The Spectator, London: for J. and R. Tonson, 1739. 8 volumes, 12° (164 x 92mm). Titles with woodcut vignette. (Occasional mainly light spotting and browning.) Later calf, spines with contrasting calf lettering-pieces (rubbed and scuffed, one or two spines a little chipped). Provenance: WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY'S COPY, SIGNED "W. M. Thackeray Trin. Coll. Camb." on verso of front endpaper in each volume. William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) studied at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1829. 12th edition. (8)