Fielding, Henry; Battestin, Martin C. [Editor]; Lockwood, Thomas [Editor]; Goldgar, Bertrand A. [Editor]; Coley, W. B. [Editor]; Bowers, Fredson [Editor]; Miller, Henry Knight [Editor]; Amory, Hugh [Editor]
Oxford; Middletown: Clarendon Press; Wesleyan University Press, 1967 - 2011. First Thus. Large Octavos, Fifteen Volumes. In Good condition, with Good minus condition dust jackets. Beige spines with black lettering. Dust jackets show mild to significant (varying) sunning to spines (most significant in the following volumes: TRUE PATRIOT [...], CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHAMPION[...], PLAYS [Vols. I - III], and AMELIA), and moderate wear to top edges (with moderate chipping to top edges of JOSEPH ANDREWS). Prices unclipped (where applicable). Boards have moderate wear to bottom edges of those volumes published prior to 2000, and light plus bumping to some corners (moderate plus to JOSEPH ANDREWS). Text blocks have light shelf wear to bottom edges, light age toning to several volumes, and the ex libris of a previous owner on the front paste down of several volumes, and instances of pencil annotations throughout volumes. Includes fifteen of the sixteen volumes released as part of the authoritative Wesleyan Edition of the Works of Henry Fielding, released between 1967 and 2011.
The only volume from this not appearing in the present set is THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO LISBON, SHAMELA, AND OCCASIONAL WRITINGS. All of the present volumes, except for AMELIA, were published by Clarendon Press - AMELIA was published by Wesleyan University. CONTENTS:
1. JOSEPH ANDREWS
2. MISCELLANIES BY HENRY FIELDING, ESQ, VOL. 1
3. THE JACOBITE'S JOURNAL AND RELATED WRITINGS
4. THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES: A FOUNDLING, VOL. 1
5. THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES: A FOUNDLING, VOL. 2
6. AMELIA
7. THE TRUE PATRIOT AND RELATED WRITINGS
8. AN ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE LATE INCREASE OF ROBBERS, AND RELATED WRITINGS
9. THE COVENT-GARDEN JOURNAL AND A PLAN OF THE UNIVERSAL REGISTER-OFFICE
10. MISCELLANIES BY HENRY FIELDING, ESQ, VOL. 2
11. MISCELLANIES BY HENRY FIELDING, ESQ, VOL. 3
12. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHAMPION, AND RELATED WRITINGS
13. THE PLAYS, VOL. 1
14. THE PLAYS, VOL. 2
15. THE PLAYS, VOL. 3
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