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London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1865-1861. 5 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A splendid Victorian full calf by Bickers with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. The title labels are slightly faded but still bright and good looking. With bookplate. Slight foxing to the preliminaries then clean. A most handsome set of this classic history of England.

Cologne: Chez Pierre du Marteau, 1666. 2 volume set, 5 1/2 inches tall. A splendid later, 19th century, full straight grain calf with raised bands and gilt pallets. Star corner tools and twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With the armorial bookplate of Helen de Guerry Simpson. An interesting early biography of this great 17th century French prelate and statesman who wielded enormous influence in civil and religious affairs. In the original French.

London: J Dodsley, 1774. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A slightly later, Regency, full calf with wide gilt raised bands, twin labels and a twin fillet framing the boards. With the Fothergill armorial bookplate. The spine is faded from the original lilac but still bright and very attractive. Possibly the most celebrated letters in the English language, the Earl's are full of fascinating insights to the period being a guide for worldly success in the 18th century, giving perceptive and nuanced advice for how a gentleman should behave. A fine edition in a very smart binding.

Edinburgh: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1788. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome 18th century full calf with raised bands, twin labels and pink speckled edges. Some minor superficial marks and stains to the boards and a nick to the head cap of volume IV, otherwise in excellent condition.
There is the signature of Jame Sterling on the title page of volume I. James Sterling was one of the foremost mathematicians of 18th century Europe and a protégé of Sir Isaac Newton. Lord Kames was a Scottish philosopher and a major influence on the development of the Scottish Enlightenment. The 3rd edition, which was considerably enlarged, in a handsome binding with a great provenance.

London: Printed by T. Bensley, for J. White et al., 1809. 3 volume set, 8 1/4 inches tall. A remarkable Regency full 'russia' diced calf in superb condition with gilt raised bands, and exceptionally fine gilt tooling in the head and tail panels. Twin gilt fillets and a gilt roll frame the diced boards. This set is embellished with 37 engraved portraits. Some offsetting from the plates. "The book is the most entertaining of contemporary memoirs, in no other book is there a description so vivid, truthful and graceful of the licentious court of Charles II.....Grammont's scandalous tongue knew no restraint....". (Ency.Brit.). A superb set of this classic work.

London: James Carpenter, 1807. Full calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A beautiful Regency mottled calf in pristine condition. With extra gilt tooling on a smooth back with a label and extraordinary mottling to the boards within a fine gilt roll. With the Fothergill bookplate and the stenciled mark of the Earls of Belmore, one of the great Irish titles. Philip John Ducarel was born in Calcutta and became known as the poet of the Forrest of Dean, where he resided for the rest of his life.

London: John Murray, 1887. 2 volumes, 7 inches tall. Smart Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, labels and neat gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt prize blocks to the upper boards and prize paper labels on the paste down end papers. Hugely influential works, Smiles was described as the 'New Plutarch' by George Bernard Shaw. 'Self-Help' was referred to as "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" raising Smiles to celebrity status on its publication.

London: John Van Voorst, 1837. Full calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. Full early Victorian calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and dense gilt tooling to the panels. The spine is faded to gold, overall a delightful binding on a work of Natural History more whimsical than scientific. Illustrated with nearly 200 engravings in the text.

London: John Sharpe, 1825. 2 volumes bound in 1, 5 1/4 inches tall. A charming little Georgian full calf binding with gilt raised bands, label and fine embossed blind tooling to the panels and boards which are framed within triple gilt and blind fillets. All edges gilt. A neat ink inscription is on the first blank from a previous owner, Elizabeth Shyring (?), dated 1829. The 2 engraved frontispieces are foxed, otherwise clean.

London: John Murray, 1850. Full calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. A splendid binding with gilt raised bands, contrasting label and extra gilt panels. Some rubbing, foxing and slight fraying to the fore edge of one plate. With 12 colour plates and vignettes throughout.

London: Scott, Webster, & Geary, 1839. 4 volume set, 9 inches tall. In a magnificent Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and superb extra-gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. With an engraved frontispiece and 22 engraved portraits. Slight foxing to the plates and the preliminaries, otherwise clean. From the library of George Capron of Southwick Hall. An extremely smart set of this classic history of the Reformation of the Church of England by this great historian, philosopher and theologian.

London: John Murray, 1830. 3 volume set, 6 inches tall. A curious set in full early Victorian diced calf with gilt raised bands twin labels and blind embossed tooling to the panels. With the ink signature of George H. Capron dated 1840, of Southwick Hall. A splendid little set of this scarce title fresh from an English Country House.

London and New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, 1860. 3 volume set, 11 inches tall. An impressive set in Victorian full diced calf with gilt raised bands, contrasting label and gilt tooling to the panels. Red edges. Some rubbing but with no splitting. Embellished with 7 folding hand coloured maps and 66 engraved views, portraits and maps. The portrait of Lord Raglan appears not to have been bound in. This History gives 'Full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies'. A very clean and handsome set of this great History of the Crimean War.

London: John Van Voorst, 1839. Full calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. Full early Victorian calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and dense gilt tooling to the panels. The spine is faded to gold, overall a delightful binding on a work of Natural History which is rather more whimsical than scientific. Embellished with more than 40 woodcuts.

London: Fisher, Sons & Co., 1832. 3 volume set, 11 inches tall. A very smart set in William IV full calf bound by D. Batten of Clapham Common, and with their ticket. Bound with gilt raised bands, twin labels, blind pallets to the panels. A blind tooled 'Cambridge Panel' incorporating a lovely blind roll, decorates the boards. A few scratches and scuffs but overall a fine set, unusually clean. With, including the frontispieces and the engraved title page in volume 1, a total of 217 charming engravings.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850. Full Calf, 9 1/2 inches tall. A splendid Victorian full calf by Riviere with gilt raised bands, contrasting label and fine gilt tooling to the panels. Triple gilt fillets frame the boards. With the bookplate and signature of Lord Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806. Double Column. Robert Southey was a great English romantic poet and biographer and a close friend and collaborator of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

London and Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1861; 1864. Nimmo, 1869. 3 volumes, 7 1/2 inches tall. Fine Victorian uniform full calf bindings with gilt raised bands, contrasting twin labels and gilt tooling to the panels by J. Maclaren of Edinburgh. A good looking run of these works by the great Scottish folklorist, paleontologist and geologist, Hugh Miller.

London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1874. Full calf, 11 inches tall. A most impressive binding by Riviere with gilt raised bands, orange label and gorgeous gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within a triple gilt fillet. Gilt dentelles and all edges. marks to the boards and foxing to the preliminaries. A finely printed edition, with 4 photographic plates, of these great English 18th century poems, including 'Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard'.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1841. Full calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. A splendid full calf by Bickers, the colour of Robin Hood's tights, with gilt raised bands, red label, extra gilt panels and all edges gilt. Slight rubbing. Embellished with 14 full page engravings and an engraved title page. An interesting and romantic work by Hansard, 'the Gwent Bowman', being a 'Complete History and Practice of the Art, ancient and Modern'.

London: John Murray, 1813. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A superb set, fresh from an English Country House, of this scarce history in Regency tree calf with gilt pallets and fine title labels. Speckled edges. With an armorial bookplate and the neat ink former owner's name at the head of the title pages, 'James F. Leitch'. Some scuffing and superficial scratches, overall a lovely set of this history in English, translated from the French.