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London: Geo: Lawford, 1828 & 1833. 2 volume set, 10 inches tall. A wonderful full morocco binding by C(harles) Lewis with raised bands, very fine tooling to the panels, dentelles and all edges gilt. Exceptionally tall copies with vignettes and decorated initials throughout. James Northcote, as well as being a celebrated Fabulist was a fine artist.

London: The Society of English Bibliophilists, 1894. 5 volume set, 9 inches tall. A very neat half morocco of generous proportions with gilt raised bands, tooling and top edge. One of 312 copies on hand made paper. The 73 full page plates by Freudenberg printed on Japanese paper and mounted. 150 head and tail pieces by Dunker. Bookplates. A pristine set of this splendid edition.

London: Privately printed for the Navarre Society, 1922. 5 volume set, 9 inches tall. A very handsome half morocco with gilt raised bands, finely gilt and inked tooling to the panels and gilt top edges. A strictly limited edition printed on laid paper. A splendid and profusely illustrated edition of these sixteenth century tales.

Paris: Goupil, 1898. Half morocco, 12 3/4 inches tall. Elegant copy of the scarce English language version in this fine and well illustrated Goupil edition. In a simple half crushed bottle green morocco by Zaehnsdorf with raised bands and gilt top edge. Splendid colour frontispiece and fine monochrome full page plates throughout. Bookplate. Small split at the tail of the upper board but still perfectly firm and very clean copy.

London: William Pickering, 1827. Full crushed morocco, 9 inches tall. A top quality binding by HAYDAY, one of the finest binders of the period. Gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels and superb tooling to the boards. Dentelles and all edges gilt. Bookplate. A neat ink owner's inscription on the first blank. A fine copy of this important archival work.

London: William Pickering, 1830. Full crushed morocco, 9 inches tall. A top quality binding by HAYDAY, one of the finest binders of the period. Gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels and superb tooling to the boards. Dentelles and all edges gilt. Bookplate. A neat ink owner's inscription on the first blank. A fine copy of this important archival work.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. Full morocco, 7.25 inches tall. One of a special series of 'Bohn's Extra Volumes' Beautifully bound in full morocco by the celebrated London binder Jeremiah Larkins. With gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels, dentelles and all edges gilt. Bookplate and the neat stamp of Bostonian collector Charles S. Dixwell on the reverse of the front free endpapers. A beautiful copy of these 72 short stories, mostly concerned with love, lust, sex and romance, inspired by the Decameron and first published in 1558.

London: Richardson, 1806. 3 vol set, 8 1/2 inches tall. A pleasing Regency half morocco with ornate gilt bands and fine centre tools. Slight ink marks on the title page of the first volume. A nice copy of this scarce and curious history.

London: A & C Black, 1916. Half red crushed morocco by Bayntun of Bath. 10.5 inches tall. One of 200 copies numbered and signed by the author. Gilt raised bands, fine gilt center tools and all edges. 60 colour plates tipped in. A splendid copy.

Privately Printed, 1886. Half morocco by Hatchards, 9 inches tall. A very handsome binding with gilt raised bands, gilt titles, panels and top edge. This edition, translated from the 16th century French is by Arthur Machen and is the first complete edition in English. This copy was bound without the plates that are found in some copies.

London: John Murray, 1891. Full calf, 7.25 inches tall. A classic late Victorian prize binding with gilt raised bands, fine gilt floral tooling to the panels and prize block on the upper board. Portrait. Ink prize inscription , dated 1893, on the first blank. A neat copy of the single volume edition of the stirring tales of battles and sieges leading to Napoleon's defeat in 1814 in the Iberian Peninsula, regarded as one of the first wars of liberation.