STERNE, Laurence (1713-1768). The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. [London]: various imprints, 1760-67. 9 volumes, 8°. E5 in volume I black, marbled leaf between L4&5 in volume III, volumes V, VII & IX signed as usual by Sterne, volume VII in first state with errata on verso, volume IX with variant a of 'posteriori' between pp.v & vi (lacks the engraved plate at beginning of volume III, occasional unimportant browning and spotting). Old-style speckled calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, gilt edges (upper cover of volume V detached), in a brown morocco pull-off box. FIRST EDITION, with imprints as described by Rothschild. Rothschild 1970. (9)