London: Printed for A. Millar, 1752 [i.e. 1751]. First Edition, second state, with the misprint “the at Folly” corrected to “at the Folly” in volume 3. Fielding’s Last Novel. Fielding’s last novel, and a commercial failure. His publisher felt confident that “Amelia” would be as successful as “Tom Jones,” and..... Read More about Amelia
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London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. #217 of 450 copies. Read More about An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews. With an Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson
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London: A. Millar, 1751. Second edition. Second edition with revisions of Fielding's most important social tract, written as chief magistrate, "the most remarkable of his social tracts — a work as important for what it reveals about his temperament and character as for the remedies it prescribes for the disorders..... Read More about An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, &c. With Some Proposals for...
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New York: Croscup & Sterling, [1902]. Limited edition, 3184 of 1000. Set of Henry Fielding's Works. Read More about The Complete Works of ... The Novels in Seven Volumes and The Plays and Poems in Five Volumes,...
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London: A. Millar, 1752 [but 1751]. First edition, second state, with the misprint "the at Folly" corrected to "at the Folly" in vol. III, p. 191. Fielding's Last Novel. Fielding's last novel, and a commercial failure. His publisher felt confident that Amelia would be as successful as Tom Jones, and..... Read More about Amelia
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London: A. Millar, 1749. First edition. The first edition of Fielding's masterpiece, arguably the greatest English novel of the 18th century. Demand for Fielding's novel was so great that all 2,000 copies of the first edition were bought up by the trade before the book's publication on 28 February 1749..... Read More about The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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London: A. Millar, 1755. First edition. First edition of Fielding's last book. Two editions appeared in 1755, with the same title-pages: one (this) edition was clearly an edited text; the other version was unedited, and set from the manuscript. The unedited text was suppressed and did not reappear until the..... Read More about The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
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London: A. Millar, 1753. First edition. First edition of Fielding's proposal, in the face of the inadequacies of the Poor Laws, to establish country workhouses to shelter, educate and employ the poor. The Proposal builds on Fielding's Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers (1751), in which..... Read More about A Proposal for Making an Effectual Provision for the Poor, for Amending Their Morals, and for...
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London: A. Millar, 1751. Second edition. Second edition with revisions of Fielding's most important social tract, written as chief magistrate, "the most remarkable of his social tracts — a work as important for what it reveals about his temperament and character as for the remedies it prescribes for the disorders..... Read More about An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, &c. With Some Proposals for...
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London: A. Millar, 1749. First edition. First edition of Fielding's defense of the government's controversial decision to hang the young wig maker Bosavern Penlez after his involvement in riots at several London bawdy houses. Fielding, as chief magistrate, was responsible for quelling the riots, and it was his disclosure that..... Read More about A True State of the Case of Bosavern Penlez, Who Suffered on Account of the Late Riot in the...
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London: M. Cooper, 1747. First edition. The last of Fielding's political tracts, a response to an anti-ministerial pamphlet — An Apology for the Conduct of a Late Celebrated Second-Rate Minister — that posed as the apology of Thomas Winnington, a prominent Whig and member of the government. "Winnington" claims that..... Read More about A Proper Answer to a Late Scurrilous Libel, Entitled, An Apology for the Conduct of a Late...
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London: M. Cooper, 1745. First edition. First edition of the second of three anti-Jacobite tracts written by Fielding in October 1745 in response to the rebellion in Scotland. The work purports to be derived from the eyewitness account of Highlander James Macpherson, "entirely a figment of Fielding's imagination" (Battestin, p...... Read More about The History of the Present Rebellion in Scotland. From the Departure of the Pretender's Son from...
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London: J. Watts, 1741. Second London edition. The second authorized London edition, a close reprint of the 1737 Roberts edition. By the time this edition was published, Fielding had ended his dramatic career, effectively silenced by the Theatrical Licensing Act of 1737, which censored the stage and limited theatrical performances..... Read More about The Historical Register for the Year 1736. As it is Acted at the New Theatre in the Hay-Market....
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London: J. Watts, 1733. First edition. First edition of Fielding's adaptation of Molière's L'Avare, the most successful of his "regular" comedies. With an epilogue by Colley Cibber. Read More about The Miser. A Comedy. Taken from Plautus and Moliere. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in...
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London: J. Roberts, 1730. First edition. Fielding's First Popular Success. First edition of Fielding's third play, a comic ballad opera in the mold of Gay's Beggar's Opera; it ran for 41 nights in its first season and was subsequently revived. "In March 1730 at the Little Haymarket Theatre he had..... Read More about The Author's Farce; and the Pleasures of the Town. As Acted at the Theatre in the Hay-Market....
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London: J. Watts, 1730. First edition, ordinary paper issue. Fielding's Second Play. First edition of Fielding's second play, written upon his return to London following nearly two years on the Continent. The Temple Beau was turned down by Drury Lane — where two years earlier Fielding, with the help of..... Read More about The Temple Beau. A Comedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields
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London: John Watts, 1728. First edition. Fielding's First Play. First edition of the 20-year-old Fielding's first play and his second surviving publication. "Fielding's career as dramatist began auspiciously enough when, as an unknown author in his twentieth year, his first play, the comedy Love in Several Masques, was staged by..... Read More about Love in Several Masques. A Comedy, as it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal …
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London: For A. Millar, 1755. First edition (edited), with the half-title. First edition of Fielding's last book. Two editions appeared in 1755, with the same title pages: one (this) edition was clearly an edited text; the other version was unedited, and set from the manuscript. The unedited text was suppressed..... Read More about The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
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London: James Cochrane, 1831. Cruikshank, George. First Cruikshank Edition. Vols V & VI. With a cartoon of Santa Claus by the owner Claude Smith. New Yorker cartoonist laid in. Read More about The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling...with a Memoir of the Author by Thoms Roscoe, Esq
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New York: Harper & Bothers, 82 Cliff Street, 1836. Cruikshank, George. GIDEON WELLES COPY. Read More about The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling...with a Memoir of the Author by Thoms Roscoe, Esq
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London: For A. Millar, 1755. First edition. First edition of Fielding's last book. Two editions appeared in 1755, with the same title pages: one (this) edition was clearly an edited text; the other version was unedited, and set from the manuscript. The unedited text was suppressed and did not reappear..... Read More about The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, by the Late …
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London: Published by J.M. Dent & Co at Aldine House in Great Eastern Street, 1893. One of 750 sets. Read More about The Works of ... Edited by George Saintsbury
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a Londre: Chez Jean Nourse, 1750. First Edition in French. SCHIFF COPY, WITH PENCIL DRAWING. Pierre-Antoine de la Place (1707-93) was famous as the author of the compendious "Théâtre Anglais" (1745-48), in which a number of plays by Shakespeare first appeared in French, and he was a great admirer of..... Read More about Histoire de Tom Jones, ou L'Enfant Trouvé. Traduction de l'Anglois de M. Fielding par L.D.L.P....
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London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand, 1752 [i.e. 1751]. First edition, second state, with the misprint "the at Folly" corrected to "at the Folly" in vol. III, p. 191. Fielding's Last Novel. Fielding's last novel, and a commercial failure. His publisher felt confident that "Amelia" would be as..... Read More about Amelia
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London: A. Millar, 1755. First edition, with half-title. First edition of Fielding's last book. Two editions appeared in 1755, with the same title pages: one (this) edition was clearly an edited text; the other version was unedited, and set from the manuscript. The unedited text was suppressed and did not..... Read More about The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon
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