Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905. 8vo. 10 volumes, set. Half dark blue crushed morocco by Bayntun-Riviere over blue cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Marbled paper endpapers. Tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece in volume 1. Fine. Most of the novels are printed as two volumes. A very smart set of this handsome.....
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. Cover illustrations by David Scutt. Volume 1 has a presentation.....
London: John Murray, 1970-88. 8vo. First impressions of the Eighth Edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Top edges of volumes 1-4 stained blue. Black and white photographic plate section towards the front of volumes 1-4. All volumes a little shaken from use. Edges a bit spotted. The bottom corner of the.....
London and Princeton: Faber and Faber & Princeton University Press, 1996-2015. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First editions. Volumes 1-3 published by Faber, 4-6 by Princeton (although 2-5 were printed in America and are uniform except for the publisher). Original blue cloth, gilt. Contents clean. Just a little to scratching to.....
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962-4. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First impressions. Original grey cloth, gilt. Top edges stained purple. Volumes 1-3 have an ink ownership on each flyleaf, otherwise the contents are clean. The unclipped d/ws are a little faded on the spines, as usual, and most have tiny nicks to.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966-1967. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Volumes 1 and 2 are second impressions, volume 3 is a first impression. Original maroon buckram, gilt. The jacket spines of volumes 1 and 2 are faded. All d/ws just a little rubbed in places and with some light dust-marking. Near.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1956-9. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy buckram, gilt. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Spines and boards of first two volumes rather faded and a little rubbed at extremities. There's a mark on the spine of volume 1. Very good.
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 sections in volumes 1-4, colour in volumes 5.....
Belfast: Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and the Ulster Historical Foundation, 1996-2002. 4to. 3 volumes, set. First editions, except for volume one which is a reprint from 1997. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Corrigendum - page 269 loosely inserted into volume 3 at the relevant place. With photographs by Michael O'Connell (volumes.....
Reading: Spire Books, 2013-4. 4to. 2 volumes, set. First editions. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Fine in fine d/ws.
London: William Collins, 1941-50. 8vo. 120 volumes, set. First editions except for 18 volumes. Original printed paper boards in d/ws (except for 4 volumes). A complete set of the main format titles comprising numbers 1-132 in 120 volumes (lacking only the 6 English Poet volumes issued in a different, smaller.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1995 & 2000. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Volume 1 is a first edition. Volume 2 appears to be a second impression judging by the number string. Original navy cloth, gilt. Financial Times review loosely inserted into volume 1. Fine in fine d/ws. Very uncommon.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1978. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1909. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws uniformly slightly faded and tanned on the spines. Two tiny nicks to the back flap of volume 2. Fine in near fine d/ws.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1951. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprint. First published in 1912. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edges trimmed, others untrimmed. Bookplate on each flyleaf. Fine.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1972. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1958. Original navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/ws uniformly slightly faded and tanned on the spines. Fine in near fine d/ws.
London: Oxford University Press, 1926-31. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Volume 1 is a third impression (first published in 1924); volume 2 appears to be a first impression but the d/w spine states 'second impression'; the remaining three volumes are all first impressions. Original black cloth with paper labels to spines.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1989-2000. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Volumes 1, 2, 4 & 6 are first impressions. Volume 5 is a second impression. Volume 3 (first published in 1994) is a reprint from 2000. First published in 1621. Original navy cloth, gilt. Contents clean and without ownership marks or.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/ws. A 'comprehensive, three-volume work, which provides an authoritative account of the military, social, economic and cultural history of the Great War. Reflecting the very latest research in the field, the volumes.....
New Haven and London: Yale University Press and Oxford University Press, 1954-78. 8vo. 9 volumes, set. First editions. Volumes 1-6 published in 1954; Volume 7 in 1955; Volumes 8 & 9 in 1978. Original dark grey cloth, gilt. Volume 1: Ink ownership on fly. Tape residue on endpapers and d/w.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 8vo. Third Edition. 14 volumes in 19 books. Reprints. First published 1970-2000. Original brown cloth, gilt. Contents clean and fresh. Unclipped d/ws are uniformly slightly faded on the spines and have a few tiny nicks and a little rubbing. Near fine in near fine d/ws.....
London: Chatto & Windus, Faber and Faber, and John Murray, 1975-2005. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First editions (except Beneath a Waning Moon which is a second impression). Original hardcovers, gilt. A little foxing the top edges, especially of the first four volumes. D/ws unclipped. Near fine in near fine d/ws.....
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.....
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.....
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.....