2 volume set with bumped corners, head and tail. Head of V1 fraying .Spines sunned. Both volumes stated first thus. 

Towards the end of the flatback era, the floral gilt decorations on the spine and front boards became too costly to continue and a replacement was used. The shield cartouche replaced the florals in this 2nd format, in a return to real gold in the titles and decorations 

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett. It is the story of the fortunes and misfortunes of the egotistical dandy Peregrine Pickle, and it provides a comic and caustic portrayal of 18th century European society.