The Works of John Galsworthy 1923 Limited Edition, Zaehnsdorf.

This 21 volume set of The Works of John Galsworthy was published in London by William Heinemann in 1923, and it is a limited edition set of 30 called the “Manaton Edition”, printed in Great Britain by T. and W. Constable, it was bound by Zaehnsdorf, one of the premier binders of the 1900’s, and it is set 92 of 530 sets, of which 500 were for sale in the United Kingdom and 30 were presentation copy sets, and the books include major novels, short stories, essays, and plays.

Each volume has five raised bands with six compartments and gilt lettering on the spine, the date published in gilt at the bottom of the spine, with Roman numerals to spell out the number of each volume, the red covers are three-quarter bound and the top edges are gilt, each book has marbled endpapers and a frontispiece with a protective tissue guard, and the edges are deckled. 

Volumes I to III are titled The Forsyte Saga, Vol. 4 is Villa Rubein and Other Stories, Vol. 5 is The Island Pharisees, Vol. VI is missing (The Country House), Vol. VII is Fraternity, Vol VIII is The Patrician, Vol IX is The Freelands, Vol X is The Dark Flower, Vol XI is Beyond, Vol. XII is Saint’s Progress, Vol. XIII is Five Tales, Vol XIV is Quality and Other Stories, Vol XV is The Inn of Tranquility, XVI is The Burning Spear, XVII is a Commentary and Other Essays, and XVIII - XXI are The Plays, and Vol. 3 has a fold-out family tree at the rear. 

The bindings are tight and the pages are clean. The frontispieces and tissue guards are clean and intact. Some heels and crowns have wear, some edges are rubbed as well as some tips, one cover has paper adhesions, some have detached covers (Vols II and XVI) and two covers are loose (VII, IX), and Volume VI (The Country House) is missing, as well as Vol XXII (Plays) and Vols XXIII - XXV (A Modern Comedy). 

Vols 1-21. Missing vol 6. Set number 92 of 530 sets. 

Size: 9 x 6  x 2 in. 

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