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Letters of Horace Walpole Earl of Orford, to Horace Mann, British Envoy at the Court of Tuscany. Now First Published from the Originals in the Possession of the Earl of Waldegrave.
Horace Walpole; Lord Dover (ed.)
1833
Richard Bentley : London
8.5" by 5.5"
lxiii, 403; 503; 480pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition, three volume set of letters by the English writer and politician, Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann.
First Edition,Illustrated
Overall Condition: Near Fine
This book weighs3 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition and first publication of the original letters.
Uniformly rebound in full cloth binding with red title plates.
The complete three volume set. This set was later followed by a four-volume Concluding Series.
With an engraved frontispiece in volume one.
A collection of the letters of Horace Walpole, the English writer, art historian and Whig politician, to Sir Horace Mann, British Envoy at the Court of Tuscany. Walpole is best known for his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. His letters have gained popularity and are of social and political interest.
Edited by Lord Dover.
CONDITION
In full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. Fading to the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Binding slightly worn to the centres of volume two and three, but still very firm. Pages very bright and clean with the odd spot and the occasional mark. Foxing to the frontispiece in volume one, and some offsetting to the surrounding pages as a result. Some small tears around the binding in volume two.
Overall Condition: Near Fine
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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