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Mixed states, complete in four volumes, leather bound, hardcover, quarto (255 x 180 mm), pp. [xv], 368; [xiv], 389; [xii], 381; [xii], 462. English text. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf by Bickers, five raised bands, compartments and bands ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt, double morocco lettering-pieces, gilt ruled border on boards, upper boards with gilt armorial crest, edges of boards with gilt ruled tooling, turn-ins blind stamped, marbled page edges, pastedowns and endpapers, initial and terminal blanks present, title-page vignettes, colour frontispieces, illustrated profusely throughout with colour plates, vignettes and facsimiles. Imprint vol. I: 'Printed in Great Britain by Woods & Sons Ltd., London'. Imprint vols. II-IV: 'Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited, Tavistock Street, London'. Contents: Volume I: [by Garnett (1906)] From the Beginnings to the Age of Henry VIII; Volume II: [by Garnett & Gosse (1906)] From the Age of Henry VIII to the Age of Milton; Volume III: [by Gosse (1906)] From Milton to Johnson; Volume IV: [by Gosse (1903)] From the Age of Johnson to the Age of Tennyson. Condition: Very good. Collated complete. Lower joint to vol. I and joints to vol. III starting slightly, however all is secure. Covers very good with slight rubbing to spine ends and points. Text-block remarkably fresh and clean with just a touch of foxing to endpapers. Without inking. Volume I with Epsom College prize plate to front pastedown. An exquisite set. Notes: This exhaustive and detailed set traces the history of British literature from its beginnings up until the age of Tennyson, acting both as a history and as a bibliography, in a rare and seminal collaborative work. Seller Inventory # MFR0591
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