A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr Yorick by STERNE, Lawrence - 1808

London, Peter Davies, 1927.. c.198pp. Large 8vo. Original dec. cloth, a little faded, and foxed and a few marks, otherwise a very good copy.. Limited edition.

London: P. Miller and J. White, 1774 Early edition. One volume containing the 4 volumes of A Sentimental Journey, and A Political Romance. Hardcover book . Half leather and marbled boards, gilt title on red leather panel, gilt bands to spine. 328pp, h: 17.5cm . Engraved coat of arms to one page in text. Fair condition: title page of volume 1 is missing. Boards rubbed and worn, spine leather good with title intact, corners bumped. Binding sound though some hinge cracks. First and last text pages darkened and with edge tears- may have been rebound at an early date. other pages mostly clean, some diffuse tanning, marginal loss to one. Pictures available.

London: T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1768. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. 12mos., two volumes. in Very Good condition. Newly rebound in quarter brown leather with brown cloth boards. All edges gilt; mild spotting to pages. Binding tight. First edition, First issue with the subscribers list. Half-titles present in both volumes. Volume I, page 150 reads "vous." Volume II, Pages 34 and 35 are numbered correctly. Page 38 appears without the coat of arms. Page 133 reads "who have." CONTENTS: Vol. 1 (xx, 203 pages) -- Vol. 2 ([4], 208 pages). Shelved in Case 9. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a novel by Laurence Sterne, written and first published in 1768, as Sterne was facing death. In 1765, Sterne traveled through France and Italy as far south as Naples, and after returning determined to describe his travels from a sentimental point of view. The novel can be seen as an epilogue to the possibly unfinished work The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and also… Read More