London: John Murray, 1872. Sixth edition, thirteenth thousand, 8vo, xxi, (i), 458 pp. Folding plate, armorial bookplate, pencilled signature to title page. Original gilt titled green cloth, some rubbing to corners otherwise a handsome copy. Freeman 393. The third issue of the sixth edition, which had a new chapter (VII)...

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Paris: The Olympia Press, (1959). First edition, first issue, 8vo, 225, (3) pp. Original paper wrappers, d.w., small closed tear to the top of the spine, light browning to the spine also, otherwise an excellent bright copy. The first issue with the green title border, but with the price crossed...

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London: The James Press, [1931]. First edition, 8vo, 57, (1) pp. Dedication leaf and 7 full page illustrations on pink paper, text on light blue paper with light marginal browning throughout, some other small illustrations, inscription to fly leaf quoting a line from one of the poems found within. Original...

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London: Taylor and Hessey..., and E. Drury, 1821. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xxviii, 216; (iii-viii), 211, (1) pp., bound without the half title and 4 pages of the publisher's catalogue in volume II. Late twentieth century quarter speckled calf over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered to...

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London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition. Small 8vo. (8), 166, (2) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered and decorated to the spine and upper board, yellow endpapers, recent red quarter morocco clamshell box. Four colour plates including the frontispiece plus three illustrations in the text. Wear to the spine...

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Amstelædami [Amsterdam]: Joannem Walters, 1699. 8vo. (vi), 544 pp., lacking the final 14 pages. Recent half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label. Frontispiece, title vignette, 2 folding maps of the world and 12 illustrations in the text, some full page. Dampstaining to the rear...

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Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1847-48. Twenty volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece in volume I, marbled endpapers, sides and edges. Contemporary red half morocco, gilt spines, slightly sunned, some occasional rubbing, several corners with light wear otherwise a very good set.

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London: John Murray, 1869. Fifth edition, (tenth thousand). 8vo. (xxiv), 596 pp. Contemporary tan full calf, sometime rebacked to style, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the foot, endpapers and all edges marbled. Folding chart. Thin black line in ink to the half...

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Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1775. First edition. 4to. xiv, xiii (3), 283 pp. Contemporary full calf, rebacked to style with repairs to the corners of the boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label, early ownership inscription to the head of the front free endpaper with an...

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[London] In the Savoy: Printed by T.N. for Henry Harrington, 1678. Second edition, folio, (iv), 734, (2, 17 index, 1) pp. Faint ink stamps of the Bradford Free Library to the first three leaves, title page with an old signature and several minor closed tears to the edges. 20th century...

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(1) London [but Geneva]: Imprinted... by the Deputies of Christopher Barker; (2) Printed by W. [Stansby] for the Company of Stationers, 1589. 4to bound in 8's. (ii), 433, (4) ff; 731-739 pp, [Matthew chapters I-XI supplied from a contemporary black letter Bible], 446, (448)-465, 467-554, (82) ff.; (10), 90, (6)...

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Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, (1995). Limited edition, one of 204 copies from a total edition of 240, folio, 28, (4) pp. 9 illustrations tipped in plus the frontispiece and 24 wood engraved illustrations, small booklabel to the top of the paste down. Quarter vellum, marbled endpapers, folding cloth case, a fine copy.

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