Buy this book on-line The Spectator : with A Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes - 4 volumesThomas Bosworth, London, 1853
Four volumes complete. A most pleasing, clubbable set. All are quarter bound in leather. Marbled boards. The edges and corners of all are worn - but genially so. The spines are comfortable and attractive. Volume I: 1853 - Introductory and Critical preface. Dates are of the Julian calendar. Hence the dating is in the new style. Contents: Thursday, March 1, 1710-11 - Friday, August 24, 1711. Marbled page trims. The frontis and end papers are foxed. The pages are very clean and clear and genial. Volume 2: 1854 - No 153 Saturday, August 25, 1711 - No 321 Saturday, March 8, 1711-12 (Julian new style). Condition as with volume I. Volume III: 1854 - No 322 Monday, March 10 1711-12 (Julian new style) - No 473 Tuesday, September 2, 1712. The back cover has wear and the corners thereof are knocked. Otherwise condition is as with Volume I. Volume IV: 1855 - No 474 Wednesday, September 3, 1712 - 555 Saturday, December 6 1712 then No. 556 Friday, June 18, 1714 - 635, Monday, December 20, 1714. A benign and placid copy. The contents have some age related storage marks. The leather corners are much worn. The guttering along the printers page is ajar. The contents are secure, generous, engaging. fk. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of The Spectator : with A Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes - 4 volumes. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, collectables, libri rari, out-of-print books and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |