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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: 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.

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: Millar, 1755. Full morocco, 6 1/2 inches tall. A beautiful later binding by Morrell with gilt raised bands and delicate gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Lacks half title. Exceptionally fine and clean text and binding. First edition. Henry Fielding, one of the earliest and greatest English 18th century writers, traveled to Portugal in 1754 seeking relief from various acute medical conditions but died after a couple of months, this work was published the following year.

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.

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: G. & W. Whittaker, 1824. Half morocco, 7 1/4 inches tall. A superb half morocco with delicate gilt tooling on a smooth back. All edges gilt. Von Chamisso's fable about a man who sells his shadow to the devil in exchange for limitless wealth, first published in Germany in 1814. That edition was edited by Fouqué leading to the title page attribution to him. With 8 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. With slight rubbing otherwise a delightful clean example of the rare first edition in English.

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.

Paris: Baudry's Foreign Library, 1831. 2 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very neat half calf with wide blind tooled raised bands and simple gilt framed panels. The floral embossed cloth is exceptionally crisp and untarnished. Speckled edges. A particularly clean text block. A superb copy of Fielding's greatest work, one of the earliest and most popular English 18th century novels. Samuel Taylor Coleridge argued that it has one of the "three most perfect plots ever planned", alongside 'Oedipus Tyrannus' and 'The Alchemist'.

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1882. 2 volume set, 10 1/2 inches tall. A simple but pleasing full crushed morocco binding for Sotheran by the great firm of Tout with raised bands, gilt lettering, gilt doublures and all edges. The spine has faded to a handsome brown. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. With over 80 extra-illustrations. As a Quaker, Caroline Fox wanted to abolish slavery and improve conditions for people in prison, she met famous politicians, artists, writers and scientists. These included Thomas Carlyle, William Wordsworth, Charles Kingsley and Michael Faraday.

Paris: P. Boizard, 1845. Half morocco, 10 1/2 inches tall. A fine and very bright later half morocco with gilt raised bands, floral gilt tooling to the panels and yellow edges. With the binder's ticket of Albert Günther of Vienna, and from the Library of the Auersperg Palais, though the bookplates have been neatly removed. With full page plates and vignettes throughout by '...les Artistes les plus Distingués...', illustrating the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition. Slight sporadic foxing, overall a fine bright set.