FIELDING, Henry; Alexander King [Illustrator].
Tom Jones: The History of a Foundling.
The Limited Editions Club Edition of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones; signed by illustrator Alexander King and finely bound by Sangorski & sutcliffe
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1931.
$750.00
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Henry Fielding's most famous novel. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles to the spine, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, title page vignette, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by illustrator Alexander King on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 1139. In fine condition. Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Illustrations by Alexander King.
Henry Fielding (1707–1754) was a seminal figure in the development of the English novel, whose works combined satirical wit, moral inquiry, and formal innovation. Trained as a playwright and later serving as a magistrate, Fielding brought a keen understanding of human behavior and social institutions to his fiction. 'Tom Jones' (1749) is a foundational work of the English novel that exemplifies the eighteenth-century shift toward realist fiction infused with moral and social commentary. Structured as a comic-epic in prose, the novel follows the life and misadventures of the titular foundling, whose journey from rural Somerset to London allows Fielding to satirize various aspects of British society, including class pretensions, legal hypocrisy, and sexual morality. Notable for its omniscient narrator and digressive chapter introductions, Tom Jones combines narrative innovation with Enlightenment values, presenting virtue as a matter of human imperfection rather than rigid moral codes.
Tom Jones: The History of a Foundling.
$750.00
In Stock