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3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 2 folding pedigrees and folding facsimile as frontispieces; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (red/navy/dark green respectively), backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. THE COMPLETE 'FORSYTE CHRONICLES' IN COLLECTED FORM. THE FIRST VOLUME IS THE FIRST ISSUE WITH THE CHART OPENING TO THE RIGHT, AND MISSING FULL STOP AT p.784. These three omnibus volumes together collect all the novels and interludes comprising the Forsyte Chronicles. The sequence comprises: The Man of Property, Indian Summer of a Forsyte, In Chancery, Awakening, To Let, The White Monkey, A Silent Wooing, The Silver Spoon, Passers By, Swan Song, Maid in Waiting, Flowering Wilderness, Over the River. The texts are complete and unabridged. AN ELEGANT SET OF AN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY LITERARY LANDMARK. See Marrot (1928) pp. 34-66 for first volume.