London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Top edge stained brown. The rear free endpaper has been glued to the rear pastedown for some reason. The unclipped d/w has had a sticker removed from the front flap which has left a trace of adhesive.....
London: Bell & Hyman, 1983. 8vo. 11 volumes, set. Reprints except for the last two volumes. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edges stained green. All but the last volume have a bookplate on the flyleaf. Just a little rubbing to the extremities of some jackets. Near fine in near fine.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1965-2002. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. All first impressions with the exception of volume 7 which is a second impression, with corrections, from 1996. Original red buckram, gilt. Frontispiece to each volume. Volume 7 is slightly faded on the spine and has price sticker on the back.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1971. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Top edge lightly foxed. Small ownership label on fly. Unclipped d/w slightly faded on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1965. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1935. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edge lightly spotted. Unclipped d/w slightly tanned on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w. A nice copy.
London: John Murray, 1973-1982. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. Volumes 1 is a second impression, the rest are first impressions. Original red cloth, gilt. Top edges stained red. Volume 10 has an ink presentation on the fly. Most d/ws are price-clipped. Near fine in near fine d/ws. 'The complete and unexpurgated.....
London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Limited, 1934-8. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. First editions. The first two volumes published in 1934, the remaining two volumes in 1938. Original red buckram over bevelled boards, with gilt lettering to the spines and the Esher coat of arms to each front board. Top edges.....
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1865. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Later half green polished calf over green cloth, gilt, by Morrell. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. Spines uniformly faded. Spines and edges a bit rubbed. Bindings firm and strong. Armorial bookplate of Henry.....
Cambridge: Printed at the University of Cambridge for Constable and Company Limited & Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. One of a limited edition of 1000 sets. Original quarter olive green cloth with printed paper labels to the spines and light grey boards. Untrimmed except for the top.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1924-31. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First editions (except for volume 1 which is a second impression two months after the first). Original black cloth with printed paper labels to spines. Frontispiece and a few other plates to each volume. Spine labels tanned and slightly rubbed. Spine.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974-81. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First editions. Original brown buckram, gilt. Top edges stained pink. Frontispiece to each volume. Each volume has the ex libris blind stamp of Derek Gair Gibson on the fly. In addition, volume 6 has 'John Bayo-King, Oxford Collection '85' on its.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1955. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws uniformly tanned and faded (with some staining to volume 5), with tears to the top edges, a small chip to the head of the spine of volume 2 and repairs to the spines of.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1965-72. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Reprints with corrections. First published 1963-5. Original maroon buckram, gilt. Price-clipped d/ws are uniformly slightly faded on the spines, with a few nicks, spots and creases. Fine in near fine d/ws. The standard edition.
London & New York: Faber and Faber & Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. 8vo. Limited edition. #114 of 250 copies published by Faber and Faber (there were also 250 copies published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). Signed by Valerie Eliot on the colophon. Original quarter blue cloth, printed in black and gold.....
Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2006. 8vo. First edition of this selection. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Paper beginning to yellow. Near fine in near fine d/w.
London: Bell & Hyman, 1978-1983. 8vo. 11 volumes, set. Volumes 10 & 11 are first impressions, the other volumes are reprints from 1978 or 1979. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edges stained green. Most volumes have a bit of shelf lean. Volume 1 has a presentation label on the front.....
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1928. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership, dated 1928, on fly. Unclipped d/w is darkened on the spine, with a tiny tape repair to the head, and rubbed along the top edge. Near fine in very good + d/w. The author.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Slight spotting to the top edge. A couple of ink numbers to the fly. Clipped d/w has a hint of rubbing. Near fine in near fine d/w. #591 in The World's Classics.