Author: Walpole, Horace; Helen Wrigley Toynbee; Paget Jackson Toynbee Title: The Letters of Horace Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, 19 Volumes
Description: Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1905. Hardcover. A 19 volume set, volumes 1-16 with supplement volumes I, II, and III. All bound in red cloth boards, tan title blocks on spines with black lettering; untrimmed pages; several bw illustrations throughout. Each volume has its own table of contents and list of portraits./ "Walpole's 'Short notes of my life' (which end with the month of May 1779) are prefixed, by way of introduction, to the first volume, together with a continuation (by the editor) down to the date of his death. "Two hundred and sixty copies of this edtion have been printed on handmade paper, of which this is Number 152." for the 16 original volumes. Supplement volumes I and II were printed in edition of 260 copies, these are numbered 181. Supplement Volume III was printed in edition of 150 copies, of this this is number 6. VG- (scuffing and light wear to boards, age toning mainly to page edges, library bookplate inside front covers. Several volumes have previous owner's name on ffep. Pages are otherwise very clean.) .
Keywords: Biography / Autobiography ; Walpole, Horatio ; ;
Price: US$ 360.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 183523
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