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The works of Henry Fielding : complete in one volume, with memoir of the author. / by Thomas Roscoe. Portrait and autograph
by Fielding, Henry (1707-1754).�Roscoe, Thomas (1791-1871)
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About This Item
London H.G. Bohn ; Scott, Webster and Geary ; L.A. Lewis ; John Chidley ; William Gilling ; and R. Griffin and Co., Glasgow. : Printed for Henry Washbourne, 1840. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Provenance: Bookplate of Ellen James. Good copy only in full contemporary aniline calf with gilt borders. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges marbled. Spine worn; front board detached. Text remains clear and without blemish.
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- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 394327
- Title
- The works of Henry Fielding : complete in one volume, with memoir of the author. / by Thomas Roscoe. Portrait and autograph
- Author
- Fielding, Henry (1707-1754).�Roscoe, Thomas (1791-1871)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition in this form
- Publisher
- London H.G. Bohn ; Scott, Webster and Geary ; L.A. Lewis ; John Chidley ; William Gilling ; and R. Griffin and Co., Glasgow. : P
- Date Published
- 1840
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Morocco
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