CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL
Letters Written ... to His Son, Philip Stanhope. London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Two volumes. First edition, first state. Contemporary stained calf, professionally rebacked. 11 1/2 inches (29 cm). Quarto by imposition. 4 ff., vii, 1 ff, 568 pp.; 4 ff., 606 pp., 1 ff., with engraved frontispiece portrait in the first volume. * Miscellaneous Works ... London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777. Two volumes. First edition. Contemporary stained calf, professionally rebacked (uniformly with the binding of the Letters). 11 1/2 inches (29 cm). Quarto by imposition. Various paginations, with engraved portrait vignettes throughout. Both sets present scattered foxing, otherwise sound.
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CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL
Letters Written ... to His Son, Philip Stanhope. London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Two volumes. First edition, first state. Contemporary stained calf, professionally rebacked. 11 1/2 inches (29 cm). Quarto by imposition. 4 ff., vii, 1 ff, 568 pp.; 4 ff., 606 pp., 1 ff., with engraved frontispiece portrait in the first volume. * Miscellaneous Works ... London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777. Two volumes. First edition. Contemporary stained calf, professionally rebacked (uniformly with the binding of the Letters). 11 1/2 inches (29 cm). Quarto by imposition. Various paginations, with engraved portrait vignettes throughout. Both sets present scattered foxing, otherwise sound.
Auction: Books / Photographs / Prints / Coins, Bank Notes & Postage Stamps, Apr 27, 2009