{"product_id":"selections-from-the-tatler-spectator-and-guardian-richard-steele-1885-edition","title":"Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, Richard Steele — 1885 Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1885\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [lii], 504.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The full maroon straight-grained morocco binding remains tight and structurally sound, showing only minor rubbing to the spine ends, raised bands, and board corners. The gilt school crests and spine tooling remain exceptionally bright and unoxidised. Internally, the hinges are solid. The marbled endpapers and matching page edges retain their vibrant colouring, while the text block itself is clean, crisp, and remarkably free from foxing or tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This edition features Austin Dobson's scholarly introduction and notes. The volume is handsomely bound as an institutional prize, featuring the gilt-stamped seal of the Governors of the Schools and Almshouses in Oakham and Uppingham.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front pastedown bears a printed school bookplate with manuscript details awarding the book to Caecilio Hay in 1896 by the Headmaster of Uppingham School, Edward Carus Selwyn. While standard cloth copies of this textbook are widely available, examples preserved in fine institutional leather bindings of this calibre are scarce on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSir Richard Steele was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician, best remembered as the co-founder of the influential magazine \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e alongside his friend Joseph Addison. This volume gathers his most incisive and engaging essays from \u003ci\u003eThe Tatler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. Offering a vivid window into the society, morals, and manners of 18th-century England, Steele's prose remains as witty and perceptive today as it was upon its original publication. Edited with comprehensive notes by the esteemed poet and essayist Austin Dobson, this collection is an excellent representation of Augustan literary journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54629700796755,"sku":"5203","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260816_194906.jpg?v=1787133916","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/selections-from-the-tatler-spectator-and-guardian-richard-steele-1885-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}