STERNE, Laurence.

£4,750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. A set of mixed editions: first of vols VII-IX, second of V and VI, "new edition" of III and IV, seventh of I and II; vols V, VII and IX are signed by Sterne, a precaution he took to protect his work from piracy. This is a nice set in plain period bindings.

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