Letters of Philip Dormer, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, to his godson and successor, edited from the originals, with a memoir of Lord Chesterfield, by the Earl of Carnarvon
by Chesterfield, Earl of, [Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1694-1773]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Minor wear to corners and bumping to spine-ends, endpapers spotted, otherwise Near Very Good
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About This Item
Clarendon Press, Oxford, second edition, with appendix of additional correspondence, 1890. Cloth over bevelled boards, gilt cover-title and device and facsimile signature and decoration, top edge gilt, 8vo, 26 cm,. xcviii, 410 pp, plates, fold-out facsimile of letter, genealogical table. Minor wear to corners and bumping to spine-ends, endpapers spotted, otherwise Near Very Good.
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- Wykeham Books
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- Title
- Letters of Philip Dormer, fourth Earl of Chesterfield, to his godson and successor, edited from the originals, with a memoir of Lord Chesterfield, by the Earl of Carnarvon
- Author
- Chesterfield, Earl of, [Philip Dormer Stanhope, 1694-1773]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over bevelled boards, gilt cover-title and device and facsimile signature and decoration, top edge gilt, 8vo, 26 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor wear to corners and bumping to spine-ends, endpapers spotted, otherwise Near Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press, Oxford, second edition, with appendix of additional correspondence, 1890
- Date Published
- 1890
- Pages
- xcviii, 410 pp, plates, fold-out facsimile of letter, genealogical table
- Keywords
- Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of 1694-1773. Lord Chesterfield's letters to his godson Stanhope, Philip 1732-1768 ; Correspondence. Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of 1694-1773. Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of 1694-17
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Wykeham Books
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