The adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

by Tobias Smollett

$1,250 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: W. Johnston, 1753. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, pp. 2 , viii, 262; 2 , 315; contemporary full original calf, simple double gilt rules on covers, gilt-paneled spines, red morocco labels; upper joints slightly cracked, but generally a very good copy, unrestored, and retaining the final blank leaf in volume I; contained in a full crush brown levant solander case. Smollett's third novel, the story of an unmitigated villain, whose mother was a

• Binding: Leather

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