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San Francisco, CA: The Book Club of California. Very Good+. 1939. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the plain paper wrapper (dust jacket). Limited to 455 unnumbered copies, printed for the The Book Club of California by the Grabhorn Press. Tipped in is an original page of The Spectator from Friday Dec. 21. 1711 (Num CCLIV) which starts off with a humorous letter to a happily married woman about how she should comport herself in the society of TOWN life. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name to both front and rear pastedown pages. The text pages are clean and bright. "But Addison and Steele were at least conscious that, all being well, they would make a good job of it, for when they launched The Spectator in 1711, they possessed invaluable and illuminating experience. They had scored an almost instantaneous success with The Tatler, which maintained its…
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An Original Issue of "The Spectator" Together with the Story of the Famous English Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele
by Partridge, Eric
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California. Near Fine. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio. Quarter tan cloth and marbled boards. Lettered paper label to the spine. Limited to 455 copies, printed at the Grabhorn Press. Includes a leaf from an original issue of The Spectator. This particularly one is dated October 13, 1711. The only flaws are a small addres label to the upper, front pastedown and a minor bump to one lower corner. All else is just about fine. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 49 (1) pages .
- Seller Scott Emerson Books, ABAA (US)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication San Francisco
- Date Published 1939
- Keywords English Literature
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AN ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THE SPECTATOR together with the Story of the Famous English Periodical and of its Founders Joseph Addison & Richard Steele
by Partridge, Eric
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- Hardcover
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An Original Issue of The Spectator. Together with the Story of the Famous English Periodical and of its Founders, Joseph Addison & Richard Steele
by Partridge, Eric
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Binding
- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, United States
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1939 First edition. Limited to 455 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Folio. Pp. viii, 50. Tipped-in original leaf. Title-page vignette of Addison & Steele. Cloth-backed marbled boards, printed paper spine label. A fine copy. This copy contains Number CCCLXV of The Spectator, for April 29, 1712. [Book Club: 56; Grabhorn: 312]..
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