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WALPOLE, Horace Castle of Otranto A Gothic Story
Richard Griffin and Co., 1880,
WALPOLE, Horace. The Castle of Otranto : A Gothic Story. With a Memoir of the Author. L and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Co., [ca. 1880?]. Pp 218, frontis., [2] leaves plates. 8vo, green cloth, gilt to front and spine, a.e.g.Bound with The Enchanted Horse. Front inner hinge cracked, rubbed with sli ght wear to front corners and spine ends, foxing to prelims. and plates, bookplate, else vg. 80.00
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WALPOLE, Horace DOUGHTY, Oswald, ed. with intro. Castle of Otranto. ltd ed in dj.
Scholartis Press, London, 1929,
WALPOLE, Horace. The Castle of Otranto. Edited with introduction, notes, handlists (and three illustrations) by Oswald Doughty. London: The ScholartisPress, 1929. Pp. [i]-lxxx,1-111,(1), frontis., + 2 p. of plates. Illustrat ed. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Of this edition of The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, edited by Oswald Doughty, 1000 copies, of which 960 are for sale, have been printed on Abbey Mills Paper at the Alcuin Press, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, and are published by the Scholartis Press. Vg in rubbed, nicked, short-closed-torn dj. 85.00
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SELWYN, George) KERR, S. Parnell KERR, S. Parnell WALPOLE, Horace) George Selwyn and the Wits. 1st UK.
Methuen & Co,, London, 1909,
(SELWYN, George) KERR, S. Parnell. George Selwyn and the Wits ; with sixteen illustrations. L.: Methuen & Co., (1909). First UK Printing. Pp. (i)-xvi,1-341,[3],(1)-30 of ads,[2], port. frontis., + 15 p. of black and white plates. 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering and decorations to front and spine.A biography of the eighteenth-century poet and wit, who was a close friend of Walpole. Very slightly cocked, front inner hinge cracked, horizontal sp lit to head of spine, minor discolouration to fore-edge of front board, else vg. 40.00
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WALPOLE, Horace KETTON-CREMER, R.W. Horace Walpole : A Biography.
Faber and Faber, London , 1946,
(WALPOLE, Horace). KETTON-CREMER, R.W. Horace Walpole : A Biography. London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1946). First Printing of Second (Revised) Edit ion. Pp [1]-333,(3), frontis + 7 plates + folding genealogical table. Index. 8vo, red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717-1797), more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was an English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and politician. He is now largely remembered for Strawberry Hill, the home he built in Twickenham, south-west London where he revived the Gothic style some decades before his Victorian successors, and for his Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto. Along with the book, his literary reputation rests on his Letters, which are of significant social and political interest. He was the son of Sir Robert Walpole, and cousin of Lord Nelson. Cloth dusty and lightly sunned, short tears to edgesof folding table, name, else very good. 25.00
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GREENWOOD, Alice D. WALPOLE, Horace) Horace Walpole's World
G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., London, 1913,
GREENWOOD, Alice D.. Horace Walpole's World : A Sketch of Whig Society under George III. L.: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1913. Pp. 257, port. frontis., + 8 p. of plates. 8vo, blue cloth with black lettering to front. Contents: 1.Mr. Horace Walpole ; 2. Literary Leisure ; 3. The Modern Taste ; 4. On the Road ; 5. Ways and Means; 6. Society in France Before the Revolution ; 7. King's Ministers and King's Friends ; 8. "My Duchesses" ; 9. The Legend of Charles James Fox. Spine faded, edgeworn, and discoloured, light edgewear, occasional pencilling and underlining to margins, , name, bookplate, else vg. 50.00
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