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Zustand: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Zustand: New. Brand New.

Zustand: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 385-480pp. Illustrated with vignettes. Printed wrappers. Covers slightly rubbed with modest edgewear, spine lightly sunned with a few small tears and wear at ends, very good. Contributions by Wilbur Daniel Steele, O. Henry, Alexandre Dumas, Sherwood Anderson, Stephen Leacock, Henry James and more.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. All six volumes of the edition. Rubbing to all volumes. Paper labels with title are fading and stained, if intact. Tight, square bindings. Clean, unmarked pages. Nos. 1-555 (v. 1-6, p. 206)--originally issued Mar. 1, 1711-Dec. 6, 1712; nos. 556-635 (v. 6, p. 207-547) June 18-Dec. 20, 1714. The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. It was an influential middle-class, Whig publication, read extensively in the American colonies. Its aim was to "enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.". …

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 356 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Quarter Leather. Zustand: Near fine. New Edition. Octavo, [six volumes]. Publisher's three-quarter deluxe morocco, marbled boards, title and decorative gilt compartments on the spine. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Touch of rubbing to tips of various volumes, internally clean. All with solid text blocks. Bookplate of previous owner on the front pastedown. Complete in six volumes, an attractive set. First published serially between 1711 and 1714, The Spectator became one of the defining works of the English periodical essay, combining Addison and Steele's writings with the fictional framework of Mr. Spectator and the Spectator Club. This Appleton edition presents the complete text in six volumes, with Chalmers' prefatory material placing the essays and their contributors in historical and biographical context. A new edition of The Spectator, published in 1864, edited and compiled by Alexander Chalmers. The Spectator was first published by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in London. (illustrator).…