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The Tatler
by Isaac Bickerstaff
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
E. Nutt, London, 1733. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. ISAAC BICKERSTAFF (Joseph Addison and Richard Steele). The Lucubrations, London: E. Nutt et al., 1733. 12mo, a reprinting of a periodical begun in 1709, pp. iv, 330, 10 (index); iv, 312, 16 (index), brown calf boards with brown morocco label and gilt ornaments to spines, bookplates on front paste-downs, apparently pasted over other bookplates. Contains Issues 51 through 189 of Bickerstaff's Lucubrations, better known as The Tatler, a creation largely of Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, with occasional contributions from Jonathan Swift. The publication was a literary and society journal that lasted about two years but had a much longer-lasting impact. This offer is for Volumes 2 and 3 of a 3-volume set. The bookplates are of the Earl of Northesk, a Trafalgar hero. Condition of these books: Covers rubbed at edges, worn all over, joints cracked. Insides generally clean, overall good. Size: 12mo. 2 volumes of the 3-volume set. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; England; 18th century; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54669. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54669
- Title
- The Tatler
- Author
- Isaac Bickerstaff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. Nutt
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1733
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; England; 18th century; Literature & Literary. Isaac Bickerstaff The Tatler
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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We accept returns for any reason, with a money-back guarantee and a reasonable allowance for your return shipping costs via U.S. Postal Service.
About the Seller
Rarities etc.
Biblio member since 2007
Warwick, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
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