SECOND JOURNAL TO ELIZA - Hitherto known as LETTERS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY YORICK AND ELIZA But shown to be a later version of the JOURNAL TO ELIZA

Laurence Sterne

Verlag: G. Bell & Sons Ltd., London, 1929

Beschreibung

Transcribed from the copy in the British Museum and presented with an introduction by Margaret R. B. Shaw. Foreword by Charles Whibley. ***Edition limited to 1,000 copies. ***Very good in dark cream cloth-covered boards with black titles to spine. Boards nice and clean. Corners sharp. Small bookseller's label to bottom of front pastedown. No inscriptions. ***In a very good printed dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped showing original publisher's price of £1 1s. net. Edges of dustwrapper slightly rubbed, nicked, browned and creased with tiny loss at corners. Two short closed tears to bottom edge of front panel of dustwrapper. Short closed tear and associated creasing and rubbing to top edge of front panel of dustwrapper near head of spine. Head of spine of dustwrapper restored from inside. Small loss, tears, creasing and rubbing to head of spine of dustwrapper, with small hole to centre of dustwrapper near head of spine. Tail of spine of dustwrapper slightly creased and rubbed. Short closed tear to top edge of rear panel of dustwrapper. Off-setting from removal of label to rear panel of dustwrapper. ***xxxix, plus 165 pages including index to rear. 240 mm x 170 mm. ***'A new item claiming admission at this late date among the works of such a major figure as Sterne - this is an event that will not pass unnoticed by collectors or any one who cares for English literature. Here is a book first published 150 years ago and neglected ever since, but now claimed to be an authentic work of Sterne's. ***In order to understand the genesis of this book, the reader is referred to Mr. Charles Whibley's Foreword, in which he sums up the case which Miss Shaw makes in her Introduction for attributing the work to Laurence Sterne. In his opinion this attribution 'will be readily accepted'. ***The text is taken from the copy of the 1779 edition in the British Museum; and a photograph of the original title-page forms a frontispiece. There has been no edition of this work since its original appearance, and consequently it has become very scarce; and the present edition, in which for the first time it is ascribed to Sterne, is strictly limited to one thousand copies.' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***In a variant cream binding, rather than the usual green. Uncommon, especially in the original dustwrapper. *** For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2493x

Bibliografische Details

Titel: SECOND JOURNAL TO ELIZA - Hitherto known as ...

Verlag: G. Bell & Sons Ltd., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1929

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition