Clarissa, or The History of a Young Lady Comprehending the most Important Concerns of Private Life and Particularly showing the Distresses that may Attend the Misconduct both of Parents and Children in Relation to Marriage.

 Samuel Richardson

Published 1748, volumes I and II only. Fully bound in calf, covers scuffed with wear through to the boards at the edges and corners. Banded spines, worn and chipped to the ends, volume 2 lacks the title plate. Includes a folding plate of sheet music. No pages detached, but some pages stand proud of the block, some faint damping to the upper half of a number of pages. Volume 1 internally has a prev owner's plate to the inner cover, but lacking the fep. Pages of both volumes have been collated complete, but there are a few small closed edge tears and age toning to the pages, along with some small browned spots. Volume 2 is pretty much the same condition, but the lining paper has lifted, thus exposing the board beneath. The rear lining paper is lacking, with the rear endpaper detached. There is some worm holes to the mid pages which affects some words or letters. Seldom offered on the open market in their original state.

One of the longest novels in the English Language at over a million words, this was the crowning masterpiece of Richardson. Written entirely in letters, this novel conveys the nuances and tensions only present in personal epistolary form. The virtuous but self-deceiving Clarissa and the charming villain Lovelace haunt the imagination as fully as Romeo and Juliet or Tristan and Isolde.

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