Walpole horace peter cunningham editor (2 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Richard Bentley 1857-1859, London, 1857
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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Zustand: Gebraucht - Gut
EUR 529,60
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In den WarenkorbLeather. Zustand: Very Good. A smartly bound collection of the letters of English politician Horace Walpole, here first chronologically arranged. Complete in nine volumes. Now first chronologically arranged. Volumes one, eight, and nine are illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and four portrait plates. All other volumes are…illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and three portrait plates. Collated complete. The letters of Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, better known as Horace Walpole, an English Whig politician, writer, historian and antiquarian. The youngest son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, his Letters, are of significant social and political interest. This collection includes prefaces from Lord Dover, Vernon Smith, Rev. John Mitford, and others. With 'Short Notes of My Life' from the author and a memoir respecting his income, as well as a collection of reminiscences written in 1788 for the amusements of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry. The letters are dated from 1735 to 1797, with some letters never having been previously published. Volume nine contains some additional letters not previously published relevant to the dates of previous volumes, as well as Walpole's letters to Montagu and extracts from unpublished correspondence of the Earl and Countess of Hertford. Edited by Peter Nicolas Cunningham, a British writer who published several topographical and biographical studies. In the original half crushed morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Most rubbing to the head of the spines, raised bands, and board tips. Light fading to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
Verlag: Bickers & Son., London, 1880
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, KanadaBook Stage
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EUR 2.223,31
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In den WarenkorbLeather. ca. 550 to 650 pp ea. Engravings Issued as "Bohn's English Gentleman's Library" Ballantyne Press, in a deluxe contemporary full calf binding, by Riviere & Son, with five raised bands, red leather title label, gilt title and elaborate floral gilt tooling on spine. Front and back panel are framed with decorative gilt tool…ing as, outside as well as on the inside of the cover. End papers and edges are marbleized paper. Each vol. has four to five original portrait engravings, mostly of Walpole, family, and other personalities covered in the books. Vol. I has 155pp of preliminaries, like Mr. Cunninham's Preface to his first edition of 1858, Walpole's "Reminiscences of the Court of George the First and Second", etc. Vol. IX has an Appendix with "Letters to Montagu", Extracts from the Unpublished Correspondence of the Earl and Countess of Hertford with Horace Walpolle, Additions, Corrections, etc.' The set is generally in superb condition, internally and outside. Few vols. show minimal wear of small areas of the spine tooling, vol. I has an exlibris on the front paste down. Vol. I is also the only vol. which shows a little wear in the leather of the front hinge and a crack in part of the front paste down/end paper. Binding sound and firm. Only three of the engravings have very few very faint, tiny foxing spots in the margin. Some of the vols. have a few small spots on the fore edge, only visible when leafed through backwards, due to marbleizing.
