WALPOLE, Horace (1717?1797). Letters? to George Montagu, Es...

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  WALPOLE, Horace (1717?1797). Letters? to George Montagu, Esq. From the Year 1736, to the Year 1770. Edited by John Martin. London: [J.F. Dove for] Rodwell and Martin; and Henry Colburn, 1818. Royal 4to (305 x 241 mm). (Some very occasional browning, some marginal staining at end). With an etched portrait of Walpole dated 1825 laid in; 8?pp. supplement ?Names of Persons mentioned in Foregoing Letters? laid in at end. This supplement was circulated privately and issued sometime after publication as the editor deleted many of the personal names in the text. Half dark blue morocco gilt, marbled sides, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt?lettering and framing in compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp?signed by Macdonald of New York (small spot of surface wear to lower cover). Provenance: Lewis Buddy III (bookplate), proprietor of the Kirgate Press named after Walpole?s printer at Strawberry Hill. FIRST EDITION. From the private library of a distinguished Chicago book collector.
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