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: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Portrait frontispiece and nine further plates. Near fine.
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 covers 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 covers and leather labels on the spines. Top edges gilt. Deckle-edge antique laid paper. Silk marker ribbons. 'London Journal' (1951) #608.....
Sutton West & Santa Barbara: The Paget Press, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original paper covers. Covers faded on spine and along the top edge of the front panel. Near fine. Private correspondence between Charles Bukowski and Al Purdy.
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 dust-wrappers. 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. 2 volumes, set. Second edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. In clear acetate jackets as issued. Fine in fine dust-wrappers. Available as print on demand titles at £490.
London: Picador, 1993. 8vo. First edition. Original quarter black cloth with paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1983. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. With plates and maps. D/w very slightly faded on the spine and with a small round mark from a price-sticker to the front flap. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. "The first full critical edition of John Clare's natural.....
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: William Heinemann, 1895. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. First editions. Original dark navy cloth, gilt Tissue-guarded plates. Repaired nicks to the head of each spine. Shelf mark half-hidden on each spine. Armourial bookplate to front pastedown, shelfmark to flyleaf and small inkstamp to title page of each volume from the.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1979-86. 8vo. 5 volumes, set. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws of volumes 4 & 5 slightly faded on the spine. Fine in fine dust-wrappers. Volume 1. 1750-1781; volume 2. 1782-1786; volume 3. 1787-1791; volume 4. 1792-1799; volume 5. Prose 1756-c.1799 and Cumulative Index...
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, [2002]. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First published between 1965 and 2002. Four volumes are third impressions, the others are fourth impressions. No dates are given for the reprints but publication of the set was completed in 2002. Original red buckram, gilt. D/ws uniformly slightly faded on.....
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1979. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/w price-clipped. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1971. 8vo. Revised reprint. First published in 1935. Original navy cloth, gilt. D/ws price-clipped. Fine in near fine dust-wrappers. Available as print on demand reprints at £132.50 per volume.
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Portrait frontispiece in black and white. Lettering faded on spine, else fine in fine dust-wrapper.
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Portrait frontispiece in black and white. Corners pushed. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Ink ownership of Frances Partridge on fly leaf.
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Portrait frontispiece in black and white. Light spotting to top edge of text block. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
Wilton: Michael Russell, 1984. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt. Portrait frontispiece in black and white. Bookplate on front paste down. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1935. Original brown cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Portrait frontispiece and occasional sepia tone plates. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1935. Original brown cloth, gilt. Top edge stained red. Portrait frontispiece and occasional sepia tone plates. Fine in fine dust-wrapper.
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.....