Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne - Folio Society - 2020 Limited Edition
Edition
Tristram Shandy - Laurence Sterne - Folio Society - 2020 Limited Edition
Condition
Like New.
Details
Tristram Shandy. Typeset by Blundell Studios. Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. Dark red-brown cloth slip case blocked in metallic red and titled (as above). The two volumes are as follows:
[1] The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, Laurence Sterne, edited by Melvyn New and Joan New, illustrated by Tom Phillips. 263 × 195 × 45 mm. Pp. [1–2], [i–x], [1–5] 6–504 [505–508]: [10] leaves of colour plates (facing pp. [v], [5], [63], [119], [187], [265], [317], [369], [419] and [467]). Type: Caslon. Bound in full white
cloth printed in red and blocked in gold with a titling design by Phillips. Gilded top edge. Dark purple endleaves. The tipped-in edition statement, printed letterpress by Hand and Eye, reads in part ‘limited to 750 copies, signed and numbered by the artist, and 25 lettered copies hors de commerce’. Tipped-in pieces of marbled paper for page 173 have been provided by Jemma Lewis. Phillips has produced collages for the frontispiece and each chapter.
[2] A commentary to accompany the life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, by Laurence Sterne. Edited by Melvyn New. 263 × 195 × 20 mm. Pp. [i–vi], [1] 2–173 [174]. Type: Dante. Bound in full dark red cloth blocked in gold and blind stamped, reflecting the main volume and slip case design; dark purple endleaves. Opens with a preface by Patrick Wildgust.