Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009-2016. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Volume 1 is a fourth impression, the other volumes are first impressions. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Volume 3 is signed in black ink on the title page by Dan Gunn. Fine in fine d/ws.
London: Methuen, 1994 &1995. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First editions. Original hardcovers. Volume 2 has a silk marker ribbon. Fine in fine d/w.
London & New York: William Heinemann & McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950-1989. 8vo. 14 volumes, set. First editions, first impressions. Original cloth, gilt. The last four volumes are in their original jackets. Some boards a little warped. The jackets of volumes 11 & 12 are rubbed and 12 is faded on.....
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1953. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Covers faded, especially the spine. Fore edge a bit spotted. Very good +. #529 in The World's Classics.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1934. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Original taupe buckram, gilt. Top edges stained brown. Contents clean. Unclipped d/ws are uniformly tanned on the spines and with slight rubbing to the spine heads. Near fine in near fine d/ws. A lovely fresh set.
London: John Murray, 1973-1982. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First impressions. Original red cloth, gilt. Top edges stained red. All but volume 3 have the bookplate of H. D. Moule on the front pastedown. The jacket of volume 1 has a nick at the head of the spine. Near fine in.....
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, [1907]. Pott 8vo. Probably a first impression in this series. The first issue was in 1907. Original quarter vellum, gilt, with leather label to the spine. Top edge gilt. Covers a bit dulled. Flyleaf removed. Very good +. #138 in The World's Classics. This.....
New Brunswick and London: Rutgers University Press, 1987. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on front free endpaper. Clipped d/w faded on the spine and parts of the front cover and rubbed at the head of the spine. Near fine in very good + d/w. Uncommon.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1916. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1913. Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Neat ink ownership on fly. Very good +. #192 in The World's Classics.
London & New York: Faber and Faber & Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. 8vo. Limited edition. #114 of 250 copies published by Faber and Faber (there were also 250 copies published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich). Signed by Valerie Eliot on the colophon. Original quarter blue cloth, printed in black and gold.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1925. Pott 8vo. First impression in this series. Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Spine dulled and slightly rubbed at the ends. Neat ink ownership on fly. Very good +. #283 in The World's Classics.
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Portrait frontispiece in black and white. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Allen Lane, 1999. 8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers, gilt. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Chatto & Windus, Faber and Faber, and John Murray, 1975-2005. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First editions (except Beneath a Waning Moon which is a second impression). Original hardcovers, gilt. A little foxing the top edges, especially of the first four volumes. D/ws unclipped. Near fine in near fine d/ws.....
London: Chatto & Windus, Faber and Faber, and John Murray, 1975-2005. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First editions. Original hardcovers, gilt. The jacket spines of the first 6 volumes are slightly faded. Prophesying Peace is price-clipped. Fine in near fine d/ws. A complete set of the diaries of James Lees-Milne (1908-1997).....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1980-1981. 8vo. Two volumes, set. First editions. Original blue hardcovers, lettered in gilt. Black and white photographic plates. Jackets designed by John Woodcock. 1. Clipped jacket is faded on the spine. 2. Blind-stamp roundel of W. H. McBride on the flyleaf. One corner tip is 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. 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.....
London: Harvill Secker, 2010. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, gilt. Black and white photographic plate section. Fine in fine d/w.
London: Bell & Hyman, 1983. 8vo. 11 volumes, set. First impressions. Original green buckram, gilt. Top edges stained green. Volume 1 has a neat ink ownership on the front pastedown. Volumes 4 and 5 have ink presentations on the front pastedowns and their jackets are price-clipped. Near fine in near.....
London: Collins & HarperCollins, 1983-2000. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. First UK editions. Original cloth (volume 1) and hardcovers, gilt. 1. Top edge slightly dust-spotted. Unclipped d/w slightly rubbed at the extremities and a little worn at the head of the spine. 4. Spine a bit faded. Fine in fine or.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1965. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1935. Original navy cloth, gilt. Top edge lightly spotted. Unclipped d/w slightly tanned on the spine. Near fine in near fine d/w. A nice copy.
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth, gilt. Top edge stained brown. The rear free endpaper has been glued to the rear pastedown for some reason. The unclipped d/w has had a sticker removed from the front flap which has left a trace of adhesive.....
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1953. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1949. Original quarter blue polished morocco over blue cloth boards, gilt. Top edge gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Patterned paper endpapers. Fine. #514 in The World's Classics. A variant binding issued in red or.....
London: Oxford University Press, 1926-31. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. Volume 1 is a third impression (first published in 1924); volume 2 appears to be a first impression but the d/w spine states 'second impression'; the remaining three volumes are all first impressions. Original black cloth with paper labels to spines.....
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1954. Pott 8vo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Spine very faded, boards less so. Edges spotted. Light foxing to endpapers and Blackwell's label to front pastedown. Very good. #531 in The World's Classics.