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[Modern literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 228 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to a black square on spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Broom-Lynne, priced at 21s. A well-read copy showing a bit of a lean, and toning to edges. Jacket toned to spine and edges, with some wear and a couple of chips and closed tears. Very good. The eighth in the twelve-volume 'A Dance to the Music of Time' series. Anthony Powell won the 1958 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, founded in memory of a partner in the publishing house of A. and C. Black Ltd., and one of the oldest and most prestigious book awards in Britain.

8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, top lightly flecked else a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The eighth novel in Powell's sequence 'A Dance to the Music of Time'.

The eighth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth novels in the "Dance to the Music of Time" series. All first editions, first printings with no inscriptions. The original dust jackets are unclipped and protected by clear, removable covers. Minor wear only. Four nice books that would be a good contribution towards building the set of twelve that make up the complete series. Loosely inserted is a newspaper article by Kingsley Amis reviewing the final book in the series. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics.

You are the winner. POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000). [A Dance to the Music of Time]. London: Heinemann, 1964-77. 12 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth; original dust jackets. The complete set that includes the following: A Question of Upbringing, 1974. Reprint. -- A Buyer's Market, 1976. Reprint. -- The Acceptance World, 1977. Reprint. -- At Lady Molly's, 1975. Reprint. -- Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, 1974. Reprint. -- The Kindly Ones, 1975. Reprint. -- The Valley of Bones, 1964. FIRST EDITION. -- The Soldier's Art, 1966. FIRST EDITION. -- The Military Philosophers, 1968. FIRST EDITION. -- Books Do Furnish a Room, 1975. Reprint. -- Temporary Kings, 1973. FIRST EDITION. -- Hearing Secret Harmonies, 1975. FIRST EDITION. -- Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, condition generally very good.

Together 12 volumes. All First Edition, a mixed set. Books 1, 4, 8, & 11 being first American editions and books 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, & 12 being first British editions. 8vo, Each title is in the publisher's original cloth bindings, nine of the titles are in the publisher's original colourfully decorated dustjackets, books 2, 3, and 7 without jackets. A very nice set, the text of each American edition is fresh, bright, and clean, the British issues with just a bit of the spotting common to them, primarily on the earlier novels and mostly confined to the page edges, the cloth ranging from near very good to fine, and the same can be said for the jackets. FIRST EDITION AND AN ATTRACTIVE AND COMPLETE SET OF THE AUTHOR'S BEST AND MOST FAMOUS WORK. His series of novels that comprise A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME, an undertaking that spanned three decades, have been acclaimed by such critics as A. N. Wilson and fellow writers including Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis as among the finest English fiction of the twentieth century. The roman-fleuve of manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid-20th century has characters (many modeled loosely on real people) who surface, vanish, and then later reappear throughout the sequence. The title of the sequence was borrowed from a painting by Poussin of the same name; full of figures who's identities are uncertain. In the first two pages of 'A Question of Upbringing' the narrator, Nicolas Jenkins, reflects on the painting which resides in the Wallace Collection. In 2008, 'The Times' named Powell one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945, mostly on the strength of this series of novels.

A handsome first edition set of Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time, comprising NINE FIRST PRINTINGS and three reprints from the 1960s and 70s (vols. 1-3). Book two, A Buyer's Market, is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to the title page - signed copies of any of the Dance novels are scarce. Five volumes are Fine, four are very nearly Fine, two are Near Fine, and one is Very Good: a bright, crisp and clean set, firmly bound in sharp red cloth; mild toning and/or a little minor spotting to the edge of the page block of five volumes; a previous owner's small bookplate/cataloguing label to the rear pastedown of one volume (Hearing Secret Harmonies) and a previous owner's signature to the ffep of Casanova's Chinese Restaurant and At Lady Molly's; the boards of A Buyer's Market are somewhat mottled and faded, but the page block is entirely unaffected. Each is complete with its original dustwrapper: all of which are at least Very Good, with the majority Near Fine or better; eight are unclipped, one has been clipped-and-repriced by the publisher, and three are clipped. Overall: A Question of Upbringing (1974, 8th impression): Near Fine+/Fine. A Buyer's Market (1961, 3rd impression, SIGNED): Very Good/Very Good. The Acceptance World (1961, 2nd impression): Fine/Near Fine. At Lady Molly's (1st): Fine/Very Good. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1st): Near Fine/Near Fine. The Kindly Ones (1st): Near Fine/Very Good. The Valley of Bones (1st): Near Fine+/Very Good. The Soldier's Art (1st): Fine/Very Good+. The Military Philosophers (1st): Fine/Near Fine. Books do Furnish a Room (1st): Near Fine+/Near Fine. Temporary Kings (1st): Near Fine+/Near Fine. Hearing Secret Harmonies (1st): Fine/Near Fine. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. We are happy to answer any questions arising and to supply additional images. Shipped free within the United Kingdom; a large and heavy set that will incur additional shipping (to cost) outside the UK.

A lovely, Fine set of A Dance to the Music of Time, one of the highspots of post-war English fiction, published over a 25-year period from 1951-75; comprising NINE FIRST PRINTINGS and three later impressions from the 1970s (Vols. 1-3: A Question of Upbringing, 9th, 1977; A Buyer's Market, 6th, 1974; and The Acceptance World, 5th 1972). Volume 8, The Soldier's Art, has been SIGNED by Anthony Powell on a plate to the ffep (and dated to the year of publication, 1966). All twelve volumes are crisp and clean: ten books are Fine and two (The Acceptance World & Hearing Secret Harmonies) are very nearly Fine, marred only by the lightest scattering of tiny spots to the edge of the page block. All are free from previous owner names and inscriptions; one volume, The Acceptance World, has the elegant bookplate of a Wiltshire country house to the front pastedown. Each is complete with its original Broome-Lynne designed dustwrapper: eight are Fine, two are very nearly Fine, and two are Near Fine - all are bright and vibrant, presenting beautifully as a harmonious and consistent set, and scarce thus. One dustwrapper has been clipped, two have been clipped-and-repriced by the publisher, and nine are unclipped. The Kindly Ones is a review copy and has a Heinemann (Australian division) review slip loosely laid-in. Dustwrapper notes: A Question of Upbringing: Fine. A Buyer's Market: Near Fine+. The Acceptance World: Fine. At Lady Molly's: Near Fine. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant: Near Fine+. The Kindly Ones: Fine. The Valley of Bones: Near Fine. The Soldier's Art: Fine. The Military Philosophers: Fine. Books Do Furnish a Room: Fine. Temporary Kings: Fine. Hearing Secret Harmonies: Fine. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. We are happy to answer any questions arising and to supply additional images. Shipped free within the United Kingdom; a large and heavy set that will incur additional shipping (to cost) outside the UK.

All twelve first editions, in original dust jackets. Duodecimos in red cloth with gilt spine titles over black panels. Uniformly very gently worn, with most spines lightly cocked and light foxing to edges. Jackets crisp, toned, and generally very lightly edgeworn, with some small chips (especially at tips) and occasional instances of foxing or damp. The first book is in rather less good shape than the rest, with rubbing to the black panel on spine and with the jacket split completely along its length at the rear fold. An attractive and solid set in color-rich unclipped jackets. Powell's sprawling roman-flueve follows everyman Nicholas Jenkins from his youth in the 1920s until the heady 1970s, examining mid-century English existence through the lens of intersecting lives. It is one of the only works in English with a word-count to approach Marcel Proust's 'À la Recherche du Temps Perdu,' and is still considered to be one of the most significant works of British literature produced in the last century. Overall condition of DJs is Good+

Ten of 12 first editions, first printings, 1955-1975. Condition: Near Fine: Very clean and bright original bindings, most with firm spine tips and sharp corners; no previous owner's marks; very clean and tight text blocks with very little spotting or sunning. Dust jackets condition: Near Fine: very clean and bright original and matching first printing wrappers designed by Broom-Lynne; not price clipped, other than At Lady Molly's, The Kindly Ones, The Military Philosophers. Complete with printed letterhead: "from Anthony Powell, The Chantry, Nr. Frome, Somerset BA11 3LJ (Nunney 314)", dated 26 June 1986, and signed by the author, explaining why he decided not to sign his books.

First editions, first printings. Published by William Heinemann in London between 1951 and 1975. This is a set of very good (or better) copies in twelve volumes. 'A Buyer's Market' in the first issue dust wrapper with wider flaps. Each of the volumes are in similar condition, so will be described as one unless there are other points to note. The dust wrappers are frontally clean and not toned but suffer from some slight separation to the top of the spines, with some light rubbing at the bottom edges. The rear panels are generally marked by handling, but certain ones, particularly the seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh volumes are clean. The first title, 'A Question of Upbringing' has a small portion of restorative repair to the foot of the dust wrapper. 'A Buyers Market' has been price clipped, but the others have not. The internals are clean throughout, with only 'Temporary Kings' and 'Hearing Secret Harmonies' having some traces of previous owners ink, both inscriptions are not pervasive. The boards are generally free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are often bright and white, with some instances of sparse foxing. Overall, these are very good, or better, copies of the classic 'A Dance to the Music of Time' set. Published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim. The story is an often comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid-twentieth century.