[POWELL, ANTHONY]. ‘A Dance to the Music of Time’ series. London: Heinemann, 1957-1977.
MIXED UK EDITIONS; complete set in twelve volumes, comprising: A Question of Upbringing, reprinted April 1961; A Buyer’s Market, reprinted 1976; The Acceptance World, reprinted 1977; At Lady Molly’s, first edition 1957; Casanova’s Chinese Restaurant, first edition 1960; The Kindly Ones, first edition 1962; The Valley of Bones, first edition 1964; The Soldier’s Art, first edition 1966; The Military Philosophers, first edition 1968; Books Do Furnish a Room, reprinted 1975; Temporary Kings, first edition 1973; Hearing Secret Harmonies, first edition 1975. Cloth-bound, hardcovers with original dust jackets, octavos, bound in publisher's original covers, initial and terminal blanks plus half-titles present. Condition: VERY GOOD. The Acceptance World and Hearing Secret Harmonies have neatly price-clipped dust jackets. The Valley of Bones, At Lady Molly’s, A Question of Upbringing, Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, and The Kindly Ones have previous owner name to front endpaper. A Question of Upbringing with an old taped repair to torn front endpaper. Some spotting to some closed edges, top edges slightly dusty, the interiors largely fresh and clean. Minor edge wear and fading to dust jackets. Overall a well-preserved set.
Notes: Eight first printings and four reprints from 1957 to 1977, all in original Broome-Lynne designed dust jackets. A handsome complete set of this famous series - often a comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid-twentieth century.
