London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1956. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1955. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration by Dodie Masterman. Price-clipped d/w is faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w. #549 in The World's Classics.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009-2016. 8vo. 4 volumes, set. Volume 4 is a second impression, the other volumes are first impressions. Original black hardcovers, gilt. D/w spine of volume 2 very slightly faded, otherwise fine in fine d/ws.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 8vo. Second impression. Original black cloth, gilt. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. 8vo. First edition. Original maroon cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Portrait frontispiece and eight further plates. Slightly foxed d/w tanned on spine with a tiny nick at the head of the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Constable and Company Limited, [1923]. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original blue cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt. Black and white plates. Very slight rubbing and pushing to spine ends and corner tips. Near fine.
London: William Heinemann, 1951-60. 8vo. 6 volumes. De luxe limited editions. Original quarter vellum with navy buckram boards, stamped with Boswell's coat of arms in gilt on the upper boards and leather labels on the spines. Top edges gilt. Deckle-edge antique laid paper. Silk marker ribbons. 'London Journal' (1951) #423.....
London: William Heinemann, 1951-60. 8vo. 6 volumes. De luxe limited editions. Original quarter vellum with navy buckram boards, stamped with Boswell's coat of arms in gilt on the upper boards and leather labels on the spines. Top edges gilt. Deckle-edge antique laid paper. Silk marker ribbons. 'London Journal' (1951) #608.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922. 16mo. First impression in this series. Original 'Sultan-red' limp leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Endpapers foxed. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine. #237 in The World's Classics. The 'Sultan-red' limp leather binding is notoriously fragile and copies in nice condition are hard.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922. 16mo. First thus. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Price-clipped d/w is tanned on the spine, a bit dusty and with tiny loss to the spine ends and corner tips. Near fine in very good + d/w. #237 in The.....
Oxford, Montreal & Kingston: Clarendon Press and McGill-Queen's University Press, 1988-2000. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Volumes 1-4 are published by Clarendon Press. Volume 5 is published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Volume 1 d/w faded otherwise all volumes are fine in fine d/ws. Fanny' Burneys.....
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972-1980. 8vo. 8 volumes (of 12). First editions. Original navy cloth, gilt. Neat ink ownership on flyleaf of volume 5. Volumes 1 & 4 lack their jackets. Volume 2 d/w a bit scuffed and creased. Most d/ws price-clipped and faded (as usual). Near fine in near fine.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1985. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. In clear acetate jacket as issued. Fine.
London: John Murray, 1906. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original blue cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt. Black and white plates. Slightly rubbed and pushed at the spine ends and corner tips. Browning to endpapers. Neat ink ownership on front pastedown of volume 1. Tanned d/ws with chips and tears. Very good.....
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, [1907]. 16mo. 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 superior.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w price-clipped. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1925. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/w is tanned on the spine, a bit dusty and slightly foxed. Near fine in very good + d/w. #283 in The World's Classics.
London: Reinhardt Books in association with Viking, 1989. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Fine in fine unclipped dust-wrapper.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951. 16mo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1925. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Small ownership label on the front pastedown. Price-clipped d/w is a just a little dusty. Near fine in near fine d/w. #282 in The World's Classics.
London: John Murray, 2008. 8vo. First edition. Original blue hardcovers, silvergilt. Black and white photographic plate sections. Signed by Patrick Leigh Fermor and the Duchess of Devonshire, and by the editor Charlotte Mosley 'To Michael' on the title page. A nick to the top edge of the front panel of.....
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1939. 8vo. First edition. Original burgundy cloth, gilt. Top edge slightly spotted. Price-clipped d/w a bit dust-soiled. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. 'This edition consists of more than 300 of the letters of William Shenstone. His letters touch the high-water mark even at a time which.....
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1912. 16mo. First impression in this series. Original 'Sultan-red' limp leather, gilt. Top edge gilt. Boards a bit bowed. Short split to the bottom of the spine and rubbing to spine ends and corner tips. Ink ownership on prelim. Good +. #169 in The.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1968. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1941. Original navy cloth, gilt. Price-clipped d/w slightly faded and rubbed on the spine. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1935. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Covers a little dulled. Neat ownership of Geoffrey Tillotson, dated 1944, on fly. Near fine. David Nichol Smith supervised Geoffrey Tillotson's B. Litt. at Oxford. Cyril Connolly's review of the book for The New Statesman and Nation (February.....
London: Methuen et Cie, 1912. 8vo. 3 volumes, set. First editions. Original green cloth, gilt. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait frontispiece to volume 1. Volume 1 has new endpapers to front and back. Near fine. A record of the close friendship between the aristocratic salonnière and the younger Englishman.....
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1953. 16mo. 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 blue.....