An Original Issue of 'The Spectator' Together with The Story of the Famous English Periodical and of its Founders
by Partridge, Eric
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1939. First Edition. 49pp. Quarto [34 cm] 1/2 gray cloth over marbled boards with a printed paper label on the backstrip. Better than very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Printed by the Grabhorn Press. This work was printed in a limitation of 455 copies. Original issue of 'The Spectator' tipped-in following the half-title. The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712.
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- Seller
- Tschanz Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8720
- Title
- An Original Issue of 'The Spectator' Together with The Story of the Famous English Periodical and of its Founders
- Author
- Partridge, Eric
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1939
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Tschanz Rare Books
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bookplate
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- Marbled boards
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- First Edition
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