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Paris: Le Livre Contemporain, 1905. Full inlaid crushed morocco, 9.5 inches tall. A beautiful Art-Nouveau binding by Petrus Ruban with a wreath of roses inlaid in hues of soft pink, with leaves and buds in shades of green, raised bands and inlaid branches of roses climbing through the panels. Watered silk endpapers and doublures. With alternating large and small inlaid pink morocco daisies on the turn-ins. Original blue-gray wraps bound in. Housed in matching morocco backed chemise and morocco edged slipcase. With title page vignette and 58 engraved views by Gustave Leheutre. With morocco bookplate of the great French bibliophile George Wendling on verso of free end paper and his small stamp on second blank. No. 73 of 117 deluxe copies. A beautiful work in outstanding condition.

New York: Gabriel Wells, 1924. 30 volume set, 9 inches tall. Half crushed morocco with gilt raised bands, titles and fine gilt tooled panels. Gilt top edge. Deluxe edition, limited to 1075 sets, the first volume of each set is signed by the author. Portrait. The definitive set of this great writers works in English in excellent condition.

London: Millar, 1766. 12 volume set, 7 inches tall. A fine full calf with raised bands, bright red labels and gilt pallets and volume number to the panels. Pink speckled edges. The armorial bookplate of Merthyr Guest, Canford Manor, Dorset, superimposed on an earlier bookplate. Apart from minor marks and stains this set is an exceptional survival in this condition, with no splitting or loss. Together with Samuel Richardson, Henry fielding is considered the father of the English Novel. With satire and earthy humour his great 18th century novels include Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews and Jonathan Wild.

London: The Florence Press by Chatto & Windus, 1909. Full crushed morocco, 11 inches tall. A remarkable binding by J(ulius) Dratva of Vienna with large raised bands and simple gilt framed panels. The upper board shows St Francis kneeling before a winged Christ through an arch with dragon heads in the top corners. All edges have very unusual floral gilt gauffering. A gilt armorial device G.T. with a Griffin wielding an anchor and sword on the paste down endpaper. Number 191 from a limited edition of 500. An exceptional item.

Paris: Éditions d'art Édouard Pelletan, 1905. Full morocco, 11 1/2 inches tall. A beautiful work in an exquisite binding by Affolter with gilt raised bands and glorious floral gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Elaborately gilt tooled dentelles and all edges. Sparkling embroidered silk end papers. The leather trimmed, felt lined slip case is splitting, but has preserved the book in pristine condition. The plates in 3 and 5 states. Examplaire 9 of 165 copies.

London: The Navarre Societyc. 1900. 6 volume set, 7 inches tall. an exceptionally attractive full crushed morocco binding by the Harcourt Bindery of Boston with gilt raised bands, extra gilt labels and an elaborate heraldic frame of gilt and onlaid green morocco to each board. 6 frontispieces by George Cruikshank. This delightful little edition was printed in an edition of 2000 copies and is based on the Bickers edition of 1871. A splendid edition of one of the greatest English 18th century novels in a superb binding.

Privately Printed For Subscribers Only, 1897. 5 volume set, 9 inches tall. A beautiful half morocco binding in the Art Nouveau style by Zaehnsdorf with one raised band, the titles in a floral cartouche above and a superb floral design below. Gilt top edges. The corners are slightly bumped and the cloth boards a little rubbed and marked. This comprehensive and extraordinary collection of songs and ballads popular before 1800 is privately printed for subscribers to allow some bawdy and explicit material to be included. A superb set finely printed on handmade paper.

London: Longman et al., 1851. 5 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. Exquisite little set with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels and triple labels. Note the spectacular volume label. The tree calf boards are framed within an ornate floral gilt roll. Each volume has an engraved frontispiece. From the library of Edward Nicholas Hurt, most of whose books were of this highest quality.

London: The Stock Keeper Company, 1899. Half vellum, 11 1/4 inches tall. A splendid example of the scarce first edition in original half vellum with gilt titles and pallets on the spine and gilt decorated cloth upper board. All edges gilt. With colour frontispiece and photographic illustrations throughout.

Londres: (Cazin), 1781. 2 volume set, 5.25 inches tall. A fabulous little full morocco set of the highest quality by the great Parisian binder Paul Charles Allo. One of the celebrated editions of Cazin. This work was once attributed to Dumouriez (hence the title on the spine) but is in fact an adaptation of Forteguerri's work. With the red leather bookplate of Leon Rattier. A superb example of this very scarce edition in pristine condition.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. An extremely smart Edwardian full calf in pristine condition with gilt raised bands, twin labels, very ornate gilt tooling to the panels and twin gilt fillets, blind fillet and corner tools. From the library of Evelyn de Rothschild and with his bookplate.

Paris: (Cosson for) Lecointe et Durey, 1824. 5 volume set, 7 inches tall, Quarter calf with twin labels and gilt centre tools. Some fading and rubbing to the boards. Small split to the foot of volume one, but still perfectly solid.First edition in French of The Inheritance (Edinburgh, 1824). Scottish novelist Susan Ferrier's popular second novel, translated by Defauconpret, already established as the translator of sir Walter Scott.

London: Whittaker, 1823. Full vellum, 3.5 inches tall. A superb tiny binding by Richardson of Bristol with gilt bands, a wide calf label and very fine gilt and ink tooling to the spine and boards. Portrait. Neat ink inscription on first blank.

London: Fortnum & Mason, c.1932. Quarter Morocco, 5.5-6.5 inches tall. 6 volume set. A handsome and rather charming set with all edges gilt. The Atlas volume contains 80 full colour maps.

La Haye (The Hague): Adrian Moetjens, 1682. 2 volumes bound in 1, 5.5 inches tall. A beautiful late 19th century full straight grain calf with raised bands, extra gilt panels and very fine and ornate gilt tooling to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Watered silk doublures and free endpapers. From the Robert J. Hayhurst collection. In the original French.

London, Edinburgh & Boston: Foulis, 1915. Full morocco, 8 inches tall. A very fine binding by Bumpus with gilt raised bands and dense floral gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within triple fillets. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Ink inscription dated 1924 on free endpaper. Decorated with 8 charming full page plates by F. Cayley-Robinson. A lovely copy of a scarce edition.

London: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1930. Full calf, 10 inches tall. A sumptuous full pink calf by Bumpus with gilt raised bands, single gilt fillet framing the panels and boards, dentelles and all edges. From the library of the Duke of Gloucester, the son of King George V and Queen Mary. A charming work with 43 full page illustrations.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909. 4 volume set, 7 3/4 inches tall. A neat plum half crushed morocco with raised bands, simple gilt pallets and gilt top edges. Bound by William Brown of Edinburgh. A smart set of all 4 series of these celebrated essays.