Addison, Joseph

A Letter from Italy, Together with the Mourning Muse of Alexis, to Which Is Added the Despairing Lover.

Mr. Joseph Addison; Mr. Congreve · 1695 · Rooke Books

£496.00 (€594.53 | $655.25 | ¥104,635)

London, H. Hills , 1695-1709 . Disbound. A very scarce publication containing three poetical works from the later seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Very scarce. Published and sold at H. Hills, in Black-fryars, near the waterside. Comprised of the following three poems:...

The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1761 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

London, J and R Tonson, 1761. Leather. A very smart first Baskerville edition of Joseph Addison's works. Comprising his works of fiction and non-fiction. Illustrated, with a frontispiece and three engraved plates to volume I. An additional six plates of medals to volume I...

Remarks on Several Parts of Italy

Joseph Addison · 1718 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Hague, Henry Scheurleer, 1718 . Leather. An attractive example of the very scarce first Hague edition of Addison's account of his travels in Italy, illustrated with folding engraved plates. The very scarce first Hague published edition of this work, first published in 170...

The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison; Gay&Apos;S Fables; and Somerville&Apos;S Chase. With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations.

Joseph Addison; John Gay; William Somerville; Rev. George Gilfillan · 1859 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Edinburgh, James Nichol, 1859. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this collection of literary work from Addison, Gay, and Somerville. First edition. A collection of works, containing: The poetical works of Joseph Addison, a British writer and politician u...

The Tatler

Richard Steele; Joseph Addison · 1786 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, C. Bathurst; J. Buckland; J. Rivington and Sons; et al, 1786. Leather. A complete set of the essays published in the journal 'The Tatler', by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. Complete in six volumes.'The Tatler' was a society and literary journal ...

The Spectator

[Joseph Addison]; [Richard Steele]; [Various] · 1711 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

London, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, c1753. Leather. A complete set of the popular short-lived periodical by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, complete with a frontispiece to each volume. Complete in eight volumes.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.'The Sp...

The Free-Holder, or Political Essays

Joseph Addison · 1751 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London, J and R Tonson, 1751. Leather. A collection of political essays from the founder of The Spectator, Joseph Addison. Including The Character and Conversation of a Tory Fox-hunter, Of the Fickleness of the British Politicks, Subscriptions to the Female Association and man...

Days with Sir Roger de Coverley

Joseph Addison · 1886 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Macmillan, 1886. Cloth. An illustrated edition of this collection of stories about the character, Roger de Coverley. An English squire of Queen Anne's reign, Sir Roger exemplified the values of an old country gentleman, and was portrayed as lovable but somewhat ri...

The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1721 · Rooke Books

£900.00 (€1,078.78 | $1,188.95 | ¥189,861)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1721 . First edition. Leather. The complete four volume large paper issue of the first edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, containing his influential periodical publications. The first edition of the collected works of Addison, complete in f...

The Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1765 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, J. and R. Tonson, 1765. Leather. An illustrated edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, comprising of a miscellaneous selection of his verse and prose. Complete in four volumes.The collected works of Joseph Addison.Addison was an essayist, poet, playwright, a...

The Spectator, with Sketches of the Lives of the Authors

Joseph Addison [ed.]; Richard Steele [ed.] · 1804 · Rooke Books

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.93 | ¥104,424)

Edinburgh, Alex Lawrie, 1804 . Leather. A complete early nineteenth century eight volume set of Addison and Steele's 'The Spectator&apos. A complete eight volume set of Addison and Steele's periodical 'The Spectator&apos.The Spectator was a daily publicatio...

The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff

[Richard Steele]; [Joseph Addison] · 1749 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, H. Lintot; D. Midwinter; J. and P. Knapton; W. Innys; et al, 1749. Leather. The collected 'Tatler' essays, published under the pseudonym often used by Steele and Jonathan Swift. Complete in four volumes.'The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff' is the...

Free-Holder; or, Political Essays

Joseph Addison · 1758 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Jacob and Richard Tonson, 1758. Leather. A smart collection of political essays by Joseph Addison. Early edition. A collection of political essays, including: 'Of His Majesty's Character', 'Of Party-Lies', and 'The Female Association&apos....

Essays of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison; John Richard Green · 1903 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, Macmillan, 1903. Leather. A collection of essays by founder of 'The Spectator' magazine, Joseph Addison. Edited by English historian, John Richard Green. Green began a religious career in the church and served various cures in London before turning to writing...

The Spectator

Joseph Addison [ed.]; Richard Steele [ed.] · 1766 · Rooke Books

£300.00 (€359.59 | $396.32 | ¥63,287)

Edinburgh, A. Donaldson, 1766 . Leather. A complete eight volume edition of this important publication, with a frontispiece to each volume. The 1766 edition, complete in eight volumes.The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England...

Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison; Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &C.

Joseph Addison; Mr Tickell [ed] · 1736 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, J. and R. Tonson, 1736. Leather. Four smart full calf volumes of the works of Joseph Addison, featuring his miscellaneous works in three volumes, and the fifth edition of his Italian travelogue. Four 1736 volumes of the works of English essayist, poet, playwright and p...

The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison · 1721 · Rooke Books

£2,000.00 (€2,397.28 | $2,642.12 | ¥421,914)

London, Jacob Tonson, 1721. First edition. Leather. The first edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison, containing his influential periodical publications, illustrated with headpieces. The first edition of this collected works of Addison. Complete in four volumes. ESTC...

Days with Sir Roger de Coverley

Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele · 1892 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London , Macmillan, 1892. Cloth. An illustrated anthology of the Spectator's series on this archetypal English gentleman. An English squire of Queen Anne's reign, Sir Roger exemplified the values of an old country gentleman, and was portrayed as lovable but somewhat ...

Le Spectateur, Ou, le Socrate Moderne

Joseph Addison [ed.]; Richard Steele [ed.] · 1746 · Rooke Books

£480.00 (€575.35 | $634.11 | ¥101,259)

Amsterdam & Leipzig, Arkstee & Merkus, 1746-1750. Leather. An attractively bound seven volume French language translation of 'The Spectator', an important publication from Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. A French language translation of this work, which was origin...

Days with Sir Roger de Coverley

Joseph Addison · 1892 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1892 . Leather. A wonderful copy of Hugh Thomson's third illustrated edition of The Spectator's work on this archetypal English gentleman. First published with Thomson's illustrations in 1886, this is the third Hugh Thomson edition.Anon...