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London: Jonathan Cape, New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1923-26. Numbered Limited Shrewsbury Edition. Twenty volumes bound in fine half morocco leather bindings by Bumpus Ltd. Oxford Street London, with gilt titles to the compartments, raised bands and marbled paper covered boards. In very good condition, tightly bound in brown leather, hinges and joints sound and tight. Page top edges gilt, fore edges untrimmed, illustrated a monochrome frontispiece to each volume and with monochrome plates to most volumes, the plate count below includes the frontispieces. The Shrewsbury Edition, limited to seven hundred and fifty sets, of which this is set number 102. Comprising of: Vol I A Year in Canterbury Settlement and other Early Essays, 1923, lxiv, 259pp, 3 plates. Vol II Erewhon or Over the Range, 1923, xxiii, 242pp, 4 plates. Vol III The Fair Haven, 1923, xxiii, 259pp. Vol IV Life and Habit, 1923, xvii, 263pp. Vol V Evolution, Old and New, 1924, xvii, 393pp. Vol VI Unconscious Memory, 1924, xv, 218pp. Vol VII Alps and Sanctuaries, 1924, xxiii, [v, maps], 316pp, 78 plates or illustrations in the text and 3 pages of maps. Vol VIII Luck or Cunning, 1924, xviii, [i], 256pp, 2 plates. Vol IX Ex Voto, 1924, xxiv, [iv maps], 229pp, 23 plates or illustrations in the text. Vol X The Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Butler Vol I 1774-1831, 1924, xx, 468pp. Vol XI The Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Butler Vol II 1831-1838, 1924, ix, 487pp. Vol XII The Authoress of the Odyssey, 1925, xxxix, 293pp, 18 plates or illustrations in the text. Vol XIII The Iliad of Homer Rendered into English Prose, 1925, xviii, 411pp. Vol XIV Shakespeare s Sonnets, 1925, xxi, 300, [84]pp. Vol XV The Odyssey Rendered into English Prose, 1925, xxvii, 379pp, 9 plates or illustrations in the text. Vol XVI Erewhon Revisited, 1925, xxiv, 266pp, 5 plates. Vol XVII The Way of All Flesh, 1925, xxxiii, 413pp, 3 plates. Vol XVIII Collected Essays Vol I, 1925, xv, 267pp. Vol XIX Collected Essays Vol II, 1925, ix, 335pp, 16 plates or illustrations in the text. Vol XX The Note-Books, 1926, lv, 493pp, 2 plates. Provenance leather bookplates for the Foyle library. Approximately 8 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles, five raised bands, plain compartments, some marks and minor wear. Joints fine condition minor wear. Corners very good condition gently bumped and worn, small surface loss to the leather on one corner of Vol IX. Boards very good condition half morocco and marbled paper covered boards, minor wear and marks. Page edges very good condition gilt top edge, others untrimmed or uncut. See above and photos. Internally Hinges fine condition sound. Paste downs fine condition marbled paper, bookplate to the front. End papers good condition marbled paper, offsetting from the bookplate. Title very good condition some tanning, minor marks and foxing. Pages very good condition lightly tanned throughout. Binding fine condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1923-26 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1698609416567
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