£55.00
Title: The Adventures of Roderick Random & Humphrey Clinker One Volume Edition
Author: Tobias Smollett
Publisher: J. Limbird
Publication Date: c1833
Format: Board / 1/4 leather with original armorial bookplate of Henry Mussenden Leathes, Esq. of Herringfleet Hall.
Condition: Marbled board with leather to spine and corners. Some light bumping and front cover starting to crack at hinge. Pages are clean and mark free with some very light foxing. pages are marble edged. Bookplate as described to front.
Book measures: 22.5cm x 14cm with 195 and 159 pages
1 in stock
This 1833 one-volume edition from publisher J. Limbird contains Tobias Smollett’s picaresque masterpieces, The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. This particular copy boasts exceptional provenance, featuring the original armorial bookplate of Henry Mussenden Leathes, Esq. of Herringfleet Hall. Leathes was a celebrated Waterloo veteran and officer in the Royal Horse Artillery. His library sticker transforms this book from a standard 19th-century printing into a unique historical artifact, appealing to collectors of antique British literature, Napoleonic military history, and Suffolk genealogical heritage.
Provenance: Original bookplate for Henry Mussenden Leathes (Herringfleet Hall, Suffolk).
Format: Antique Hardback (One Volume)
Publisher: J. Limbird
Year: c.1833
| Weight | 1.00 kg |
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