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London: William Kidd, 1830. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A superb later binding by Zaehnsdorf with 2 gilt raised bands bordering an elongated label with gilt tooling to the 2 panels and triple gilt fillets and corner tools framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Illustrated by 6 spirited engravings from designs by Robert Cruikshank. A delightful and scarce little volume.

London: William Kidd, 1830. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A superb later binding by Zaehnsdorf with 2 gilt raised bands bordering an elongated label with gilt tooling to the 2 panels and triple gilt fillets and corner tools framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Illustrated by 6 engravings from designs by Robert Cruikshank. A delightful and scarce little volume.

London: William Kidd, 1830. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A superb later binding by Zaehnsdorf with 2 gilt raised bands bordering an elongated label with gilt tooling to the 2 panels and triple gilt fillets and corner tools framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Illustrated by 8 engravings from designs by Robert Cruikshank. A delightful and scarce little volume.

London: William Kidd, 1830. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A superb later binding by Zaehnsdorf with 2 gilt raised bands bordering an elongated label with gilt tooling to the 2 panels and triple gilt fillets and corner tools framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Illustrated by 6 engravings from designs by Robert Cruikshank. A delightful and scarce little volume.

London: William Kidd, 1830. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A superb later binding by Zaehnsdorf with 2 gilt raised bands bordering an elongated label with gilt tooling to the 2 panels and triple gilt fillets and corner tools framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Illustrated by 6 engravings from designs by Robert Cruikshank. A delightful and scarce little volume.

London: William Kidd, 1831. Full calf, 6 inches tall. A superb later binding by Zaehnsdorf with 2 gilt raised bands bordering an elongated label with gilt tooling to the 2 panels and triple gilt fillets and corner tools framing the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Illustrated by 9 engravings from designs by Robert Cruikshank. A delightful and scarce little volume.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1901. Full Morocco, 9 inches tall. A splendid full terracotta crushed morocco by Hatchards with raised bands and classic gilt framed panels and boards with triple dot corner tools and triple inked Aldine leaf clusters terminating the bands. Gilt dentelles and all edges. A superb copy of one of Humphrey's fine printings on handmade paper.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. Half Morocco, 9 1/2 inches tall. A smart half crushed morocco binding by Bayntun with raised bands, gilt centre tools and top edge. 12 superb colour illustrations and decorative headings and tailpieces by Thomas Mackenzie. A charming comic novel by the Irish writer James Stephens.

London: John Murray, 1870. Full calf, 7.5 inches tall. A fine binding by Zaehnsdorf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and floral gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt dentelles and top edge. Slight fading to the spine. With hand coloured engraved frontispiece, colour engraved title page and 14 hand coloured engraved plates by Alken. Delicate vignettes throughout. Original cloth bound in. A lovely copy of this classic title.

London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1864. Full green calf by Zaehnsdorf, 8 inches tall. With gilt raised bands, very fine extra gilt panels, triple labels, gilt doublures and all edges. Original cloth covers bound in. A charming comic work profusely illustrated by Phiz.

London: Macmillan, 1881. 2 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. A very finely copy bound set in half red morocco by Bayntun, with gilt raised bands, titles, panels and all edges. The first trade edition of this classic historical novel set in the 17th century, in pristine condition.

London: The De La More Press, 1904. Full pink calf, 6.5 inches tall. A delightful full calf by Bumpus with gilt raised bands, delicate gilt tooling to the panels and boards, dentelles and all edges. Finely printed on handmade paper with full page black and white illustrations and red frontispiece. Ink inscription on the free endpaper. A splendid copy of this Persian allegory.

London: Longmans et al, 1825. 2 volume set, 8.75 inches tall. A very handsome full calf by Hayday with gilt raised bands, triple labels and gilt tooling to the panels.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1932. Full calf, 8.5 inches tall. A classic 'prize' tree calf binding by Morrell with gilt raised bands, twin labels and fine gilt floral tooling to the panels. With a gilt roll framing a prize stamp and the tree calf boards. A prize bookplate. Full page illustrations by Phiz.

London: Peter Davies, 1927. Full morocco, 10 inches tall. A simple, elegant binding in full pink crushed morocco by Riviere with raised bands, gilt titles, dentelles and top edge, the rest being deckled. One of a limited edition of 2000 copies with 16 charming plates by Vera Willoughby.

London Heinemann, 1921. Half morocco, 10 inches tall. Splendid half crushed morocco by Birdsall with gilt raised bands and delightful gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt top edge. Some marks to the spine. With a colour frontispiece, 3 further colour plates and 12 full page black and white plates by G. D. Armour.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1907. Full morocco, 6 1/2 inches tall. A handsome full morocco by Hatchards with raised bands, geometric gilt and blind tooling to the panels and boards. With gilt dentelles and all edges. Slightly rubbed and darkened around the borders of the boards. Beautifully printed by Humphreys on handmade paper. A wonderful edition of this great devotional work.

London: Henry Colburn, 1841. 2 volume set, 8 3/4 inches tall. A handsome set bound in full calf by Hayday with gilt raised bands, gilt and inked pallets and twin labels to the panels and twin gilt and a single blind fillet framing the boards. 2 portraits, 2 plates of 'Coins relating to the Age of Petrarch' and a sepia view of 'Fountain of Vaucluse and Castle of the Bishop of Cavaillon'. Bookplate on the reverse of the free endpaper of volume I. Some scuffing and scratching but overall a fine set of this life of Francesco Petrarca, scholar and poet of early 14th century Renaissance Italy.

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1907. Full morocco, 7 inches tall. A fine binding for Hatchards of Piccadilly with raised bands and neat and simple gilt tooling framing the panels and boards, blind 'strapping' around the bands and onto the boards. Gilt title on the upper board. Handmade paper with gilt top edge and other edges left untrimmed. The bookplate of Gwendolyn Field and neat ink inscription, dated 1918, on the first blank. The spine is faded though still bright. A good looking copy of this fine edition of Shakespeare's sonnets.

London: J. and A Arch et al., 1837. Half calf 9 inches tall. An attractive and unusual binding by Mudie with wide gilt raised bands and blind tooling radiating from a gilt centre tool in the panels. Gilt top edge. Embellished with engraved vignettes. Bookplate.