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STERNE, Laurence (1713-1768). The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. London: 1760-1767. 9 volumes, small 8 (154 x 96mm). 2 leaves of dedication to Mr. Pitt in vol.I, half-titles in vols.IV-VI and IX, Sterne's signature in vols.V, VII and IX (as usual). Engraved frontispiece in vols.I and III, marbled leaf between L4 and 5 in vol.V. (Some light browning, vol.V lacks blank A1.) Vols.I-VI: contemporary calf with gilt fillet borders to covers, vol.VII-IX: contemporary calf, (rebacked to match.) Provenance : Mehetabell Roebuck (signatures in vols.VII-IX). Vols.I-II: fourth edition; vols.III-IX: first edition. Cf. Rothschild II. 1970. [Tobias George SMOLLETT (1721-1771)]. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. London: for the author, sold by D.Wilson, 1751. 4 volumes, 12 (161 x 98mm). Contemporary calf (spines chipped at head), contained within a single modern cloth slip-case. Provenance : George Craster (armorial bookplate, dated 1771); H.Harvey Frost (book-label). FIRST EDITION. Rothschild 1910. Henry FIELDING (1707-1754). Amelia . London: A.Millar, 1752. 4 volumes, 12 (153 x 96mm). Advertisement leaf at the end of vol.II, front blank in vol.III. Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance : James Pennyman (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION; and five other works in 12 volumes (John Milton Paradise Lost [..Regain'd], Birmingham: Baskerville, 1760, 2 volumes, 8; William Congreve, The Works , Birmingham: Baskerville, 1761, 3 volumes, 8; [Jonathan Swift], Travels into several remote nations of the world... second edition, London: 1727, 2 volumes, 8; [George Cavendish], The Negotiations of Thomas Woolsey, London: 1641, 4; John Dryden, [ Works ], Glasgow: Foulis, 1775-1776, 4 volumes, 12). (29)