London: Allen Lane (The Penguin Press), 2002. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Firsts thus. Original black cloth, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrappers. Each volume has a separate translator (Lydia Davis, James Grieve, Mark Treharne, John Sturrock, Carol Clark and Peter Collier, & Ian Patterson). The first new translation into English since.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1957 & 1966. Crown 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Original grey buckram, gilt. Top edges stained blue. Unclipped d/ws are uniformly slightly tanned on the spines. Volume 1 has a couple of nicks to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine d/ws. An.....
London: Heinemann, 1966-75. 8vo. First editions of volumes 3 & 4. Volume 1 is a second impression in the same year as publication. Volume 2 is a second impression from 1975 (originally 1968). The d/w of volume 1 is from about 1975, with reviews of all four novels on the.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1984-2008. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fine in fine d/ws. Complete sets are very uncommon.
London: Bell & Hyman, 1971-1983. 8vo. 11 volumes, set. The first three volumes are fourth impressions (first printed in 1970), the others are all first impressions. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edges stained green. Near fine in near fine d/ws. An handsome set of the definitive, unexpurgated, library edition...
London: The Folio Society, 2000. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First printing for The Folio Society. Original blue cloth, gilt, in two slipcases. Photographs by Eugene Atget. The first slipcase has paper splits to the front left hand side (presumably from slightly careless access to volume 1). Fine in near fine.....
London & Whitby: The IK Foundation & Company, 2007-12. Folio. 8 volumes, in 11 books, set. Limited edition. #261 of 300 sets. (There were also 700 sets of the standard edition.) Original greige cloth, printed in red and gold. Top edges gilt. Red marker ribbons. Together with two copies of.....
Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1967. Crown 8vo. 2 volumes. First editions. Original navy buckram, gilt. 'Cook and the Russians' stapled pamphlet (1973) loosely inserted. Colour portrait frontispiece, 78 plates, 14 maps (only of 15, without the folding map to the rear of volume 2.....
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1903-05. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original navy cloth, lettered on the spines and with gilt emblems to the front boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait frontispieces, except volume 12. 5 folding facsimile plates, 35 folding maps and plans, 55 plates etc......
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970-83. Crown 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy buckram, lettered in gilt on the spines and with an embossed stamp to each front cover in the shape of India. Mauve endpapers. One or two corners gently bumped. A few volumes are a bit.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed and partially unopened. Endpapers very slightly foxed. Dust-wrappers on volumes 1 & 2 are unclipped. Near fine in near fine d/ws.
London: William Heinemann, 1923-36. 8vo. 30 volumes, set. Limited edition. #426 of 530 sets (of which 500 were for sale). Signed by the author on the limitation page of volume 1. Numbered in each volume. Original quarter vellum with parchment boards, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed and partly unopened.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1375 sets (475 for Random House in the USA). #190. Original full niger morocco, flexibly sewn, with green oval in centre of each front cover placed within gilt surround and lettered gilt, 'Que scay-je?'. Raised bands on spine.....
London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913-1938. 8vo. 31 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1050 sets (see note below). Signed on the half-title of volume 1. Original buff quarter cloth with pale blue paper boards. Paper labels to spines (and spare label inserted at rear of each volume). Top edges gilt.....
London: Scholastic (Point, David Fickling Books), 1995, 1997 & 2000. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First UK editions, first impressions. Original hardcovers (maroon, green, black). Northern Lights is in the first state jacket with 'Point' on the spine and rear flap. 1. This appears to be an ex-library copy. The spine.....
London: Macmillan, 1938. 8vo. 8 volumes, set. Limited edition. One of 630 sets. First complete edition. Original red buckram, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Spines uniformly slightly faded. Covers a little spotted and rubbed. Light foxing to the endpapers and prelims. Very good +. Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville.....
London: William Heinemann, 1923-36. 8vo. 30 volumes, set. Limited edition. #63 of 530 sets (of which 500 were for sale). Signed by the author on the limitation page of volume 1. Numbered in each volume. Original quarter vellum with parchment boards, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed and partly unopened.....
Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press (volumes 1-3) & A & C Black (volume 4) for the Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 8vo. & portfolio. 6 volumes, set. Original navy buckram, with a gilt block of Cook on each front board. Five volumes in d/ws and a portfolio. Illustrated throughout in black.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1963-8. 8vo. v11 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original various-coloured cloth, gilt. All but two in acetate or printed jackets. Top edges stained to match the cloth and/or the jacket. Illustrated by John Tenniel, Robert Micklewright, Charles Mozley, Margery Gill, Barry Driscoll, Susan Einzig, Edward Ardizzone.....
London: Faber & Gwyer (Faber and Faber), 1928-31. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original blue buckram, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece to each volume. Spines faded. Very slight foxing to a few of the endpapers. Near fine. Volumes 1-4 were published by Faber & Gwyer in.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1953. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Original brown quarter buckram with marbled cloth boards, gilt. Three volumes of the Plays on a thin but opaque paper, one volume of the Poems on a matching japon vellum - both papers specially designed and made for this edition. Without.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1375 sets (475 for Random House in the USA). #209. Original full niger morocco, flexibly sewn, with green oval in centre of each front cover placed within gilt surround and lettered gilt, 'Que scay-je?'. Raised bands on spine.....
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. 16mo. 12 volumes, set. 10 volumes of Poetical Works + 2 volumes of Dramatic Works. Publisher's red limp morocco. All edges gilt. In a modern red buckram hinged box with a printed paper label and marbled paper interior. A little loss to the.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1971. 8vo. Revised reprint. First published in 1935. Original navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/ws are faded on the spines and there are a few small, scattered marks on the back panel of volume 1. Fine in near fine d/ws. A smart set.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1926. 8vo. 10 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1030 copies (of which 1000 were for sale). Original brick red buckram, gilt. Top edges gilt. The first and last volumes of Tom Jones have been knocked towards the top of the spines. Covers.....