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[STERNE (L)].: The Beauties of Sterne: with Some Account of his Life [Walker's British Classics]. WITH PRICED SERIES CATALOGUE
J. Walker, 1819 12mo., First Edition thus, a little dust- and age-soiling; contemporary brown cloth, covers mildly age-worn and soiled else a good, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's advertisement at end. This advertisement is valuable in that it gives a priced catalogue of the first collection of titles published in Walker's notable series. Based on the principles and format of Elzevir's Continental editions, Walker's 'British Classics' aimed 'to form a complete library of standard English literature...Embracing at once the two important objects - Correctness of Text and Beauty of Printing'. Individual volumes are increasingly difficult to find.
Offered for GBP 44.00 = appr. US$ 71.98 by: Island Books - Book number: 13569