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Paris: Charpentier, 1877. 2 volume set, 7 1/4 inches tall. An exquisite full crushed morocco by Pétrus Ruban with gilt raised bands, fine and delicate tooling to the panels and boards, gilt dentelles and all edges. Frontispiece. With the bookplate of Daniel Henry Holmes. Number 8 of just 10 copies on 'papier de Chine'. First edition in book form. Original wraps bound in. A collection of articles on traveling in the Orient, China, Japan, Persia, Egypt, Greece and Turkey with its mysticism, romance and art and literature.

Paris: Desessart, 1844. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A very fine binding by Pétrus Ruban in full crushed morocco with gilt raised bands, exquisite gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With the bookplate of Daniel Henry Holmes. A stunning copy of the first edition of this set of literary criticism and biographies by the flamboyant French poet, dramatist, novelist and art and literary critic, in pristine condition. In the original French.

London: George Cowie, 1825. 2 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. Handsome half calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and gilt pallets and star centre tools. Heavy offsetting facing the folding map, otherwise clean. A neat set of this classic ancient history.

London: Macmillan, 1894. 2 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A rather splendid full morocco in pristine condition with gilt raised bands, very finely gilt tooled panels and spine. All edges gilt. With a gilt prize inscription on the upper board and prize bookplate on the first blank. Alice Stopford Green was an Irish historian and nationalist who married the English historian, J. R. Green. She was involved in the Howth gun-running of July 1914, having given Roger Casement a loan to help buy German arms.

Paris: Gamuchian & Cie. 1929. Half morocco, 13 inches tall. A splendid binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with raised gilt bands and fine gilt panels. Gilt top edge. Number 37 of 100 copies on 'Papier d'Hollande'. 398 finely bound books described, 235 illustrated with some in colour. A fascinating catalogue. Wrappers bound in.

Paris: Galignani, 1825. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A stunning half morocco binding with wide gilt bands very elaborate extra gilt panels with a very impressive armorial device in the central panel. With the bookplate of Margaret Mirrielees. Slight foxing. An interesting Continental English language printing of the works of this great 18th century Irish writer.

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: 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: Routledge, 1859. Full morocco, 9 inches tall. A splendid heavy Victorian hard grain morocco binding with gilt raised bands and elaborate gilding to the panels. With Illustrations by Birket Foster and H.N. Humphreys. The remarkable boards have a series of gilt fillets and rolls framing a gilt block illustrating a family group gesturing, in sorrow, towards a village church whence they have just left. Gilt dentelles and all edges. There is a stain on the border of the end papers and some foxing, but still a beautifully illustrated and bound volume.

Leide (Leiden): Wetstein, 1762. Full calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A very good looking copy of this important reference work in 18th century full speckled calf with gilt raised bands, label and a lovely centre tool of a bird in foliage. Pink speckled edges. Bookplate. In pristine condition.

London, Paris, New York: Goupil & Co., 1899. Full morocco, 12 1/2 inches tall. A sumptuous binding by Riviere in an unusual orange goat skin, with gilt raised bands and very fine extra gilt tooling to the panels and gilt roll and triple fillet framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Beautifully printed and with illustrations throughout including the colour portrait of Oliver Cromwell. One of a series of extravagantly produced, mostly Royal, biographies. Deluxe limited edition in very fine condition.

London: Macmillan, 1877-1880; 1881; 1883. 6 volume collection, 9 inches tall. A set of the 3 great histories by Green bound beautifully by Hopkins of Glasgow. With gilt raised bands, triple olive green labels and exquisite gilt tooling in the panels. The boards are decorated in the style of 17th century Cambridge panels, speckled and stenciled. Gilt dentelles and top edges. A few superficial abrasions. As nice a late Victorian bound set as one could hope to find.

London: Macmillan, 1890, 1891. Full morocco, 10 1/2 inches tall. A stunning large paper copy in full crushed morocco bound by Riviere in 1893 in absolutely pristine condition. With gilt raised bands and exquisite floral gilt tooling to the panels. A gilt embossed ornate centre tool is framed within a series of gilt rolls and fillets on both boards. Wide gilt dentelles and gilt top edges, the remaining edges untrimmed. The original cloth wraps are bound in. Profusely illustrated by Hugh Thomson, who has signed the title page, throughout. A wonderful copy of one of the greatest comic 18th century novels.

London: John Murray, 1827. Full morocco, 11 inches tall. A magnificent Regency full straight grain morocco with the gilt title within a cartouche to the spine and the arms of the Earl of Leitrim (motto "Patris Virtutibus") to the boards. With frontispiece facsimile of an ALS from King George III. Slight rubbing to the head and tail of the spine but with no splitting or loss. This superb regency binding, presumably commissioned by Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim (1768-1858) houses a controversial series of letters between the King and his ministers.

London: Bounden, 1815. Half calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A delightful little volume in Georgian half 'Russia' calf with gilt raised bands and elegant gilt panels. With engraved frontispiece and title page. Rubbing to edges.

London: Cadell and Davies, 1796. Full calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A simple little Country House full calf with gilt bands, label and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed with a gilt fillet. Red speckled edges. Illustrated with 3 engraved plates by Stothard R. A.. Slight rubbing.

London: Goupil, 1899. Full morocco, 12 1/2 inches tall. Full hard grain morocco with gilt raised bands, gilt and inked pallets, gilt centre tools dentelles and all edges. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Superb coloured portrait and full page illustrations throughout. Limited to 1475 copies on fine paper.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. Half morocco, 10 inches tall. A splendid binding by Ramage with gilt raised bands, elegant gilt floral tooling to the panels and gilt top edge. Decorated with 114 coloured illustrations. A lovely, well illustrated, edition of this great 18th century comic novel.

London: William Heinemann, 1922. Half morocco, 7.5 inches tall. A very handsome binding with gilt raised bands, panels and gilt top edge. 'Cordially John Galsworthy' signed on half title. Foxing to preliminaries then clean. New Impression.