Spectator Complete Volume Notes General by Addison Joseph (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Pp.xv, (3), 918. Full calf. Spine reinforced with sellotape that overlaps onto cover edges. front cover hinge reinforced with sellotape as is the bottom of the frontis. Internal foxing. otherwise fair + internally. Ex- priory lib. Interesting connection with Rathlin Island off the coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Inscription on f.e.p. reads: "William White Junior Presents to Rev. J. O'Boyle.by Rev. J. Conway P.P. on the occasion of his visit to Rathlin June 3rd 1899.".

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. A decent copy in original marbled covers. Front cover detached but present, shelfwear and corner-wear to covers, some minor chipping to crown and foot of backstrip, rubbing to backstrip, some occasional foxing throughout (not affecting legibility), and owner's name on front pastedown and on title-page. Despite detached front cover, binding solid. As is. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 8vo. Book.

Half-Leather. Condition: Good. A decent copy in original marbled covers. Front cover detached but present, shelfwear and corner-wear to covers, some minor chipping to crown and foot of backstrip, rubbing to backstrip, some occasional foxing throughout (not affecting legibility), and owner's name on front pastedown and on title-page. Despite detached front cover, binding solid. As is. [ Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair ] Size: 8vo. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Decorative brown cloth cover shows mionr wear, rubbing, bumed edges. Name of former owner on the front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed.

1st ed thus. Owners' names; engraved portrait frontis foxed; title page browned; spine bumped at head & foot; cloth split & repaired at head of both spine joints. Used - Good. Good hardback in original olive-brown cloth with g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Engraved illus. Original half dark brown morocco, raised gilt decorated bands, marbled boards. Endpapers cracked at gutters but hinges firm. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Size: xvi, 918pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dark green cloth decorated in black and gilt, binding clean and bright, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Steel-engraved portrait of Addison, much foxed, with foxing to the tissue guard and title page; the pages are clean elsewhere. x., 918 celan pages, printed in double columns. Publisher's catalogue of 16 pp. at end. Media rate postage as quoted at checkout; Priority Mail or International orders will require extra postage. "The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. Each 'paper', or 'number', was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers, beginning on 1 March 1711. These were collected into seven volumes. The paper was revived without the involvement of Steele in 1714, appearing thrice weekly for six months, and these papers when collected formed the eighth volume. Eustace Budgell, a cousin of Addison's, and the poet John Hughes also contributed to the publication." - wikipedia.Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729), b. Dublin, Ireland; d. Carmarthen, Wales. "Essayist, dramatist, journalist and politician, best known as the principal author (with Joseph Addison) of the periodicals The Tatler and The Spectator.on April 12, 1709, he secured his place in literary history by launching the thrice-weekly essay periodical The Tatler.Steele created the mixture of entertainment an instruction in manners and morals that was to be perfected in The Spectator.Addison contributed some 46 papers and collaborated on several others, but the great bulk of the 271 issues were by Steel himself." - Encyclopedia Britannica online.Joseph Addison (1672-1719), "one of the most eminent of English authors." "During his lingering decay he sent for a young nobleman of very irregular life and of loose opinions to attend him; and when the latter, with great tenderness, requested to receive his last injunctions, Mr Addison told him, 'I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die.'" M'Clintock & Strong.

In-8°, pp. XIV, (2), 918, cartonatura decorata novecentesca con titolo in oro su tassello in pelle rossa al dorso. Ritratto di Addison inciso su acciaio da Freeman all'antiporta. Testo bicolonne, indice finale. Bell'esemplare. Edizione ottocentesca in un unico volume del più celebre giornale della letteratura inglese, di eccezionale importanza nella storia della cultura britannica ed europea del Settecento. Il periodico, fondato da Addison nel 1711, fu uno specchio eloquente della nuova borghesia puritana sorta dalla rivoluzione dal 1688 e conobbe numerose imitazioni estere, tra cui la Gazzetta Veneta e l'Osservatore Veneto del Gozzi.