Author Name: Richardson, Samuel
Title: The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a series of Letters
Binding: Marbled Boards
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Publisher: London Printed for S. Richardson; and Sold By C. Hitch and Hawes 1754
Seller ID: 11678
1754 First Edition with advertisement leaf at the back of Volume IV. Size 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Marbled Boards. The History of Sir Charles Grandison in a series of letters published from the originals, by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa.Printed for S. Richardfon 7 vols. Book Condition: Good, Top & bottom of spines bumped vol 1 has a 1/4 of the label missing from the spine, with a few tears to contempary Marbled Boards on the spine.vol 7 has a small piece of the Marbled Boards missing from spine. Corners slightly bumped on each volume. Foxing to the title pages of volume 1, 7 only,and to the last few pages of vol 2. Pages age toned else in very good condition. ex libris label to each volume, hans & dolly bohman. Volume 7 ends with London, feb. 1 1754- FINIS. volume 1 316 pages vol 2 ; 358 pages vol 3 375 pages , vol 4 302 pages plus a list lately publifhed, 1 page vol 5 294 pages vol 6 372 pages vol ume 7 and last 442 pages. After moving with his family to London at age 10, Richardson was apprenticed to a printer before setting up in business for himself in 1721. He soon became quite prosperous. In the 1730s he began to edit and write pamphlets, and he eventually hit on the idea of writing a book using a series of letters on the same subject. His major novels were the epistolary novel Pamela (1740) and his huge masterpiece, Clarissa, 7 vol. (1747 48) . The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753 54), which blends moral discussion , influenced later writers, especially Jane Austen.
Jane Austen.
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