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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. [Autographed on limitation page of volume 1. Limited edition of 780 sets, no. 182.] 12 volumes only, lacking volume 12. Bound in publisher's 1/2 green cloth-backed boards. Printed spine label. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Contents: 1-3. The Forsyte saga --1. The man of property --2. Indian summer of a Forsyte in chancery --3. Awakening to let --4. Villa Rubein and other stories --5. The island pharisees --6. The country house --7. Fraternity --8. The patrician --9. The freelands --10. The dark flower --11. Beyond --13. Five tales.

William Heinemann. Used - Very Good. 1923. Hardcover. Number 7 of 530 sets (500 for sale) printed in the U.K. Lacks the final volume (Forsyte Pendyces). Quarter vellum-style paper over paper-covered boards. Gilt-stamped decorations. Some volumes have a little foxing to boards, but overall a very nicely preserved set. Very good overall, with the last volume lacking as noted. Very Good.

London: Heinemann, 1923. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 21 volumes (1-21) from a set of 30., 1923, the Manaton Edition. Signed by Galsworthy in Volume 1 of the Forsyte Saga. Number 97 of 500 sets. In contemporary full leather bindings by The Harcourt Bindery in Boston. Hardcover 8vos., bound in full deep purple morocco with gilt borders and accents, 5 raised bands on the spine, teg, leather and gilt dentelles and silk endpapers. Near Fine. Spine color has mellowed to a dark brown, but the leather is otherwise fresh and bold. Absolutely minor rubbing to the boards and general shelfwear. Tight bindings. Excellent, clean contents. Volume 1-21 (of a 30 volume set). Titles include: The Forsyte Saga (3 vols.) - Plays (4 vols.) - Freelands - Country House - Quality - Patrician - Burning Spear - Five Tales - Dark Flower - The Inn of Tranquility / Poems - Commentary - Villa Rubein - Saint's Progress - Fraternity - The Island Pharisees - Beyond. Please inquire for International or Expedited… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Manaton Edition. Near Fine. Limited to 780 sets signed by the author, of which this is number 36. Finely bound by Stikeman for Charles Scribner's Sons, in 3/4 green crushed morocco stamped in gilt to spines and boards. Five raised bands. Top edges brightly gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spines sunned. Some light shelfwear to corners of several volumes. Approximately five volumes with minor chips or snags to crowns. Four volumes with very subtle repairs to the outer joints. Gilt remains bright and set presents well. Trained to be a lawyer, John Galsworthy turned instead to writing. Born in Surrey, England and educated at Oxford, Galsworthy traveled around the world rather than practice law. On these travels he met Joseph Conrad, and the two men become life-long friends. Galsworthy is best known for his The Forsyte Saga, a highly regard series published from 1906-1921. In addition to his writing, Galsworthy argued for prison reform and animal rights. He won the… Read More

London: J.M. Dent, 1921-1922. All five volumes are from J.M. Dent’s Popular Edition of John Galsworthy titles and were Galsworthy’s personal copies which were used as setting copies for the printer. The books included are (1) Tatterdemalion, which John Galsworthy intended to separate the short stories and scatter them in different volumes of the limited signed edition by writing a full page: “Note for printers: The stories in this volume are revised for the various volumes to which that are attached for the Limited Collected Edition. See index pages sent. Notes will be attached to the volumes dealing with the original dedications. J. G.” with significant deletions, annotations and corrections in ink by Galsworthy throughout the book; (2) Five Tales - with a significant number of ink corrections and deletions in his hand. At the end of the final tale, “Indian Summer of a Forsythe’ Galsworthy has changed the title and he has written to the printer: “The last in the volume ‘Five Tales’… Read More