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.

12mo, (175mm.), [2],300,[12]p. Engraved frontispiece by Grignion after Hayman, and vignette title, some browning throughout. A good copy in contemporary sprinkled calf, backstrip tooled in gilt, joints split but holding, citron lettering piece carrying the volume number but lacking the title-piece; Signature of Abernethy on the front pastedown endleaf. (ESTC T144210) Numbers 556 to 635 originally published between June 18 and December 20, 1714. Contents include: Bacon flitch at Whichenovre in Staffordshire, who entitled to it, Clergymen, the vanity of some in wearing scarves, and Flattery, how grateful.

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.