Jesse, John Heneage. SELECTED WORKS: full list of titles below. London: Richard Bentley, 1840-1862. 16 uniformly bound volumes, 8vo. Full light brown polished calf with French fillet. Spines with 5 raised bands, green gilt-lettered panels in compartments 2 and 3, remaining compartments decorated in gilt. Board edges ruled in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Including: MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND FROM THE REVOLUTION IN 1688 TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE THE SECOND. 1843. 3 volumes. Frontispieces. * MEMOIRS OF KING RICHARD THE THIRD AND SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES WITH AN HISTORICAL DRAMA ON THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH. 1862. Frontispiece. Title in red and black. * MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF THE STUARTS, INCLUDING THE PROTECTORATE. 1840. 4 volumes. Frontispieces. * LONDON AND ITS CELEBRITIES, A SECOND SERIES OF LITERARY AND HISTORICAL MEMORIALS OF LONDON. 1850. 2 volumes. * GEORGE SELWYN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES; WITH MEMOIRS AND NOTES. 1843-4. 4 volumes. Frontispieces.* LITERARY AND HISTORICAL MEMORIALS OF LONDON. 1847. 2 volumes. Titles in red and black. Frontispieces: map to volume 1, 1 large panoramic plate of London and Westminster in vol 2, 4 folding maps. Generally very good condition: some scratching/sunning to spines, occasional chips to tail/headpieces, interior generally toned, else largely clean and crisp. Various imperfections. Ex libris Charles Cobb Walker (bookplates on front pasted endpapers); ex library New England Conservatory of Music; embossed stamps on titles and/or other leaves. *Additional images and detailed condition report available upon request. **Overweight / Oversized shipping charges apply**