Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)

Three volumes (27 cm), I (11 July 2000): 312 (4) pp., illustrations. Lots numbered 1-100. II (11 July 2000): 200 (4) pp., illustrations. Lots numbered 101-287. III (12-13 July 2000): 424 (4) pp., illustrations. Lots numbered 301-911. Uniformly bound in publisher’s printed cloth, pictorial dust jackets. - “The Foyle books at Christie’s provoked very mixed feelings: the fact, plain to see, that most of the books had been bought because no one else wanted them at the time had to be balanced against the fact that many of the books were introuvable now, even in the sort of condition that had satisfied Foyle… What will posterity think of our connoisseurship, looking at the prices we paid for Nakles or Foyle books?” (from a saleroom report in The Book Collector, Autumn 2000, pp.408-413). ¶ Annotated copies, partly priced.