Walpole Horace Edited Peter Cunningham (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 64 Portraits (illustrator). 1st Edition. Complete Nine Volume Set, Blue Cloth, Gilt, Top Edges Gilt. Small Private Library Stamp Of New York Attorney Brainard Avery On Free Endpaper Of Each Volume. Recent Clear Plastic Dust Jackets. A Clean Set, Gilt Bright, Some Wear At Corners (Mostly Along Edges Of Spines), Hinges Solid. Some Browning To Free Endpapers.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Later Edition. With sixty-four steel engravings. Nine volumes in publisher's black cloth, gilt decoration front boards of the Walpole crest, with motto "Fai Quae Sentiat", top edges gilt. Near Fine, the usual slight toning at end papers, a few corners mildly bumped, period small bookseller's label rear past downs. A quite handsome set. Due to weight and volume, will require additional postage fro priority and international orders- please inquire before ordering.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good+. Very handsome 9 volume set bound in brown leather with gilt and simple tooled borders. Spines have raised bands, elaborate gilt decoration and two labels, one red and one black. The endpapers and paper edges are marbled. Engraved plates. 1" split at top back hinge of Vol. 1. Very light rubbing on some volumes. Owner bookplates in each volume. Beautiful! Additional shipping required due to weight. Please inquire before ordering.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: Richard Bentley, 1891, Later Edition, in nine volumes complete. Hatchards half morocco leather binding, with gilt decorated spines in an art deco style, gilt titles, top page edges darkened gilt, others tanned, coarse grained morocco and cloth covered boars, marbled end papers, text blocks tight, pages tanned with some foxing to the plates. Comprising the following: Vol I - clxi, [i], 415pp, with 5 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Vol II - xv, [iii], 512pp, with 6 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Vol III - xix, [iii], 512pp, with 5 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Vol IV - xxi, [iii], 512pp, with 6 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Vol V - xvi, [ii], 512pp, with 6 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Vol VI - xxiv, [ii], 510pp, with 5 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Vol VII - xxvi, [ii], 512pp, with 5 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Vol VIII - xviii, [ii], 576pp, with 6 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Vol IX - xxv, [iii], 623pp, with 6 portrait illustrations including the frontispiece. Provenance: from the library of Herbert Spender Clay with his bookplate to the front of each volume paste down and with blind stamped ownership of Marci J. Lowe Coll, de Balliolo in Oxonia to the front free end paper. Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall (22.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine - very good condition - gilt titles, gilt frames in an art deco style, structurally strong and sound, small nicks, marks and scratches. Joints - very good condition - gently rubbed. Corners - very good condition - gently bumped and worn. Boards - very good condition - coarse grained morocco and cloth covered boards, minor marks and wear. Page edges - good condition - top edge darkened gilt, others tanned, ding to the top edge of Vol II. Binding - good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges - good condition - sound, some straining to the gutter of Vol I at the title. Paste downs - good condition - marbled with bookplate. End papers - good condition - marbled, subsequently tanned and foxed. Title - good condition - tanned with foxing from the portraits. Pages - good condition - tanned with some foxing and offsetting from the portraits, minor marks, minor creasing to the top of pages 195 to 258. See photos.

Hardcover. 23.5 x 15 cm. Octavos. Complete 9 volume set uniformly bound in red 3/4 leather and red boards. 5 raised bands to spine. Gilt top foredge and spine lettering. Marble endpapers. With 64 steel portraits. Some rubbing to the edges of the covers. Spines show some edgewear. Chipping.to heads of spines of volumes 7 and 8.

Full Brown Calf. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Published. 1857/1859, nine volumes, 41 engraved plates, full contemporary calf, rubbed with some wear to joints, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Charles, Viscount Eversley of Heckfield in the County of Southampton. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 Inches. Letters.

Full Calf. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 22.5 by 15 cm. Rubbing along outer joints, and some light abrasions here and there on the leather. Interiors generally clean and tight.