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Paris: Chez Tous les Principaux Libraires. 1800. 14 vols, 6 1/2 inches tall. An elegant run of this history of literature which extended to a further 2 volumes. This very elegant run in half dark green calf with delightful 'castle' centretools, gilt bands and titles.The tips are of a contrasting natural calf. With the bookplate of Lord Kinnaird and from his library.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1836, 1837 & 1838. 3 volumes, 8 3/4 inches tall. A striking full morocco set bound by MORRELL with gilt raised bands and fine gilt tooling to the panels. Two gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Embellished with superb engraved vignettes throughout. Some foxing on the slightly brittle paper but still a fine set of these annual anthologies of British verse throughout the centuries.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1869. Full morocco, 8 1/2 inches tall. An exquisite full morocco by Holloway with gilt raised bands and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed with a double fillet. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Engraved vignettes throughout. With the bookplate D C M 'advance with courage'. A fine copy in a sparkling late Victorian binding.

London: John Murray, 1854. 3 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A superb Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and delicate and fine gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within a series of gilt fillets. Gilt dentelles and all edges. A little marking to the boards but overall an exceedingly smart set of this classic history.

London: John Murray, 1822. 3 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome Georgian full calf binding with raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within a wide blind roll. With armorial bookplate and Ben Damph Forest Library stamp of the Earls of Lovelace. A good looking early edition of this great History of the Middle Ages.

London; Henry G. Bohn, 1849. Full morocco, 7 1/2 inches tall. A splendid full crushed morocco by Tout with gilt raised bands, very fine gilt tooling to the panels and triple fillets and floral corner tools framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Armorial bookplate. Born in Ireland, Hamilton fled to France and fought alongside James II, he wrote in a fine and elegant French style. This work is an English translation of 'The Four Facardins'; 'Zeneyda'; 'The Story of May-Flower'; 'The Ram'; and 'The Enchanter Faustus'.

London: John Murray, 1834. 2 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A most attractive Early Victorian full calf for Hatchards with a densely gilt tooled smooth back and contrasting red label. Blind fillets and corner tools frame the boards. The armorial bookplate of John Arkwright. A splendid copy of Hallam's 'View of the state of Europe during the Middle Ages'.

London & Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Co.. (Goupil), 1897. Half morocco, 13 inches tall. A splendid binding by Bumpus with wide gilt raised bands, 'regal' gilt centre tools, gilt block to the upper board and gilt top edge. Fine colour frontispiece and further illustrations throughout. A deluxe edition on fine paper printed in Paris.

London: John Murray, 1846. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A magnificent full morocco binding by one of the finest firms of binders in mid 19th century London, White of Pall Mall. With gilt raised bands and top rate floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and all edges. There is some 'purpling' of the boards, seen often on this shade of blue, otherwise in pristine condition.

London: Charles Tilt, 1831. 4 volume set, 7 inches tall. A splendid little early Victorian full morocco with fine gilt tooling to the panels and boards. All edges gilt. Containing 288 line engravings representing the works of British Artists.

Florence: Baracchi, 1860. 2 volume set, 7 inches tall. A delightful full vellum with a smooth back and very ornate gilt tooling to the spine and boards. Pink edges. With the armorial bookplate of R.P.Stuart. Slight foxing, but a fine copy of this very scarce work by the son of Felicia Hemans.

London: John Murray, 1867. 3 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A very handsome Victorian full calf binding with gilt raised bands, twin labels and splendid gilt floral tooling to the panels. Triple gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. With the bookplate of William Arkwright and an ink inscription on the reverse of the free end paper on his leaving Eton in 1873. Some marks to the boards and foxing to the preliminaries but overall a fine set.

London: John Murray, 1864. 4 volume set, 7 inches tall. A classic Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and finely gilt tooled panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Portrait. Introducing the literature of Europe in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1849. Full morocco, 7.25 inches tall. One of a special series of 'Bohn's Extra Volumes' Beautifully bound in full morocco by the celebrated London binder Jeremiah Larkins. With gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels, dentelles and all edges gilt. Bookplate and the neat stamp of Bostonian collector Charles S. Dixwell on the reverse of the front free endpapers.

London: Saunders & Otley, 1836. Full morocco, 9 inches tall. An exceptionally finely tooled volume by Wright 'a binder of the highest order' (Ramsden, London Book Binders). With gilt raised bands, dense gilt tooling to the panels and extraordinary elaborate tooling to the boards. Slightly sunned spine and some foxing, severe on a few pages. An anthology of British poetry illustrated by the artists of the period.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1776. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. Splendid full 18th century speckled calf with raised bands, gilt pallets and label. Some scuffing to the boards. A slip 'To Lieut General Melvill at John Balfour's Esq in the Advocate's Close Edinb.' is enclosed. This would appear to refer to General Robert Melvill, inventor of the carronade and Governor of Guadeloupe. A superb set of Bishop Horne's most celebrated work. From the library of the Farquharson family at Invercauld Castle.

London: John Murray, 1846. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A most impressive mid-Victorian full diced calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and superb extra gilt panels. Speckled pink edges. A neat ink inscription on the first blank. A great history in a classic binding of the period.

London: John Murray, 1846. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A most impressive mid-Victorian full diced calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and superb extra gilt panels. Speckled pink edges. A neat ink inscription on the first blank. A great history in a classic binding of the period.

Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome half calf with raised bands, label and gilt pallets. Slightly rubbed and with a degree of foxing throughout, typical of Baudry's somewhat inferior paper quality, but still a solid good looking set. The same year as the first English edition.

Edinburgh & London: Blackwood, 1865. Full morocco, 9 1/2 tall. A Stunning full hard grain morocco binding by James Henderson & William Bisset & Co., Edinburgh, Bookbinders to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. With raised bands, exceptionally fine gilt tooling to the panels and boards, dentelles and all edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece and title page. Double column. There is a slightly smudged ink inscription on the first blank. A very handsome mi-Victorian binding of the highest quality.