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London: Dent, n.d. c.1905. Full morocco, 10 inches tall. Full straight grain morocco by Bumpus, gilt raised bands, panels, titles, dentelles and all edges. A splendid copy of this fascinating volume with 50 full page colour illustrations and many black and white in the text. Foxing to the first few blanks and then clean from the half title. Ink inscription on the first blank.

London: Longmans, 1881. Full morocco, 7.75 inches tall. A splendid Victorian hard grain morocco with raised bands, neat gilt panels, fine gilt panels to the boards, dentelles and all edges. Bookplate. Foxing to the blanks and half title, then clean. Illustrated throughout with full page and vignette illustrations by J.R. Weguelin.

London: Charles Tilt, 1837. 2 vols., 12mo (4.25 x 2.75 inches). Full mauve morocco, with decorative gilt tooling framing title on spine. Double blind rule framing gilt scrolling foliage centre tool to both boards. All edges gilt. Unusual oxidised book plate 'Sarah'. Engraved frontispiece plates.

London: Dent, 1906. Full vellum, 7.5 inches tall. A delightful copy of this scarcer title from the 'The series of English Idylls' collection. With 24 colour plates by C. E. Brock. An unusually nice 'unbowed' example

London: Strahan and Cadell, 1789. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. Straight grain morocco with gilt raised bands, titles and delicate gilt and blind tooling to the panels. A particularly nice copy of this scarce work in a late 18th century binding.

London: Longman et al, 1848. Full calf, 7 inches tall. A particularly neat and tidy Victorian binding by Hatchard with gilt raised bands, label and curious gilt tooling to the panels. Armorial bookplate of Meteorologist and Zoologist Charles Henry Gatty. A charming little copy of this classic collection of ballads of Roman heroic episodes.

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1910. Full crushed morocco for Hatchards, 5.5 inches tall. With raised bands, gilt panels and titles to the spine and fine gilt tooling and onlays to the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. The armorial bookplate of Basil Roscoe. Limited to 925 copies on hand made paper. The spine is slightly faded but still a lovely copy.

London: Richardson; Rivington et al, 1811. Half straight grain morocco, 5.25 inches tall. An elegant little Regency binding with blind bands and Grecian lyre centre tools within gilt framed panels. Engraved frontispiece and title page. Occasional foxing. With the armorial bookplate of the 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire.

London: Charles Noble, 1867. Full morocco, 4 inches tall. An exceptional Victorian binding with gilt raised bands, very fine floral gilt tooled panels and dentelles. The print is tiny and there is some offsetting making it doubly unreadable but housed in a delightful little binding.

Edinburg: The Apollo Press, 1781. Full speckled calf, 5 inches tall. With gilt bands and label. A pristine copy.

Paris: Editions Grasset, 1936. Full morocco, 7.5 inches tall. Fine binding by Bumpus, with raised bands, gilt dentelles and top edge. Inscription on the half title signed by the author. With the bookplate of John Helias 'Jock' Marchmont.

Paris: Editions Grasset, 1945. Full morocco, 7.5 inches tall. Fine binding by Bumpus, with raised bands, gilt dentelles and top edge. Inscription on the half title signed by the author. With the bookplate of John Helias 'Jock' Marchmont.