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[SMOLLETT, Tobias George (1721-1771)]. The Adventures of Roderick Random. London: for J.Osborn, 1748. 2 volumes, 12° (166 x 97mm). With final blank in vol.II. Contemporary calf, spines gilt with orange morocco lettering-pieces (spines and extremities slightly scuffed). FIRST EDITION. Rothschild 1905.
[T.G.SMOLLETT]. The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. London: for W.Johnston and B.Collins in Salisbury, 1771. 3 volumes, 12° (168 x 99mm). Half-titles. (Lacking final blank M6 in vol.II, half-titles and titles of vols.II and III substituted for each other: vol.II corrected in manuscript, vol.III by scratching out the offending 'I'.) Contemporary calf, spines with red morocco lettering-pieces (spines lightly scuffed). FIRST EDITION, mixed issue. Cf. Rothschild 1925.
[?]Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.. Vol.III. London: [?], 1727. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (192 x 118mm). Engraved fronyispiece. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary panelled calf, orange morocco lettering-piece. Provenance: Sir William Baird of Newbaith (armorial bookplate) FIRST EDITION of the spurious third volume of Gulliver's Travels. Teerinck 292.
With a uniformly bound 2 volume set of Swift's second edition of Gulliver's Travels (1727). (8)
[T.G.SMOLLETT]. The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker. London: for W.Johnston and B.Collins in Salisbury, 1771. 3 volumes, 12° (168 x 99mm). Half-titles. (Lacking final blank M6 in vol.II, half-titles and titles of vols.II and III substituted for each other: vol.II corrected in manuscript, vol.III by scratching out the offending 'I'.) Contemporary calf, spines with red morocco lettering-pieces (spines lightly scuffed). FIRST EDITION, mixed issue. Cf. Rothschild 1925.
[?]Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.. Vol.III. London: [?], 1727. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (192 x 118mm). Engraved fronyispiece. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary panelled calf, orange morocco lettering-piece. Provenance: Sir William Baird of Newbaith (armorial bookplate) FIRST EDITION of the spurious third volume of Gulliver's Travels. Teerinck 292.
With a uniformly bound 2 volume set of Swift's second edition of Gulliver's Travels (1727). (8)