The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot. Edited by Norman St John-Stevas.
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 has an ink presentation on the fly from the editor. That volume and the last three have the same neat ink ownership on the fly. The unclipped d/ws are slightly faded and rubbed on the spines except for volume 15 which has a short tear to the head of the spine and a longer tear, with rumpling, to the front panel. Mostly near fine in near fine d/ws. Item #7136
The set comprises The Literary Essays 2 vols, Historical Essays 2 vols, Political Essays 4 vols, Economic Essays 3 vols, Letters 2 vols and Miscellany 2 vols. 'Walter Bagehot (1826-1877), banker, economist, political thinker and commentator, critic and man of letters, was Victorian England's most versatile genius.' Co-Founder of the National Review, he was Editor-in-Chief of The Economist for seventeen years and author of The English Constitution (1867).
Price: £650.00