C. A. Stothard's Monumental Effigies
S. Runciman's History of the Crusades
The Alice Books De Sade's Works
Emsley The Elements
The Oxford English Dictionary (The Big One)
Homer's Odyssey (in English)
Robert Graves' The Greek Myths
C V Wedgewood's History of the Great Rebellion, sadly never finished.
Anything with lots of good illustrations!! Dr John