MURRAY, James A.H., and others. A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on Materials Collected by the Philological Society. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1888-1933. 21 vols. in 20 (including supplement), first edition, large 4to (328 x 254mm.) (Repairs to title of volume 1, tear to half-title with chipping, some finger-marks and occasional creasing to preliminaries, volumes 6 part I and II, volume 7 part II and volume 8 part II lacking half-titles, as issued.) Original publisher's deluxe plum half-morocco covers, gilt titling to spine (cloth reinforcement to hinges, rubbing to extremities, some fading and staining). Provenance: Worthing Library (bookplates to most pastedowns, stamps to margins) (21).