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London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1861. Full morocco, 9 inches tall. A remarkable heavy mid-Victorian full crushed morocco by David Bryce of Glasgow with twin raised bands, fine gilt panels and stunning gilt tooling to the boards with a panel in relief. Gilt dentelles and superb gauffered gilt edges. With an neat small inscription dated 1864 to 'Georgie Waddell from her cousin C.M. Fenton Livingstone'. Illustrated with over 100 designs by John Gilbert, engraved by the brothers Dalziel. Some rubbing but in fine condition.

London: John Murray, 1858. 3 volume set, 9 inches tall. A superb full polished calf by Andrew Grieve with gilt raised bands, twin pink labels, fine gilt tooling to the panels and boards. Top edges gilt. Slight creasing to the spine of the first volume. A most handsome set of this celebrated family history.

Paris: La Combe, 1766. 2 volume set, 6.5 inches tall. A splendid full 18th century mottled calf with twin labels, gilt bands and fine gilt floral tooling to the panels. FIRST EDITION of a lively miscellany of definitions icluding: Americains, amour conjugal, pantomimes, ruses de guerre and sourds et muets. Lacombe also composed the first dictionary of Old French.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902. Full crushed morocco, 6.5 inches tall. A splendid binding in the style of Cobden Sanderson with raised bands, simple gilt tooling to the panels and fine gilt tooling to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Some severe foxing to 10 leaves, otherwise a pristine example..

Göttingen: Ruprecht, 1807. 6 volume set, 7 inches tall. A handsome full vellum with calf labels, some chipped. Foxing. A set of Livy's Histories in the original Latin edited by Georg Alexander Rupert. From an Oxfordshire Country House.

London: Richard Bentley, 1840. Full calf, 7 1/2 inches tall. A very fine binding by Riviere with gilt raised bands, olive label and delicate floral gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within gilt corner tools and a triple fillet. Gilt dentelles and top edge. The original cloth covers and spine are bound in. First edition. With over 50 comic vignettes by Leech.

London: Nunn et al., 1818. 2 volume set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A handsome set of this influential work in half calf with gilt raised bands and beautifully gilt tooled panels. Some scuffing to the boards. With a previous owner's name 'Mr Moon' neatly written in ink on the paste down end paper.

Paris: Garnier Frères, 1864. 2 volume set, 9 1/4 inches tall. A splendid full honey calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and extra gilt panels. Triple gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Steel engravings after designs by G. Staal. From the library of Alfred de Rothschild. Very slight occasional foxing. 'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane' was an early eighteenth century picaresque novel, popular all over Europe and translated into English several times, most famously by Tobias Smollett as as 'The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane'. Here in the original French.

London: Dent, 1890. 2 volume set, 8 inches tall. Full morocco by Sotheran with gilt raised bands, fine gilt pallets and centre tools. Gilt top edges. Number 94 of 225 copies on hand-made paper.With etchings by Herbert Railton.

Dublin: William Curry, 1843-1844. 3 volume set, 9 inches tall. A stunning tree calf by Riviere with gilt raised bands, twin, slightly faded, labels and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. Wide gilt dentelles and top edges. Illustrated by Phiz. Bookplates. Some foxing to the preliminaries, otherwise a lovely set of Lever's Military "Our Mess" novels.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. Full calf, 9 inches tall. A superb Victorian binding with gilt raised bands, triple labels and elaborate gilt tooling to the panels. Twin gilt fillets and centre tools frame the boards, gilt dentelles and top edge. Armorial bookplate. In his day the Irish novelist, Charles Lever, was hugely popular and influential. This is a fine copy of the first edition beautifully illustrated with full page engravings by Phiz.

London: Privately Printed, 1898. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. A simple half morocco binding with raised bands, gilt lettering and gilt top edges. The spine is somewhat faded, otherwise in excellent condition. Limited to 360 copies of which this is number 59. This epistolary novel, showing the depravity of the French nobility was still considered too risqué for general publication even at the end of the 19th century in England. Embellished with 15 plates. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. This great French novel was a huge success from its publication in 1784 and has remained in print ever since.

Paris: Migneret, 1801 ( AN IX ). 4 volumes, 8 inches tall. A fine very early 19th century mottled half calf binding with a double label, simple gilt centre tools and gilt bands. The curved calf corners are striking. Speckled yellow boards. Pale yellow edges. With the bookplate of the Chateau de Cirey in each volume.

London: Andrew Melrose, 1914. Full crushed morocco, 10 iches tall. A splendid copy bound by Bumpus with raised bands, titles, elegant gilt tooling to the spine and boards. Wide dentelles and all edges gilt. With full page illustrations in colour and black and white. The spine has been somewhat faded by the sun but still an exceptionally attractive copy in otherwise pristine condition. A fine interpretation of this 12th century French romance.

London, Published for the Proprietors by Sherwood, c.1850 Jones, and Co. 3 volumes, 8.75 inches tall. Simply bound in half calf with gilt and blind bands and gilt titles. A charming collection of over 100 pared down plays popular in the early 19th century, each one with a delightful engraved heading. Neat ink owners name, dated 1857 on the paste-down endpapers.

London: Bulmer, 1796. 2 volume bound in 1, 9.5 inches tall. A 20th century good quality binding with gilt raised bands, titles and centre tools. A fascinating collection of fables and tales collected from manuscript sources in the Bibliothèque Nationale when Le Grand held the position of conservator of manuscripts after the Revolution in 1795. Embellished with some charming engravings, several by Bewick.

ondon ( Londra ), 1761. 2 volume set, 5.75 inches tall. Fine full 18th century mottled calf. With gilt bands, double label and fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. Portrait. A delightful edition in Italian.With the bookplate of the Chateau de Cirey in each volume.

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1838. Full morocco, 9.25 inches tall. A most impressive early Victorian binding with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels and elaborate and fine gilt tooling to the boards within gilt and blind rolls and blind corner tools. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Decorated with portrait and 15 steel engravings. Foxing to the plates. First edition of this classic novel of deeds of derring-do in Ferdinand and Isabella's final siege of Moorish Granada.

London: Charles Tilt, 1840. Full calf, 7 1/2 inches tall. A very fine binding by Riviere with gilt raised bands, olive label and delicate floral gilt tooling to the panels. The boards are framed within gilt corner tools and a triple fillet. Gilt dentelles and top edge. The original cloth covers and spine are bound in. First edition. With 8 engraved plates and many vignettes by Leech. A very fine example with a few marks to the binding.

London: Crosby, 1804. Full morocco, 7 1/4 inches tall. A very pretty Georgian straight grain morocco binding with gilt raised bands and delicate centre tools. The boards are framed within a lovely gilt roll and triple fillets. All edges gilt. Illustrated with fine engraved vignettes throughout. A neat ink inscription on the reverse of the free end paper and a previous owner's name on the title page. The half title has been torn out. Slightly grubby but still a charming volume.