Gothic novel.- [Radcliffe (Ann)] The Mysteries of Udolpho, 4 vol., first edition, Printed for G.G.
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Gothic novel.- [Radcliffe (Ann)] The Mysteries of Udolpho, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles, final blank present at end of vol.2, vol.2 K3 with short tear and Q7 with small hole slightly affecting text, vol.3 S6 torn and repaired at head slightly affecting text, some foxing and damp-mottling, contemporary tree calf, worn, with some covers or backstrips detached, vol.4 most of backstrip missing, [Bleiler, Supernatural, 1370; Block, page 193; Rothschild, 1701; Summers, page 135, 43], 8vo, Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1794.*** A complete, albeit far from pristine, copy of the first edition of the first Gothic horror romance. One of the 'horrid novels' Jane Austen mentions in Northanger Abbey.
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Gothic novel.- [Radcliffe (Ann)] The Mysteries of Udolpho, 4 vol., first edition, Printed for G.G.
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