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London: Colburn and Bentley, 1830. Full calf, 6 3/4 inches tall. A fine William IV full calf with gilt raised bands, ornate gilt tooling to the panels and twin blind fillets framing the boards. Blue and pink speckled edges. Slight rubbing. Armorial bookplate. Engraved title page and 2 portraits.

London: John Sharpe, 1826. Full Calf, 5 1/2 inches tall. A very accomplished full calf by the great firm of Bedford with gilt raised bands, extra gilt to the panels, a double fillet framing the boards and all edges gilt. The bookplate of Rissa. Some fading. An engraved title page and 5 further full page engravings.

London: Macmillan, 1913. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A revised and enlarged edition in fine full calf by Truslove and Hanson with gilt raised bands and a splendid gilt flower bud on a cream calf onlay to the spine and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. A great anthology "selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language".

London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1839. 3 works bound in 1, 5 1/4 inches tall. A delightful little early Victorian full calf binding with gilt raised bands, contrasting green label, elegant gilt tooling to the panels and blind scales within a series of fillets. Engraved frontispiece and title page.

London: The Literary Association, 1796. Full Calf, 5 1/2 inches tall. Two volumes bound in one. A lovely little 18th century tree calf binding with gilt bands, contrasting red label and interesting gilt centre tools. Yellow edges. Ink inscription, dated 1887, on the first blank. Engraved portrait. A charming copy of this extraordinary work.

London: Cadell, 1796. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A beautiful little late 18th century speckled calf with gilt bands, twin labels and delightful gilt tooling to the panels. Decorated with 2 engraved plates.

London: John Sharpe, 1820. Full calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A delightful full diced calf with wide gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. The diced boards are framed within gilt fillets and blind and gilt rolls. A charming and neat inscription, dated 1822 is to be found on the reverse of the free end paper and a neat ink former owner's name on the first blank. With five fine engraved plates. A little superficial loss to the lower board, otherwise in splendid condition.

London: Bickers & Son, 1893. Full calf, 8 3/4 inches tall. A fine late Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, ornate gilt tooling to the panels and a gilt block on the upper board. An unusual title in a Scottish presentation binding! Bookplates of the Angus Club and Dundee High School. With 12 Illustrations of English derring do, not for the politically delicate.

London: Dove, 1814. Full calf, 5 inches tall. A charming little volume bound in Regency full calf with gilt bands, Greek lyre centre tools and elaborate corner tools and splendid blind and gilt rolls frame the diced centre panel on the boards. An engraved frontispiece and vignette to the tittle page. A neat ink inscription from the period on the first blank reading 'Mifs Laura Longman. A reward of Merit'. Some marks and a little fading but a nice little solid copy. Two oriental tales from the 18th centuries bound together.

London: Baldwin, Cradock et al., 1818. 6 1/2 inches tall. A delightful little Regency full calf with gilt raised bands, Greek lyre centre tools and gilt fillets and corner tools framing the boards. With charming little crude engraved vignettes throughout. The Sanskrit animal fables of Panchatantra date from at least as far back as B.C.200, translated into English in the Elizabethan period and by La Fontaine in the 18th Century as the Fables of Bidpai. This had become Pilpay by the time of this edition.

London: Rivington et al., 1774. 2 volume set, 7 inches tall. Full speckled calf with twin labels, raised bands and simple gilt tooling. A very pleasing, simple, 18th C. binding. The book plates have been neatly removed.

London: Cadell, 1818. 2 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. Full speckled calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and gilt panels. With an armorial bookplate and neat ink inscription dated 1824.

London: Bent, 1787. Full red calf, 6.5 inches tall. A delightful binding in pristine condition. Gilt bands and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed by a geometric roll. Two parts with separate title pages and frontispieces. An early owners inscription on the first blank. Very curious bookplate in the form of a very delicate cut out on which is a minuscule manuscript inscription. Some worming affecting 14 leaves towards the end of the first part.

London: Bickers, 1885. Full calf, 8.5 inches tall. A very handsome binding with gilt raised bands, label, finely gilt tooling around a striking anchor centre tool. With a Rugby school gilt prize block on the upper board and prize bookplate. 10 plates. A stirring account of the adventures of Admiral Blake, one of the greatest English military commanders of the 17th century, in a very smart binding.

London: Macmillan, 1931. Full calf, 6.5 inches tall. A very pretty binding by Bumpus with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels, twin labels, gilt dentelles and all edges. Elegant illustrations throughout by Hugh Thomson. A delightful copy of this great work.

London: Sharpe, 1819. Full calf, 6.5 inches tall. A pretty little full calf binding with gilt raised bands, label and fine Grecian lyre centre tools. The straight grain on the boards is framed within a series of gilt and blind panels. With the ticket of 'Gardiner Bookseller & Stationer, Dublin'. Embellished with engravings from the designs by Richard Westall. Foxing facing the tissues.

London: John Murray, 1891. Full calf, 7.25 inches tall. A classic late Victorian prize binding with gilt raised bands, fine gilt floral tooling to the panels and prize block on the upper board. Portrait. Ink prize inscription , dated 1893, on the first blank. A neat copy of the single volume edition of the stirring tales of battles and sieges leading to Napoleon's defeat in 1814 in the Iberian Peninsula, regarded as one of the first wars of liberation.

London: Whittaker, 1823. 2 volume set, 6 1/4 inches tall. A neat Georgian full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and gilt tooled panels. Red speckled edges. Bookplate. Engraved plates. A smart little set of this theological work that highly influenced Beethoven.

London: Chidley, 1847. Full calf, 9.25 inches tall. A splendidly bound single volume edition in double column. With gilt raised bands, red label and fine extra gilt tooling to the panels.

London: Rivington et al, 1817. Full calf, 5 inches tall. A delightful little binding with gilt raised bands, delicate gilt floral tooling to the panels and a gilt roll framing the boards. Engraved frontispiece and title page to Atala. some small abrasions to the lower board. Three popular exotic tales in a neat Regency binding.