London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1926-7. 12mo. 26 volumes (set?). Publisher's navy limp calf leather, gilt. Top edges gilt. Silk marker ribbons. Just the tiniest amount of rubbing to the spines of a few volumes, otherwise in very fine condition. Many of the marker ribbons are frayed and some are.....
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Tall 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Limited editions. #1199 of 1450 and #903 of 1300, respectively. Bound on flexible back in full tan niger morocco with cloth joints, gilt. Bottom and fore-edge untrimmed, top edge trimmed and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Printed in Monotype Cochin and Jan.....
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1931. Tall 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Limited editions. #1144 of 1450 and #542 of 1300, respectively. Bound on flexible back in full tan niger morocco with cloth joints, gilt. Bottom and fore-edge untrimmed, top edge trimmed and gilt. Marbled endpapers. Printed in Monotype Cochin and Jan.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1960-77. 8vo. 8 volumes, set. First editions. Original green cloth, gilt. The cloth of the 5 volumes published in the 1960s is a different colour to that used for the 3 volumes from the 1970s. They were published out of sequence. Some very slight rubbing to.....
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.....
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: 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: 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......
London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Co, 1828-32. 12mo. 5 volumes, set. Mixed editions. First published between 1824 and 1832. Volume 1. fifth edition, 1830; volume 2. new edition, 1829; volume 3. third edition, 1828; volume 4. first edition, 1830; volume 5. second edition, 1832. Uniform black half-leather over marbled boards, gilt.....
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.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946, 1950 & 1959. 8vo. Three volumes, set. First editions. Recently rebound in full maroon leather, gilt. With marbled endpapers. In cloth-covered slipcase. Illustrations by the author to title pages of the first two volumes and a frontispiece to the last. Slight foxing to fore edge.....
London: Allen Lane (The Penguin Press), 2002. 8vo. 6 volumes, set. Firsts thus. Original black cloth, gilt. The slipcase is very slightly rubbed. Fine in fine d/ws. Each volume has a separate translator (Lydia Davis, James Grieve, Mark Treharne, John Sturrock, Carol Clark and Peter Collier, & Ian Patterson). The.....
London: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1834. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. First editions. Later cross-grained maroon full morocco with titles to spines and 'R.H. More' signature in gilt to each front board. Top edges gilt. Covers very slight rubbed at edges. Ink presentation inscription dated 1873 to half-title of volume.....
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. Reprints. First published in 1941. Original green buckram, gilt. Ink inscriptions on front endpapers. Occasional pencil marks in the margins throughout to highlight passages. Near fine. Uncommon. Most sets went to libraries. The former owner has written on the front paste down.....
London: Heinemann, 1966-75. 8vo. First editions except for volume 2 which is a second impression from 1975. The d/w of volume 1 is from about 1975, with reviews of all four novels on the back panel, and was produced for a smaller book. Original hardcovers, gilt. The d/ws of volumes.....
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1953. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Original brown quarter buckram with marbled paper boards, gilt. With the original slipcase and glassine jackets. Illustrated by Reynolds Stone. Glassine jackets have several very short closed tears. The slipcase is a bit worn. A lovely set in near fine condition.....
[London] & New York: The Nonesuch Press & Random House Inc., 1929-33. 8vo. 7 volumes, set. #1188 or 1050 copies. Full tan niger morocco ruled and lettered in gilt. Raised bands on spines. Top edges gilt on the rough, others untrimmed. Just a tiny amount of rubbing to the spines.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1973. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws price-clipped with a little rubbing to edges and a nick at the head of the spine of volume 1. Fine in near fine d/ws.
London: Heinemann & Picador, 1992-2011. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First editions, first impressions. Original hardcovers. Volumes 1-3 published by Heinemann, 4 & 5 by Picador. Volumes 3-5 signed in ink on the title page. The spine of the d/w of Never Mind is very slightly faded. The foot of the.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1971. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on fly of volume 2. D/ws a bit faded and tanned to the spines. A couple of tears to the bottom edge of the front panel of the d/w of volume 2.....
London & New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929-31. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. Limited edition. #256 of 976 (including 26 lettered A to Z). Later half brown morocco over light brown cloth with five raised bands, tan leather labels in two compartments on each spine and hunting.....
London: The Cresset Press, 1930. Large 4to. 2 volumes, set. Limited edition. #48 of 195 copies on hand-made paper. Original half viridian niger with vellum boards by Wood. Top edges gilt, others uncut. Twelve engraved plates, five maps, four head- and four tail-pieces by Rex Whistler. The twelve plates were.....