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Bruxelles: Paul Lacomblez, 1914. Full morocco, 13 inches tall. A truly magnificent binding in pristine condition by Paul Affolter with gilt raised bands, superb gilt tooling with onlays to the panels and framing the boards. Wide gilt dentelles and watered silk doublures and free endpapers. Number 50 of 75 copies on 'japon imperial' with an extra suite of colour plates. In the original felt lined and leather trimmed slipcase also signed by Affolter. Based on an obscure 16th century romance, Coster's masterpiece tells of the adventures of a Flemish prankster, Thyl Ulenspiegel, during the wars of the Reformation in the Netherlands and became popular all over the world.

Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Fr. Ambr. Didot l'Ainé, 1783. 2 volume set, 12 inches tall. A magnificently bound set with raised bands, fillets, dentelles and all edges gilt. Celebrated edition of just 200 copies. Some ink staining to the lower board of volume 1, otherwise in excellent condition. Armorial bookplate and the tiny stamp of Selbourn Library to the reverse of the title page.

London: McLean, 1821. Full morocco, 11.25 inches tall. A superb Victorian full morocco binding with gilt raised bands, very fine floral gilt tooling to the panels, wide dentelles and all edges gilt. Large paper copy with the half title present and original paper label bound in. 24 superb and most amusing hand coloured aquatints 'by one of the family' illustrating the (mis)adventures of an English Squire of the period.

Paris: Chez Sylvian Sauvage, 1927. Half morocco, 9.5 inches tall. with raised bands and fine gilt tooling with onlays, gilt top edge. This is example V of XX lettered 'examplaires de collaboration'. With splendid illustrations by Andre Dignimont including an original watercolour signed and inscribed to Pierre Macorlan, the celebrated french novelist and songwriter.

London: Strahan and Woodfall, 1792. 6 volume set, 9.5 inches tall. An extraordinary 18th century binding in full sheep with blind bands, splendid triple labels and twin blind fillets framing the boards. With exceptional speckled pink lettering to the edges indicating that this set belonged to the Circuit Library of the Chester Crown Court. There are no other inscriptions and the text is very clean. There has been expert repair to the joints of two of the volumes. We can find no other examples of this style of lettering on the edges. A remarkable set of this scarce work.

aris, Emile Hazan, 1930. Full crushed morocco, 10.5 inches tall. A striking binding with 3 wide gilt raised bands and fine gilt designs to the boards. Wide gilt dentelles and watered silk doublures. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. On 'Japon Imperial'. From a limited edition of 833, one of only 7 examples with an original watercolour, this being number 6. Dignimont's wonderful illustrations are in 2 states. In pristine condition housed in a slightly worn slip case.

Leipzig: Typographia Giesecke & Devrient, 1880. Full calf, 15.5 inches tall. A truly magnificent volume in excellent condition. Gilt raised bands and gilt and blind tooling to the panels. The upper board shows a Portuguese caravel framed within an architectural arch and the Portuguese Coat of Arms. The edges are gauffered with a rose design. Bookplate. Slipcase. 10 Chromolithographs and 21 engraved plates. Luiz de Camoes is the great 16th century Portuguese literary figure compared to that of Shakespeare, Cervantes, Homer, Virgil and Dante and this is his great epic poem.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1819. 6 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A fine regency binding with wide blind tooled raised bands and panels. gilt lettering and splendid and unusual tooling to the boards. Armorial bookplate and ink inscription on the reverse of the free endpaper of Robert Alder Thorp of Corpus Christi, Oxford. Slight loss to some gilding on the boards. A superb set of this great history of the English Civil War.

London: John Reeves, Esq, 1812. Full straight grain morocco, 8.5 inches tall. A very beautiful binding, excepting a faint scratch to the lower board, in absolutely pristine condition with wide gilt bands, dense and delicate gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With the ticket of Asperne. According to Ramsden's 'London Bookbinders 1780-1840' James Asperne of 32 Cornhill patronised the bindery of the great J. Lovejoy to create his bindings.

Lausanne: Chez Marc-Mic. Bousquet & Comp, 1759. 2 volume set, 6.5 inches tall. Fine full speckled calf in pristine condition. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and floral gilt tooling to the panels. Woodcut ornaments. 13 full page engraved plates. A superb copy of a scarce edition.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. 30 volumes bound in 18, 6.5 inches tall. A neat little set in half calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and finely gilt panels.

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. 3 volume set, 7.5 inches tall. A most attractive half calf from the 1830's with gilt raised bands, twin labels and gilt tooling to the panels. With the bookplate of W.E. Powell of Nanteos. The English first edition came out a year before the American. The Water Witch is a rollicking tale of 18th century New York.

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1852; 1856; Edmonston and Douglas, 1874. 5 volumes, 9 inches tall. Superb full tree calf by Henderson & Bisset with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. A gilt roll frames the tree calf boards. Gilt top edges. The bookplates of Knockderry Castle and George Wilson and a neat ink previous owner's name on the first blank. Portraits. A splendid collection of the works of this celebrated Scottish judge, lawyer and literary figure.

EDINBURGH: Jack, 1903. 2 volume set, 14.25 inches tall. A magnificent half morocco by Maclehose with gilt raised bands, ornate gilt tooling to the panels and gilt top edges. Limited to just 100 copies signed by Jack of which this is number 25. Containing 146 plates, each displayed behind a mount.

London & Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Co (GOUPIL), 1896. Full crushed morocco, 13 inches tall. A splendid binding by Ramage with gilt raised bands, crowned Tudor rose centre tools in the panels and on the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. Hand coloured frontispiece and 39 further full page plates illustrating the history of Elizabeth I. Some foxing to the frontispiece and title page and slight rubbing to the joints and edges.

New York: 1906. 2 volume set, 9.5 inches tall. A magnificent binding by the Bretano's Bindery. With gilt raised bands and exceptionally fine gilt tooling to the spine and boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Full page illustrations.

London: Cadell, 1830. 7 volume set, 7 inches tall. A simple yet attractive Georgian full calf with wide gilt raised bands, twin labels and blind pallets to the panels and rolls framing the boards. The Reverend Edward Cooper was first cousin to Jane Austen, their mothers being sisters. He was Rector of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Hamstall-Ridware. There is a portrait of Edward Cooper in the Jane Austen's House Museum. A splendid little set.

London: Ryley, 1838. Full morocco, 8.5 inches tall. A very scarce item with exquisite hand coloured initials and full page 'illuminated' plates. The spine and boards are decorated with gilt 'Cathedral' tooling. All edges gilt. Some rubbing but a fine example of this choice edition.

London: Colburn and Bentley, 1830. 3 volumes bound in 2, 7.5 inches tall. A most attractive binding in full calf with gilt raised bands, finely gilt tooled panels and a blind tooled device on both boards.The armorial bookplate of Maxwell of Polloc. Without titles to the second and third volume. Eyre Evans Crowe was an English journalist and historian with a particular interest in continental history and manners.