STERNE, Laurence. Letters from Yorick to Eliza, London, for W. Johnston, 1773, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title somewhat soiled), contemporary mottled calf (rebacked, preserving old spine) [Cross p. 605; Rothschild 1973]; Sterne's Letters to his Friends on Various Occasions, London, for G. Kearsly and J. Johnson, 1775, 8°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary marbled boards (rebacked in calf) [Cross p. 607]; Letters ... to his most intimate friends, published by his daughter Mrs. Medalle, London, for T. Becket, 1775, 3 vols., 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, contemporary polished calf, spines gilt [Cross p. 608; Rothschild 1974]; and 2 other collections of Sterne's letters. (7)

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STERNE, Laurence. Letters from Yorick to Eliza, London, for W. Johnston, 1773, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title somewhat soiled), contemporary mottled calf (rebacked, preserving old spine) [Cross p. 605; Rothschild 1973]; Sterne's Letters to his Friends on Various Occasions, London, for G. Kearsly and J. Johnson, 1775, 8°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary marbled boards (rebacked in calf) [Cross p. 607]; Letters ... to his most intimate friends, published by his daughter Mrs. Medalle, London, for T. Becket, 1775, 3 vols., 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, contemporary polished calf, spines gilt [Cross p. 608; Rothschild 1974]; and 2 other collections of Sterne's letters. (7)

Lot Essay

Letters from Yorick to Eliza contains ten genuine letters written by Sterne to Mrs Elisabeth Draper early in 1767 shortly before she sailed from England to rejoin her husband in India. The collection of general correspondence, "barbarously edited" by his daughter Lydia, appeared on 25 October 1775, some months after Sterne's Letters to his Friends on Various Occasions which had been published on 12 July and was probably edited by William Combe.

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