A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight. Complete in fifteen volumes.

Macdonald, London 1951-1969 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Editions (first printing). Individual volumes as follows: 'The Dark Lantern' (1961). 8vo. viii, 432pp. Edges spotted, encroaching a fraction to the margins of occasional text leaves, and with a little further spotting to several preliminary leaves. A nice crisp copy in price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper, toned at the spine panel with a trace of minor spotting and three small areas of edge-loss. 'Donkey Boy' (1952). First edition. 8vo. Edges, endpapers, and several preliminary leaves spotted. Contemporary former owner name inked to the front free endpaper. A nice bright copy in pictorial dust wrapper, nicked with a little loss to the spine ends and with a trace of wear to occasional corner tips. 'Young Phillip Maddison' (1953). First edition. 8vo. 416pp. A sliver of discolouration to the upper edge of the boards, and a trace of very light partial toning to the free endpapers. Tiny dealer plate to the front pastedown. Very good in lightly rubbed and spotted pictorial dust wrapper. 'How Dear is Life' (1954). 8vo. 335pp + [i] advertisement. Some light partial toning to the free endpapers. Very good in pictorial dust wrapper, faded at the spine panel and a little nicked and chipped. 'A Fox Under My Cloak' (1955). First edition. 8vo. viii, 415pp. Top edge lightly spotted and the free endpapers partially toned and spotted. Very good in pictorial dust wrapper, with a trace of faint spotting and marking to the rear panel, and a little toning to the shite spine panel lettering. 'The Golden Virgin' (1957). First edition. 8vo. viii, 448pp. Edges spotted and the binding slightly pulled. A nice crisp copy in pictorial dust wrapper, lightly toned at the spine panel and with a single small area of edge-loss. 'Love and the Loveless' (1958). First edition. 8vo. viii, 384pp. The cloth lightly faded at the upper and lower boards. A very good copy in pictorial dust wrapper, very lightly faded at the spine panel and with some light chafing to several natural folds. 'A Text to Destruction' (1960). First edition. 8vo. viii, 461pp + [iii] advertisements. Edges very lightly spotted, and a small area of soiling to the fore-edge margin of four and five adjacent text leaves. Very good in price-clipped dust wrapper, with some toning to the spine panel, and a little further toning to the to the margins of the front and rear panels. 'The Innocent Moon' (1961). First edition. 8vo. 415pp. Top edge lightly spotted and dust soiled and with a trace of light partial toning to the free endpapers. Very good in pictorial dust wrapper, lightly toned at the spine panel and marking at the rear panel. 'It Was the Nightingale' (1962). First edition. 8vo. viii, 360pp. Fore edge and free endpapers lightly spotted. Very good in dust wrapper, lightly spoiled and faded at the spine- and rear panels. 'The Power of the Dead' (1963). First edition. 8vo. vii, 365pp + [iii] advertisements. A virtually fine copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly chafed at several extremities. 'The Phoenix Generation' (1965). First edition. 8vo. 384pp + [iv] advertisements. Fore edge and free endpapers lightly spotted. Very good in dust wrapper, toned at the spine panel, and just a little marked and chafed. 'A Solitary War' (1966). First edition. 8vo. viii, 374pp + [iv] advertisements. Top edge fractionally spotted. A virtually fine copy in dust wrapper, lightly toned at the spine panel and with a touch of soiling to the rear panel. 'Lucifer Before Sunrise' (1967). First edition. 8vo. 515pp + [iv] advertisements. A fine copy in very good dust wrapper, fractionally dust soiled at the rear panel and with a little fading to the publisher's orange spine panel colouring. 'The Gale of the World' (1969). First edition. 8vo. 368pp. A virtually fine copy in lightly toned, rubbed and chafed price-clipped dust wrapper. A more than respectable set of the author's celebrated fifteen volume sequence of novels..