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Hood's Own: or, Laughter from Year to Year.
London: Moxon, c. 1865. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A fine looking set of the first and second series in a handsome Victorian half calf by Sotheran with gilt raised bands, twin labels and neat floral gilt tooling to the panels. Portrait and engraved vignettes throughout. A clean and bright set of this great English comic author's 'collection of wit and humour'.
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The French Revolution
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. 2 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. A handsome set in full calf bindings by Relfe with gilt raised bands, label and gilt tooled panels. A gilt roll frames the prize block on the upper boards. A neat set of this classic history.
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Memorials of Thomas Hood. Collected, Arranged, and Edited by his Daughter. With a Preface and Notes by his Son.
London: Moxon, 1860. 2 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. A most attractive mid Victorian full calf binding by Nelson with gilt raised bands, twin labels and gilt tooled panels. Twin gilt and a single blind fillets frame the boards. Vignettes. A fine set of this amusing work on the life of the early 19th century poet and humorist Thomas Hood.
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Pericles & Aspasia.
London: Dent, 1890. 2 volume set, 8 inches tall. Full morocco by Sotheran with gilt raised bands, fine gilt pallets and centre tools. Gilt top edges. Number 94 of 225 copies on hand-made paper.With etchings by Herbert Railton.
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The Wandering Patentee; Or, A History of the Yorkshire Theatres, from 1770 to the Present Time.
York: Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, 1795. 4 volume set, 6 3/4 inches tall. A good looking 18th century full speckled calf with gilt pallets on a smooth back and twin labels. Speckled edges. Grand Armorial Bookplate. A few minor expert page repairs but overall a lovely set of the first edition.
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Mémoires de Madame Campan Sur la vie priveé de Marie-Antoinette.
Paris: L. Carteret, 1910. 2 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A superb full morocco binding by Bickers with gilt raised bands and very smart gilt pallets framing the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Original wraps bound in. With the bookplate of Alfred de Curzon, 19th century French painter. Slight foxing to the preliminaries. Madame Campan was in the service of Marie-Anoinette before and during the horrors of the French Revolution. This set is number 204 exemplaires sur papier velin du Marais. There are 63 very fine engravings by Leon Boisson from illustrations by LALAUZE. In the original French.
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The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated.
London: Tegg, 1837. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A superb early Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, fine twin labels and extra gilt panels. A single gilt fillet frames the boards which have some rubbing and scuffing. Armorial bookplate. Pink speckled edges. A very neat ink inscription on the first blank.
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Civil Wars and Monarchy in France, in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.
London: Richard Bentley, 1852. 2 volume set, 8 inches tall. A classic Victorian full calf binding with gilt raised bands, bright twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. A neat ink inscription dated 1858, "on leaving Eton" is on the first blank. A fine copy, in English, of a scarce work by Ranke, the great German historian.
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Secret History of the Court of England.
London: Eveleigh Nash, 1903. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A handsome half calf binding by Morrell with gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Top edges gilt. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. An entertaining history 'From the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth; including, among other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte'. Extra-illustrated with 73 portraits inserted.
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Introduction to the Literature of Europe.
London: John Murray, 1847. 3 volumes, 8 1/2 inches tall. A very handsome Victorian full calf binding by Nutt. With gilt raised bands, fine twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Withe the Gilt block of Rugby School on the upper boards and a neat ink inscription on the reverse of the free endpaper. A synoptical view of European literature in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries.
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The Newcomes.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855. 2 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A classic full Victorian full calf binding with gilt raised bands, extra gilt tooling to the panels and twin labels. First edition in book form, illustrated throughout by Richard Doyle. Ink notes to the first blank. Some staining to the title page and the engraved plates, the text itself is clean.
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The Pageant of London.
London: Methuen, 1906. 2 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. A most handsome half crushed morocco by Bumpus with raised bands and elegant Edwardian panels. All edges gilt. Embellished with 40 full page colour illustrations.
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The Letters of The Celebrated Junius.
London, 1783. 2 volume set, 7.25 inches tall. Full tree calf with raised bands, twin labels and very fine gilt panels. An exceptionally elegant set in fine condition.
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Sketches of Eminent Statesmen and Writers.
London: John Murray, 1880. 2 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A splendid full calf by Bickers with gilt raised bands, triple labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Armorial bookplate. A fine set by this celebrated English 'man of letters'.
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A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, with Lists of their Works.
London: Dodsley, 1759. 2 volume set, 6 3/4 inches tall. An elegant later binding in full speckled calf by Strakley of Cambridge with gilt raised bands, label and fine gilt tooling to the panels. Engraved frontispiece which, with the title page, is foxed, otherwise clean. A lovely set.
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Corinne.
Bruxelles: Dumont, 1835. 3 volumes, bound in 2 complete, 6 inches tall. A pretty little set in full vellum with twin labels and sparkling gilt tooling to the spine. Blue speckled edges. A previous owner's neat ink inscription on the half titles reading: G.H. Gladstone (?) Rome April 1839. Engraved plates. A lovely little set by one of the great woman writers and political theorists of her time, in the original French.
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The Constitutional History of England.
London: John Murray, 1872. 3 volume set, 7 inches tall. A neat Victorian half calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and floral gilt tooling to the panels. A smart little set of this classic history covering the period from the 'Accession of Henry VII to the Death of George II'.
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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning.
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1896. 2 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. Full calf with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels, triple labels, dentelles and all edges gilt. The boards are framed within gilt and blind fillets and corner tooling. The boards are marked and stained, but a very fine looking set on the shelf. Overall a very nice set of the poetical works of this very popular Victorian poet.
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Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of his Life.
London: Henry S. King, 1877. 2 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A smart Victorian half calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. Neat ink inscription on the first blank. Foxing to the preliminaries then clean. Portrait.
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View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages.
London: Murray, 1819. 3 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. An early Victorian half calf binding with raised bands, fine twin labels and pink speckled edges. Bookplates. A handsome copy of this classic history.
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