STERNE, Laurence. The Works. London: 1780. 10 vols., 8vo (180 x 103mm.) 2 frontispieces, 8 engraved plates (1 later hand-coloured), blank printed plate to vol. I, window-mounted leaf of marbled paper to vol. II. (Occasional light spotting or browning.) Contemporary tree calf, the flat spines in five unequal compartments, lettering pieces in the second and fourth, the others decorated in gilt (extremities bumped and slightly scuffed, some joints splitting, a few spines cracked and chipped at head and foot). Provenance: Walter Pool (signatures dated Oct 12 1879 to preliminary blank); Carol Whibley (label to front pastedown); George Trevelyan (inscription to previous label).