Description

Two volume set bound in red cloth with gold lettering on spines and top edges gilt. 368 and 423 pages respectively. Comprehensive index at the end of vol. II. Volume I covers Caxton to Johnson; Vol. II Gray to Kipling. Illustrated. Text blocks deckle-edged. First edition, limited to a print run of 2,000 sets. No previous ownership marks. Spines moderately faded and light, very sporadic foxing to text. A clean, tight, and otherwise unmarked set. Very good.