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First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's red boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the lightly sunned dust jacket with a single, slightly ragged tear to the front panel.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's red boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the dust jacket.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's red boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the nicked and somewhat tanned dust jacket.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's tonic-effeect red boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Minor spotting to the fore edge, an excellent copy in the somewhat browned dust jacket.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; Publisher's orange cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Cloth a little marked and a trifle rubbed at the tips but a very good copy in the rather frayed and creased dust jacket with very minor loss here and there.

Limited edition, one of 25 deluxe large paper copies; 4to; printed in green, red and black, illustrations by Charles Ricketts, some minor spotting to extremities and frontispiece tissue-guard, otherwise very good; publisher's decorative vellum gilt, signed by CR (Charles Ricketts) and HL (Henry Leighton, binder), original cloth ties (lightly spotted), uncut edges, covers a little bowed, spine a little darkened, otherwise, also very good; preserved in a custom-made cardboard slip-case.

First edition, first impression, 8vo. Publisher's black boards, oriental characters stamped in gilt on front board, titles to spine in silver, bamboo effect endpapers. With the dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping. Spine very gently rolled, tiny nick to the fore edge of one leaf, but a superb copy in the brilliant dust jacket entirely free from any of the fading which plagues this book. A truly exceptional example.

First edition, first impression; 8vo; Publisher's black boards, dagger device to upper board in blind and silver, titles to spine in silver, red endpapers. With the dust jacket. Spine lightly rolled but an excellent copy in the lightly marked, creased and nicked, minimally rubbed and slightly sunned dust jacket.

3 vols, 8vo; portrait frontispieces of Shakespeare, some light spotting to prelims; contemporary half dark blue calf over blue cloth boards by Thomas de la Rue & Co., gilt Admiralty crest to upper covers, Admiralty prize label to front pastedown of each volume, spines gilt in compartments, red morocco labels with gilt lettering, spines slightly faded, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, corners slightly rubbed, covers slightly soiled, otherwise an attractive set.

25 volumes, including 'Dickensiana' and plate volume, one of 877 numbered sets, 8vo., with illustrations printed from the original plates, original vari-coloured cloth, morocco labels, top edges gilt on the rough, others uncut, light even and uniform fading to spines as usual, a little spotting to the buckram on one or two volume but a really pleasing set.