George A. Aitken — The Life of Richard Steele

London, WM. Isbister Limited, 1889. Cloth. Two very smart volumes containing the biography of Richard Steele, with illustrations. Two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with frontispiece and two plates. Volume two is illustrated with frontispiece and two plates. Collated complete. The life of Richard Steele, an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician who co-founded the periodical The Spectator. Written by George Atherton Aitken, a British civil servant, scholar, biographer, author, and collector. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Small marks to the boards of volume one. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .