The Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose...: With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author Volume 5 by Joseph Addison - 2012-01-10

Jacob Tonson, 1726. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1726. No Edition Remarks. 267 pages. Fully bound in brown leather. Volume I. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Loss to front free endpaper. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown, free endpaper and title page. Water staining to pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Notable tanning to spine and edges. Visible splits to spine. Noticeable peeling leather to all. Scratches and marks overall. Textblock is shaky.

New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Three volumes of four. J. and R. Tonson, London. 1765.. Hardback.. Alas, lacks volume 4. Vellum bindings, leather spine labels. Very Good, although the labels are badly worn, chipped and / or coming off. Still, a handsome set. Oversize; Postage & Packing may cost extra.

London: J and R Tonson, 1736. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; With some Account of the Life and Writing of the Author, by Mr. Tickell. Three Volumes. Original 1736 edition newly rebound in handsome brown full-leather. Occasional light foxing and browing of page edges. The volumes contain plays, essays, poems and dialogues. Vol. III has 235 pages devoted to "Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals, Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets." Many illustrations of the medals are included. Addison was born in England, educated at Oxford, and then he entered politics. He married the Dowager Countess of Warwick in 1716, died in 1719, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Very Good interior in Fine outer binding.