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Zustand: Fair. 1833. Second Edition. 450 pages. Vol. II. Full leather binding with gilt lettering. Name plate of Sir Warwick Charles Morshead, 3rd Baronet, on front paste down. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Front hinge cracked. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Front joint completely cracked but remains attached. Notable tanning to spine and board edges, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Title plate missing from spine.

Zustand: Fair. 1833. Second Edition. 434 pages. Vol. III. Full leather binding with faded lettering. Name plate of Sir Warwick Morshead, 3rd Baronet, to front paste down. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Front hinge cracked. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with large cracks to both joints. Front board is slack. Notable tanning to spine and board edges, with scuffing and marking to boards. Visible cracking and chipping to spine, with title plate missing.

Zustand: Poor. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover.Medium green cloth 8vo with green leather quarter binding, bordered with simple gilt borders. Gilt lettering and simple gilt border on sun faded backstrip. Backstrip has some chipping to ends and a couple of small tears in seams. Bumped corners and some general wear and fraying. Front hinge split. Hinges are secured with clear tape. Marbled end papers. Frontispiece. Interior is secure and clear of markings save for some foxing and a little grubbiness in places. Untrimmed except for gilt top edge. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition, three volume set of letters by the English writer and politician, Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann. 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. 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. Near Fine. book.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. The letters of Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann in three sumptuous uniform leather bound copies. First edition of theletters of Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann,British Envoy at the Court of Tuscany. Complete in three volumes edited by Lord Dover. Bound in striking uniform full calf bindings.Containing Walpole's correspondence published from the original manuscripts in the possession of the Earl of Waldegrave. His Lettersare of great political and social interest, and are often used as a historical resource.Illustrated with frontispiece portrait to vol. I. Rebound in uniform full calf with charming intricate gilt tooling to spine panels, titles in gilt to morocco spine labels. Marbled edges and endpapers. Externally excellent with only light fading to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting affecting first and last few leaves, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.