The Guardian: Volume the First
Author:
[STEELE, RICHARD]; et al
Title:
The Guardian: Volume the First
Publisher:
Messrs. Rivington, Longman, White, Law, Johnson, Nichols, Dilly, Robinson, Cadell, R. Baldwin, Goldsmith, Otridge, Bew, Hayes, Wilkie, and Lowndes 1789
Description:
Nos. 1-82. Demy 8vo, pp. [2] + iv + 571; full leather boards, gilt panel spine with red label; marbled eps, illus. to tp; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to boards; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; leather to boards peeling from extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; heavy creasing, tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; front & rear pastedown loose, watepaper underneath visible; lg tear to ffep at gutter; lg tearing to centre of flyleaf opp. tp ; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing throughout; lg tearing to centre of pp. 271-2; major segment to pp. 273-4 torn out; moderate tearing to centre of pp. 563-4, repaired with tape; moderate tear to fore edge; moderate cracking to central gutters).
Keywords:
18th eighteenth century periodical Richard Steele Joseph Addison essays journalism literature literary history