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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. pb, 220pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Limited Edition. New York: Brentano's, 1925. Limited edition, no. 121 of 1000 copies of this edition, signed by the illustrator on the limitations page. Undated, ca. 1925. Features color plates by Wheelwright. Brown cloth over beveled boards, spine label, other decoration in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, 9.75 inches tall, a thick 728 pages. Covers have some edgewear including light chipping to the spine ends, spine darkened, good hinges, sound text block, pages slightly age-toned but clean, no names or other markings. Signed by the Illustrator. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

8vo. xvi+382pp. Original buckram. Black and white illustrations; index, endpaper maps, a very good copy. . Vivid and detailed account by a colonel in the Coldstream Guard .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition Third Impression. Important account of a Coldstream Guard Officer. This is the first edition, third impression December 1929. 382pp., ills., index. Foxing to opening page edge an slight points of wear and the bottom of the spine, therwise vgc, Uncommon in this edition. 0.0.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Rowland Wheelwright (illustrator). A limited edition of this comic novel by Henry Fielding, signed by the illustrator Rowland Wheelwright. Limited illustrated edition of The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding in the original publisher's cloth binding.Signed to the limitation by the illustrator. Limited to one thousand copies of which this is number 882.Illustrated with sixteen colour plates from paintings by Rowland Wheelwright. Collated, complete.This comic novel was one of the earliest English works to be classified as a novel. It is a widely appreciated and often considered Fielding's best work.Prior owner's book plate to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Prior owner's book plate to the front pastedown. The hinges are slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some occasional spotting, particularly to the endpapers. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Rowland Wheelwright (illustrator). A limited edition print of Fielding's comic novel Tom Jones. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. With sixteen colour plate illustrations by Rowland Wheelwright. Limited edition, number 707 of one thousand copies published for sale in England. Signed by Rowland Wheelwright, illustrator. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling is a comic novel by the playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. It is both a Bildungsroman and a picaresque novel. Alongside Samuel Richardson's Clarissa, Tom Jones is one of the first works of prose describable as a novel. Although the novel is lengthy, it is highly organised. Coleridge argued that it has 'three most perfect plots ever planned.' It is generally regarded as Fielding's greatest book. In original brown cloth binding with gilt stamped detailing to the boards and spine. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Offsetting to endpapers, worse to rear. Frontispiece is slightly disbound at the bottom of page, otherwise firmly bound internally. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 382 pages. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Undated - circa 1929. "The letters were written while the events described were fresh in mind - often actually on the battlefield or in the trenches. That is their claim to interest, coupled with the extraordinary luck which permitted an individual to survive so long in the front line." - from Preface. Poignant gift greetings in pencil, dated 1929, across from half-title page, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. Slight lean to spine. Average external wear. Gilt lettering upon backstrip clearly legible. A quality copy of this treasured Great War memoir.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). An early impression of this scarce work, signed by the author. A fascinating first person account of a British soldier's experiences in the First World War. A signed third impression of Rowland Fielding's work, with the inscription: 'Geoffrey Filden, with best wishes from Rowland Fielding' to the half title.Illustrated with sixteen contemporary photographs. Collated, complete.This work contains Fielding's wartimes letters to his wife, dating from April 15th, 1915 to March 1919. Key moments in history are encountered by the author and relayed to his spouse, such as the Third Battle of the Somme and final advance through Lille and Tournai. The author explains that many of these letters were written 'actually on the battlefield or in the trenches'.Loosely inserted are three pages of typed notes from the publisher. They begin 'is this book worth reading? The question has already been answered' and identify this work as 'a material British contribution to war literature'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Fading to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Bumping to board extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd patch of light spotting. Very Good. signed by author. book.