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Days with Sir Roger de Coverley; A Reprint from "The Spectator
by [Addison, Joseph; Steele, Richard]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. Third edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Slim 8vo. [5], viii-ix, [2], 2-110, [2] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece, an illustrated half-title page, several in-text illustrations, and one full-page illustration at the end of the volume. Decorations beautifully done by Hugh Thomson. Originally published in the magazine, The Spectator as "The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers", this is the third edition done by Macmillan. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Sir Roger de Coverley". Sir Roger de Coverley was a comical character created by Joseph Addison: he was meant to represent the typical English country gentleman. Addison wrote vignettes featuring De Coverley that were often thought of as The Spectator's best material. These vignettes focused on upper-class English life, manners, and social customs during the eighteenth century. A Near Fine book with a touch of rubbing to the extremities and a faint abrasion to one word on p. 48.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00008949
- Title
- Days with Sir Roger de Coverley; A Reprint from "The Spectator
- Author
- [Addison, Joseph; Steele, Richard]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
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We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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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