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[WALPOLE, Horace (1717-1797)].The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story. The third edition. London: John Murray, 1769. 8º (181 x 111mm). (Half-title and title browned at margins, half-title with slightly uneven fore-edge, occasional light soiling.) Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine panels with device of a crown surmounting flowers, red morocco label (chips to spine). Fourth London edition rather than the third, following the editions of 1764, 1765 and 1766, attractively bound. Summers pp. 208 & 263.
REEVE, Clara (1729-1807). The Old English Baron. A Gothic Story. The second edition. London: Charles Dilly, 1780. 12º (167 x 95mm). Engraved frontispiece by J. Caldnall after W. Hamilton (Frontispiece and title spotted, both also slightly stained at upper margin, some light spotting of text.) Contemporary calf , green morocco spine label (small mark on spine). Clara Reeve's prototype Gothic novel was first published as the Champion of Virtue in 1777. Two London editions and a Dublin piracy followed in 1778, making this more truly the third London edition rather than the second. The early editions are all rare. Summers pp. 144 & 449.
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