Fourth Leaders. A run of seven volumes between 1949 and 1955
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Fourth Leaders. A run of seven volumes between 1949 and 1955
London: The Times Publishing Company Limited, 1949-55
7 Vols, 8vo; various coloured cloth with contrasting painted label lettered in gilt to both upper board and spine; dates gilt to foot; each volume bar one (1952) with the front panel from the original dustwrapper loosely inserted; some brown staining and rubbing to the boards; occasional water marking; final volume with some white marks to boards; spines darkened; all volumes with some level of spotting/foxing, mostly affecting endpapers, and the text for the most part clean; a fascinating set. Provenance: Ex Libris of J. Eric Tye to all volumes (Pro. Capt V. Lector IS. Haben T. SVA FAT A. Libelli). J. Eric Tye was an executive of Shell Oil Company who lived at Lymington.
These copies all signed by a number of contributors including Peter Fleming, A. P. Ryan, Derek Hudson, Cyril Falls, Peter L. Ryde, Bernard Darwin, Dudley Carew, John Raymond, T. E. Utley, Colin Watson, C. Haigh, and many others. A previous owner, likely Tye, has meticulously added the contributor’s names/initials next to the various articles in each volume, in both pen and pencil. It is unknown when the volumes were signed, and over what period of time, though it is clear that some have been added at a later date, with signatures both provided directly to the front free endpaper, and others later tipped-in, glued alongside their fellows.
Likely a unique set.
[VARIOUS]
Fourth Leaders. A run of seven volumes between 1949 and 1955
London: The Times Publishing Company Limited, 1949-55
7 Vols, 8vo; various coloured cloth with contrasting painted label lettered in gilt to both upper board and spine; dates gilt to foot; each volume bar one (1952) with the front panel from the original dustwrapper loosely inserted; some brown staining and rubbing to the boards; occasional water marking; final volume with some white marks to boards; spines darkened; all volumes with some level of spotting/foxing, mostly affecting endpapers, and the text for the most part clean; a fascinating set. Provenance: Ex Libris of J. Eric Tye to all volumes (Pro. Capt V. Lector IS. Haben T. SVA FAT A. Libelli). J. Eric Tye was an executive of Shell Oil Company who lived at Lymington.
These copies all signed by a number of contributors including Peter Fleming, A. P. Ryan, Derek Hudson, Cyril Falls, Peter L. Ryde, Bernard Darwin, Dudley Carew, John Raymond, T. E. Utley, Colin Watson, C. Haigh, and many others. A previous owner, likely Tye, has meticulously added the contributor’s names/initials next to the various articles in each volume, in both pen and pencil. It is unknown when the volumes were signed, and over what period of time, though it is clear that some have been added at a later date, with signatures both provided directly to the front free endpaper, and others later tipped-in, glued alongside their fellows.
Likely a unique set.
[VARIOUS]
Fourth Leaders. A run of seven volumes between 1949 and 1955
London: The Times Publishing Company Limited, 1949-55
7 Vols, 8vo; various coloured cloth with contrasting painted label lettered in gilt to both upper board and spine; dates gilt to foot; each volume bar one (1952) with the front panel from the original dustwrapper loosely inserted; some brown staining and rubbing to the boards; occasional water marking; final volume with some white marks to boards; spines darkened; all volumes with some level of spotting/foxing, mostly affecting endpapers, and the text for the most part clean; a fascinating set. Provenance: Ex Libris of J. Eric Tye to all volumes (Pro. Capt V. Lector IS. Haben T. SVA FAT A. Libelli). J. Eric Tye was an executive of Shell Oil Company who lived at Lymington.
These copies all signed by a number of contributors including Peter Fleming, A. P. Ryan, Derek Hudson, Cyril Falls, Peter L. Ryde, Bernard Darwin, Dudley Carew, John Raymond, T. E. Utley, Colin Watson, C. Haigh, and many others. A previous owner, likely Tye, has meticulously added the contributor’s names/initials next to the various articles in each volume, in both pen and pencil. It is unknown when the volumes were signed, and over what period of time, though it is clear that some have been added at a later date, with signatures both provided directly to the front free endpaper, and others later tipped-in, glued alongside their fellows.
Likely a unique set.