Letters of Horace Walpole, with Portraits and Illustrations (2 volumes)
by Yonge, Charles Duke, Editor; Horace Walpole
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1890. Half Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾. xxxi, 287, xi, 322 pp. Clean, with some uncut pages. Some rubbing to gray green morocco. Five raised bands on spine. Over marbled boards, with marbled endpapers. Still attractive fine binding.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000927
- Title
- Letters of Horace Walpole, with Portraits and Illustrations (2 volumes)
- Author
- Yonge, Charles Duke, Editor; Horace Walpole
- Format/Binding
- Half Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1890
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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