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The Spectator, Volume the Fifth [ No. 322, March 10, 1712 - No. 394, June 2, 1712. ]
by The Spectator
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collecitble, VG-
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About This Item
London: Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, 1767. Hardcover. Collecitble, VG-. 16mo, full calf with 6 raised bands, red spine label, 301 p., [12] (index), frontis engraving. Dedication to the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Wharton. Condition is VERY GOOD-: boards are slightly loose, textblock is tight; head and tail chipped, corners rubbed, all edges lightly rubbed, light toning to endpapers, internally clean, closed tear page 73, owner name on fep, owner name on title page [ Samuel Tracey's book,__1771 ]. The usual lively commentary on a sundry of topics: beards in former ages, the consequence and benefit of candour, chocolate and women, dancing as a necessary accomplishment, Sir Roger Coverley visiting the tombs in Westminster Abbey, faults of grammar schools, epitaph on the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, Female Rakes described, and much more!
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- Bygone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17464
- Title
- The Spectator, Volume the Fifth [ No. 322, March 10, 1712 - No. 394, June 2, 1712. ]
- Author
- The Spectator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collecitble, VG-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1767
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ESSAYS, FINE BINDINGS, GREAT BRITAIN, SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature / Poetry;
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- Spine Label
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- Title Page
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- Calf
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Raised Band(s)
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