Laurence Sterne; Herbert Read — A Sentimental Journey
London, The Scholartis Press, 1929 . Cloth. A lovely limited edition facsimile of Laurence Sterne's classic novel. Limited edition of A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and marbled boards. A facsimile of the 1768 second edition. This novel, told from the perspective of fictional character 'Mr Yorick', describes a journey through France and Italy. It was very popular and helped establish travel writing as a dominant writing genre in the late eighteenth century. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding. Externally, very smart. There is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some light spotting to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some light age toning. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .