London: Orr and Smith, 1836. 4to. Half Calf. 3 Volumes. Engraved illustrations. Handsome half calf binding. Raised bands and leather title labels to spines. A very nice set. More about The British Cyclopaedia of Literature, History, Geography, Law, and Politics
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884. 8vo. Half Calf. 3 volumes (VIII, IX & X). Each approx 970pp. Black half calf binding. Some edgewear to leather. Raised gilt bands and red title label to spines. Contents clean and clear. A rare collection. More about Harper's Monthly Magazine. European Edition. Vols 8-10. 1884-1885
London: Longman, 1798. 4th Edition. 8vo. Full Calf. 2 vols. 2 plates & large folding map of Russian empire. Fine contemporary full tree calf. A fine example of early binding of this scarce work. More about The Life of Catharine II Empress of Russia
London: Grolier Society, 1905. 8vo. Hardcover. 20 vols. C.1905. Deluxe Edition 1000 copies. Original half morocco, with decorated spines. A handsome set. More about Secret Memoirs
London: J. And R. Tonson and S.Draper, 1753. 8vo. Full Calf. 3 volumes. "With some account of the Life and Writings of the Author by Mr. Tickell." Full calf, some edgewear to leather. Rebacked with matching spines - raised bands and red leather title labels. Rare as a complete set. More about Miscellaneous Works in Verse and Prose of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison , Esq. (3 volumes
London: Tonson, 1726. Small 8vo. Hardcover. 3 vols. Contemp half oasis morocco. sm 8vo. More about Miscellaneous Works, In Verse and Prose
Birmingham: Baskerville, 1761. 4to. Hardcover. 4 vols. Contemp full calf. Joints showing wear, but holding. Later spine labels. More about The Works
London: Stockdale, 1793. 8vo. Hardcover. Complete with 110 engraved plates (incl 2 title page vignettes) Handsome in later half calf. One page torn with loss to text. Title pages over-trimmed at the bottom with loss of text. Some foxing to title page and some plates. An attractive, well illustrated set. More about Fables of Aesop with a Life of the Author
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1855. 8vo. Half Morroco. 12 vols (in 6 + atlas). Plus atlas by AK Johnston (1855). 8vo + 8vo oblong. Plates. 108 military plans. Contemporary half morocco. A very good set with atlas of battle plans. More about History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution
London: Longman, Hurst... 1811. Small 8vo. Original Calf. 6 volumes. Full original blind stamped calf, gilt decorations on spine, minor wear, but still a very good copy. More about The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Carefully Revised and occasionally corrected from the Arabic,...
Edinburgh: Fellows, 1845. 8vo. Full Calf. 5 vols. 4th edition. Contemporary full calf. A fine set in full early calf, gilt. More about History of Rome
London: Bentley, 1882. 8vo. Hardcover. Series of 5 published by Bentley. London. 1880-1882. Northanger Abbey Emma Mansfield Park Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Each bound in matching contemporary green half calf. A very good set. provenance Dunedin school. More about Works of Jane Austen
London: Longmans, 1882. 8vo. Hardcover. 11 vols. Contemp half calf, minor rubbing ( to be fixed?). More about Novels and Tales
London: Cawthorn, 1797. 12mo. Hardcover. 14 vols, full original tan calf, gilt decorations on spine, Contains double paged engravings in each volume. A very good contemporary set with binding in near fine condition. More about Bells selected British Theatre, consisting of the most esteemed English plays
Milano: Dalla Societa Tipografica De Classici Italiani, 1806. 8vo. Half Calf. 4 Vols. A handsome set in original half calf and marbled boards with red leather title labels to spines. Faint text from an unrelated document (somehow copied or imprinted) appears on the boards of three of the volumes but... More about Orlando Innamorato rifatto da Francesco Berno
London: Macmillan & Co, 1900. 8vo. Half Calf. 3 Vols (complete). Very nice in red half calf with marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Some foxing to prelims, else very good. A handsome set. More about The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 3 Volumes
Edinburgh and London: A. Fullarton & Co. New Edition. 8vo. Half Morocco. Vols 1-3. No date. Engravings and woodcuts throughout plus colour plates of tartans. Half Morocco binding with marbled endpapers, page edges, gilt spine titles and decoration. Minor wear to edges of leather. Internals very good. More about A History Of The Highlands and of The Highland Clans; With An Extensive Selection From the...
London: Rivington, 1826. 8vo. Hardcover. New Edition. 15 vols of 16 (lacks vol. 2). Full contemporary calf. A Handsome set. Despite the obvious fault, a finely bound series in very good condition. More about The Works
London: Murray, 1855. 8vo. Hardcover. 6 vols. Frontispiece portrait. Full contemporary morocco, gilt. An extremely handsome set. More about The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. Royal 8vo. Half Morocco. Vols 1-23 plus index volume. Library edition. Contemporary half crushed morocco. Contains: Sartor Resartus, French Revolution, Life of Schiller, Essays, Heroes and Hero worship, Past and Present, Cromwell's Letters and Speeches. Latter-day Pamphlet, Life of Sterling & Wilhelm Meister. A fine... More about Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works
London: Chambers, 1861. 8vo. Full Calf. 3 vols. Contemporary full tree calf. Fine Binding. A fine binding in early full tree calf. More about Domestic Annals of Scotland
London: Printed for Lackington, Allen, and Co et al, 1814. Eighth Edition. 8vo. Half Morocco. 3 Volumes. Frontispiece. Very nice half morocco binding with neat gilt crest to front boards and lower spines. No other markings. Some age darkening to pages, otherwise very good. A handsome set. More about The Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero to Several of His Friends. With Remarks by William Melmoth,...
London: Chatto & Windus, 1888. 8vo. Half Morocco. 2 volumes. Half morocco binding. Gilt crest to front board and lower spine. Raised bands and gilt panelling to spines. Marbled endpapers and page edges. A handsome set. More about Players and Playwrights I Have Known. 2 Volumes
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1885. 8vo. Half Calf. 3 Vols. Frontispieces, plates. Half calf binding. Some edgewear to leather. Raised bands and elaborate gilt panelling to spines. Neat gilt crest to front boards and lower spines, no other markings. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Minor wear to spine of volume 1... More about George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals
London: Fullarton, 1859. 8vo. Half Calf. 8 vols. Frontispiece portraits. Full contemporary calf. A fine looking set in early full blindstamped calf. More about A History of England in the Lives of the Englishmen
