Spectator Volume Eighth (33 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…

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 l…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. London, 1898; Volume VIII only; Smoky smell present; brown cloth covered boards; corners bumped edges and covers scuffed; top edges gilt; rough cut edges; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; frontispiece detached but present; interior lightly foxed; Previous owner's name on front paste-down; Interior is…

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; boa…

Condition: Poor. Volume 12.8. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 16mo. Red leather binding with gilt lettering and raised bands on backstrip. Gilt patterned borders o…

Condition: Fair. Volume 8.4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 16mo. Red leather binding with gilt lettering and raised bands on backstrip. Gilt patterned borders on f…

Condition: Poor. Volume 8. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Small octavo size. Leather binding. Raised bands on spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Rubbed covers. Bumped corners. Internally…

Hardcover. This appears to be a reprint; the original title page is provided following the title page of this volume: The Spectator, No. 556, Friday, June 18, 1714. No editor is identified, although possibly the editors are Addison and Steele. Binding is sound. Pages are tanned, with heavy reading wear, some dampstaining, wear t…

Full Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Volume eight (last volume) comprising of Numbers 566 thru number 635; dedicated to William Honeycomb, Esq.; In full leather with gilt border, rear board missing, front board detached, general wear to extremities, hints of foxing to text; binding shaken, spine worn crackling,…

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 300 pages. Full bound brown leather. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Tears to leather to spin…

Condition: Fair. Volume 8. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Undated. Brown cloth covers. Back board covers chipped and worn. Corners bumped. Gilt lettering and gilt stamped decoration on…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London, 1786; leather covered boards; no dust jacket; covers slightly soiled and rubbed; spines faded; red title boxes and green volume # boxed; corner tips exposed; top of spine chipped; light cracks to rear external hinges but bindings tight; light foxing to pages at each end; interior unmarked…

Hardcover. Condition: Read description. Vol. 8. 400 pages + index to the first 8 Spectator volumes appox. 95 pages. Full leather but the leather on the spine is very cracked and worn with no or very faded spine markings. Strings visible on boards but holding fairly firmly. Cover also worn at edges and corners. Browning and foxin…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Undated but appears late 18th Century. Full calf on boards with raised bands and black leather book title on spine. Boards are partly detached from spine and there is wear to head/foot of spine. Corners rubbed to boards with scuffing and wear to calf. FFE has small portion at…

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…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Undated but circa 1780. iv, 300pp, [12]. Bound in full calf's leather with gilt embellishments on spine. 12mo. Boards heavily worn, rubbed all round edges, scuffed and marked, cracked along spine joints, gilding rubbed away. Text block edges darkened. Hinges cracked and end…

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, Riving…

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…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. 12mo, pp. viii, two contents pages, 13 - 300, 12 page Index, original full leather, five raised bands to spine, title label missing, boards rubbed and a little scuffed, corners bumped, interior with frontispiece by Francis Hayman, pictorial title page, some damp staining to top corner of firs…