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The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, in Five Volumes (1798), WITH Memoires of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second in Two Volumes (1822) - Seven Volume Set Complete
by Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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The Works: London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Edwards, Pall-Mall. MDCCXCVIII (1798), WITH Memoires of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second: London, John Murray, Albemarle-Street. MDCCCXXII (1822). Over 4000 pages and 177 full-page engravings. Seven volumes uniformly bound in Contemporary Calf over marbled boards. Gold Gilt on black leather title labels. Additional spine gilt stamping, with decorative blindstamp. Some rubbing to bindings, wear heavier towards extremities (see image). Hand Marbled endpapers, hinges unobtrusively reinforced with moire brown cloth. Internally clean, Unmarked. Off-setting from plates with sporadic foxing, particularly to plates and adjoining leaves as per usual. Full Collation of the papers used, contents and plates on request. A Very Good Antiquarian Set Indeed. First Edition. Half-Leather, Marbled Boards. Very Good. Illus. by 177 Full-page Engravings, Fold-outs, etc. 4to - over 11½" tall. Extremely Heavy, Oversized Safely, Securely Packed.
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- Title
- The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, in Five Volumes (1798), WITH Memoires of the Last Ten Years of the Reign of George the Second in Two Volumes (1822) - Seven Volume Set Complete
- Author
- Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford
- Illustrator
- 177 Full-page Engravings, Fold-outs, etc.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1798
- Size
- 4to - over 11½" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics, Art, History, Biography, Literature, Gothic Novel, Castle Otranto, Fiction, Criticism, Leather, Fine Binding
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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