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The Works of Laurence Sterne. In Ten Volumes Complete. Containing, 1. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. 2. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. 3. Sermons. 4. Letters. With a Life of the Author, Written by Himself.

This volume is fully bound in marbled leather over boards. The front and rear paste-downs and end-pages are comprised from one piece of marbled paper (Turkish pattern). The front paste-down has 3 labels; within the centre is a large previous owners bookplate with a heraldic device with underneath "Edward Pery Buckley Esqr". On the top left side "From the Library of Kenneth Monkman at Shandy Hall" and underneath this and partially covering the bookplate is "Property of the L S Trust, 1986". On the reverse of the rear free end-page also written in pencil is "coll KM II4 B-T8 II, blank, 1 plate". On the reverse of the title page is a circular stamp in ink with "Laurence Sterne Trust Shandy Hall" with "The Kenneth Monkman Collection" inside.

Accession number CCWSH:0276c
Category Book
Publisher unknown; unknown
Date 1780
Dimensions height: 170 mm, width: 110 mm