MEMOIRS OF KING GEORGE II. In three volumes.
Volume I: January 1751-March 1754. Pp. xxxii+248; Volume II: March 1754-1757. Pp. x+296(last blank); Volume III: 1758-1760, appendices and index. Pp. x+292(last blank), appendices (including 8 pages of illustrations), index; all roy. 8vo; navy cloth, spines lettered in gilt, a couple of the fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrappers, backstrips faintly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedowns, a little light foxing; Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1985. The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Memoirs. *'Horace Walpole's Memoirs cover the years from 1751 to 1772 and deal primarily with the coming of the Seven Years War, the events of the war, and the political confusion which followed the accession of George III. They comprise a unique narrative of political and parliamentary events, written by one who was close to the centre of affairs and intimate with many of the leading statesmen of the time. . . . These first three volumes cover the reign of George II, from 1751 to 1760' [wrapper blurb]. Item #180836
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