Fielding, Henry. Amelia. Houghton Mifflin, Boston & New York, 1926.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three-volume set of Henry Fielding's novel Amelia. Large Paper Edition, Limited Edition #484/500. Some pages uncut. Darkening on some areas of the covers. A couple scuffs to the cover edges of Volume III. A few chips to the sides of the book title plates on the spines. 710 total pages. Shipping will be extra for this set; please inquire.; Three-Volume Set; 6 1/2 x 9 1/2"
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Fielding, Henry. The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild THE GREAT. Houghton Mifflin, Boston & New York, 1926.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Edition #447/500. Printed at Shakespeare Press, Stratford Upon Avon, England. Buckram and boards. Leather label - "Fielding's Novels III" "Large Paper Edition" on spine - 1st published in 1743 as volume III of Fielding's Miscellanies. 4 books in one. Uncut and unopened large paper edition. Four illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), spine darkened some, slight wear at corners of boards. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Clean. Tight. no jacket as issued. Very good + condition.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
Fielding, Henry. The novels of Henry Fielding - Large paper edition. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1926.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One of 520 numbered sets bound in half buckram over boards this is a ten volume set of the large paper edition books are clean and tight and nicely printed. Media postage about $20.
Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 10 Volumes. Large Paper Edition, printed from type by the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-Upon-Avon. LIMITED EDITION, one of 500 copies. Paper boards backed in tan cloth, with spine title labels in red leather. Slight darkening to spines. Minor chipping to spine title labels. VG.
Seller: Strand Book Store, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: An edition limited to 500 copies, of which this set is copy no. 449. Volume 1. The life of Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great; volumes 2-3. The history of the adventures of Joseph Andrews and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams; volumes 4-7. The history of Tom Jones, a foundling; volumes 8-10. Amelia. All volumes unopened, with the single exception of the first volume of Joseph Andrews. The bindings are square and strong, the boards somewhat tanned, and the edges and spines rather more so; all leather spine labels intact, most fresh, with wear to two; moderate tanning to untrimmed edges; moderate tanning to endpapers, contents strong. 7840 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: The Large Paper Edition, in 10 volumes, in paper-coved boards backed in buckram with morocco labels. Volumes I, II: Joseph Andrews; III: Jonathan Wild; IV-VII: Tom Jones; VIII-X: Amelia. The boards have minor shelfwear and soiling; the bindings are clean and tight with no marks of any kind. Printed by Basil Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, with titles and half-titles in red and black. #458 of 520 sets.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Ten volumes complete set of number 441 in a limited edition of 500 copies; large octavo 9.5 x 6.5 inches bound in cream-colored paper-covered boards, tan cloth spine with red leather labels lettered in gilt, page edges uncut and many unopened; a Near Fine set, clean and unmarked and free of ownership indications, with only slight indications of handling
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No. 272 of 525 copies printed by the Shakespeare Head Press. 10 volumes, complete. Illustrations. Spine of one volume slightly discolored. Uncut page edges. Some unopened pages. Contents include: The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, Written in Imitation of the Manner of Cervantes Author of Don Quixote, Volumes I and II; The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild The Great, Volume III; The History of Tom Jones a Foundling, Volumes IV through VII; Amelia, Volumes VIII through X.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Fielding Henry. The Novels of Henry Fielding (Large Paper ediiton). Houghton Mifflin, 1926.
Price: US$383.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: American imprint of the Shakespeare Head Press Limited edition set, complete in ten volumes. Contains: 'The Life of Mr Jonathan Wild the Great' (1 vol), 'The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling' (4 vols), 'Amelia' (3 vols). 'Joseph Andrews' (2 vols). This is the large paper edition, all volumes numbered 306 of 500 copies. Printed by Basil Blackwell. Finely printed on high quality paper. Contnets al VG, clean and unmarked, edges uncut. Original beige paper-covered boards with cloth spines and leather titlle pieces. Boards a little rubbed on corners, a couple of titles slight rubbed, but otherwise a VG clean set. UK postage only. Size: Large 8vo
Seller: Martin Bott Bookdealers Ltd, Felixstowe, United Kingdom
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Complete set of 10 volumes, in publisher's three-quarter brownish-red morocco and salmon cloth. Top edges gilt, ribbon bookmarks bound in. A very near fine set, with slight sunning and a few little rubbed spots on spines. All volumes internally clean and sound. Includes Tom Jones, Amelia, Joseph Andrews, Jonathan Wild. Ransom (Selective Check Lists of Press Books) #41. The Shakespeare Head Press was founded by Arthur Bullen in Stratford-on-Avon in 1904 for the express purpose of printing a complete, fine press edition of Shakespeare's works in the author's home town. New, high quality editions of many other major British authors followed.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: Large Paper Edition, limited to 520 sets. Ten large octavo volumes (9 x 6 in; 230 x 150 mm). Publishers three-quarter red morocco over pale red cloth boards. Gilt decorated compartments. Frontispieces. A very Fine set. "The Elizabethan scholar A. H. Bullen established the Shakespeare Head Press in Stratford-up-Avon in 1904. His original aim was to produce a good edition of Shakespeare's works, and his ten volume Stratford Town Shakespeare was completed by 1907. After Bullen died in 1927, the press was acquired by a partnership including Basil Blackwell, the Oxford bookseller. Bernard Newdigate was appointed as typographer and under his direction the press worked within the Morris tradition" (Rogerson). The present contains: Joseph Andrews (2 vols); Jonathan Wild; Tom Jones; (4 vols) and Amelia (3 vols). Rogerson 86. Ranson 13.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Henry Fielding. The Novels of Henry Fielding. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1926.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926. Large Paper Edition. Leather Bound. H: 9.25 D: 6.25 W: 1.25. 10 Volumes. Henry Fielding, The Novels of Henry Fielding. Large Paper Edition. Bound in 3/4 red morocco. Linen.
Seller: Imperial Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.