London: John Murray, 1836. First edition. 8vo. xii, 663, (1) pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine with wide raised bands, gilt lettered black label, later bookplate to the front pastedown. 16 plates plus a folding map at the rear. Some mild rubbing, neat repair to the head of...

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London: George Newnes, 1902. First edition, 8vo, (viii), 358, (2) pp. Frontispiece and 15 plates by Sidney Paget. Contemporary inscription to paste down, armorial bookplate and a faint blind stamp to fly leaf, later inscription to fly leaf verso. Original gilt and black decorated red cloth, spine slightly faded with...

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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. (1934-38). Four volumes, volumes I and II "new edition revised", volumes III and IV first editions. 8vo. Contemporary blue half morocco over matching cloth sides, likely a publisher's binding, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered or decorated to the panels, top edges gilt...

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London: Printed by C. Baldwin... and published by L.B. Seeley...; John Hatchard...; and Robert Baldwin, 1812. Six volumes. 4to. Fine contemporary bindings of full calf, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered to three panels and decorated to the others, the boards richly decorated with a central diamond shaped blind tooled...

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London: Printed for Thomas Underhill, and Francis Tyton, 1651. Second edition, 8vo, (xl), 184, (40), 185-304, 196, (56), 197-312, 312 pp. Some occasional, and mostly marginal, browning, marbled endpapers. Period style 19th century black morocco, covers with blind stamped rules and gilt tooled flower cornerpieces, recently rebacked retaining the original...

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(London): Warren Editions, (1977). Limited edition, no. 163 of 220 copies signed by both Betjeman and Harte, oblong 8vo, (34) pp. 15 coloured lithographic plates, the text printed on thin paper. Original white cloth with a further illustration to the upper cover, blind stamped red cloth folding box, a fine copy.

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London: James S. Virtue, 1861. Two volumes. 4to. (iv), 148; (ii), 146 pp. Near contemporary dark green half morocco over matching cloth boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered to two compartments, richly gilt to other panels, gilt rules to sides, marbled edges and endpapers. Two title vignettes, 6 portraits...

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London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817. First edition, 4to, xxvii, (i), 565, (1, 2 advertisement) pp. 4 pages of 8vo publisher's advertisements, dated December 1816, tipped in at the front, contemporary owner's signature (Eliza Gifford, Nerquis [Nercwys], Flintshire) to paste down and title page, small booklabel...

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London: Heinemann, (1966-88). First edition. Twenty-one volumes. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jackets. Photographic illustrations throughout. The jacket spines of the three Companion volumes to volume IV sunned, some fading to the cloth of the final volume, some occasional very light edge wear and marking, a....

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London: Chapman and Hall, 1850. First "cheap" edition. 8vo. xii, 294, (1) pp. Publisher's green ribbed cloth, gilt to the spine, blindstamped to the boards. Frontispiece by George Cruickshank. Fading to the spine, a few minor blemishes, an attractive copy. The first one volume edition appeared in 1846. This edition...

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La Haye [The Hague]: Imprimé pour l'Auteur... et se vend... Chez Adrien Moetjens, 1734. First edition. Folio. (viii), 256, (8) pp. Contemporary tree sheep, spine flat with gilt tooled bands, gilt lettered to one panel, the 19th century armorial bookplate of the Pauncefoot Duncombe baronets to the front pastedown. Frontispiece...

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London: John Betts. 115 Strand (nearly opposite Exeter Hall), [c. 1860]. Map dimensions 75 x 62.5 cm, overall dimensions 77.5 x 64 cm. Folding map of Ireland with attractive original colour in block and outline demarcating the county boundaries. The whole dissected into twenty-four sections and mounted on linen, folds...

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