Author of Roderick Random. 1st edition, 2 vols. contemp. calf (distressed). printed for T. Johnson ... 1753; [Allestree, Richard] The Gentleman's Call
° [Smollett, Tobias] - The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom. By the Author of Roderick Random. 1st edition, 2 vols. contemp. calf (distressed). printed for T. Johnson ... 1753; [Allestree, Richard] The Gentleman's Calling ... 2 plates, headpiece decorations. printed by R. Norton, for T. Garthwait ... 1667; bound with [Allestree, Richard] The Ladies Calling in Two Parts ... 3rd impression. title vignette, headpiece decorations; contemp. panelled calf. Oxford: printed at the Theatre, 1675 (3)
£80-120
Condition:
Smollett - bndg. worn (esp. spines), joints cracked, v.1 title stained, both vols. with browning and num. stains (esp. marked v.2 pp.217-19) with a clean tear (no loss) pp. 173-76; (1), vii, 268 and (1), 324pp.; old ownership v.2 Allestree Gents - spine wear (no label), front upper joint cracked, some wear lower board; ?possibly lacks engr. title and frontis, reasonably clean inside. (21), 166pp. (incl. Pt. Title-Private Devotions), the 2 plts. loose, blank before Ladies Calling - reasonably clean inside. (24), 270pp.
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