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London: Archibald Constable, 1898. FIRST CONSTABLE EDITION THUS. Very Good +. Originally published in 1596, and one of the best known literary masterpieces of Great Britain, THE FAIRIE QUEENE has appeared in many hundreds of editions. This RARE edition of BOOK V, brought to you by HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, was published by Archibald Constable in 6 volumes between 1897 and 1900, and continued to be Printed through 1908. In The School Review of February, 1898, we read that "The FAIRIE QUEENE by Edmund Spenser is being edited by K M Warren. The edition will be issued in six small volumes, each containing one book of the poem. Book I has appeared, and recommends itself for use as a text in secondary schools. The glossary is a very full one, and the notes are ample..." This would prove that our 1898 copy of BOOK V is a FIRST EDITION, and most likely the First Printing. 4 3/8" x 6 5/8", 228 pages with no dust jacket. Overall condition is VERY GOOD PLUS. Pages = VERY GOOD…
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The Fairie Queene: Book V
by Edmund Spenser (edited by Kate M Warren)
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The Spectator, Volume the Second
by Joseph Addison
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- 1744 reprint of the third edition
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London: Printed for J & R Tonson in the Strand, 1744. 1744 reprint of the third edition. Hardcover. Good. London: Printed for J & R Tonson in the Strand, 1744. 1744 reprint of the third edition. Good. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a RARE solo copy of Volume 2 of THE SPECTATOR by Eighteenth Century entrepreneur and social scientist JOSEPH ADDISON. At this printing, only complete sets or solo Volume 4 are available for this reprint of the third edition. VOLUME THE SECOND of his daily newspaper covers the dates June 2, 1711 through September 13, 1711. Miniature size (4" x 6 5/8"). GOOD MINUS condition: pages are rippled from moisture, some pages nearly white, some moderately tanned, some heavily tanned, but all fully readable, tight to spine, rounded corners as designed. Cover (heavy leather with outline design in gold gilt, originally gilt particulars (all rubbed out), 5 raised bands on spine): corners worn down, but whole, tight to spine and square. Noted book appraiser…
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