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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 Adventures of David Simple: Containing an Account of his Travels through the Cities of London and Westminster in the Search of a Real Friend by Fielding, Sarah

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Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB
Title
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
Author
Fielding, Sarah
Seller
Nelson Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
About very good in uniform full contemporary calf, wear to boards, both volumes rebacked and corners repaired, scattered spottin
Description
London: Printed for A. Millar, 1744. First Edition. About very good in uniform full contemporary calf, wear to boards, both volumes rebacked and corners repaired, scattered spotting and foxing, contemporary ownership signature on both title pages and front free endpaper.. First edition. Henry wasn't the only talented writer in the family, as his sister demonstrates in David Simple. This edition precedes those later editions which were substantially revised by Henry. Sabor, ed., The Adventures of David Simple and Volume the Last (1998, pgs. x-xii). "Sarah Fielding's David Simple is the story of a young man's quest for a 'real friend' in a society characterised by avarice and injustice. . . For Sarah Fielding, some people are good-natured whilst most are not." Hall, The Exalted Heroine and the Triumph of Order (1993, pg. 54). 2 vols. 12mo. x, 378pp.; [2], 322pp. ESTC T57804. Grolier, History of English Prose Fiction 54.

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