William Empson, Volume I: Among the Mandarins and Volume II: AGAINST the CHRISTIANS (2 Vols.)

Two Volumes 8vo., black clothbound hardbacks, gilt, with unclipped dust jackets; Vol I: [xxi] + 695pp, indexed; Vol II: [xxii] + 797pp, indexed; both Vols illus with b/w plates. Vol I has occasional pencil notes and underlining within text plus extensive pencil notes to rear endpapers, handling marks to ffep and foredge, tape residue to and small scuff to boards, light foxing to top edge; Vol II is a clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation, very light foxing to top edge. Vol I overall Good/VG, Vol II VG/VG.