A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, founded m...

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A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, founded mainly on the materials collected by The Philological Society, edited by James A. H. Murray, published 1888 to 1928, Oxford at the Clarendon Press and Oxford University Press, Vols I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX PART I, IX PART II, X PART I, X PART II, Introduction Supplement and Bibliography, together with a modern copy of The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, Volume III, a Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary Volumes I-IZ. (14)
Notes: this set was acquired by the vendor’s family as they were published; the first in 1888 and other early volumes by Joseph Rowntree (1836-1925), later volumes likely by Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871-1954). It took some 40 years to complete and publish the full set. Joseph was a Quaker, social reformer and owned the family’s chocolate making company. Benjamin Seebohm was also a director of the company and was responsible for major studies into poverty. As Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George introduced significant reforms including the Old Age Pension Act and the National Insurance Act which were heavily influenced by the work of his friend Seebohm Rowntree.