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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.

London: Heinemann, 1922. 3 volume set, 9 1/4 inches tall. A sparkling set with gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. Top edges gilt. Some foxing to the preliminaries then clean. Page was the United States ambassador to Great Britain in World War 1.

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1850. 3 volume set, 7 3/4 inches tall. A fine mid-Victorian half calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. With the little pale green tickets of 'Folthorp. Royal Library Brighton'. The preliminaries including the frontispieces and title pages are foxed, otherwise clean. Leigh Hunt was a highly influential critic and poet who introduced the poetry of Keats, Shelley, Browning and Tennyson to the public. He was immortalised by Louis Édouard Fournier in his painting of Shelley's funeral on the beach at Viareggio.

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'.

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.

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.

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.

London: Fisher Unwin, 1892. Half morocco, 7 1/2 inches tall. An elegant half crushed morocco by Bayntun with gilt raised bands and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. gilt top edge. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Hill devoted himself to the study of 18th-century English literature, and established his reputation as the most learned commentator on the works of Samuel Johnson. Here we have six lectures on the revolutions in literary taste embellished with 60 extra-illustrations. A splendid copy.

Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1849. Full morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. A rather magnificent tall heavy Victorian binding, not stinting on the gold leaf with raised bands and dense extra gilt panels. The boards have a complex series of highly ornate gilt and blind tooling. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Double column text. Foxing to the title page, otherwise clean. Hugely popular in her day now mostly remembered for two opening lines: "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England".

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'.

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'.

London: Moxon, 1872. Full morocco, 11 inches tall. A splendid large paper copy bound by George Rutland of Newcastle. With raised bands, titles, very delicate and ornate gilt panels, dentelles and all edges gilt. The boards have elegant panels framed with heavy gilt rolls. With 22 full page engravings of scenes by Birket Foster. Slight fading to the spine but overall a fine copy.

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.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Full morocco, 14 inches tall. A very pleasing volume with wide raised bands, extra gilt panels, splendid gilt tooling to the boards, dentelles and all edges. With 24 fine lithographs by J. D. Harding, C. Cattermole, S. Prout, W. Muller, J. Holland and other eminent Artists. This is the first edition with 2 further volumes being published in the following 2 years. There is no volume number on the spine and the volume number on the title page has been obscured.

London: Wingrave, 1806. Full Calf, 8 1/2 inches tall. A most attractive Georgian binding with gilt bands, delicately tooled centre tooling and twin fillets and blind corner tools framing the boards. Frontispiece. With the bookplate of M. General Sir Charles Stewart of Wynyard Park. Some slight rubbing, nevertheless a most pleasing example of one of the most important and influential 18th century works on language. From the library of Charles William Vane (formerly Stewart), third Marquess of Londonderry. Vane served with distinction throughout the Peninsula War. His dashing and dandified portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence is at the National Portrait Gallery. He amassed magnificent libraries in his various Country Houses.