Memoir

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!

London: John Murray, 1891. 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and gilt tooling to the panels, this set has been expertly re-spined. Triple gilt fillets and ornate corner tooling frame the tree calf of the boards. Gilt top edges. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Extra-illustrated with 80 engravings, a list of which is bound in. An authoritative life of the great publisher, John Murray and the story of his publishing house, subtitled, 'an account of the origin and progress of the house, 1768-1843'.

London: Thomas Kelly, 1821, 1818. Half morocco, 8.5 inches tall. A handsome binding by Hatchards with gilt raised bands and gilt pallets framing the panels. Gilt top edge. The second edition of the Memoirs 'revised, augmented, and improved. Ornamented with interesting engravings'.