Sheffield: Printed for the Author by G. Ridge, (1847). First edition, two volumes, 8vo. Hand coloured folding map in volume II with some old closed tears to the inner edge, later signature to paste downs and brief scribbling to the title page of volume II. Original cloth, rebacked retaining almost..... More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1880. 8vo, (xx), 413, (1) pp. 24 plates and 2 maps, marbled endpapers and edges, prize inscription from the King's School, Canterbury, to a front blank. Contemporary calf, gilt spine and rules, spine slightly browned, edges with mild rubbing. More

Cambridge University Press, 2011-16. Four volumes. Volume I a reprint, II-IV first editions. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, dust jackets, slipcase. Black and white illustrations. Minor wear to the upper edges of the jackets and the slipcase, a very good set. More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. Limited edition, no. 48 of 104 sets signed by the printer Charles Whittingham, five volumes - with the Life in four volumes, large 8vo. Frontispieces and engraved titles plus 44 plates, contemporary signature to paste downs, mid-20th century catalogue slip for this set tipped..... More

London: Printed for T. Bensley for Vernor and Hood [et al], 1801. Two volumes, 8vo. Portrait frontispiece and 14 (of 16) plates after William Hogarth, one folding, with one bound in at right angles and cut in half by the binder, marbled endpapers, modern bookplate. Contemporary speckled calf, attractively rebacked..... More

London: Sold only for the Author, 232 Piccadilly, [1795]. First edition. 8vo. 170 pp. (i-v), vi-vii, (viii-xi), 12-170 pp. Contemporary red full straight grained morocco, neatly rebacked to style, gilt tooled compartments with a gilt lettered green label. Some light wear and marking to the boards, occasional browning within, very..... More

[London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, c.1878]. Oval Woodburytype photographic portrait, approximately 11.5 x 9 cm, with a printed border, overall sheet measuring c. 27.5 x 21 cm, supplied with the original printed page of biography. Very good. Originally issued as part of Lock and Whitfield's "Men of Mark..... More

Worthing: Published under the Worthing Art Development Scheme by Aldridge Bros. 1946. First edition, 4to, 156 pp. Black and white illustrations. Original gilt titled cloth, d.w. with some soiling to the lower wrapper, otherwise very good. More

London: Printed for G. and J. Offor, W. Allason [et al], 1824. Two volumes. 4to. (ii), 12, 60, 1028, (2); (ii), 1084 pp. Contemporary tan full calf, rebacked, twin gilt lettered labels, marbled endpapers. Portrait frontispiece in volume I. Wear to the boards, white speck to one spine, heavy foxing..... More

London: Printed for J. Knapton [et al], 1756. First 8vo and first abridged edition, two volumes, 8vo. Contemporary calf with some wear to corners and edges, recently rebacked and otherwise very good. Originally published in two folio volumes the year before. Courtney & Smith p. 62. More

Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1963. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to the spines, dust jackets. Frontispieces of facsimile handwriting plus one map. Very good. More

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2021. "The Yale Edition", first edition thus. Large 8vo. 818 pp. Publisher's red cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Very good. More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1901-02. Limited "Edition de Luxe", no. 75 of 100 sets. Ten volumes. Fine contemporary brown half crushed morocco over marbled boards, spines with gilt tooled wide raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels and with a shamrock gilt device repeated to the others, marbled..... More