THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS by Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele and Eustace Budgell - 1945

NY: Heritage Press, 1945. From the Spectator, London 1711-1712 & Illustrated. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Ross.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1945 Book. Good +. Hardcover. Moderate wear; an adequate readable copy..

New York: The Heritage Press, 1945. Slipcase is edgeworn and split at bottom.. Hard Cover. Very Good (spine sl. darkened)/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Ross. Large Octavo. In Slipcase.

New York: Heritage Press, 1945. Slipcase is tanning along edges. Maroon cloth boards have only slight wear, spinecover lightly sunned. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Prior owner name on feb. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Slip Case. Illus. by Ross, Gordon. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1945 Sub-titled: "From the Spectator, London: 1711-1712" Full cloth with gilt titles; 8vo.,198pp. Fine in V.Good+ slipcase. Sir Roger de Coverley, fictional character, devised by Joseph Addison, who portrayed him as the ostensible author of papers and letters that were published in Addison and Richard Steeles influential periodical The Spectator. As imagined by Addison, Sir Roger was a baronet of Worcestershire and was meant to represent a typical landed country gentleman. He was also a member of the fictitious Spectator Club, and the de Coverley writings included entertaining vignettes of early 18th-century English life that were often considered The Spectators best feature

New York: The Heritage Press, 1945. Book. Illus. by Gordon Ross. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii + 198 pp., illus., brown-burgundy cloth. Lacks original publisher's slipcase. From "The Spectator," London, 1711-1712. Prefatory notes by Wm. Makepeace Thackeray. Cloth at lower back strip slightly darkened where a call label has been removed; rear endpapers show very slight residue where circulation apparatus has been removed; no other library marks..

The Heritage Press, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1945. Book. Illus. by Gordon Ross. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii + 198 pp., illus., brown-burgundy cloth, slipcased. As issued. Slipcase shows moderate shelf wear, approx. 50% of top panel lacking. From "The Spectator," London, 1711-1712. Prefatory notes by Wm. Makepeace Thackeray..

New York: The Heritage Press, 1945. Hardcover. 198p. A cloth hardcover book in fine condition. Lacks the slipcase. Pieces from THE SPECTATOR with prefatory notes by William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by Gordon Ross. Includes Sandglass notes.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1945. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. Color illustrations by Gordon Ross. Fine with bookplate in a near fine slipcase with some fading to the edges.