The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (18 vols.)

Durham: Duke University Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. g+ to near fine. Quartos. Cream cloth boards with gilt lettering over green labels on the spines. Includes vol.1-10, 12-18, 23. This is a collection of the letters and correspondence of the famed Scottish writer and philosopher Thomas Carlyle, and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle. This is a nonconsecutive run of volumes of the set. Vol.11 is missing, as well as 19-23. The series is now currently at vol.45. Vols 1-4 are housed in the original slipcase as issued. Vol.1 includes a fold-out map of Scotland, (truncated) featuring some places mentioned in the early Carlyle letters. Scholarly notes, as well as bibliographic references accompany the original text throughout the series, which is arranged chronologically. Vol.18 contains an index. Slipcase with some light bumping to edges and some scratching to one of the illustrated labels on sides. Light foxing and smudging to some covers and edges of some book blocks. Light bumping to the spines of a few volumes. Scratches on the green label of vol.14. Slipcase in very good-, bindings in good+ to very good, interiors in near fine condition overall. (Inventory #: 42244)