The Spectator. Incomplete set of 5 volumes.
London: Printed for Mess'rs Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley, White, and others, n.d.
Leather bound. 12mos. 5 volumes (of 8). Volume I: [2], iv, [1] page advertisement, [1] page blank, 332 pages, [12] page index, [1]. Frontispiece engraving. Volume II: [2], 346 pages, [12] page index, [2]. Frontispiece engraving. Volume III: [2], ii, pages 3-337 pages, [11] page index, [2]. Frontispiece engraving. Volume IV: [2], iv, 320 pages, [9] page index, [2]. Volume V: [2], ii, 324 pages, [10] page index, [1]. Frontispiece engraving. Polished leather bindings with black leather title labels on the spines. Leather is dried, cracked, and flecking off the spines. Leather chipped head and base of the spines. Light edge wear to the boards. Outer joints cracked and rubbed. Some faint staining to the covers presumably from being polished. A lengthy inscription by the previous owner written on the right front flyleaf volume 1. Illustrated bookplates of "Gertrude Helena Urban" on the front paste downs. Interior contents mostly clean. Fair only. Fair. Item #29588
Price: $75.00