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.....
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: Leslie Frewin; Michael Joseph, Britwell Books; Marshall Cavendish; Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Viking, 1966-87. 4to. 8 volumes, set. First editions. Original cloth or hardcovers. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 1. Small stains to the edge of the rear free endpaper, also to the edge of the.....
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.....
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: 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: 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: Macmillan and Co., 1919-37. 12mo. 33 volumes. Publisher's limp red/burgundy leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Some volumes illustrated. Most volumes have a little wear to the spine ends. No ownership marks except for a neat ink presentation on the fly of Something of Myself, 'To Willie.....
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.
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.....
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.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed and partially unopened. Endpapers very slightly foxed. Dust-wrappers on volumes 1 & 2 are unclipped. Near fine in near fine d/ws.
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977-80. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original hardcovers, gilt. Jacket illustrations by David Hockney, Edward Ardizzone & Alun Hood. The head of the spine of volume one's d/w is a bit rumpled, otherwise fine in fine d/ws. The sequel to The Balkan Trilogy continues the.....
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1958. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First published between 1904-10 in a limited edition of 750 copies. Revised, reprint. Original green cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/ws are a little rubbed and slightly tanned on the spines. Near fine in near fine d/ws. Uncommon. A nice, clean set.
London: Viking, 1988-95. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions, first impressions. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Illustrated with colour and black and white plate sections. Some scattered neat pencil marginalia throughout each volume. The pages in volume 1 are browned as usual owing to poor quality stock and the d/w is.....
London: Longmans, 1967 & 1970. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First editions. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Black and white plates. Both volumes have a few marginal notes in pencil. The d/ws are a little rubbed at the spine ends and volume 2 has the usual fading to the spine.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edges stained blue. Jackets designed by Michael Harvey. Fine in fine d/ws.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1968. 8vo. Second impression. First published in 1932. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top and fore edges lightly spotted. Unclipped d/ws uniformly slightly faded on the spines and with a couple of tiny nicks. Near fine in near fine d/ws. 'The whole of Otway's plays, poems, and.....
London: Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press and Oxford University Press, 1983. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original grey and mauve cloth, gilt. In black slipcase as issued. D/w spines uniformly tanned and very slightly foxed. Volume 1 has a very short closed tear to the top edge of.....