Estate / Collection: The Property of a New England Family

[FIELDING, HENRY]
The History of the Adventures of Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. Written in Imitation of The Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote. London: A. Millar, 1742. Two volumes, "the second edition, revised and corrected with alterations and annotations by the author." Contemporary calf, rebacked. 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (16 x 9 cm); vol I: xxii, [2], 308, [4] pp., with 3 leaves of ads., vol II: vii, [1], 304 pp. Calf worn and dry, rebacked, losses to spine labels, hinges reinforced, contents with occasional toning and spotting, front free endpaper of vol. II tipped to the title along gutter, old ownership signatures in vol. I, sold as is.

The second edition, published the same year as the first, of Fielding's first full-length novel, a comic parody of Richardson's Pamela.