Toby's Tristram Shandy Shop

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Laurence Sterne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

[York] and London: R and J Dodsley, T Becket and P A Dehondt, 1760 - 1767.

First edition, in an 18th century binding of sprinkled calf, most likely as bound for its first owner.

Provenance: (1) Lionel Damer (1748-1807), English politician. (2) Ralph Hayward Isham, (1890-1955), noted American collector of books and manuscripts. (3) Hobart F. Cole (1897-1940), American book collector.

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Laurence Sterne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

[York] and London: R and J Dodsley, T Becket and P A Dehondt, 1760 - 1767.

First edition, in an 18th century binding of sprinkled calf.

Provenance: Arthur Wilmer-Lissauer (1888-1973), American book collector.

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Laurence Sterne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

[York] and London: R and J Dodsley, T Becket and P A Dehondt, 1760 - 1767.

First edition, in an 18th century binding of sprinkled calf.

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Laurence Sterne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

[York] and London: R and J Dodsley, T Becket and P A Dehondt, 1760 - 1767.

First edition, in a 19th century binding of red goatskin by Riviere.

Provenance: Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940), one of the leading American book collectors active in the 20th century.

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Laurence Sterne. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

[York] and London: R and J Dodsley, T Becket and P A Dehondt, 1760 - 1767.

First edition, in a 19th century calf binding by Francis Bedford.

Provenance: John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), American banker and arguably the greatest book collector active in the 20th century. His mansion and book collection on Madison Avenue, New York, now form the Morgan Library.