Apr 07, 2008 - Sale 2141

Sale 2141 - Lot 159

Price Realized: $ 3,360
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
[STERNE, LAURENCE.] The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. Engraved frontispieces after William Hogarth in Volumes 1 and 3; inserted leaf of marbled paper in Volume 3. Half-titles in Volumes 4-6 and 9 as called for. 9 volumes. 12mo, contemporary calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, spine ends chipped, covers detached or starting; most free endpapers lacking. Rokeby Park of armorial bookplates of John Bacon Sawrey Morritt, Esq. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1760-61; T. Becket and P. A. DeHondt, 1762-67

Additional Details

Second edition of the first 2 volumes, first edition of the rest. First state of Volume 7 title, with errata on verso. Volumes 5, 7, and 9 signed by sterne as usual. Cross, page 600-603; Rothschild 1970.