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.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1968. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First published in 1944. Reprinted lithographically from corrected sheets of the first edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. A few scattered pencil marginalia in volume 1, together with two photocopies from the first edition, loosely inserted, showing corrections to the text. Unclipped.....
London: Bell & Hyman, 1974-1983. 8vo. 11 volumes, set. Reprints (second or third impressions). Original green buckram, gilt. Top edges stained green. The laminate of the dust-wrapper's spine on volume 10 is wrinkled (probably a publishing fault). Fine in fine d/ws. The definitive, unexpurgated, library edition.
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.....
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.....
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 faded and covers a little rubbed especially at the spine ends. Volume 1 appears to have been left open for some time.....
London: Bell & Hyman, 1970-1983. 8vo. 11 volumes, set. First editions. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edges stained green. Spines slightly faded and covers a bit marked. Volume 9 has tanned endpapers from an Observer piece about Robert Latham loosely inserted. The first nine volumes have the ex libris blind.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1966. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Second edition. Reprints. First published in 1937. Second edition in 1958. Original navy buckram, gilt. D/ws price-clipped. Fine in near fine d/ws.
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.
Old Woking: Gresham Books Limited, 1981. Small folios and 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Limited edition. #44 of 250 copies signed by the author/artist. Original quarter tan calf over marbled paper boards, gilt, in matching slipcase. The leather spine of the slipcase is a little rubbed. Fine in near fine slipcase.....
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.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Original navy cloth, gilt. Bottom edges untrimmed. Each volume has 'Glasgow 1947' and the ink ownership of J. Farquhar Maclay on the fly. The ownerships are over some Tippex (presumably a previous owner's name). D/ws uniformly tanned on the spines and.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Each volume has 'Glasgow 1947' and the ink ownership and round blind stamp of J. Farquhar Maclay on the fly. The ownerships are over some Tippex (presumably a previous owner's.....
London: William Heinemann, Ltd in association with Chatto & Windus; Cassell & Company, Ltd; and Longmans, Green & Company, 1924-7. Foolscap 8vo. 35 volumes, set. Some reprints but most volumes are the first impression of this edition. Original dark navy leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Only volume.....
Glasgow: The University Press, Glasgow, for The Limited Editions Club, 1938. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Limited edition. #886 of 1500 sets. Bound in linen, each volume lithographed with a design in colour by Barnett Freedman. Designed by John Easton. The type is Eric Gill's Perpetua and it is printed on.....
London: Secker & Warburg, 1968. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. First editions. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Frontispiece in each volume. Light foxing to edges and some to the prelims, especially in volume 1 which also has an ink ownership on the front free endpaper. The other three volumes have.....
London: Chatto & Windus, Faber and Faber, and John Murray, 1975-2005. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First editions (except Deep Romantic Chasm which is a second impression). Original hardcovers, gilt. A little rumpling to the top edges of most of the d/ws, especially Ancestral Voices which also has a nick to.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1980-1981. 8vo. Two volumes, set. First editions. Original blue hardcovers, lettered in gilt. Black and white photographic plates. Jackets designed by John Woodcock. Unclipped d/w spines very slightly faded. Near fine in near fine d/ws.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1915. Pott 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edges stained blue. Silk marker ribbons. Spines slightly faded and tanned. Near fine. #197 & #198 in The World's Classics.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1934. Pott 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions in this series. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Spine gilt slightly rubbed. Neat ink ownership on each fly. Near fine. #411-3 in The World's Classics.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. Pott 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Firsts thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edges stained blue. Spine faded on volume 2. Neat ink ownership on each fly. Near fine. #383 & #384 in The World's Classics.