Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, Richard Steele — 1885 Edition

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Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, Richard Steele — 1885 Edition

Name: Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian, Richard Steele — 1885 Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5203
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Publication: Oxford, At The Clarendon Press, 1885

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [lii], 504.

Condition Report: 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.

Catalogue Note: 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.

The 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.

Sir Richard Steele was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician, best remembered as the co-founder of the influential magazine The Spectator alongside his friend Joseph Addison. This volume gathers his most incisive and engaging essays from The Tatler, The Spectator, and The Guardian. 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.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Richard Steele

Book Publisher: At The Clarendon Press

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Criticism & Essays

Book edition:

Signed: No

Book Pages: 556

Book Publication Year: 1885

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Full Leather

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Clarendon Press Series

Country/region of manufacture: Oxford, United Kingdom

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