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    By Captain Basil Hall
    Edinburgh; London   Robert Cadell; Whittaker and Co.
    7.5" by 5" 2-348 pp.
    The first English edition of Basil Hall’s Schloss Hainfeld, a Gothic-tinged travel narrative of his stay with Countess Purgstall in Styria, smartly bound in half calf by Samuel Mepham of Dorchester.
    By Captain Basil Hall

    1836 Schloss Hainfeld; or, A Winter in Lower Styria

    Edinburgh; London   Robert Cadell; Whittaker and Co.
    7.5" by 5" 2-348 pp.
    The first English edition of Basil Hall’s Schloss Hainfeld, a Gothic-tinged travel narrative of his stay with Countess Purgstall in Styria, smartly bound in half calf by Samuel Mepham of Dorchester.
    £195.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 980H38
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    First Edition, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

    Bound in a half calf binding with marbled paper boards, bound by Samuel Mepham, Dorchester.

    The first English edition.

    This volume provides Basil Hall’s lively account of his stay at the Austrian estate of Countess Purgstall, one of the last surviving members of the Scottish-Styrian aristocratic connection. Hall recorded the events of this trip in this work, a Gothic travel account, which some consider to have inspired Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla.

    Captain Basil Hall (1788–1844) was a Scottish naval officer and travel writer, celebrated for his wide-ranging voyages and descriptive narratives of America, India, and Asia.

    Condition

    Bound in a half calf binding with marbled paper boards, bound by Samuel Mepham, Dorchester. Externally, smart. Rubbing and slight bumping to extremities, resulting in slight loss to calf, more so to spine. Slight rubbing to boards resulting in slight loss to marbled paper. Bookplate of the Ilchester Arms to front paste down. Binder's discreet label to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves. Very slight cockling to pages.

    Very Good

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