Watson George Willison (10 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover. Volume four only. Minor wear to exterior; previous owner's name on FEP; contents otherwise clean and sound throughout. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 4to. Volume 3 only. A good copy with minor wear to cover edges and spine top and tail. Lime green dw torn and scuffed to corners and spine top and tail and cover edges with closed tears and some losses. Front inner hinge slack. Heavy book, will incur additional postage charge. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vos. pp xxxi, 2491; xxii, 2091; xxiv, 1955; xix, 1413; xiv, 542. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spines. These books are very heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. Published between 1969-77, (volume 1 published in 1974). ISBN: 0521072557 Very good+ in very good+ dust jackets, with slight sunning at spines. Decent copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Five Volumes 600-1950, Vol. 5 is the Index. Spine covers are stained. Volume 4 has stained pages.; Ex-Library; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

First Edition. Fine set copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 3 vols. (only) ; 26 cm. Contents; v. 1 (600-1660) -- v. 2 1660-1800) -- v. 3 (1800-1900). Subjects; English literature Bibliography. English literature 19th century Bibliography. Genre; Bibliography. 5 Kg.

First Edition. Fine set copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 3 vols. (only) ; 26 cm. Contents; v. 1 (600-1660) -- v. 2 1660-1800) -- v. 3 (1800-1900). Subjects; English literature Bibliography. English literature 19th century Bibliography. Genre; Bibliography. 4 Kg.

Five volumes. Octavo. Publisher's original cloth in original dustwrappers. A very good set in very good, price-clipped dustwrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spines stamped in gilt. Books in fine condition. Dust jacket to Volume One has two very small chips to top of front and two 1/8-inch closed tears to head of spine. Dust jacket to Volume Two has a 1/8-inch chip to spine. Dust jacket to Volume Three has a 1/8 inch closed tear to top of back. Dust jacket to Volume Four has slight water stain to bottom of back. Dust jacket to Volume Five has a 3/4 inch closed tear to top of back, mild sun-fade to spine. 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Double pagination, roughly 4,229 physical pages plus indexes.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). A lovely complete five volume set of this monumental reference work on English Literature. The culmination of works by more than fifty specialists and foremost scholars in their respective fields, this work is, after the 'Oxford English Dictionary', the most important reference work on English Literature. This five volume set contains a comprehensive list and classification of British authors, each entry containing a bibliography and a chronological list of secondary material on the subject and their works. A mixed edition set, with volume I published in 1974, II in 1972, III in 1969, IV in 1971, and V in 1977. Complete with original dustwrappers designed by Michael Harvey, price-clipped to volume II and IV. Volumes I to III were edited by George Watson, with volume IV additionally edited by I. R. Willison, and J. D. Pickles to volume V. Volume IV has been misbound, with the text block bound upside down. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with original dustwrappers, price clipped to volume II and IV. Externally, lovely, very slightly faded and bumped to head and tail of spines. Very minor shelfwear to extremities. Volume IV misbound, with text block upside down. Dustwrappers slightly bumped to head and tail of spines, with small closed tears to volume III and IV. Large closed tears to wrap volume I. Slight chipping and small closed tears to lower extremity of wrap, volume I. Slight handling mark to rear of wrap, volume I. Price label tipped to front flyleaf, volume III and V. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.