The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling

Lord Rothschield [Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild]

Verlag: Privately Printed for Lord Rothschield, London, 1951

Beschreibung

Fascinating report of a lawsuit brought by Lord Rothschild against Gabriel Wells concerned with a copy of Henry Fielding's 'Tom Jones, a bright limited edition. One of one-hundred and fifty copies printed, unnumbered. A scarce copy.In 1937, Owen D. Young's copy ofThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundlingby Henry Fielding (1749) was sold to Gabriel Wells, who then sold it to Lord Rothschild with a portion of the manuscript of Pope's Essay on Manfor $29,000. However, a few years later, John Hayward discovered the copy to be "doctored" with about a dozen leaves from a second edition. This led Lord Rothschild to file a lawsuit against Gabriel Wells and Owen D. Young for having sold him a fake copy, leaving the sellers to either admit not to have collated such an important work before selling it for a great sum of money, or to have collated it without detecting the error.This copy contains a detailed report of such lawsuit, a fascinating work.With Lord Rothschild's compliments slip loosely inserted, dated 1955. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over paper covered boards. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine, faded to head of spine and boards. Previous ownership pencil inscription to front free endpaper, undated. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 843A86

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The History of Tom Jones, a Changeling

Verlag: Privately Printed for Lord Rothschield, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1951

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book