[FIELDING, Sarah] The Adventures of David Simple, containing an account of his travels through the cities of London and Westminster in the search of a real friend ... the second edition. With a preface by Henry Fielding, London: for A. Millar, 1744, 2 volumes, 12°, vol. I with AUTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR laid down on front blank, vol. I: xx + 278 + [2]pp., vol. II: [2] + 322pp., with final advertisement leaf at end of volume I (? lacking advertisement or blank at end of vol. II, some spotting), later 19th-century calf, upper covers with Lord Houghton's corn sheaf crest in gilt, bookplate of Robert, Marquis of Crewe -- Familar Letters between the Principal Characters in David Simple, and some others. To which is added, a vision, London: for the author, and sold by A. Millar, 1747, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, vol. I: xxii (p. xxii printed as xlviii) + 49-352pp., vol. II: [2] + 392pp. (tear to foot of Q1 in vol. I and head of B7 in vol. II, occasional soiling), contemporary calf (rubbed, joints cracked), bookplate of Robert, Marquis of Crewe. (4)

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[FIELDING, Sarah] The Adventures of David Simple, containing an account of his travels through the cities of London and Westminster in the search of a real friend ... the second edition. With a preface by Henry Fielding, London: for A. Millar, 1744, 2 volumes, 12°, vol. I with AUTOGRAPH OF THE AUTHOR laid down on front blank, vol. I: xx + 278 + [2]pp., vol. II: [2] + 322pp., with final advertisement leaf at end of volume I (? lacking advertisement or blank at end of vol. II, some spotting), later 19th-century calf, upper covers with Lord Houghton's corn sheaf crest in gilt, bookplate of Robert, Marquis of Crewe -- Familar Letters between the Principal Characters in David Simple, and some others. To which is added, a vision, London: for the author, and sold by A. Millar, 1747, 2 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, vol. I: xxii (p. xxii printed as xlviii) + 49-352pp., vol. II: [2] + 392pp. (tear to foot of Q1 in vol. I and head of B7 in vol. II, occasional soiling), contemporary calf (rubbed, joints cracked), bookplate of Robert, Marquis of Crewe. (4)

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The second work is a continuation of the first. Both the preface and letters XL-XLIV are by Henry Fielding.

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