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Item #7158 The History of Middle-earth. J. R. R. Tolkien

The History of Middle-earth. 1. The Book of Lost Tales, Part One; 2. The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two; 3. The Lays of Beleriand; 4. The Shaping of Middle-earth; 5. The Lost Road and other writings; 6. The Return of the Shadow; 7. The Treason of Isengard; 8. The War of the Ring; 9. Sauron Defeated; 10. Morgoth's Ring; 11. The War of the Jewels; 12. The Peoples of Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien.

Tolkien, J. R. R.

London: HarperCollins; George Allen & Unwin; Unwin Hyman, 1986-1996. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. Volumes 4 & 8-12 are first impressions. Volume 6 is a second impression in the year of publication (1988). The other volumes are first impressions under the HarperCollins imprint, first issued by George Allen & Unwin or.....

Price: £3,000.00

Item #7155 The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Samuel Pepys

The Diary of Samuel Pepys. Edited by R. C. Latham & W. Matthews.

Pepys, Samuel

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.....

Price: £160.00

Item #7136 The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot. Walter Bagehot

The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot. Edited by Norman St John-Stevas.

Bagehot, Walter

London: The Economist, 1968-86. 8vo. 15 volumes, set. Volumes 1 & 2 are second impressions from 1986 (first printed in 1965), all other volumes are first impressions. Original blue buckram, gilt. Top edges stained blue. Folded family tree in a pocket at the back of the last volume. Volume 12.....

Price: £650.00

Item #7135 Macmillan Pocket Leather Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. Rudyard Kipling

Macmillan Pocket Leather Edition of the Works of Rudyard Kipling. (Actions and Reactions; Barrack Room Ballads; A Book of Words; Captains Courageous; The Day's Work; Debits and Credits; Departmental Ditties; A Diversity of Creatures; The Five Nations; From Sea to Sea and other sketches, volume I; From Sea to Sea and other sketches, volume II; The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book; Just So Stories; Kim; Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides; Letters of Travel 1892 – 1913; Life's Handicap; The Light that Failed; Limits and Renewals; Many Inventions; The Naulahka: A Story of West and East; Plain Tales From The Hills; Puck of Pook's Hill; Rewards and Fairies; The Seven Seas; Soldiers Three, and other stories; Something of Myself; Songs from Books; Stalky and Co.; Traffics and Discoveries; Wee Willie Winkie; The Years Between).

Kipling, Rudyard

London: Macmillan and Co., 1919-37. 12mo. 33 volumes. Publisher's limp red/burgundy leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Some volumes illustrated. Most volumes have a little wear to the spine ends. No ownership marks except for a neat ink presentation on the fly of Something of Myself, 'To Willie.....

Price: £750.00

Item #7101 The Buildings of England: London. Simon Bradley, Nikolaus Pevsner, Bridget Cherry,...

The Buildings of England: London. 1: The City of London; 2. South; 3. North West; 4. North; 5. East; 6. Westminster.

Bradley, Simon; Nikolaus Pevsner; Bridget Cherry & Charles O'Brien

London and New Haven: Penguin Books & Yale University Press, 1983-2005. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Volumes 1-4 published by Penguin Books. Volumes 5 & 6 are first impressions by Yale University Press. Original black rexine hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w. Pevsner's survey of.....

Price: £150.00

Item #7068 David Hicks on Design. David Hicks

David Hicks on Design. 1. on decoration; 2. on living - with taste; 3. on bathrooms; 4. on decoration - with fabrics; 5. on decoration - 5; 6. The David Hicks Book of Flower Arranging; 7. Living with Design (in collaboration with Nicholas Jenkins); 8. Style & Design.

Hicks, David

London: Leslie Frewin; Michael Joseph, Britwell Books; Marshall Cavendish; Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Viking, 1966-87. 4to. 8 volumes, set. First editions. Original cloth or hardcovers. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1. Small stains to the edge of the rear free endpaper, also to the edge of the.....

Price: £1,100.00

Item #7065 The Letters of Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens

The Letters of Charles Dickens. The Pilgrim Edition. Edited by Madeline House, Graham Storey, Kathleen Tillotson, K.J. Fielding, Nina Burgis, Angus Easson et al.

Dickens, Charles

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.....

Price: £1,350.00

Item #7027 The Halliford Edition of the Works of Thomas Love Peacock. Thomas Love Peacock

The Halliford Edition of the Works of Thomas Love Peacock. Edited by H. F. B. Brett-Smith and C. E. Jones.

Peacock, Thomas Love

London & New York: Constable & Co. Ltd and Gabriel Wells, 1924-34. 8vo. 10 volumes, set. Limited edition of 675 sets. Recent tan quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spines with decorative floral design. New endpapers. Top edges gilt. Tissue guarded portrait frontispieces. Light foxing to the prelims of each.....

Price: £975.00

Item #7026 The Complete Poems and Fragments. Wilfred Owen

The Complete Poems and Fragments. Edited by Jon Stallworthy. Volume I. The Poems; volume II. The Manuscripts of the Poems and Fragments.

Owen, Wilfred

London: Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press and Oxford University Press, 1983. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original grey and mauve cloth, gilt. In black slipcase as issued. D/w spines uniformly tanned and very slightly foxed. Volume 1 has a very short closed tear to the top edge of.....

Price: £300.00

Item #7013 The Prophetic Writings of William Blake. William Blake

The Prophetic Writings of William Blake. Edited with a General Introduction, Glossarial Index of Symbols, Commentary and Appendices by D. J. Sloss and J. P. R. Wallis.

Blake, William

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1969. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints of the first edition of 1926. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edges lightly foxed. Clipped d/ws uniformly slightly faded and tanned. Near fine in near fine d/ws.

Price: £110.00

Item #7012 William Blake's Writings. William Blake

William Blake's Writings. Volume I: Engraved and Etched Writings; Volume II: Writings in Conventional Typography and in Manuscript. Edited by G. E. Bentley, Jr.

Blake, William

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1978. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edges lightly foxed. Unclipped d/ws uniformly slightly faded and tanned. Near fine in near fine d/ws. Originally published at £65. The first edition of Blake's Writings to be based upon the editor's personal examination of each.....

Price: £100.00

Item #7011 Minor Poets of the Caroline Period. George ed Saintsbury

Minor Poets of the Caroline Period.

Saintsbury, George ed.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1968. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Reprinted lithographically from the first edition of 1905-21. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edges spotted. Unclipped d/ws uniformly slightly faded and tanned. Near fine in near fine d/ws.

Price: £90.00

Item #7009 Poetry and Prose. John Gay

Poetry and Prose. Edited by Vinton A. Dearing with the assistance of Charles E. Beckwith.

Gay, John

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edges and clipped d/ws very slightly foxed. Near fine in near fine d/ws.

Price: £125.00

Item #7002 The Works of Thomas Otway. Thomas Otway

The Works of Thomas Otway. Plays, Poems, and Love-Letters. Edited by J.C. Ghosh.

Otway, Thomas

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1968. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1932. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top and fore edges lightly spotted. Unclipped d/ws uniformly slightly faded on the spines and with a couple of tiny nicks. Near fine in near fine d/ws. 'The whole of Otway's plays, poems, and.....

Price: £55.00

Item #6991 The Levant Trilogy. Olivia Manning

The Levant Trilogy. 1. The Danger Tree; 2. The Battle Lost and Won; 3. The Sum of Things.

Manning, Olivia

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977-80. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original hardcovers, gilt. Jacket illustrations by David Hockney, Edward Ardizzone & Alun Hood. The head of the spine of volume one's d/w is a bit rumpled, otherwise fine in fine d/ws. The sequel to The Balkan Trilogy continues the.....

Price: £300.00

Item #6969 To Keep the Ball Rolling. Anthony Powell

To Keep the Ball Rolling. The Memoirs of Anthony Powell. 1. Infants of the Spring 2. Messengers of Day 3. Faces in My Time 4. The Strangers All Are Gone.

Powell, Anthony

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1976-82. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. First editions, first impressions. Original dark grey hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Ink ownerships on front free endpapers. The d/w of volume 3 has two tiny punctures to the fold of the front flap. Near fine in near.....

Price: £100.00

Item #6959 The Normans in the South 1016-1130 and The Kingdom in the Sun 1130-1194. John Julius...

The Normans in the South 1016-1130 and The Kingdom in the Sun 1130-1194.

Norwich, John Julius

London: Longmans, 1967 & 1970. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First editions. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Black and white plates. Both volumes have a few marginal notes in pencil. The d/ws are a little rubbed at the spine ends and volume 2 has the usual fading to the spine.....

Price: £150.00

Item #6958 Byzantium. John Julius Norwich

Byzantium. 1. The Early Centuries; 2. The Apogee; 3. The Decline and Fall.

Norwich, John Julius

London: Viking, 1988-95. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions, first impressions. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated with colour and black and white plate sections. Some scattered neat pencil marginalia throughout each volume. The pages in volume 1 are browned as usual owing to poor quality stock and the d/w is.....

Price: £150.00

Item #6950 A Commentary on Thucydides. Simon Hornblower, Thucydides

A Commentary on Thucydides. Volume I. Books I-III; Volume II. Books IV-V.24; Volume III. Books 5.25-8.109.

Hornblower, Simon [Thucydides]

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1992-2008. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Volume 1 is a second impression (first published in 1991). Volumes 2 & 3 are first impressions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Scattered pencil marginalia (mostly ticks) throughout each volume and some notes on the rear free endpapers. Near fine. Loosely inserted.....

Price: £750.00

Item #6947 Byron's Letters and Journals. Lord Byron

Byron's Letters and Journals. Edited by Leslie A. Marchand.

Byron, Lord

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.....

Price: £180.00

Item #6946 Journals and Letters of Reginald, Viscount Esher, 1870-1930. Reginald Viscount Esher

Journals and Letters of Reginald, Viscount Esher, 1870-1930. Edited by Maurice V. Brett & Oliver, Viscount Esher.

Esher, Reginald Viscount

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.....

Price: £150.00

Item #6945 Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852....

Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis.

Berry, Miss Mary

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.....

Price: £180.00

Item #6942 The Diary of a Country Parson. The Reverend James Woodforde

The Diary of a Country Parson. 1758-1802. Edited by John Beresford.

Woodforde, The Reverend James

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.....

Price: £175.00

Item #6941 The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay. Thomas Babington Macaulay

The Letters of Thomas Babington Macaulay. Edited by Thomas Pinney.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington

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.....

Price: £240.00

Item #6940 The Diary of John Evelyn. John Evelyn

The Diary of John Evelyn. Now first printed in full from the manuscripts belonging to Mr. John Evelyn and edited by E.S. de Beer.

Evelyn, John

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.....

Price: £350.00

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