Walpole on George II and III, nicely bound
Heading: (Worsfold)
Author: Walpole, Horace
Title: Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second [with] Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third [and] Journal of the Reign of King George the Third
Place Published: London
Publisher:
Date Published: 1845-1849
Description:
Nine volumes. With portrait frontispieces. (8vo) half morocco and marbled boards, spines ornately decorated in gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Mixed editions.
Bindings stamp-signed in ink by Worsfold to front free endpaper versos. Walpole's memoirs of the Georgian social and political scene, though heavily biased, are a useful primary source for historians and a unique view of the events of the American & French Revolution as well as the Napoleonic Wars. A handsome set.
Comprises:
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second. Volume I. Henry Colburn, 1847. Second edition.
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second. Volume II. Henry Colburn, 1846. First Edition.
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second. Volume III. Henry Colburn, 1847. Second edition.
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third. Richard Bentley, 1845. Four volumes. First Editions.
Journal of the Reign of King George the Third, from the Year 1771 to 1783. Richard Bentley, 1849. Two volumes. First Editions.
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Heading: (Worsfold)
Author: Walpole, Horace
Title: Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second [with] Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third [and] Journal of the Reign of King George the Third
Place Published: London
Publisher:
Date Published: 1845-1849
Description:
Nine volumes. With portrait frontispieces. (8vo) half morocco and marbled boards, spines ornately decorated in gilt with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Mixed editions.
Bindings stamp-signed in ink by Worsfold to front free endpaper versos. Walpole's memoirs of the Georgian social and political scene, though heavily biased, are a useful primary source for historians and a unique view of the events of the American & French Revolution as well as the Napoleonic Wars. A handsome set.
Comprises:
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second. Volume I. Henry Colburn, 1847. Second edition.
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second. Volume II. Henry Colburn, 1846. First Edition.
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second. Volume III. Henry Colburn, 1847. Second edition.
Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Third. Richard Bentley, 1845. Four volumes. First Editions.
Journal of the Reign of King George the Third, from the Year 1771 to 1783. Richard Bentley, 1849. Two volumes. First Editions.
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