[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Smollett's "Adventures of Ferdinand, Count Fathom"

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[Smollett, Tobias George]. THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM. By the 
Author of Roderick Random. London: For W. Johnston. 1753. 12mo. 2 vols. 
(2),viii,262;(2),316pp. A very attractive set in cont. calf with red morocco spine 
labels. Outer hinges starting, but quite sound. Housed in a full brown morocco 
solander case, each volume in a linen chemise. With the 18th century bookplate 
of Robert Lord Clive.     $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
See Rothschild #1912. The first edition; there is an unauthorized second 
edition with the imprint “T. Johnson.”

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