Bickerstaffe Issac (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Volume II (of four) only. iv, 582pp, [14]. Bound in full leather with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Title page vignette. 8vo. Boards are worn, heavily rubbed at edges, cracked on joints and crumbling with some loss on backstrip. Hinges cracked and endpapers a little toned. Ex library copy with discrete stamps on endpapers and titles page, pencil numbers on title page recto. Text block is generally clean and neat and firmly bound. The Tatler was founded in 1709 by Richard Steele using the pen name Issac Bickerstaffe. Published three times a week between 1709 and 1711, it carries news and gossip heard in various London coffeehouses laced with stories invented by Steele, eventually including pieces from Steele's literary friends, Jonathan Swift and Joseph Addison. This volume - a 1789 re-issue - includes issues 51 to 114, along with the original dedication and new title page, with a 14pp index at rear.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1850 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 34 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.