Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1985. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Second edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. In clear acetate jackets as issued. Fine in fine d/ws.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1979-86. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws of volumes 4 & 5 slightly faded on the spine. Fine in fine d/ws. Volume 1. 1750-1781; volume 2. 1782-1786; volume 3. 1787-1791; volume 4. 1792-1799; volume 5. Prose 1756-c.1799 and Cumulative Index...
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1971. 8vo. Revised reprint. First published in 1935. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws price-clipped. Fine in near fine d/ws.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1965. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1935. Original navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/w tanned on spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1968. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1941. Original navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded and rubbed on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1955. 8vo. Reprint from corrected sheets of the first edition of 1901 and with the addition of a supplement. Original olive cloth, gilt. Folding frontispiece of a facsimile of one of Kyd's letters. D/w with tape repairs to spine ends. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1939. 8vo. First edition. Original burgundy cloth, gilt. Top edge slightly spotted. Price-clipped d/w a bit dust-soiled. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. 'This edition consists of more than 300 of the letters of William Shenstone. His letters touch the high-water mark even at a time which.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w price-clipped. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. With plates and maps. D/w very slightly faded on the spine and with a small round mark from a price-sticker to the front flap. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. "The first full critical edition of John Clare's natural.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Covers a little dulled. Neat ownership of Geoffrey Tillotson, dated 1944, on fly. Near fine. David Nichol Smith supervised Geoffrey Tillotson's B. Litt. at Oxford. Cyril Connolly's review of the book for The New Statesman and Nation (February.....
London: Constable and Company Limited, [1923]. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original blue cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt. Black and white plates. Very slight rubbing and pushing to spine ends and corner tips. Near fine.
London: John Murray, 1906. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original blue cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt. Black and white plates. Slightly rubbed and pushed at the spine ends and corner tips. Browning to endpapers. Neat ink ownership on front pastedown of volume 1. Tanned d/ws with chips and tears. Very good.....
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Portrait frontispiece and eight further plates. Slightly foxed d/w tanned on spine with a tiny nick at the head of the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Portrait frontispiece and nine further plates. Near fine.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1965-1967. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original maroon buckram, gilt. D/ws of volumes 2 & 3 are price-clipped, else fine in fine d/ws.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974-81. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First editions. Original brown buckram, gilt. Top edges stained pink. Frontispiece to each volume. Fine in fine d/ws.
Newark and London: Uinversity of Delaware Press & Associated University Presses, 2002. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Mint in dust-wrapper.
London: David Nutt, 1890-92. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. First editions. Extra-illustrated with 384 portraits and plates. List of extra illustrations tipped in to the front of volume 1. Original maroon buckram with black leather labels to the spines, gilt. Spines faded and covers rubbed and marked. Some offsetting from the.....
Oxford & Chippenham: Clarendon Press for the Oxford Historical Society and Anthony Rowe, 1992. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Facsimile reprints. First published 1891-1900. Original blue cloth, gilt. Fine. Volumes 1-3 cover the years 1632-1695. Volume 4 Addenda and volume 5 Indexes.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972-1980. 8vo. 8 volumes (of 12). First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on flyleaf of volume 5. Volumes 1 & 4 lack their jackets. Volume 2 d/w a bit scuffed and creased. Most d/ws price-clipped and faded (as usual). Near fine in near fine.....
Oxford, Montreal & Kingston: Clarendon Press and McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988-2000. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Volumes 1-4 are published by Clarendon Press. Volume 5 is published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Volume 1 d/w faded otherwise all volumes are fine in fine d/ws. Fanny' Burneys.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1984-2008. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Original navy cloth, gilt. Slight speckling to the top edges of the text block otherwise fine in fine d/ws. Complete sets are very uncommon.
London: Methuen et Cie, 1912. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait frontispiece to volume 1. Volume 1 has new endpapers to front and back. Near fine. A record of the close friendship between the aristocratic salonnière and the younger Englishman.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1993-94. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Volumes 1-3 are second impressions, volumes 4 &5 are first impressions. Original grey buckram, gilt. Mint in d/ws. The standard edition of the letters with index and appendices.
London: William Heinemann, 1951-60. 8vo. 6 volumes. De luxe limited editions. Original quarter vellum with navy buckram boards, stamped with Boswell's coat of arms in gilt on the upper covers and leather labels on the spines. Top edges gilt. Deckle-edge antique laid paper. Silk marker ribbons. 'London Journal' (1951) #608.....