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Bruxelles : Bruchez Jean-Joseph Boucherie, 1767. Full cat's paw calf, 9.75 inches tall. A splendid 18th century binding in excellent condition with raised bands, label and fine floral gilt tooling to the panels. With the the bookplate of Tollemache of Helmingham Hall. 3 folding plates.

Argentorati (Strasbourg) Johannis Georgii Treuttel 1786-1789. 4 volume set, 9 inches tall. A superb 18th century straight grain morocco with gilt raised bands and dense blind tooling to the panels. The straight grain boards are framed with elaborate blind rolls and exquisite gilt corner tooling. Gilt dentelles and all edges. There is slight rubbing and discolouration which is common with this shade of blue from this period. There is no loss or splitting and this is a wonderful set whose gilt corner tooling should lead to the identification of the binder. This set contains all 7 surviving plays by this great Greek playwright. In the original Greek with Latin notes.

London: Samuel Bagster, 1902. 4 volume set, 7.5 inches tall. A beautifully bound set by Bumpus with a single gilt raised band and decorative rococo style gilt tooling to the spine, twin gilt rolls framing the straight grain morocco, dentelles and all edges gilt. Each volume has a portrait and an armorial bookplate. A splendid set of the Memoirs of this great diplomat and soldier from the reign of Louis XIV, in English.

London: Pattie, (1838-1840). 3 volumes bound in 2, 11 inches tall. A most handsome half calf with gilt bands, titles and very ornate panels. Armorial bookplate. Arbitrary pagination in Volume 1. A very entertaining and extremely scarce work consisting of military adventures of the period and recent past. From the Library and with the bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst. There are just 2 examples in Copac and both seem to be incomplete. Profusely illustrated with vignettes and full page engraved portraits and plans.

London: Chatto & Windus; Cassell; Longmans; Heinemann, 1910-1918. 16 volumes, 6.5 inches tall. A handsome half calf with gilt raised bands, gilt framed panels and gilt top edge. Slight fading and a chip to the head cap of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Various editions in a uniform size and binding. A highly readable set of these enchanting works.

New York: Appleton & Co., 1861. 6 volume set, 9.5 inches tall. An elegant half calf set with gilt raised bands, twin labels and elaborate gilt floral tooling to the panels. Some foxing to the prelims but overall a very neat set of this edition which has an extremely readable large type.

Edinburgh: Constable et al, 1821. Full straight grain morocco, 8.5 inches tall. An unusual and very fine Georgian binding in pristine condition. With 3 raised bands, finely decorated, an inch square, tiles, dentelles and all edges. The straight grain boards are framed within gilt and blind rolls.

Paris: (Cosson for) Charles Gosselin, 1826. 4 volume set, 7 inches tall. Quarter calf with twin labels and gilt centre tools. First edition in French. E. Preston Dargan, ‘Scott and the French Romantics’, PMLA, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Jun 1934), 22 (May 24); Garside, Raven and Schöwerling, The English Novel 1770-1829, 1826: 70. OCLC lists several European copies, but only one in the US (Texas A & M).

London: Charles Tilt, c 1840. 8 volume set, 4 inches tall. Full morocco with gilt panels, gilt blocks to the boards and all edges gilt. A charming little set with a few small nicks to head and tail caps, otherwise in pristine condition.

City of Westminster: Chas J. Sawyer, (1927). 2 volume set, 9 inches tall. Very fine half crushed morocco with gilt raised bands, elegant gilt panels and gilt top edges. Slight variation to the tooling of each volume. With an inscription 'with the author's compliments' on the half title. Limited to 2000 copies. With 100 illustrations. A very fine set.

Paris: [Cosson for] Charles Gosselin and Ladvocat, 1824. 4 volume set, 7 inches tall. Quarter calf with twin labels and gilt centre tools. Some fading and rubbing to the boards.First edition in French of St Ronan’s Well (1824). There are two issues of 1824, one with a De Wincop imprint the other with Gosselin and Ladvocat; Dargan lists only the latter — both are institutionally very rare.

Paris & London: Goupil, 1898. Half morocco, 13 inches tall. A handsome binding by Hatchards with gilt raised bands, finely gilt tooled panels and gilt top edge. Slight rubbing and marks to the boards. Colour frontispiece and monochrome plates throughout. Bookplates. One of 500 copies on Japanese paper with a duplicate series of the large plates. (A uniform binding with our Charles II).

London: Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, 1812. Full mottled calf by Bayntun, 6 inches tall. With gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt tooling to the panels. A gilt roll frames the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Parallel Latin text and English translation. A superbly bound copy of this scarce title.

Paris: (Cosson for) Gosselin and Ladvocat, 1822. 4 volume set, 7 inches tall. Quarter calf with gilt bands, twin labels and charming gilt tooling to the panels. With the binders ticket. One of several French editions of The Pirate published in the same year as the first (1822). Dargan notes that our edition (published in December) was preceded by the edition for the collected works (February) and that an unauthorised anonymous translation (Le Pirate, ou les Flibustiers) also appeared in February.

Paris, aris: [Lachvardière for] Charles Gosselin 1829. 5 volume set, 7 inches tall. Quarter calf with gilt bands, twin labels and charming gilt tooling to the panels.First edition in French of Anne of Geierstein; or, the Maiden of the Mist (Edinburgh, 1829), which though separately issued also formed part of the Oeuvres complètes, as stated on the half-titles.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1857. 12 volume set, 6.5 inches tall. A beautiful full hard grain morocco with gilt raised bands, very ornate gilt tooling in the celtic style to the panels and boards, dentelles and all edges gilt. Engraved frontispieces and title pages. Some light scuffing and rubbing but no weak hinges or loss. A delightful set.

London: Boydell, 1785. Full straight grain morocco, 10.5 inches tall. With wide blind tooled raised bands, exceptionally dense gilt panels, blind and gilt rolls framing the boards and all edges gilt. With 50 engraved plated. Somewhat rubbed and with heavy foxing to the preliminaries and less so to the plates. With the bookplate of Evelyn John Shirley of Ettington Park.

London & Paris: Goupil, 1898. Half morocco, 13 inches tall. A magnificent binding with gilt raised bands, fine gilt tooling to the panels and gilt top edge. Second edition, limited to 500 copies. Armorial bookplate. Lacks first free endpaper. Fine full page illustrations throughout including colour portrait.