Covers generally edgeworn with losses to front and back covers. Covers detached on some issues (refer to images). Covers toned, in particular on No. 1 front cover. 

Volume 1 pages a little toned with light scattered foxing to pages, spine and cover with wear and losses, slight soiling to front and back cover, page 23 edge darkened
Volume 2 pages toned, back cover detached, edgewear and light tears with loss to spine. light smudge to one plate and very light foxing to edge of another 
Volume 3 pages toned, cover detached with heavy edgewear and minor losses, spine with losses, page 17 edge darkened, last to leaves of adverts toned
Volume 4 pages toned, wear and loss to spine, soiling and fold marks to back cover, edgeworn, page 17 edge darkened, very light foxing
Volume 5 pages toned, edgeworn with minor losses and wear and loss to spine, page 17 edge darkened, pages a little toned, light foxing / spotting to margins of plates, small hole in margins of pp 145-156, minor scattered foxing throughout
Volume 6 pages toned, edgeworn, cover torn as pictured but present, front and back cover detached, back cover with tears and folds and oil marks (also bleeding onto last two pages of adverts, page 17 edge darkened, top edge of portrait toned, frontispiece toned, plates and text with scattered foxing,

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Auction: A Political Inheritance - The Contents of a Cotswold Country House, 23rd Apr, 2024

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