Description

Hardcover bound in genuine dark maroon leather, lettered and decorated on covers and spine in 22kt gold with elaborate scroll decorations and rules. New copy. Quality Easton Press attributes include raised spine, gilt edges, bound-in silk ribbon marker, moire fabric end-papers and Smyth sewn and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. Limited Collector’s Edition, one of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series. This comic and bawdy tale by Fielding was one the the earliest works to be classified a “novel” and was nominatied by none other than W. Somerset Maugham as one the top ten such in the entire world. A brand new copy in the original factory shrink wrap.