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The Works of Joseph Addison, Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works; Edited, with Critical and Explanatory Notes, by George Washington Greene [vol. 3]
by Addison, Joseph
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New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859. Hardcover. Very Good -. Vol. 3 only: viii, [2], 364 p., engraved frontispiece showing the parsonage house, Willston, Wiltshire; 19 cm. Contemporary half calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled leather labels in second and fourth compartments with title and volume number. Marbled paper over boards; all page edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. Copyright 1858 by Geo. P. Putnam & Co. Bookplate on front fixed endpaper of the Hesslein Library, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences. Contents: Freeholder -- The Plebeian by Richard Steele with The Old Whig by Addison -- The Lover. In Very Good- Condition: binding is rubbed; leather is scraped; residue of old library circulation material on back endpapers; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- The Works of Joseph Addison, Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works; Edited, with Critical and Explanatory Notes, by George Washington Greene [vol. 3]
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- Addison, Joseph
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- 1859
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