From the Spectator (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". xii, 227 pages. Tan polished calf with gilt lettering & decoration and 1 label on spine. Marbled edges. Condition of book is FAIR; Front & rear covers detached from spine, spine starting to detach from binding, bookplate on front paste-down, inscription on ffep, text & illustrations are clean. 0.0.…

0 First printing. Illustrated by Henry Wills Engravings by Thompson from Designs by. 227 p.; red leather, 12 engravings, Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. light shelfwear, very light foxing first 3 pages. Henry Wills Engravings by Thompson from Designs by (illustrator).

Hard Back. Condition: Good. No Jacket. good copy with some light general wear. solid binding. clean blue boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Joseph Addison;s name printed in ink on title page. previous owner bookplate inside front cover. toned area on back free end page where something had been placed there for a long period - card perhaps). pages clean and unmarked. 82 pages. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).…

hardcover NO DJ. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood hardcover. NO DJ. Damage on top spine; binding on front cover slightly detatched. Tanned pages throughout with some dog-earred on lower bottom. 8vo, 94pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair for year, hardcover. Reasonably clean, bright and tight. Some marks and age tanning but otherwise in fair condition. Foxing to pages and page edges. Corners bumped. Some darkening to spine. No dustjacket, patterned cloth boards. Pages un-trimmed.

Condition: Very Good. 12 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Very good, pages are discolored fromn age, but otherwise clean and legible ; 6 x 9; 4 pages; Unbound pages from journal, NOT A BOOK but a vintage piece.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. x + 82pp, illustrated throughout. Ffep slightly loose. Foxing to prelims. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Very good hardback in publishers original blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Aeg. Thomson, Hugh. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. Frontis, Tissue guard present pp. x, 82, illustrations. Original green boards decorated in gilt, original brown end pages, internally fine, Clean pages, tight binding. Hugh Thomson (illustrator).

Publishers Illustrated Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Days spent with Sir Roger in the country. A feast of 62 fabulous pen and ink drawings for lovers of Hugh Thomson the illustrator. Blue cloth with gilt titling and cover illustration. 82 pages, gilt edged. Spine ends lightly rubbed and a little light foxing to half title and end papers, otherwise very good throughout. Size: 210x165mm. Hugh Thomson (illustrator).…

Rilegato. Condition: molto buono. seconda edizione. SCARCE SECOND EDITION. RED BINDING WITH GOLD TITLE AND DECORATIONS ON THE FRONT PANEL AND SPINE. VOLUME IN 16°, pp. (XII)-227.THE NOTEL AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY W.HENRY WILLS. THE 12 ENGRAVINGS BY THOMPSON, FROM DESIGNS BY FREDERICK TAYLER. Condition: Good+ Sir Roger de Coverley was the name of a character in The Spectator, a daily publication published by Joseph Addison (1672-1719) in London from 1711 to 1712. Each "paper", or "number", was approximately 2,500 words long, and often featured an essay or letters on politics or the arts. They were read by many thousands of people, both in England and abroad, including many of the American Founding Fathers. An English squire of Queen Anne's reign, Sir Roger exemplified the values of an old country gentleman, and was portrayed as lovable but somewhat ridiculous ('rather beloved than esteemed' - Spectator no. 2), making his Tory politics seem harmless but silly. THOMPSON FROM DESIGNS BY FREDERICK TAYLER (illustrator). …