STERNE, LAURENCE. The life and opinions of tristram shandy, gentleman. 9 volumes. Engraved frontispiece by Ravenet after Hogarth in

Volume 3. 12mo, contemporary calf, skillfully rebacked with original spines laid down, red leather spine labels; some scattered foxing (heavy on a few titles), a few leaves in Volume 4 trimmed close along fore-margins affecting last letters, inner margin tear on L1 in Volume 8, front blank lacking in Volume 5, early owner's signature on titles in first four volumes; calf folding case. [York] and London: various imprints, 1760-67 FIRST EDITION, with half-titles as called for in Volumes 4, 5, 6, and 9; marbled leaf in third volume; SIGNED BY STERNE as usual at first page of text in Volumes 5, 7, and 9; first state of Volume 7; a1 of Volume 9 in variant state (a). From the Library of Jean Hersholt, with booklabel on slipcase. Rothschild 1970.