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[FIELDING, HENRY]. The Tragedy of Tragedies; or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great. London: J. Roberts, 1731. Half calf and marbled boards, slightly worn, frontispiece, title-page and most leaves a bit browned, final text leaf cut close at bottom margin, final blank [F2] wanting FIRST EDITION of the play under this title, a substantial revision of the very rare Tom Thumb (1730), engraved frontispiece by Vander Gucht after William Hogarth -- Tumble-Down Dick: or, Phaeton in the Suds. A Dramatick Entertainment of Walking, in Serious and Foolish Characters. London: J. Watts, 1744. Mottled calf by Rivere, spine worn with cracks in front outer joint, upper margin of title-page cut close. Second Edition (the very rare first edition appeared in 1736). Together 2 volumes, 8vo. (2)