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Add this copy of The Adventurer 1 to cart. $26.21, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bensenville, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Hardpress Publishing.
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Add this copy of The Adventurer [Vol. I, II] to cart. $70.85, very good condition, Sold by Halcyon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1794 by J. Dodsley.
Add this copy of The Adventurer to cart. $132.00, good condition, Sold by Second Life Books Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lanesborough, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1777 by B. Long, and T. Pridden.
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Four volumes. 12mo., pp. 299, 287, 294, 297. Leather over boards. Covers dry and worn, front cover of Vol. 1 detached, Good. "The Adventurer" (1752-1754) was a London bi-weekly newspaper. Contributors included, among many others, John Hawkesworth and Samuel Johnson. During the course of one year starting in March 1753, Dr. Johnson contributed 29 essays to Hawkesworth's periodical "The Adventurer, " which was written in imitation of another popular periodical, "The Rambler."
Add this copy of The Adventurer to cart. $226.37, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1806 by C. Whittingham; John Sharpe.
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Not Stated. Very Good Indeed. An illustrated new edition of Hawkesworth and Johnson's influential Georgian newspaper 'The Adventurer'. In three volumes of four, lacking volume four. 'The Adventurer' was a notable biweekly newspaper published in the eighteenth century, with prominent contributors including John Hawkesworth and Samuel Johnson. Â The newspaper was originally published in 140 numbers from the 7th November 1752 to the 9th March 1754. This three volume sets contain 105 of the numbers, up to the 6th November 1753. These 105 essays are massively diverse in subjects, ruminating on many prominent issues and ideas in Georgian England. Essays include 'Courage, why honoured as a virtue', 'The influence of infidelity upon moral conduct', 'Proposals to improve the dramatic entertainment of the animal comedias', 'Observations on the Odyssey of Homer', 'The life of Agamus, an old debauchee', 'Apology for apparent plagiarism', 'Blemishes in the Paradise Lost', and more. Johnson originated 'The Adventurer' after the conclusion of 'The Rambler' in 1752. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and two plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and two plates. Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and two plates. Bookplate of Sir Robert Johnson Eden to the front paste down of Volume One. In a full calf binding. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Very light bumping to the extremities. A few faint marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste down of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned and clean with the occasional spot, and the occasional pencil note to the margins. Very Good Indeed.
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