Folio Society Published Works Number 3444
Sterne, Laurence - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Limited Edition
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Sterne, Laurence - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Limited Edition (Published in by The Folio Society in 2020. One of the greatest works of imagination in English literature this hilarious fictional autobiography of a hapless anti-hero tore up the rules of novel-writing when the novel had scarcely been invented. Limited Edition. Number 207 of 750 hand-numbered copies signed by Tom Phillips. Limitation page printed letterpress by Hand & Eye on Hahnemühle Bugra Bütten paper and tipped-in by hand. Bound in Charmante-Gwebe cloth printed and blocked with a design by Tom Phillips. Title blocked in gold foil on spine. 512 pages set in Founder’s Caslon and printed on Abbey Pure paper. 10 illustrations by Tom Phillips, including frontispiece, printed on Veltique paper. Marbled page by Jemma Lewis tipped-in by hand. Gilded top edge. Ribbon marker. Commentary: Preface by Patrick Wildgust, curator at Shandy Hall. Editorial material by Melvyn New.
Bound in Iris cloth blind-blocked with a design by Tom Phillips.
Title blocked in gold foil on spine. 180 pages. Cloth-covered slipcase with top and bottom lips. Blocked in dark red foil on one side with a design by Tom Phillips. Lined in Art Vellum paper. 10½" x 7¾". )
