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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Gordon Ross (illustrator). Book Club Edition. "The Sir Roger De Coverley Papers" were originally written by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Eustace Budgell for "The Spectator" in London 1711 - 1712. This Heritage Press reprint edition, subsequent to the Limited Editions Club issue, published in New York in 1945, includes the Prefatory Notes by William Makepeace Thackeray, and the color illustrations of Gordon Ross. It's a very handsome book , and the illustrations help to illuminate the 18th century humor found in each of the pieces which entail the mildly satiric stories of the fictional Sir Roger De Coverley. Collected together they present an episodic romp through the landed gentry of the British 18th century. I'm sure they were much appreciated then, but possibly even more so collected together in this modern format, with such amusingly handsome illustrations, and, of course, we can all enjoy the perceptive words of Thackeray to lead it all. TITLE : The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers - from "The Spectator", London : 1711 - 1712 AUTHORS : Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), Richard Steele (1672 - 1729), Eustace Budgell (1686 - 1737) PREFACE : W. M. Thackeray (William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) ILLUSTRATIONS : Gordon Ross (1872 - 1946) IMPRINT : Heritage Press PLACE : New York DATE : © 1945 (1945) EDITION : Reprint (subsequent to or coinciding with the original Limited Editions Club edition) / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Hardcover published for the Heritage Club; contains12 color illustrations (including Frontispiece); has a color vignette on the title page; contains a Preface and Notes; cloth-covered boards and spine , with gilt lettering & embellishment against a red panel on spine and front board; xxiii + 198 pages; approx. 6" x 9 3/16"; maroonish - brown cloth; top edge of text-block dyed red. Sans slipcase. CONDITION -- NEAR FINE -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR - Spine is darkened and the gilt thereon is somewhat fade; boards display a minimal amount of surface rub, a couple of minute (near-negligible) spots, and a single softly bumped corner tip. Covers are clean. Wear is minimal. top edge of text-block is sightly rubbed, else edges are clean. BINDING - Solid INTERIOR - End-papers are lightly toned; there are a few minute - ie near-negligible spots , else the interior is clean and presentable with no marking (No underlining, no marginalia, no writing, no signatures) SLIP-CASE - Not present.