Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1953. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Reprint. First published in 1912. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws price-clipped. Volume 2 is a little rumpled along the top edge. Fine in near fine d/ws.
Berkeley, Los Angeles & London: University of California Press, 1984. 8vo. 10 volumes, set. Reprints. First published 1953-62. Original brown cloth, gilt. Mint in d/ws. The definitive edition. Very uncommon.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1926. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Second impression. First published in 1899. Original navy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on each flyleaf. Near fine.
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.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876. 8vo. 8 parts in 4 volumes, set. First edition, first issue. Contemporary half red morocco, gilt, with marbled paper boards. All edges marbled. Marbled endpapers. All volumes slightly cocked with rubbing to spine ends and pushed corner tips. Small loss to the.....
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1880-1. 8vo. 8 volumes in 7, set. Contemporary half vellum, gilt, over red and black marbled boards. Dark blue leather labels, gilt, at the top of each spine. All edges marbled and matching endpapers. Wood-engraved illustrations in the first five volumes and vignettes.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original navy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership to each fly. D/ws price-clipped with a nick to the top edge of the front panel of volume 1. Near fine in near fine d/ws. From The Wesleyan Edition of the.....
London: Richard Bentley, 1861-2. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First and Second Series each in 3 volumes. Uniform half green morocco with green cloth boards, gilt, by Hatchards. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Marbled endpapers. Folding pedigree of the Granville family, backed with linen, bound in at the front of.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1971. 8vo. Revised reprint. First published in 1935. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws price-clipped. Fine in near fine d/ws.
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.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1905. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edges stained green. Folding frontispiece to volumes 1. Spines slightly faded and tanned. Near fine.
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1919-20. 8vo. 37 volumes, set. Limited edition of 500 sets, signed by the author in volume 1. Original navy cloth, with gilt oak and acorn design to the spines and a gilt oak and acorn roundel with Hardy's initials to each upper board. Top edge.....
London: David Nutt, 1890-92. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. First editions. Extra-illustrated with 384 portraits and plates. List of extra illustrations tipped in to the front of volume 1. Original maroon buckram with black leather labels to the spines, gilt. Spines faded and covers rubbed and marked. Some offsetting from the.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1970-79. 8vo. 11 vols, set. 4 volumes are first editions thus, the others are second impressions. First published 1967-74. Original teal cloth, lettered in gilt. Volumes 1 and 8-11 have price-clipped d/ws with a blue tint, the other d/ws are off-white. The d/ws of volumes 8-10.....
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. Volumes 1 & 2 are second impressions, the rest are first impressions. Original grey cloth, gilt. Top edges stained purple. Volumes 1 & 2 have very slight staining to the foot of the spine. Lacks the colourful d/ws. Near fine. The standard.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1993-94. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Volumes 1-3 are second impressions, volumes 4 &5 are first impressions. Original grey buckram, gilt. Mint in d/ws. The standard edition of the letters with index and appendices.
London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1913-1919. Crown 8vo. 25 volumes, set. Limited edition of 1050 sets. Signed on the half-title. Original buff quarter cloth over pale blue boards. Paper labels to spines (and spare label inserted at rear of each volume). Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Silk marker ribbons. Printed.....
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911-45. 12mo. 37 volumes, set. Publisher's limp red/burgundy leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Some volumes illustrated. Eight volumes are in their original d/ws. Bindings generally near fine with just trivial rubbing to the spine ends and some slight fading to the spines. Some.....
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: John Lehmann, 1948-9. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original ochre and buff cloth, gilt. D/ws by Keith Vaughan and John Minton. Illustrated throughout both volumes with drawings and black and white photographic plates. Volume 1: Slight foxing to edges of text block. Frontispiece and title page browned as usual (cheap.....
London: John Lehmann, 1948-9. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original ochre and buff cloth, gilt. D/ws by Keith Vaughan and John Minton. Illustrated throughout both volumes with drawings and black and white photographic plates. Volume 1: Frontispiece and title page browned as usual (cheap paper). D/w rubbed and dust-soiled with a......
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974-81. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. First editions. Original brown buckram, gilt. Top edges stained pink. Frontispiece to each volume. Fine in fine d/ws.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1984-2008. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Original navy cloth, gilt. Slight speckling to the top edges of the text block otherwise fine in fine d/ws. Complete sets are very uncommon.
Eton: Eton College, 1990. 8vo. Limited edition. #104 of 626 copies. Two volumes, quarter brown leather with green paper-covered boards in matching slipcase with paper label. Top edges gilt. Volume 1 describes the original 'Little Book' and how it came to be filled with poems written out by their poets.....