A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole [woodcut title] ... Mr. George Robins is honoured ... to sell the valuable contents of Strawberry Hill ... fixed for Monday, the 25th day of April, 1842 [And:] Aedes Strawberrianae [And:] The Collection of Rare Prints & Illustrated Works, Removed from Strawberry Hill for Sale in London ... in Covent Garden, On Monday, the 13th day of June, 1842
by (Walpole, Horace)
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary half leather and marbled boards. Spine toned, joints tender. Very good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
At day 6, the text ends with lot 160 (lots 161-187 have been removed), there is an inserted announcement for the London sale of the books and prints from the Round Tower, and days 7 and 8 have been removed.
The London sale and printed prices are here present at the end.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306796
- Title
- A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole [woodcut title] ... Mr. George Robins is honoured ... to sell the valuable contents of Strawberry Hill ... fixed for Monday, the 25th day of April, 1842 [And:] Aedes Strawberrianae [And:] The Collection of Rare Prints & Illustrated Works, Removed from Strawberry Hill for Sale in London ... in Covent Garden, On Monday, the 13th day of June, 1842
- Author
- (Walpole, Horace)
- Format/Binding
- Lithographic portrait, woodcut title. xxiv, [1]-86, [1, announcement of the Round Tower sale in London], [97]-250 pp., priced th
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary half leather and marbled boards. Spine toned, joints tender. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Robins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1842
- Keywords
- American | American | Auction Catalogues
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Art, Architecture & Design;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Later State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from a later run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some part...
- Marbled boards
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