J. I. M. Stewart — A Staircase in Surrey

London, Victor Gollancz, 1974-1978 . First edition. Cloth. A complete five volume set of J.I.M. Stewart's sequence of novels about life at an Oxford college. Two volumes are the author's own copies, one is signed, and an additional uncorrected proof copy of the final volume is also present. All five volumes of Scottish novelist and academic J. I. M. Stewart's sequence of novels about an imaginary Oxford college, with an additional uncorrected proof of the final novel, 'Full Term&apos.Two volumes - 'A Memorial Service' and 'The Madonna of the Astrolabe' - are marked in pencil as the author's own copies, with his pencil annotations, and with 'A Memorial Service' signed by the author to the title page head.In the publisher's original dust wrappers, with one dust wrapper price clipped, and the remaining unclipped.Present here, each in the first edition, first impression, are: 'The Gaudy' (1974), 'Young Pattullo' (1975), 'A Memorial Service' (1976), 'The Madonna of the Astrolabe' (1977), and 'Full Term' (1978).Also present is an uncorrected proof copy of 'Full Term', stamped 'uncorrected' to the front wrap, and in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with one dust wrapper clipped, and the remaining unclipped. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear to two back strip tails. Pencil inscriptions to two front free endpapers. Sunning to each dust wrapper back strip, with significant sunning to 'Full Term' copies, 'Madonna', and 'The Gaudy&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Signed to one title page. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.