Spectator by Anon (13 results)

short forward by Glenn "pops"warner near very good condition in rubbed wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Read description. 432 pages. Leather cover and worn leather spine (the spine leather is well worn and with no spine lettering and also slits to edges with cover, cover corners are worn (see image from Winghale Books). Internally browning and foxing but all very sound. The Spectator. Volume the Fifth. 1775 published.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Leather bound hardback book (338 pages plus Index) - boards are worn with 3 inch split on spine top front down - writing on front endpapers and tile page - heaving foxing/toning/creases throughout. Would rate a fair reading copy only. Bookseller since 1995 (ULTV-Bottom-Up-L) rareviewbooks.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Full leather bindingbut rear cover is detached and the book is split in two. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Name on title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1733 printing. "The Eleventh Edition". 8vo. Contemporaneous full leather with tooled lozenge designs. Raised bands. 291 pp. plus index. Name inscr. (of William H. Wyatt) to front pastedown. Superb condition. Clean and bright. Binding sound and supple. NEAR FINE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo; (1), 672 pages; contemporary marbled tree calf, title and 'VOL. VII / 1825' on red and black leather labels, spine in five panels; minor rubbing to extremities, and a tiny bit of 'book wormish' superficial damage to leather at top edge of front outer hinge. Scattered light foxing throughout. An interesting early American periodical, not all religious content of sermons, but book reviews, long lists of new publications, 'Sketch of a Tour to Ohio', a review of Charles Butler's Reminiscences, Walter Scott's Waverly Novels and their imitations, sixteen pages on 'People of Colour' (anti-slavery) by S.F.D., more thoughts on the subject of slavery, specimens of Arabian Poetry, etc. This copy was David Thurston's (1779-1865) and is signed by him and dated 1825. Also with his cost ($3.00) and No. 207 noted. On the front pastedown endpaper is the large library label with typographic border (bookplate) of the Ministerial Library / the Property of the Congregational Church / Winthrop, ME / founded by their pastor / David Thurston, AD 1838. Thurston was a strong abolitionist, attended and signed the Anti-Slavery Convention Declaration of 1833. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 6 343, pp + index, full leather with chipping along spine edges, rubedd around edges; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 82pp. Blue buckram boards with gilt titles and illustrative decoration. Some edge wear and bumping to corners and spine head & tail. Some damp staining to rear. Minor markings to front board. A.E.G. Extensively illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Overall a Good copy. Thomson, Hugh (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. 1747 edition. Complete in eight volumes. Fraser Tytler's signature to the top of each title page. Woodcut of Shakespeare to each title page. Some foxing and light offsetting to pages. Inner hinges slightly cracked (only paper. Bound in a contemporary full calf with red titling labels and green volume numbers. Raised bands and gilt decorated compartments. Top and bottom of most spines slightly chipped. Spine and edges rubbed and slightly darkened. Boards are slightly marked and rubbed. All boards are firmly attached and it is generally a good solid set. A small set, measuring just over five inches tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 8 1799, 282pp, full leather iwih a new leather spine, old water stain top of ew pps, [very minor], illustrsted title page; 12 Mo.

Binding copies, about 1000 pp, boards, spine completely off. Binding is Hardbound.

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 backstrip. Page edges tinged a turquoise colour. Occasional stain internally. Foxing present early on in text. Tightly bound and clean internally.…

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Near Fine. No dustwrapper. Volumes I and II are 1824, III is 1825, and IV is 1826. Pagination: 412 + 48 + (4), 494 + (4), 499 + (3), 500 + (5) + 16 + 4pp. Attractively bound in half green calf, raised boards and gilt titles and ruling to spines. 2 bookplates in each inside front board. Bound in at end of volume IV: Declaration of the Catholic Bishops (1826)(16 pp.) and An Address from the British Roman Catholics to their Protestant Fellow Countrymen (1826) (4 pp.). Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Binding sound, text unmarked. Size: 24 x 15 cm.…