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An apology for the life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
Title
An apology for the life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews / by Henry Fielding? ; with an introduction by R. Brimley Johnson.
Publication
Walham Saint Lawrence : The Golden Cockerel Press, MCMXXVI [1926]
Physical Description
[2], x, [2], 80, [2] pages ; 21 cm
Local Notes
BEIN Fielding 741ad: "This is no. 358."
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 349 of 450. Bound in cream half buckram with brown paper covered boards.
Notes
With reproduction of the original title page: "An apology for the life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews. In which, the many notorious falsehoods and misrepresentations of a book called Pamela, are exposed and refuted; and all the matchless arts of that young politician, act in a true and just light ... By Mr. Conny Keyber. London: Printed for A. Dodd. 1741."
"This book, now reprinted for the first time, was made by Robert Gibbings, at Waltham St. Lawrence in Berkshire, and completed on the 19th day of February 1926. Compositors: A.H. Gibbs and F. Young. Pressman: A.C. Cooper. This edition is limited to 450 copies."--Colophon.
Summary
A burlesque of Richardson's "Pamela", which was generally ascribed to Fielding at the time of its appearance and held by most authorities to be by him.--Cf. W.L. Cross' "The history of Henry Fielding", v. 1, p. 23, 303-308: Notes & queries, 12th ser. v. 1, p. 24-26.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 36
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Genre/Form
Private press books (Publishing) - England - Waltham Saint Lawrence.
Parodies.
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