The Tatler - (Everyman's Library Volume 993) de Sir Richard (edited by Lewis Gibbs) Steele - 1953

J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, London, 1953. First Thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Everyman's Library No. 993 in their 'Essays & Belles-Lettres' catagory; patterned 'E L' end-papers in orange on white; introduction by Lewis Gibbs with bibliography & contents list; The Tatler was a British literary and society journal begun by Richard Steele in 1709 and published for two years. It represented a new approach to journalism, featuring cultivated essays on contemporary manners, and established the pattern that would be copied in such British classics as Addison and Steele's Spectator, Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Idler, and Goldsmith's Citizen of the World; notes to the rear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 14 + 304 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small closed tear at spine, . Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's signature in ink to title page & bookseller's small label inside front cover. Top edge pink. Gilt titles & 'E L' monogram spine. red cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction; Eighteenth Century Literature; Periodicals; England; 18th century; Essays & Literary Criticism. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3885. .