Hanover and London: The Boston Athenaeum (distributed by University Press of New England), 2009. 4to. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour. D/w slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Brochures about the Club and its painting and sculpture collections are loosely inserted. Uncommon.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1987. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1965. Original navy cloth, gilt. In clear acetate jackets as issued. Fine in fine d/ws.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1924. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Folding frontispiece facsimile of a letter by John Donne. Spine ends a bit pushed and covers dulled. Preliminaries a bit foxed. Very good +.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1955. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1930. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w price-clipped. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1926. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Second impression. First published in 1899. Original navy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on each flyleaf. Near fine.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1958. 8vo. Second, revised edition. First published in 1920. Original navy cloth, gilt. Near fine.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1973. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. With wood engravings. D/w price-clipped. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1926. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1917. Portrait frontispiece. Fold out map. The map is foxed. D/w tanned and internally repaired with tape. Near fine in good + dust-wrapper.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. 8vo. First edition in this series. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper. A substantial tome of over 800 pages which includes The Advancement of Learning and New Atlantis.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1977. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w price-clipped and very slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w is tanned on the spine and has chips and tears repaired internally with tape. Fine in poor dust-wrapper. "This is a book for people who have read and enjoyed Chinese poetry in translation and want to know what.....
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1956. 8vo. Fourth impression. First published in 1938. Original beige cloth. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1973. 8vo. Third impression. First published in 1957. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edge stained green. Price-clipped d/w with Dillons price-sticker to front flap. Volume IV in the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift.
London: Faber and Faber, 1969. 8vo. First edition. Original sand cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration by Oscar Epfs. D/w slightly tanned. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. New edition. First published in 6 volumes by Faber in 1928. Original grey cloth, gilt. Top edges stained pink. Mint in d/ws. The whole text was revised by the editor for this new edition.
London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co, 1828-32. 12mo. 5 volumes, set. Mixed editions. First published between 1824 and 1832. Volume 1. fifth edition, 1830; volume 2. new edition, 1829; volume 3. third edition, 1828; volume 4. first edition, 1830; volume 5. second edition, 1832. Uniform black half-leather over marbled boards, gilt.....
London: Charles Skilton, 1968. 8vo. Limited edition. #397 of 525 signed and numbered copies. Original quarter black morocco and white canvas boards, gilt. Top edge gilt. 'Pegasus' endpapers. In maroon card slipcase as issued. Fine in slipcase.
Westerham: Dalrymple Press, 1982. Tall 8vo. Limited edition. #101 of 475 copies. (First published privately in 1926.) Original dark blue cloth, lettered in red. Top edge stained red. In acetate jacket as issued. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper. Bound by Hunter & Foulis, Edinburgh. Illustrated throughout. Fine. 'For a young.....
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1922 & 1923. 12mo. 2 vols, set. Reprints. Pocket edition. Original limp red leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Volume I has small loss to the head of the spine. Volume II is slightly rubbed and faded on the spine. Near fine...