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Fielding, Henry. An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews. Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #342 of 450 limited edition copies. 80 pages in brown papered boards over ivory cloth spine, very good with light shelf-wear, light tanning to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. No jacket, if issued. Previous owner's name penned to FFEP. Interior else clean, text bright and unmarked.
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Brown paper boards with white cloth spine, gilt letters on spine, 81 pp. A reprint of a book first published in 1741 as being "By Mr. Conny Keyber," but eventually attributed to English novelist Henry Fielding (1707-1754). With a new introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. #367 of 450 copies. G (Some light foxing on pages esp. near edges; no dj; slight soiling to boards; page surfaces are generally good.)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Fielding, Henry. An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.
Price: US$48.89 + shipping
Description: An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews with an Introduction by R Brimley Johnson by Henry Fielding. Limited edition #32 of 450 copies published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1926.Clean pages, prior owner bookplate to inside of front board, tight binding, cloth boards clean with minor bumping to corners Clean pages, prior owner bookpla
Seller: HGG Books, Slingerlands, NY, U.S.A.
Fielding, Henry. An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews. The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.
Price: US$51.53 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1926. Limited edition, no. 37 of 450. Small Octavo. x, 80pp. Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Publisher's quarter buckram, over papered boards. Spine discoloured, corners rubbed and bumped. Overall a 'Good' copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Price: US$67.18 + shipping
Description: With an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. Pp. x+[2](note)+80+[2](colophon, verso blank); demy l2mo; qr. cream buckram, spine lettered in gilt, brown papered boards, upper board faintly scratched; uncut; dust wrapper, foxed and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips, piece from head of backstrip; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers faintly offset, lower hinge starting, edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. Edition limited to 450 numbered copies. Chanticleer 36.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$70.21 + shipping
Description: x+80pp. 8vo. Original cloth backed boards. Edges uncut. A near fine copy. 245 of 450 copies.
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: #217 of 450 copies. 80 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Fielding (Henry). AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF MRS. SHAMELA ANDREWS. Golden Cockerel Press, 1926.
Price: US$83.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: LIMITED EDITION OF 450 COPIES, THIS COPY NUMBER 135. xi, 81pp., handmade paper, original brown paper covered boards, white buckram spine, outer edges uncut, corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Size: 8" x 4.5"
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Price: US$97.13 + shipping
Description: With an introduction by B. Brimley Johnson. x, [1], 80, [1]pp. John Carters bookplate to fpdep. Original ¼ linen gilt incorporating brown paper boards, uncut. Spine browned, occasional spotting to text.
Seller: John Turton, Crook, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarter white cloth on brown boards. Limited edition (92 of 450 copies). Foxing spot at the bottom of p39, but interior otherwise clean. Filled with beautiful woodcuts. Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson. This satirical novel attacks Samuel Richardson's book Pamela, and was composed, like Pamela, in epistolary form. It was first published in 1741, a year after the book it attacked, under the name Mr. Conny Keber. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada