Spectator Volume Set: First Edition (4 results)

First edition hardbacks. The cloth bindings have some wear and marks, they are strong and tight. The endpapers have some owner's inscriptions. There is some slight tanning through both volumes which are otherwise very clean. viii + 376 + [2]; vi + 378 +[2].

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st eds. Complete 8 volume set; still in their pre-bound state in card boards with cloth spines; frontispieces. Boards are shelf worn and bumped; cloth spines are worn with occasional splits; occasional damp stains; age darkening and occasional spotting; Vol V lacks its title page; previous owner's armourial book plate in all volumes. Please refer to pictures. Please contact for further pictures or details. Please note these books constitute a heavy and bulky item running to over pp. 2200 that may incur further p&p costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edited with an introduction and notes by Donald F. Bond. 'If one wishes to know what the eighteenth-century London thought about one can do no better than to read The Spectator'. Complete set in 5 volumes, each book with its original dust jacket. A presentable, clean and tidy set. Jackets are not price clipped or faded, just lightly rubbed/worn at extremities. 512 + 600 + 600 + 598 + 500 pages, extensive notes and index. Size of each vol. approx. 9" by 6". Heavy set but no additional postage charges for UK customers. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 29501.…

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. 7 Volumes of the 8, missing Vol.4. Each vol. 7 x 4.3 x approx 1.2 inches. Full calf binding, 5 bands to spine, small title panel maroon and gilt. All vols. tight and overall nearly vg condition. Slightly bumped, chipped at spine extremities, and with several small marks, stains, rubs. Two vols (5 and 6) front free endpaper torn (6) excised (5), And Vols. 5,6, 8 hinges slightly starting. All vols with engraved portrait frontispiece. No bookplates, no owner's marks, moderate foxing. The Spectator was a daily publication of 1711-12, founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England after they met at Charterhouse School, and revived in 1714. Issues within this set run from 1710-1714. Weight 2.5kg before packaging. Additional postage would be required for any destination. (Literature, Essays, Journalism, Classics, Antiquarian) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…