[BINDINGS] -- [HISTORY]. A group of 7 works, most in contemporary full leather bindings, including works related to history, comprising:

1) GIBBON, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. L: John Murray,1855. 8 volumes. Later green straight-grain morocco gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY ZAEHNSDORF & C.E. LAURIAT CO. BOSTON. Later edition.

2) LECKY, William Edward Hartpole. A History of England in the Eighteenth Century. L: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1879- 1890. 8 volumes. Contemporary tree calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY ROOT & SON. Second edition.

3) STEPHEN, James, Sir. Lectures on the History of France. L et al: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans et al, 1852. 2 volumes. Contemporary polished calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY HAYDAY. Second edition.

4) MACAULAY, Lord. The History of England. L: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1862. 8 volumes. Later blue polished calf gilt, BOUND BY FORBES & BENNETT, SOUTHAMPTON (ticket).

5) McCARTHY, Justin. A History of Our Own Times. L: Chatto & Windus, 1880. 4 volumes. Contemporary paneled calf, red and brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION.

6) MORTON, H.V. In Search of England. L: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1934. Contemporary polished blue calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Twenty-first edition.

7) MORTON, H.V. In Search of Scotland. L: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1935. Contemporary polished blue calf gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Twenty-first edition.

Together, 7 works in 32 volumes, all 8vo, most in contemporary full morocco or calf bindings, condition generally very good.

This lot is located in Chicago.