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London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original gilt decorated green leather hardcover, illustrated, 304 pages plus plates of facsimile signatures, all page edges gilt, inner hinge a little weak, covers a little rubbed and faded, otherwise very good.

London: Whittaker & Co., c1842. Leather. Good Only. 8.5" by 5". Various. Anthology celebrative of British poetry and art, featuring prominent authors including Shelley and Byron among others. Edited by Victorian journalist C S Hall. Dated via Jisc. Featuring prominent poets including Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Southey, Scott, Coleridge, Hunt, Wolfe, and more. Illustrated with striking engraved vignettes throughout protected with tissue guards, as well as four leaves of facsimile signatures to rear. Collated, complete. With half title. In half straight up grain morocco binding over marbled boards with marbled edges and endpapers, signed Mudie. Gilt lettering and tooling to spine. Externally with rubbing to joints and extremities of spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to leaves. Good Only

London: Henry G Bohn, 1845. Hardcover. See description. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Full dark blue leather binding with ornate decorative borders and gilt illustration to centre front and rear boards. Five ridged spine with decorated panels and blue leather title plate. Gilt all edges. 43 black and white engravings Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Rubbed sections of leather with wear to spine edges. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. Book plate to front paste down 'Alexandri Caroli R. Maitland'. Faint foxing to most page margins. DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 304. Size: 8vo 21.5cm by 14cm.

London: Henry G. Bohn 1853. (Leather binding) xvi, 304, [4] pp.. Good. A worn copy of a fine binding with the spine, boards, edges and inner dentelles tooled in gilt. All edges gilt, coated yellow endpapers. 43 engravings, 4 pages of facsimile signatures of the poets. The covers are rubbed, the front inner hinge cracked, the bottom corners of the pages at the spine are dampstained, spotting to the pages, previous owner inscriptions to the front endpapers, and the page before the half-title has been cut out. (Poetry, Poetry).