Spectator Volume Eighth by Addison Steele (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. N. D., circa 1820s, 12mo, 300pp, plus index. Previous owner's name at front pastedown, light toning throughout, contemporary leather quite worn, hinges cracking, a reading copy. This volume covers the period June 18, 1714 - December 20, 1714. 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. FAIR/ NO DUST JACKET. 297 pp., plus index .[nd] No date, but probably before 1820. Text clean and unmarked. Some foxing, mostly at beginning and end of book. First 25 pages with insect damage at outside margins.Frontispiece in b/w and and small portrait at title page. Brown leather boards lettered in gilt at spine, edges rubbed, corners bumped, top corners worn to boards, lower front corner chipped. Joints cracked, but holding, hinges good, textblock is intact and firm. Contains articles No. 556, Friday, June 18, 1714 through No. 635, Monday, December 20, 1714.…

i-vii, 8-327, [11] pages. Hardcover: H 17.75cm x L 10.75cm. Original full leather binding; five slightly raised bands to spine which is chipped at ends; lettering with spine's title label indiscernible but with legible gilt stamped "8" in compartment below; slender splitting along joints but hinges are firm as is text block; board corners worn. Edge toning to initial and rear leaves caused by boards' leather overlaps. Old pencil writing on front pastedown; old ink notation at top of rear free endpaper verso with modern ink price notation at rear pastedown's top right corner; ownership signature in antiquarian ink at top of title page; a few small stains to fore-edge shallowly affecting a few leaves at their margins which otherwise remain quite clean. Text comprised of No. 556, Tuesday, June 18, 1714 to No. 635, Monday, December 20 and concludes with unpaged Index.…

Leather Bound. Condition: Acceptable. No DJ. No a reprint. Faint writing on front and rear end pages: including John Willy Ballyhammer?, County Donegal, Ireland. Text pages intact, some foxing. Hardcovers in leather; hinges loosening, leather worn, especially edges, with open tears. On title page: Printed for Mess. Payne, Rivington, Law, Johnson, Stuart, Sewell, Hayes, Newbury, et al [28 names listed]. No publisher listed. No Publication date. …

Condition: Good. Reprinted in 1744 in multiple volumes. Britain's longest running periodical this is the 8th in the series. Marbled boards with leather corners. Spine has been replaced with black cloth with gilt lettering Wear to page edges and boards. Front and back inner hinges have been taped. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Pages are lightly tanned but otherwise in remarkably good condition. Sold singly or with companion volumes 2, 3, 5 and 7 in similar condition; 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall Good. …

ESTC: T175930. Size: Eight volumes. Small 8vo. Polished leather. Vol.2 lacking frontispiece, otherwise a nice set. Vol.3 with ownership signature of Charles Chaldecott.