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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1909. Half morocco, 8 3/4 inches tall. A superb half morocco binding by Asprey with gilt raised bands, appropriate gilt centre tools within smart gilt framed panels and gilt top edge. Embellished with a colour frontispiece and 51 half-tone plates. A thorough and nostalgic history of drinking and drinking culture in England going back to ancient times.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. Half morocco, 8 3/4 inches tall. A superb half morocco binding by Asprey with gilt raised bands, appropriate gilt centre tools within smart gilt framed panels and gilt top edge. Considerable foxing. Embellished with a colour frontispiece and 5 further colour plates and 32 half-tone plates. A thorough and nostalgic history of sport in England going back to ancient times.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. Half morocco, 8 3/4 inches tall. A superb half morocco binding by Asprey with gilt raised bands, appropriate gilt centre tools within smart gilt framed panels and gilt top edge. Embellished with a colour frontispiece and further black and white plates throughout. A thorough and nostalgic history of food and drink in England going back to ancient times.

London: Cadell et al., 1841-1846. 17 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A magnificent Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and very fine, dense and bright gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Portraits of Hume and Smollett. With the armorial bookplate of Ramsey Abbey. The first 6 volumes cover the 'History of England' from the 'Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688' by David Hume. The next four volumes are a continuation by Tobias Smollett 'From the Revolution to the Death of George the Second'. The concluding seven volumes, by T.S. Hughes, cover the period from 'The Accession of George III., 1760, to the Accession of Queen Victoria, 1837'. A beautiful looking set of this great history.

London, Paris & New York: Offices Of The Studio , 1901. Half morocco, 12 inches tall. A pristine copy bound in quarter straight grain morocco with raised bands, twin labels and seasonal mistletoe gilt centre tooling to the panels. With original heavy paper wrappers bound in. With many fine full page illustrations by the finest illustrators of the day. A superb copy of this Studio 'Special Winter Number' of 'The Studio' 1900-1901.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A splendid Victorian full straight grain calf from the recently dispersed Country House library of Bridehead in Dorset. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and superb gilt tooling to the panels. Sydney Smith, author, philosopher, humourist and wit, whose opinions on early American literature had huge impact. A "sincere friend of America", he founded the Edinburgh Review, lectured at the Royal Institution and is still known for his rhyming salad dressing recipe!

Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox and London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1850. 4 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall, A classic Victorian full calf by Hatchards of Piccadilly with gilt raised bands, twin labels and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. An ink inscription dated Christmas Day, 1850 on the third blank. From the country house 'Bride Head' Library. With 2 engraved portraits and 4 engraved title pages. A fine set on the life of the great Scottish economist and churchman, Thomas Chalmers, by his sin-in-law.

Oxford: J. Cooke et al.. 1795. 5 volumes, 8 3/4 inches tall. A superb English Country House 18th century tree calf with gilt bands on a smooth back, triple labels and delicate gilt tooling to the panels. A Greek key pattern roll frames the boards. Gilt dentelles and speckled blue edges. All in pristine condition. George Horne was a great defender of the High Church tradition in Anglicanism.

Chichester: Printed by W. Mason for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809. Full calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. An exceptionally pretty little Regency tree calf binding with gilt bands and extra gilt panels and contrasting red label. Speckled blue edges. The tree calf is framed within a Greek key pattern roll. With the Fothergill armorial bookplate. With an old previous owner's signature ", Elizabeth Hile, Spinster" on the first blank. A splendid copy of this work by the once highly popular English 18th century poet and biographer.

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 Hutchinson & Co. and Stanley, Paul & Co., 1903-1914. 13 volume collection, 8 1/2 inches tall. A good looking Edwardian half morocco by the great London firm of bookbinders, Sangorski and Sutcliffe, for Brentano's of New York. With gilt raised bands, neat gilt tooled panels around a fleure des lys centre tool and gilt top edges. There is rubbing and a certain blotchiness to the spines, but this a still a very presentable collection of some very scarce and highly entertaining titles, in fact we couldn't find another run of these works. Illustrated throughout. Andrew C.P. Haggard was the brother of the immensely successful novelist H. Rider Haggard.

London & Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1840. 5 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. A very attractive little set in early Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and smart gilt tooled panels. Fine gilt and blind tooling decorate the boards. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispieces and title pages. Popular poet in his day much admired by his peers including Sir Walter Scott. He came from a humble background working as a shepherd, before achieving success as a poet in both English and Scottish.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1894. Half morocco, 7 1/4 inches tall. An ornate and very fine binding by Zaehnsdorf with the title in a cartouche surrounded by pointillist gilt tooling on a smooth back. Gilt top edge. With the rather foxed 'Arthurian' bookplate upside down on the rear paste down endpaper. Subtitled ...'as Connecting Religion and Science. The Confession of Faith of a Man of Science'. Translated into English from the original German. Haeckel was an extraordinary and flamboyant figure who, amongst many other claims to fame, promoted and popularised Charles Darwin's work in Germany.

London: George Allen, 1893. 3 volume set, 7 1/2 inches tall. A neat Edwardian half calf with gilt pallets and top edges. Profusely illustrated throughout. Previous owners ink names on the paste down end papers and half title.

London and Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Co. (GOUPIL), 1897. Full morocco, 13 inches tall. A luxurious full crushed morocco by Ramage with gilt raised bands and elegant gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Delightful gilt dentelles and top edge. Occasional very light foxing. With a colour frontispiece and monochrome plates and vignettes throughout. A lavish work on the Life of Queen Victoria at the height of her reign.

London: John W. Parker, 1855: 1855. 4 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A spectacular mid-Victorian full hard grain pink morocco by Grieve of Edinburgh, with gilt raised bands, green labels and a blind Aldus leaf centre tool. Wide gilt rolls and blind fillets frame the boards. With the armorial bookplate of Peter Carmichael. Maps, including 2 double page. A superb set of this great history devoted to the relationship between the conquering Spanish forces and the native American Indians.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. Full morocco, 6 1/4 inches tall. A very pretty binding by Bumpus with gilt raised bands and charming gilt tooling with hearts and leaves in the panels. Twin gilt fillets and the same tooling in the corners frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. There is a large bookplate on the free end paper and foxing on the half title, otherwise clean. A delightful copy of the selected verse of this great 17th century English lyric poet.

London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 2 volume set, 7 inches tall. A splendid tree calf binding by Otto Shulze of Edinburgh with raised bands, fine gilt tooling to the panels and labels. A delicate gilt fillets frames the boards, wide dentelles and gilt top edge. Bookplate. This excellent large paper edition is printed on hand made paper and limited to just 200 copies. Edited by Alfred Pollard and with a preface by Algernon Swinburne, who considered Herrick to be "the greatest song writer ever born of English race". A lovely set of the most celebrated works of this great English 17th century poet.