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Essays of Joseph Addison.
by Addison, Joseph. Green, John Richard (editor)
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. 12mo, xxviii, 377 pp. Full red calf with gilt supralibros and backstrip,marbled edges and endpapers. Hinges rubbed, upper board and backstrip sunned, internally a fine copy with prize book plate of the Royal Masonic School on front pastedown. § A nice little edition of Addison' essays in a prize binding created for the Royal Masonic School for Boys with the school crest and Masonic motto, Audi Vide Tace (Hear, See, Be Silent), on the upper board. The bookplate inside records that the book was given to one H. Booth, Midsummer 1907, for "school work". Even before the school closed in 1977 the Edwardian structure had become a popular filming location for directors seeking creepy and forbidding institutional settings and the building has featured The Avengers, Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and the Harry Potter movies.The editor, English historian John Richard Green, has selected over 80 of Addison's essays include those on Sir Roger De Coverley, essays from the Tatler, and numerous more on subjects such as the Court, the country and fashion.
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- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124795
- Title
- Essays of Joseph Addison.
- Author
- Addison, Joseph. Green, John Richard (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
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About the Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller offers an exceptional selection of rare books and manuscripts from medieval times through the twentieth century; we specialize in illustrated material, particularly the work of William Blake and his circle. Located in downtown San Francisco, we have served an international clientele of private collectors, libraries, and institutions for 35 years. We are actively purchasing books and manuscripts in all fields, especially medieval illuminated and text manuscripts; material on California, Hawaii, and Pacific voyages; illustrated books and fine bindings from the 15th through the 20th century; and fine press printing. William Blake, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Thomas Frognall Dibdin remain special interests. We are members of the ABAA, ILAB, and PBFA, and we subscribe to the code of ethics endorsed by reputable antiquarian booksellers worldwide.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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