spectator volume third de addison joseph richard steele (5 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. N.D., circa 1820s, 12mo, 314pp, plus index. Previous owner's name at front and rear endpapers in pencil, light toning throughout, first several pages (about 35) water-stained not affecting legibility, contemporary leather quite worn, hinges cracking, a good reading copy. This volume covers the period September 14, 1711 - December 18, 1711. The SPECTATOR was a famous series of essays, edited by the members of the fictional Spectator Club. It provided a picture of the social life of the times, while expressing the individual concerns of some of the fictional club members.

hardback, 8vo, ii,372pp, frontispiece, owner's name on title page, edges browned, otherwise clean and sound, full leather binding, rubbed, lacks spine title label, Good condition. Vol. 3 only (of 8).

Brown hardback leather cover. Condición: Good. Reprint. G : in good conditiont. Cover rubbed and scuffed. Front hinge cracked and weak. 170mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 360pp + index. Frontis engraving.

12mo, (174mm.), [2],ii,(3-)360,[11]p. Engraved vignette title (?lacking a frontispiece), some soiling throughout. A fair copy in contemporary dark brown calf, scratched and with loss of leather at the head-fore corner of the front cover, no pastedown endleaves but with the stubs of the free endleaves free as originally left; With the signature of John Shepherd dated 1785 on the rear fly-leaf and the signatures of Nicholson Kitchen and John Kitchen of Bennethead, Cumberland on the front flyleaf. (ESTC T193577) Numbers 170 to 250, originally published September 14 to December 17, 1711. Containing articles on Baudy-houses [sic] frequented by wise men; Cries of London require some regulation; Drinking, a rule proscribed for it; The hen-pecked husband described.

Full Leather. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Dust Jacket. No date, though circa 1740s. Issues No. 170 (Friday, September 14, 1711) to 251 (Tuesday, December 18 of the same year). Indexed at rear. Full tree-calf leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Red and black spine bands. "Mary Woodward" is inked and ink stamped on front paste down, and inked on title page and top of first issue. Very light other wear. Overall an attractive, tight, and crisp copy.