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: Macmillan and Co., Ltd & Smith, Elder and Company, 1903-4. 8vo. 15 volumes, set. Limited edition of 775 copies. Contemporary full straight grain red morocco by Birdsall of Northampton, with five raised bands, gilt. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece in volume 1. Just a little scuffing.....
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.....
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.
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.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1971-5. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Reprints. Volumes 1-4 originally printed in 1934. Volumes 5 & 6 first printed in 1950. Original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt. D/ws uniformly faded on spines. The heads of the spines of volumes 1-3 have several nicks. Near fine in very.....
London: Faber & Gwyer (Faber and Faber), 1928-31. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Limited edition. #191 of 210 sets. Signed by Keynes on the limitation page of volume 1. Original blue stained vellum, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume. A little.....
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.....
Oxford, Montreal & Kingston: Clarendon Press and McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988-2000. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Volumes 1-4 are published by Clarendon Press. Volume 5 is published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Volume 1 d/w faded otherwise all volumes are fine in fine d/ws. Fanny' Burneys.....
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: Horizon, January 1940 - January 1950. 8vo. 20 volumes, 121 issues, (together with the Index to issues 1-108 but without the special number of 1945 'La Littêrature anglaise pendant la guerre') set. Paper bound magazines. Black and white, and occasional colour, plates. The usual light tanning or foxing to.....
Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press (volumes 1-3) & A & C Black (volume 4) for the Hakluyt Society, 1967-74. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Original navy buckram, gilt. Volumes 1 and 2 are second printings from 1968 (originally issued in 1955) with the Addenda and Corrigenda incorporated. The remaining volumes.....
London: Jonathan Cape and HarperCollins, 1991. 8vo. 15 volumes, set. Limited edition. #231 of 500 sets published on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the author's birth, 13th September 1991. Original quarter blue morocco, gilt, over patterned paper boards in individual matching slipcases and contained in an open box. Top edges gilt.....
London & New York: Everyman's Library (larger format). J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd & E. P. Dutton & Co, 1966. 12mo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Wrapper illustrations by Exel. D/ws a little rubbed, and slightly faded on the spines. Near fine in near fine d/ws.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1937-8. 8vo. 25 volumes, set, including the plate and Nonesuch Dickensiana. #237 of 877 sets. Publisher's vari-coloured buckram. Black leather title labels. Edges untrimmed. Top edges gilt. Engraved title vignettes and plates. Illustrated throughout, mostly from the original plates or blocks which were then dispersed with.....
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Small 8vo. 21 volumes, set. Reprints. First published (as the New Oxford Illustrated Dickens) in 1948. Original quarter maroon cloth over maroon paper-covered boards, silvergilt. With original illustrations by 'Phiz', George Cruikshank, etc. About half the volumes, the longer novels, are a bit sprung at.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1970. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1958. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws price-clipped. Fine in near fine d/ws.
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.
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.
London: William Heinemann & The Bodley Head, 1972-82. 8vo. 22 volumes, set. Volumes 1-7 are second printings, the rest are first impressions. Original green cloth, gilt. Most top edges green. Jackets designed by Michael Harvey. Most top edge staining has faded. Contents clean. About half the volumes have price-clipped d/ws.....
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.....