Bindings. A large collection of leather bindings, including: G. L. Wardle, A Circumstantial Report of the Evidence and Proceedings upon the Charges preferred against His Royal Highness the Duke of York in the Capacity of Commander in Chief, 1st edition, 1809 (contemporary marbled half calf, 13 engraved portraits, 4 pp. advertisements, tears in G1 and S3, worming to foot of last few leaves); [Elizabeth Kent], Flora Domestica ... with Directions for the Treatment of Plants in Pots, 1st edition, 1823 (contemporary green calf decorated in gilt and blind, short crack to foot of front joint); J. A. Hammerton, English Humorists of To-day, 1st edition, 1907 (contemporary half calf gilt by Riviere & Son, bookplate of the author); Robert Southey, Joan of Arc, c.1880 (contemporary gilt morocco over bevelled boards, all edges gilt); Hartley Coleridge, Biographia Borealis; or Lives of Distinguished Northerns, 1st edition, 1833 (contemporary half calf); Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh, 9th edition, 1819, contemporary straight-grain blue-green morocco gilt, contemporary morocco book-label of one Elizabeth Bowker; and 33 others, mainly English literature, 19th century, leather-bound, some rubbing and wear, the lot not collated and sold as a collection of bindings (qty: 41)

Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat (two works with his armorial bookplate).