The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Penguin English Library First Edition.

This volume is fully bound in decorated paper covers; paperback. The front inside cover has a printed image taken from an engraving of a portrait of Sterne. Also on the top left side are 2 labels "From the Library of Kenneth Monkman at Shandy Hall" with underneath "Property of the L S Trust, 1986". Written in pencil on the top of the front free end-page is "1st P edn". Printed on the reverse of the title page are the publishers and printers details and also the circular stamp "Laurence Sterne Trust, Shandy Hall" with "Kenneth Monkman Collection" inside. Following the 'Introduction' is 'Suggested Further Reading and 'A Note on the Text'. The last 3 pages of the text block have information relating to Penguin Books and other titles.