The Spectator, with a Historical and Biographical Preface (Nos 1 - 635), 8 vol. set
by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, et al. (A. Chalmers, ed)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
8 vol set. Very Good HCs, no DJs. Vellum (or faux vellum) over beveled boards, red leather spine panels with gilt letters; top edge gilt; white watered (moiré) pattern end papers; laid paper. Covers are firm and square with clean edges; lightly scuffed/soiled; some age darkening at edges; spines are evenly darkened with all panels legible; tightly bound; book plates on front pastedown of each volume ('Deus Protector Noster'); owner name on front pastedown of each volume; very clean interiors with some age darkening at page edges; many leaves unopened at fore edges. Spine panels on each volume are shield at upper spine bearing title, vol number and editor name and small rectangle at lower spine bearing publisher name, place and date 1881 (title page gives 1883). All shields are VG and complete though Vol 6 scraped. 5 of 8 lower spine rectangles are chipped, 2 severely. OCLC #8466537; LOC #9691017. 12mo, 3252 pp; index.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2090
- Title
- The Spectator, with a Historical and Biographical Preface (Nos 1 - 635), 8 vol. set
- Author
- Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, et al. (A. Chalmers, ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: R. Worthington
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- ADDISON, STEELE, BUDGELL, HUGHES, LONDON, ENGLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Politics, Literature;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- LOC
- Library of Congress
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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