1st Edition 1929. Two Volumes Complete. Printed by the Shakespeare Head Edition and limited to 525 copies, edited by Michael Sadleir. Three quarter bespoke leather bindings bound by the famous bookbinder Sangorski & Sutcliffe. From the library of William Foyle (1883-1963), one of the greatest booksellers of the 20th century, was the co-founder with his brother Gilbert of the eponymous and iconic London bookshop on Charing Cross Road. Having purchased the former medieval monastery of Beeleigh Abbey in 1943, William built an impressive and unrivaled personal library of manuscripts and books on English history and literature, European and world history and discovery, which he housed in the beautiful former monastic dormitory. Includes a leather bookplate W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. Books are fine and in lovely bright clean condition.