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LAUREL - CROWNED LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE: The Best Letters of Horace Walpole
by Anna B McMahan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[HORACE WALPOLE]. ANNA B. MCMAHAN. EDITOR. LAUREL - CROWNED LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE: THE BEST LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE. A.C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, 1890. First Edition. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. In original publisher's brown cloth, titles and decorations stamped in gilt on cover and spine, with A.C. McClurg acorn logo stamped in gilt at tail of spine. Mild fraying, rubbing at head of spine and corner extremities, pages are clean and binding tight. Neat owners inscription(s) on first endpapers and pastedown. Horace Walpole is known as the father of very first Gothic Novel; The Castle of Otranto. Not a reprint and not a facsimile copy. Scarce biography of author's letters from a well known publisher, collectible. 305 pgs. 16 mo.
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-303
- Title
- LAUREL - CROWNED LETTERS OF HORACE WALPOLE
- Author
- Anna B McMahan
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.C. McClurg & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1890
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Horace Walpole, letters, gothic fiction, antiquarian, biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Biography;
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
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Astro Trader Books
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Los Angeles , California
About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Gilt
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- A.N.
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- Tight
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