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London: Effingham Wilson, 1830. Full calf, 8 1/4 inches tall. An exquisite full mottled calf by the great firm of Bedford, with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt corner tools and triple fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. With 7 engravings by George Cruikshank, including the vignette on the title page, as called for. A scarce and charming work in a superb binding in pristine condition.

Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1858. Full calf, 8 3/4 inches tall. A rather beautiful Victorian full pink calf with gilt raised bands, green label and superb extra gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. The three poets, Armstrong, Dyer and Green were near contemporary 18th century poets, being born within 15 years of each other.

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Thomas Cadell, 1835 to 1859. 19 volume set, 9" tall. A very smart full straight grain calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. This set comprises both series of Alison's History. "From The Commencement of The French Revolution in M.DCC.LXXXIX. to the Restoration of the Bourbons In M.DCCD.XV" in 10 volumes. "From the Fall of Napoleon in MCCCDXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII", in 8 volumes. There is an index volume but no atlas volume. Some foxing to the blanks, otherwise clean. A splendid set of this classic History of Europe by this celebrated Scottish historian, fresh from an English Country House.

London: Longmon, Hurst, Reece, Orme and Brown, 1822. Two volume set, 8 1/2". A superb Georgian full diced calf from the library of the Duke of Portland, and with his book plate. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and highly decorative gilt tooling. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. 2 engraved frontispieces. Foxing to the engraved frontispieces, as usual. Lucy Aikin was a remarkable academic and Historian from a family of writers.

London: Jones & Co., 1822. Half morocco, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome Victorian binding by Murphy of Liverpool, with gilt raised bands, fine gilt tooling incorporating shamrocks in the panels and gilt top edge. With an hilarious hand-coloured frontispiece and 18 further outrageous plates by, amongst others, Henry Alken and William Heath. The binding is slightly faded, but still bright. There is some foxing, occasional creasing and slight grubbiness but overall an unusually good example of this scarce work in the style of Pierce Egan.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-12. 12 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. An elegant Edwardian half crushed morocco binding by the great firm of Birdsall with raised bands, delicate centre tools and gilt top edges. This is the first edition of the celebrated Winchester Edition of 1911, with the 2 volumes that appeared in 1912 that include 'Lady Susan', 'The Watsons' and 'The Letters of Jane Austen'. It is not easy to locate sets of the Winchester Edition in this superb condition bound in the period of publication, the majority of sets being offered are in highly inferior 'recent morocco bindings'. A splendid set of these hugely popular works.

London: James Parker and Co., 1894. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A splendid little tree calf binding by Bickers with gilt raised bands, label and delicate gilt tooling to the panels. Pink edges. With a gilt embossed prize block on the upper board and prize inscription on the first blank. A delightful copy of this great devotional work.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. Full morocco, 6 1/2 inches tall. A delightful binding by Bumpus with gilt raised bands and exquisite gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. With a neat ink inscription on the first blank and slight rubbing. Parallel Old French and English text. This anonymous medieval Old French love story from the 12th or 13th century combines both prose and verse and has appealed to generations over the centuries.

Edinburgh: Printed by Mosman and Brown, 1727-28. 4 volume set, 10 1/2 inches tall. An exceptionally nice set of this very scarce title in Georgian full diced calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and splendid gilt centre tools to the panels. A gilt fillet and wide blind roll frame the diced boards. Pink speckled edges. Some foxing, mostly confined to the preliminaries. A collection of all the material available to Anderson at the time relating to Mary Queen of Scots.

Lipsiae (Liepzig), Sumptibus librariae Hahnianae, 1845. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome and charming binding by Budden of Cambridge with the title labels reading out the author's name. With gilt raised bands, delicate floral gilt tooling to the panels and twin labels. There is a degree of rubbing and scuffing to the shoulders and some foxing but still a solid great looking set. This is the complete section on Aristophanes from a much larger set of ancient Greek poetic works. Included are some the earliest and greatest works of comedy or 'Old Comedy', including 'The Clouds', 'The Wasps', 'The Birds', 'The Frogs' and Lysistra.' In the original Greek.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1903. Full Morocco, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very fine Edwardian binding with gilt raised bands and intricate and fine gilt tooling to the panels and boards and all edges gilt. A prize bookplate on the first blank.

London: Duckworth & Co., 1898. Half morocco, 8 1/2 inches tall. A smart Edwardian half crushed morocco with gilt raised bands, simple gilt framed panels and gilt top edge. The scarce London first edition extra-illustrated with 65 engraved plates.

London: Bradbury, Agnew, and Co., c.1890. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. A scarce deluxe quarto edition in half crushed morocco with raised bands, simple gilt panels and gilt top edge. Striking bookplate. With great comic illustrations by John Leech throughout, with hand coloured full page plates and vignettes on India paper. Small sealed split at the head of volume II, but still a fine set of this superb comic history.

Paris: Benjamin Duprat, 1839. Quarter morocco with green vellum tips, 10 inches tall. An impressive binding with raised bands and a coronet atop a monogram in the panels and gilt top edge. With the bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Mouchy. Slight rubbing and a stain to the corner of some leaves. A tall copy finely printed on hand made paper.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896. Half morocco, 7 1/2 inches tall. A smartly bound volume of the 'thoroughly revised' new edition with raised bands, gilt 'sporting' centre tools and gilt top edge. With numerous illustrations by Albemarle, Joseph Pennell, S.T. Dadd and George Moore. A lovely copy of this classic work.

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1894. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A splendid half morocco by Riviere with gilt raised bands, 'hunting, shooting and fishing' gilt centre tools to the panels and gilt top edges. Bookplates. With a total of 33 plates. Inscribed by the author to his brother. Subscriber's special copy. These entertaining reminiscences contain the first recorded appearance of the phrase "like a duck to water".......I always took to shooting like a duck to water.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1896. Full calf, 7 1/2 inches tall. An extraordinary stained calf with gilt raised bands, label and fine gilt tooling to the panels, gilt dentelles and all edges and twin gilt fillet and corner tools framing the boards. The calf itself has been stain to a cloudy marbled effect which is most attractive and unusual. Matthew Arnold's Poems in pristine condition.

London: John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1923. Full morocco, 9 inches tall. A splendid full crushed morocco by Bayntun with gilt raised bands, fine geometric gilt tooling to the panels and boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. The spine is slighted faded to a paler lilac but is still striking. One of a limited deluxe edition of 3000 copies. The original cloth binding is bound in. Extraordinary bold illustrations throughout by Jean de Bosschére. 'The Metamorphoses of Apuleius', a bawdy picaresque novel, also known as 'The Golden Ass', is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.