London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1914. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration by Lynton Lamb. Neat ink ownership on fly. D/w slightly faded on the spine and with a hint of rubbing to the tips. #195 in The.....
London: Chapman & Hall, 1893-5. 8vo. 20 volumes, set. Seventeen volumes of the Ashburton Edition, together with three uniform volumes of German translations including Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship. Contemporary maroon half morocco, with five raised bands on the spines, gilt. All edges marbled and with matching endpapers. Engraved frontispiece to.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1921. 16mo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in The World's Classics in 1907. Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Spines dulled. Near fine. #125 & #126 in The World's Classics.
London: Oxford University Press, 1965. 16mo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1909. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine in near fine d/w. #153 in The World's Classics.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1993. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, silvergilt. Two black and white photographic plate sections. Unclipped d/w is faded on the spine and has a couple of short closed tears. Near fine in very good + d/w. 'The history of The Economist is fascinating both because it.....
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. Crown 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Colour plate sections. D/w a bit faded and rubbed along the top edge. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Folding map and black and white photographic plate section at the back. Fine in fine d/w.
London, Toronto & New York: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited and E. P. Dutton & Co. Ltd, 1928. 4to. 2 volumes, set. First English language edition. First published in Germany in 1913. Original green buckram, gilt. With over 600 illustrations in black and white. Covers rather faded. Two book.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1935. Folio. #89 of 675 copies. Greek blue quarter vellum by Bain, decorated with gilt wavy lines, over blue cloth. Edges untrimmed. Top edge gilt 'on the rough'. Prospectus loosely inserted. With nine wood engravings by V. Le Campion and a series of new maps by.....
London: J. Wallis and Richard Phillips and Hurst, Robinson, and Co, 1803-24. 8vo. 26 volumes (bound as 25), set. Contemporary full polished tree calf with gilt tooling to the spines and red and black leather labels. Embellished with Engravings on Copper and Wood from Original Designs. Numerous illustrations throughout. Folding.....
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2003. Small 4to. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. One section each of colour and black and white plates. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1913-4. 16mo. 3 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in this series in 1906. Original 'Sultan-red' limp leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Spine ends and corner tips a bit rubbed. Covers a little marked. Ink ownerships on flyleaves, dated 1919. Very good +. #96, #97.....
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1941. Original green buckram, gilt. Ink inscriptions on front endpapers. Occasional pencil marks in the margins throughout to highlight passages. Near fine. Uncommon. Most sets went to libraries. The former owner has written on the front paste down.....
London: Collins, 1988. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1987. Original oatmeal cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Very slight foxing to covers and edges of text block. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1994. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. This completes the history begun in Traders and Nabobs.