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1793. New edition. [i], 250pp.; [i], iii, 238pp; [i], iii, 249pp.; [i], iii, 244pp. There is also a frontispiece illustration in volumes I-III but not in volume IV. 'The Adventurer' was an 18th century bi-weekly paper that was published between 1752 and 1754, and contributors included John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson and Joseph Warton. John Hawkesworth (c1715-1773) was an English writer and editor. In 1744 he succeeded Samuel Johnson as compiler of the parliamentary debates for the ''Gentleman's Magazine", andf from 1746 to 1749 he contributed poems signed Greville, of H Greville, to that journal. In company with Samule Johnson and others he started the periodocal called 'The Adventurer', which ran to 140 numbers, of which 70 were written by Hawkesowrth himself. The four volumes have been rebacked and recased in later marbled paper covered boards with gold titling on a leather label on the spine. This recasing is probably from the year 2000. The cases of the books are in very good condition. The contents are tight and clean apart from a few small marks and stains. The frontispieces and title pages have some foxing and soiling, mostly noticeable in volume 1. A name has been written on the top edge of the title page in all four volumes. Seller Inventory # VILit012
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Title: The Adventurer - 4 Volumes (complete)
Publisher: Silvester Doig, London
Publication Date: 1793
Binding: Later Marbled Hardback
Condition: Very Good - See Description
Edition: New Edition
