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Memoirs of Horace Walpole and His Contemporaries , Including Numerous Original Letters Chiefly from Strawberry Hill , in Two Volumes
by Walpole, Horace; Edited by Eliot Warburton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn , 1851. With portrait frontispieces. 2 volumes, bound by Taffin in dark grayish-blue crushed levant morocco, gilt paneled sides, banded and paneled backs, gilt ruled inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon markers. Near Fine, light toning throughout both volumes, small rubs at corners.. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Levant Morocco . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007676
- Title
- Memoirs of Horace Walpole and His Contemporaries , Including Numerous Original Letters Chiefly from Strawberry Hill , in Two Volumes
- Author
- Walpole, Horace; Edited by Eliot Warburton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Fine Bindings; Nineteenth Century;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
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