The letters of Horace Walpole, fourth earl of Orford. [complete] In nine volumes / Edited by Peter Cunningham. Now first chronologically arranged

Walpole, Horace (1717-1797)

1891, First Edition. London : Richard Bentley. Very good copies all in contemporary blue cloth boards, now slightly dust-dulled overall and rubbed along the edges. Spines with gilt-blocked titles, somewhat rubbed at the ends. Some volumes with faint foxing to the edges, preliminary leaves and final leaves. Frontispieces retain their tissue guards, and the core text blocks remain strong and clean. A well-preserved set overall. Item #458820

Physical description: complete in 9 volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Contents: v. 1. 1735-1746 -- v. 2. 1746-1756 -- v. 3. 1756-1762 -- v. 4. 1762-1766 -- v. 5. 1766-1773 -- v. 6. 1773-1777 -- v. 7. 1777-1782 -- v. 8. 1781-1785 -- v. 9. 1785-1797. Notes: Volume 1 includes: "Short notes of my life," "Memoir respecting his income," and "Reminiscences; written in 1788 for the amusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry." Subjects: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 - Correspondence. Authors, English - 18th century - Correspondence. Legislators - Great Britain - Correspondence. Nobility - Great Britain - Correspondence. Great Britain - Intellectual life - 18th century - Sources. Great Britain - Politics and government - 18th century - Sources.

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