FIELDING, Henry (intro. Louis Kronenberger; illus. T. M. Cleland). The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979.

Large Octavo. Full burgundy leather. Spine with raised bands, 22-carat gilt accents. Gilt-stamped decorations to covers. All edges gilt. Orange moiré endpapers. Satin ribbon page marker. 778 pp. Illustrated by T. M. Cleland throughout; frontispiece portrait of Fielding by Hodges Soileau. Collector's Edition. Part of the Easton Press 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. Originally published London, 1749.

Fielding's celebrated comic novel of the good-natured foundling Tom Jones — his loves, his misadventures, and his eventual vindication across the length and breadth of eighteenth-century England — in a handsomely produced early Easton Press leather binding.

Near fine. Some mild markings to upper edge; otherwise fine throughout.

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Catalogue Number: HH000607