What is obscured...

... in

"The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Sterne, Laurence

Published by T Cadell, London (1794)
Item Description: T Cadell, London, 1794. Full-Leather. Book Condition: Very Good. 3 volumes, (iv) 26-347: 299; 234pp, contemporary tree calf (slightly worn), joints cracked or starting, gilt ruled spines with black morocco labels, pp 327 & 328 in vol 1 (O8) have been pasted over with marbled paper (however chapter 36 ends on p326 and chapter 37 starts on p329 so it is not clear what is obscured), some light spotting and browning, 12mo (10.5x17.5cm). Bookseller Inventory # 10008"

we found out in the copy of the very same edition:

"Sterne, Lawrence: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman Volume I-III "T. Cadell. Published in London 1794. (4)+ pp25-347; (2)+299; (1)+234 s. Bound in 3 later (ca. 1860), defective calf spine bindings, spines gilt. Former owner's signatures removed by rubbing. Text blocks tight. Some foxing to contents. Vol 2 wateredged. ¶ Vol I lacking pp 1-24. So the book contains title, dedication leaf and then streight to Chapter 1. We are not shure that something is really missing ... !

allerede solgt · spørg Aabenhus Aarhus Antikvariat, Århus C (DK) · ABH143909 ·"

So, it seems that the printer of the 1794 Cadell edition left it to the bookbinder, to cover the pages with "the best marbled paper" in his stock. But in this, he did not. ———"Pox take the fellow!"*

*) http://sterneetcetera.blogspot.dk/2015/07/small-curses-upon-great-occasions.html

Leipzig

Neatly foxed copy of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. By the Rev. Laurence Sterne, M.A. Printed in Leipzig 1849 by Bernh. Tauchnitz Jun. as "Vol. CLIII. in Collection of British Autors." apparently in original language. Purchased in Copenhagen at one of Vangsgaards "Dutch Sales" (50,- kr.).  — A very tight "rolled" edition; one volume, 502 pages, no black page, no marbled page. And not in nine books, but in CCCXII chapters. 

Ark in York

Recognisable yes, but quite different; our friends ARK back home in Århus has somehow managed to 'gestalt' themself here in York. And there are 50% off. Even. 

http://arkmappen.dk/

* in York

We spend some days in York on our expedition to Coxwold, taking a stroll on the old defensing wall, that surrounds the city of York, we found a very nice and recognisable engraving in the pavement: *

http://forlagetasterisk.blogspot.dk/

Bookstore for rent

On our way to Coxwold the expedition also lead us to York. In Stonegate we found the bookshop where J. Hinxmann —"Successor to the late mr. Hildyard" — in 1759 sold the first copies of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. — "Printed on Superfine Writing Paper and a new Letter, In Two Volumes. Five Shillings, neatly bound."
Above the entrance hangs a wooden book "Holy Bible 1682." Otherwise the store looked quite empty, and there will probably open some kind of fashion shop or haberdasher here within so soon.