[Rarebooks] fa: RICHARD STEELE: THE LOVER + THE READER 1715

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, auction ending Sunday, March 15. More details and images can be found at the URL below or by searching under the seller name arch_in_la.

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Thanks again,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A.

[Richard Steele:] The Lover. To which is added, The Reader; by the same Author.  London: Printed for J. Tonson in the Strand, J. Brown without Temple-Bar, and O. Lloyd near the Church in the Temple, MDCCXV [1715]. Presumed first collected edition, in modern red pebbled leather; 12mo (15.5 cm); [12] + 297 + [15] pp. (erratic pagination, as called for).  ESTC T148791; Rothschild 1959.

Toning to the leaves with scattered spotting and occasional browning; damp-stain to the first six leaves; a few page corners bumped and creased; else sound and firm in a fresh modern binding with just a light touch of soiling.