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London: C. & J. Rivington, 1826-1827. 16 volume set, 9 inches tall. A lovely Regency full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and superb extra gilt panels. Triple blind fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Speckled edges. There is foxing, fugitive from the endpapers, to the title pages and blanks, the rest of the text is perfectly clean. There is some superficial staining to a few volumes which has not effected the shape of the boards or text block. There is a neat ink inscription (Dudley Pelham (?)) on the reverse of the free endpaper. Edmund Burke was an 18th century philosopher and statesman who is considered to be the philosophical founder of Conservatism.

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1877-79. 6 volume set, 9 inches tall. A superb late Victorian full straight grain morocco binding by Kerr & Richardson with gilt raised bands, delicately gilt framed panels and a gilt bust of Burns in the top panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. The text block is exceptionally clean. Profusely illustrated with portraits, plates and vignettes. A first edition of the the great William Scott Douglas edition in which the poems are arranged chronologically and in which the text and notes are the most complete and correct. A splendid set of this great edition in a fine binding by a great firm of Glasgow binders.

London: T. Longman, B. Law et al., 1796. 2 volumes bound in 1, 11 1/4 inches tall. A magnificent large quarto in full 18th century speckled calf with raised bands, gilt pallets and a most attractive label. Some marks and scuffs to the binding but no loss or splitting. An exceptionally clean copy of Boyer's Royal French and English Dictionary.

London: Elliot Stock, 1892. Full morocco, 7 inches tall. A beautiful Late Victorian binding in the 'Arts and Crafts' style in pristine condition. Bound for Hatchards of Piccadilly. With raised bands and delightful gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Wide gilt dentelles and all edges. Embellished with charming illustrations. There is a large bookplate on the reverse of the front free endpaper and a neat ink inscription on the second blank.

London: William Pickering, 1839. 3 volume set, 6 1/4 inches tall. A very handsome Edwardian binding in splendid full crushed morocco by Bumpus. With raised bands and elegant gilt and blind pallets and fillets creating neat frames to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Portrait. A charming set of the works of Robert Burns, a great romantic poet and lyricist, celebrated as Scotland's national poet, in pristine condition.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1917. Full morocco, 7 inches tall. A very smart full crushed morocco by Bumpus with gilt raised bands elegantly gilt framed panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. A super copy of the poetical works of Rupert Brooke, English poet best known for his war sonnets written during the First World War.

London: Elliot Stock, 1897. Full calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A charming work in a very pretty binding by Bumpus with gilt raised bands. gilt rose centre tools to the panels and delightful gilt tooling to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Armorial bookplate. Decorated throughout. Foxing to the endpapers and blanks, otherwise clean. A lengthy ink inscription on the first blank. Some rubbing and a scuff to one panels but still a lovely volume.

London: John W. Parker, 1857-1861; Longmans, Green, and Co., 1872; Sampson Low et al., 1880. 7 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. Superb Victorian full calf bindings by the great firm of J. Leighton of Brewer Street from the library of Alfred de Rothschild, though without his bookplate. The 'History of Civilization in England' and 'Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works' are both first editions. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and neat gilt frame around a sunburst centre tool to the panels. Some foxing to the preliminaries and a slight stain to the title page of The life of, otherwise perfectly clean. Buckle, the highly influential English historian and author was an exponent of 'Historical Science'.

London: Longman et al.,1855. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. Superb early Victorian full hard grain morocco binding with gilt raised bands, gilt pallets and blind fillets framing the boards. With the bookplates of Leopold de Rothschild. A very fine set .

London: Richard Bentley, 1868. 2 volume set, 8 inches tall. A beautifully bound set of this classic work in full calf by Zaehnsdorf. With gilt raised bands, triple red labels and fine gilt floral tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. With the armorial bookplate of Fitz Roy Keith Chapman and Beeleigh Abbey. With 5 maps. A fascinating read covering the defeat of the Spanish Armada and colonization of North America as well as some of England's greatest Explorers and Naval heroes, including The Cabots, Frobisher, Gilbert, Raleigh, Davis, Drake, Hawkins, Cavendish amongst many others.

Oxford: University Press, 1840. Velvet bound set, 5 inches tall. An early Victorian full bottle green velvet binding with brass edges, fully functioning clasps and engraved shields at the centre of the upper boards. All edges gilt. Delightful gilt silk 'endpapers', the paste down 'endpapers' being within velvet doublures. No inscriptions and in pristine condition inside and out. The blind tooled leather box is also in remarkably fine condition.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. Full morocco, 8 1/2 inches tall. A splendid Edwardian binding in full crushed morocco with raised bands, gilt lettering, gilt dentelles and top edge. a dark mark on a couple of bands, otherwise pristine. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. A typically luxurious printing on hand-made paper by Humphreys. This is one of the tall scarcer titles in this great series.

London: Warne and Co., c.1890. Full calf, 7 1/2 inches tall. A pristine late Victorian tree calf by Denny with gilt raised bands, contrasting blue label and dense and elaborate gilt tooling to the panels. twin gilt fillets and fine corner tooling frame the tree calf boards. Dentelles and all edges gilt.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. Full calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. An elegant Edwardian binding by Bayntun with gilt raised bands, ornate floral gilt tooling to the panels and twin labels. Twin gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards, Gilt dentelles and top edge. Slight fading to the spine, otherwise pristine. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. A typically luxurious printing on hand-made paper by Humphreys. This is one of the tall scarcer titles in this great series.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1908. Full calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. A striking binding by Bayntun with gilt raised bands, twin labels and smart gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Finely printed by Humphreys on hand-made paper. Translated from "Vie des Dames", these biographies of the most influential women described in Brantôme's memoirs of the illustrious men and women whom he had known, written down towards the end of his life at the beginning of the 17th century. A fine copy in English.

Oxford: The University Press, 1852. Full calf, 9 inches tall. A very handsome binding with gilt raised bands, fine gilt framed panels and gilt prize block of Rugby School on the upper board. Foxing to the preliminaries, then perfectly clean. A neat ink inscription on the first blank, Rugby School 1857. First printed in 1677, the Dukes were Scottish nobles who led successful campaigns during the Thirty Years War.