The Letters of Horace Walpole. by WALPOLE, Horace

London: Richard Bentley, 1891. 9 volume set, 9 inches tall. A handsome Victorian half calf by Bickers with gilt raised bands, twin labels, ornate gilt centre tools and gilt edges.With the striking bookplate of Dorothy Moulton Mayer. Illustrated with frontispieces, a vignette on the title pages and and engraved portraits. Horatio Walpole the 4th Earl of Orford, creator of the Gothic masterpiece Strawberry Hill House, wrote 'The Castle of Otranto', considered the first Gothic novel. Slightly rubbed but a good looking set.