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228 pp. 8vo, publisher's boards in dust jacket. First US edition. Just about fine in a near fine jacket.

[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.

True first British printing with original unclipped jacket (21s). The eighth book in 'A Dance to The Music of Time' sequence of novels. Jacket illustrated by Broom Lynne. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, a few small marks, the odd spot of foxing, the odd small crease/rub to edges, minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine, minor pushing/bumping to corners, patchy browning, a little fading to spine and a little creasing/rubbing/browning to front/back inner flaps. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a hint of pushing/bumping to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Pages little tanned. Very occasional small mark to pages. End-papers bit tanned. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

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'.

Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.

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.

All three volumes Very Good+ in wraps. Volumes 2 and 3 5th printing. Light creasing on panel corners of volume 1. Bumping on spine heel of volume 1. Foxing on side text block edge of volume 1. ; 732 pages.

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.

A pleasing 12-volume First Edition 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 TEN FIRST PRINTINGS (Vols. 3-12), and two early reprints, both from 1955, of the first two volumes (A Question of Upbringing, 4th impression, and A Buyer's Market, 2nd impression). All twelve volumes are at least Very Good, and each is complete with its original Broome-Lynne designed dustwrapper. A Question of Upbringing is VG+ (p/o's tiny signature and date neatly to the half-title) in a VG minus unclipped wrapper. A Buyer's Market is VG+ in a Good clipped wrapper. The Acceptance World is VG (p/o's name and date to the ffep) in a Fair clipped wrapper. At Lady Molly's is VG+ in a VG minus unclipped wrapper. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant is VG (p/o's name to the ffep) in a VG minus unclipped wrapper. The Kindly Ones is VG in a VG minus unclipped wrapper. The Valley of Bones is VG in a VG unclipped wrapper. The Soldier's Art is NF in a VG clipped wrapper. The Military Philosophers is NF+ (p/o's small cataloguing/address label to the rear pastedown) in a VG+ unclipped wrapper. Books Do Furnish a Room is VG in a VG unclipped wrapper. Temporary Kings is VG in a VG unclipped wrapper. Hearing Secret Harmonies is NF (p/o's name and 18-word inscription to the ffep) in a VG clipped wrapper. The dustwrappers are presented in removable protective covers. Postage within the United Kingdom is free; overseas shipping will require an additional shipping charge (to cost). All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.

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.

First Edition. Hardback. Complete set of Powell's majestic roman fleuve.published btween 1951 and 1975. All true first editions. Recently rebound in half red leather with red boards and new endpapers. Gilt lettered and gilt decorated spine with 5 raised bands. Top edge gilt. 8vos. pp. [viii], 230; [viii], 274; [viii], 214; [viii], 239;[vi], 229; [viii], 254; [viii], 243; [viii], 228; [viii], 244; [viii], 241; [viii], 280; [viii], 272. Occasional very faint wear internaly bu an excellent clean set. Very good indeed.

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.

THE DANCE SEQUENCE COMPLETE. All 1st editions/1st impressions without inscription in not price clipped first state dust jackets, which are now protected by removable transparent wrappers except for A Buyer's Market and The Acceptance World, which are also 1st editions. A Buyer's Market has clean red cloth and is slightly faded on the spine. The Acceptance World has a poor incomplete dust jacket from another copy, which is almost complete on the spine with red cloth and gilt titles are still bright. A Question of Upbringing has previous owner' name, date & town. Red cloth and gilt titles are still bright and fine in the remaining 10.More details/photos on request.

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.

THE DANCE SEQUENCE COMPLETE. All 1st editions/1st impressions; without inscription in not price clipped dust jackets, which are now protected by a removable transparent wrappers. Red cloth and gilt titles bright and fine in The Acceptance World (1955); At Lady Molly's (1957); Casanova's Chinese Restaurant (1960); ; The Valley of Bones (1964); The Soldier's Art (1966); The Military Philosophers (1968) in very good djs. Books Do Furnish a Room (1971); Temporary Kings (1973); and Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975) are near fine in fine djs. A Question of Upbringing (1951); A Buyer's Market (1952) and The Kindly Ones (1962) are very good in very good djs with light wear.

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+

First editions, first impressions, of the complete set of the author's celebrated novel sequence, likened by Evelyn Waugh to "a continuous frieze in high relief, deep cut and detailed" (Waugh, p. 548). Covering more than 50 years in the life of Nicholas Jenkins, the novel "is less about Jenkins than about the world he belongs to, in which the more raffish elements of the establishment commingle with the upper echelons of bohemia, the usual catalysts being their wives, mistresses, and lovers. Observing how these incoherent bodies interact, and the bizarre unions that result, Jenkins discerns a pattern dictated by the rhythm of life - hence the theme of the novel, which is that its characters, like the Seasons in Poussin's painting, are engaged in a ritual dance to the music of time" (ODNB). Evelyn Waugh, The Essays, Articles and Reviews, 1983. Twelve vols, octavo. Attractively bound in recent dark blue morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, covers ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent set.

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.

HARDBACKS - Twelve volumes, all UK first editions in their publisher's cloth in original dust wrappers designed by Broom-Lynne. A near fine or better set in near fine or better dust wrappers. A Question of Upbringing, a near fine book in a near fine dust wrapper with the wider flaps, A Buyer's Market, a near fine book in a near fine dust wrapper with light fading to the red square, now orange present to the spine. A faint vertical crease line to the front flap. The correct first issue with the wider front and rear flaps. The Acceptance World, a near fine book in a near fine dust wrapper. At Lady Molly's, a near fine book in a near fine dust wrapper with a virtually un-faded spine. Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, a near fine book in a near fine dust wrapper. The Kindly Ones, a near fine book in a near fine dust wrapper. The Valley of Bones, a fine book in a fine dust wrapper. The Soldier's Art, a fine book in a near fine price clipped dust wrapper. The Military Philosophers, a fine book in a fine dust wrapper. Books do Furnish a Room, a fine book in a fine dust wrapper. Temporary Kings, a fine book in a fine dust wrapper. Hearing Secret Harmonies, a fine book in a fine dust wrapper. All twelve books are free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. Eleven of the twelve books have their original printed price present to their respective front flaps. A most attractive set of books, all in near fine or better condition.

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.

First editions, first impressions, an exceptional association set of the complete novel sequence. Each volume is inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his friend, the auctioneer and historian Anthony Hobson (1921-2014); the latter nine are inscribed to Hobson and his wife Tanya. Complete sets inscribed to the same recipient are rare. The inscriptions in the books chart the development of a rich friendship fostered over luncheons. A Question of Upbringing is inscribed with the cool and unfamiliar, "This volume belongs to Anthony Hobson, signed by the author, Anthony Powell", but The Acceptance World is inscribed "after a delicious luncheon", which evidently did much to thaw Powell, as The Kindly Ones is warmly inscribed to "Anthony & Tanya, with love from Tony, March 1963", and The Valley of Bones, (which charts Powell's experience in the Second World War), is fittingly inscribed "these military memoirs for a fellow infantryman". As their friendship progressed, Hobson and Powell dined at one another's homes. Hobson presumably made the first move: The Soldier's Art and Books do Furnish a Room are inscribed at his residence, Glebe House. Powell returned the favour, as the final two titles are inscribed at his home, The Chantry. The collection of ephemera with this set illustrates Hobson's fastidious bibliographical nature, saving clippings and notes charting the history of his acquisitions. Loosely inserted are an autograph letter signed from Powell to Hobson, remarking that he originally intended A Dance to the Music of Time to be only six volumes: "I did not know quite how long it would be at the beginning, but very long", and three typed letters signed and one autograph letter signed from Powell to reviewer John Davenport, thanking him for reviews of A Question of Upbringing, At Lady Molly's, The Kindly Ones, and The Valley of Bones. A Dance to the Music of Time, likened by Evelyn Waugh to "a continuous frieze in high relief, deep cut and detailed" (Waugh, p. 548), covers more than 50 years in the life of Nicholas Jenkins. "The novel is less about Jenkins than about the world he belongs to, in which the more raffish elements of the establishment commingle with the upper echelons of bohemia, the usual catalysts being their wives, mistresses, and lovers. Observing how these incoherent bodies interact, and the bizarre unions that result, Jenkins discerns a pattern dictated by the rhythm of life - hence the theme of the novel, which is that its characters, like the Seasons in Poussin's painting, are engaged in a ritual dance to the music of time" (ODNB). Evelyn Waugh, The Essays, Articles and Reviews, 1983. Twelve works, octavo. Original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt on black ground, publisher's blind device on rear covers. With dust jackets. Together with three typed letters signed from Powell to John Davenport (Punch, 30 October 1957; 1 Chester Gate, 24 January 1951; The Chantry, 13 March 1964); one autograph letter signed from Powell to Davenport (Traveller's Club Pall Mall, 10 June 1962); one autograph postcard signed from Powell to Hobson (2 October 1971); one photograph; one manuscript note in Hobson's hand noting that A Question of Upbringing is in the first state; 16 newspaper clippings, and 35 booksellers' and auctioneer's descriptions. Hobson's bookplate on front pastedowns of each volume; bookseller's ticket of The Thackeray Bookshop on front pastedown of The Acceptance World. Spines largely cocked, a few ends bumped, extremities a little rubbed, head of front cover of The Soldier's Art creased, clean and largely bright; slight loss to ends of spine panel of A Question of Upbringing, a few chips and nicks to earlier vols, spine panels occasionally sunned, slightly rubbed, later jackets very sharp, unclipped: an excellent set, largely near-fine in like jackets.