A Dance to the Music of Time

The full set of four volumes reprinting Powell's original 12-book sequence - all first printings thus - as published by The Folio Society in 2006 and 2007:

Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Spring, A Question of Upbringing, A Buyer’s Market, The Acceptance World. Introduction by William Trevor. 240 × 176 × 38 mm. Pp. [i–vi] vii–xiv, [1–4] 5–496 [497–498]: [32] pages of colour plates. Type: Ehrhardt. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in dark red buckram, the front board covered with cream paper with a reproduction of a print by Georges Barbier in colour; dark purple endleaves. Dark purple slip case. This is the first in a series of four volumes, reprinting Powell’s original 12-book sequence.

Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Summer, at Lady Molly’s, Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant, The Kindly Ones. 240 × 176 × 40 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–x, [1–4] 5–501 [502]: [14] leaves of colour plates. Type: Ehrhardt. Printed by the Saint Edmundsbury Press. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in series binding, the front board covered with a reproduction of an advertisement.

Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Autumn, The Valley of Bones, The Soldier’s Art, The Military Philosophers. 240 × 178 × 38 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x], [1–4] 5–500 [501–502]: [12] leaves of colour plates. Type: Ehrhardt. Printed by the Saint Edmundsbury Press. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in series binding, the front board covered with a reproduction of a painting.

Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time: Winter, Books Do Furnish a room, Temporary Kings, Hearing Secret Harmonies. 240 × 176 × 45 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–x, [1–4] 5–564 [565–566]: [14] leaves of colour plates. Type: Ehrhardt. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in series binding, the front board covered with a reproduction of a photograph.

Good plus, read books with light wear to boards and a little marking and thumbing to edges, with minor creasing to head of spine of volume III and a few innocuous ear marks throughout; else clean and uninscribed, with pages tightly bound. In structurally-sound slipcases that show some marking and shelf-wear, as well as the odd bump. Still a lovely set.