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Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1900. Hardcover. No jacket. Second volume only. This book does not have a publication date. It was not published in 1900. Contents dated from 1711. Boards and spine are worn and scored. Spine sides are cracked, but boards remain attached. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn and bumped. Lettering plates are missing from spine. Page block is tanned and marked. Paper on hinge of front pastedown is split. Pages are foxed and tanned on edges. A few pages are creased on leading corners. Text is clear throughout. Binding remains intact. HJW. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

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… Read More

London: J. And R. Tonson and S. Draper. Full Leather. Good+/No Dust Jacket. No date, though circa 1740s. Issues No. 81 (Saturday, June 2, 1711) to 169 (Thursday, September 13th of the same year). Indexed at rear. Full tree-calf leather with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Red and black spine bands. "Mary Woodward" is inked and ink stamped on front paste down, and inked on title page and top of first issue. Very light other wear. Overall an attractive, tight, and crisp copy.

London: Robert Riviere & Son, 1906. Hardcover. Good. Four volume set! Three-quarter leather boards, small octavos, 377pp., 313pp., 314pp., 329pp., each volume has a b&w frontispiece, otherwise not illustrated. Book conditions: Volume one--tape holding rear board on, rubbing to spine and joints, edgewear to corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. Volume two--mild cracks to joints but boards holding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. Volume three--mild chipping to spine head, joints worn but boards holding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. Volume four--front board loose but present, mild wear to spine ends and corners, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. Each volume has gilt to top edge of blocks. No DJs.