London: The Bodley Head, 1960-3. 8vo. 6 vols, set. First published in this edition 1958-63. Volumes 1 is a Revised edition (1963). Volume 2 is a second impression (1961) and the remaining four volumes are first impressions (1960-3). Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. Unclipped d/ws are uniformly slightly tanned.....
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.....
Tarrant Monkton: Workshop Press, 1968-70. Folio. 3 volumes, set. Original sewn, lithographic paper covers with cloth spines. Printed on Precision Offset paper and Ivorex board on a Gestelith 201 Press. Type hand-set in 12 point Gill Sans Serif at the Workshop Press, The Thatch Cottage, Tarrant Monkton, Blandford Forum, Dorset.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1913-20. Pott 8vo. 7 volumes, set. Reprints. (First published in this series between 1903 and 1906.) Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Spines dulled and worn at ends. Boards a bit marked. Slightly shaken. Ink ownership towards the front of each volume. Good.....
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, 1974-94. 8vo. 22 volumes, set. 9 first editions thus, the rest reprints. Original green cloth, gilt. Most top edges green. Jackets designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean and fine. Vol. 8 has been bound upside down. Tiny stain to the top part 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 slightly faded. Covers a little spotted and rubbed. Light foxing to the endpapers and prelims. Very good +. Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville.....
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1903-05. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original navy cloth, lettered on the spines and with gilt emblems to the front boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait frontispieces, except volume 12. 5 folding facsimile plates, 35 folding maps and plans, 55 plates etc......
Edinburgh: E. & G. Goldsmid, 1885-90. Tall 8vo. 16 volumes in 17, set. First edition thus. Fourth edition overall. This edition based upon the Second Edition (1598-1600). Original red cloth, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Numerous maps and illustrations, some folding. Most spines uniformly faded. A little wear to.....
London & Whitby: The IK Foundation & Company, 2007-12. Folio. 8 volumes, in 11 books, set. Limited edition. #261 of 300 sets. (There were also 700 sets of the standard edition.) Original greige cloth, printed in red and gold. Top edges gilt. Red marker ribbons. Together with two copies of.....
London & New York: Everyman's Library (larger format). J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd & E. P. Dutton & Co, 1961. 12mo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. Original burgundy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownerships on verso of flyleaves. D/w spines slightly tanned and faded, with rubbing to the ends. Near fine.....
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962-5. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First impressions of volumes 3 & 5-12. Volumes 1 & 2 are third impressions. Volume 4 is a second impression. Original grey cloth, gilt. Top edges stained purple. The fly of volume 7 is stuck to the front paste down. Volume 6.....
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962-4. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First impressions. Original grey cloth, gilt. Top edges stained purple. Fore edges with light foxing. Some foxing to the prelims of volumes 5 & 6. Unclipped d/ws are a little rubbed in places but there is hardly any of the usual fading.....
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1907-13. 8vo. 24 volumes, set. First editions. Original green buckram with lettering and floral design in gilt to the spines and a gilt embossed floral roundel on the front boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Tissue-guarded photogravure frontispiece to each volume by Alvin Langdon Coburn.....
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883-7. 12mo. 14 volumes in 7, set. First collected edition in pocket size? Original tan cloth, gilt. Spines slightly darkened and rubbed at the ends. Contents clean and fresh. Very good +. This edition includes Washington Square, The Europeans and Confidence, all of which were excluded.....
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1934-6. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Original red cloth, gilt. Top edges stained red. Engravings by Eric Gill. Contents clean and without ownership marks. D/w spines uniformly darkened. A couple of tiny nicks. Volume 2 has a jacket from the leather edition. Fine in.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Pott 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in The World's Classics in 1906. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. University, Adelaide labels and neat pencil ownerships on front pastedowns. Very good +. #83 & #84 in The World's Classics.
London: Faber and Faber, 1957 & 1966. Crown 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Original grey buckram, gilt. Top edges stained blue. Unclipped d/ws are uniformly slightly tanned on the spines. Volume 1 has a couple of nicks to the top edge of the back panel. Fine in near fine d/ws. An.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922. Pott 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Firsts thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edges stained blue. Covers of volume 1 slightly marked. Volume 2 has a faded spine and a few tiny dents to the edges of the front board. Near fine. #231.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1938. Original quarter green buckram, gilt, with paper-covered boards. Top edges stained grey. Map endpapers. Top edges lightly dust-spotted. Each volume has the attractive book label of Edward John Kenney (1924-2019), the Cambridge Latinist, on the front pastedown.....
London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913-1938. 8vo. 31 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1050 sets (see note below). Signed on the half-title of volume 1. Original buff quarter cloth with pale blue paper boards. Paper labels to spines (and spare label inserted at rear of each volume). Top edges gilt.....
London & New York: Everyman's Library. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd & E. P. Dutton & Co, [N.D. c.1930]. 12mo. 2 volumes, set. Reprints. Original blue cloth, gilt. Spine ends a little rubbed. Near fine.
London: Harvill Secker, 2012-2018. 6 volumes, set. First UK editions, first impressions. Original hardcovers. Volume 6 has a silk marker ribbon. Mint in d/ws. Time to make your own mind up about this opinion-dividing sequence? Lots of time.
London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1927-36. Royal 8vo. Limited edition of 525 sets, of which 500 were for sale in England and America. Original maroon buckram, gilt. Top edge stained red, others untrimmed. Frontispiece illustrations. Slight fading to the lower half of the spine of volume 1 where the d/w.....
London: The MacLehose Press, 2008-2009. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First UK impressions with full number sequences. Originally published in Sweden 2005-2007. Original hardcovers, silvergilt. Fine in fine d/ws.