Nine (9) books by Walter Pater (1839-1894), first editions, uniformly bound by Riviere & Son in dark blue half leather and complementary blue cloth, with gold tooled titles, accents, 5 raised bands, and dates of publication; top edges gilt, 12mo. 8 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in. Bookplate of Lillian Stokes Gillespie in each.

Titles Include: STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE. London: Macmillan & Co., 1873. 213pp, author's first published work, with his series of essays on Renaissance art.

MARIUS THE EPICUREAN: HIS SENSATIONS AND IDEAS. London: Macmillan & Co., 1885.  2 volumes, 260 and 246pp. Pater's most notable work, the book was immediately embraced by the British public, prompting a second edition being printed within months of the first.

IMAGINARY PORTRAITS. London: Macmillan & Co., 1887. 180pp.

APPRECIATIONS WITH AN ESSAY ON STYLE. London: Macmillan & Co., 1889. 264pp. Ten essays on English writers and literature.

PLATO AND PLATONISM: A SERIES OF LECTURES. London: Macmillan & Co., 1893. 259pp. Ten lectures on Plato by Walter Pater, delivered to his students in philosophy at Oxford

GREEK STUDIES. A SERIES OF ESSAYS.  London: Macmillan & Co., 1895. 315pp. Compiled by Charles L. Shadwell, his literary executor, friend and fellow at Oriel College.

MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES: A SERIES OF ESSAYS. London: Macmillan & Co., 1895. 259pp. Ten essays on literature and art, all previously published in periodicals, compiled by Shadwell.

GASTON DE LATOUR AN UNFINISHED ROMANCE.   London: Macmillan & Co., 1896. 200pp.  Prepared for the press by Charles L. Shadwell.

Note: Lillian May (Stokes) Gillespie (1869-1915) was an independently wealthy socialite from the Stokes family of New York, a line of enormously successful financiers and merchants.

Each in very good overall condition; boards with sun fading and rubbing, esp. at corners; leaves faintly browned at edges. All covers intact with some separations beginning. 

Private Nashville collection.