Amelia, Henry Fielding, 1752, Printed by A. Millar, London, 3/4 leather, four volumes, 12mo. 

In fair condition. Binding copies. Text blocks in good shape with light toning. All pages intact. 

Volume I: Front board is becoming detached. Spine split. Pages splitting from binding as a result. Abrasions and soiling to marbled boards. Leather is scuffed and dry. Previous owner’s name on front paste down. 

Volume II: Front board is detached. Scuffing and abrasions to marbled board. Leather dry and scuffed. Spine label missing. Previous owner’s name on front paste down. Unmarked. Binding shaken. 

Volume III: Both boards detached. Spine creased. Label missing from spine. Abrasions and scuffing to marbled boards. Previous owner’s name on front paste down. Unmarked. 

Volume IV: Front board detached. Previous owner’s name on front paste down. Boards scuffed with dryness to leather. Unmarked. 

Protected from further damage in modern slipcase. 

Henry Fielding’s last novel and a commercial failure. His publisher felt confident that Amelia would be as successful as Tom Jones, and, after an initial printing of 5,000 copies in December 1751 (the largest recorded for any 18th-century novel), ordered a second impression before the first sold out. Unfortunately, only the first day was a success, and after that sales dropped off drastically.  FORN-Shelf-562-RAREB1752JMNA-variant