The Castle of Otranto, A Gothic Story. WALPOLE (Horace).

Translated by William Marshal, Gent. From the Original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto, Canon of the Church of St. Nicholas at Otranto.

Fifth Edition. 8vo. [187 x 115 x 18 mm]. [iii]-xxiv, 200 pp. Bound in contemporary marbled calf, smooth spine divided into six panels by a gilt fillet, lettered in the second on a red goatskin label, the others with a lozenge-shaped tool, plain endleaves and edges. (Rubbed, upper joint weak, endleaves lightly stained).
London: printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1786.

Bound without the half-title. A few minor spots and stains and signs of use, but a decent copy. Prior London editions were published in 1765 [i.e.1764], 1765, 1766, 1769 and 1786.

Stock no. ebc8296