Late Victorian Books

Presenting a rare first edition hardback copy of The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue, Complete Edition IN ONE VOLUME with Illustrations by GAVARNI and GIRARDET, published by George Routl...

The “Standard” Edition of The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha, Translated out of the Original Tongues, Together with Cruden’s Complete Concordance… and Revised New Testament, with Many Other Important and Useful Aids to the Study of the Holy Scriptures, All Written to Increase the Interest in and Simplify the Study of the Word of God. Syracuse: Bible Publishing House, 1885. Standard Edition. Illustrated with steel and wood engravings and chromolithographs. Large quarto, with original full leather carved and gilded boards. Gilded edges and pewter clasps. Presented with a custom-made archival clamshell box. Presented is a beautifully restored and exquisitely bound Holy Bible from 1885. This family bible was published by the Bible Publishing House, in Syracuse, New York. It contains both the Old and New Testaments, and the Apocrypha and Cruden’s Complete Concordance. It also boasts 100,000 marginal references and readings, Dr. William Smith’s “Standard Bible Dictionary,” a complete history of all the books of the bible, biblical scenery, and “Manners and Customs of the Ancients.” For studying, it includes “Bible Aids for Social and Private Prayer,” the history of translation of the bible, a history of all religious denominations, “Psalms in Meter,” and a “Teachers’ Bible Textbook.” It is decorated with stunning full and half page illustrations, printed as steel engravings, wood engravings, and chromolithographs, illustrating scenes in the life of Christ, bible text events from Genesis to Revelation, natural history, and several maps of the Holy Land engraved by L.B Folger. It also contains a stunning dedication page, a marriage license...

This is a small antique needlework encyclopaedia. An English language, embroidery technique and pattern guide, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Beginning in the Als...

This is an antique Badminton Library Book. An English language, hard bound reference title on fishing by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. ...

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty’s Spec...

This is an antique mythology book, Days of King Arthur by Charles Henry Hanson. An English language, hard bound fictional work with illustrations by Gus...

This is an antique arts book, Royal Academy - An Artistic Joke by Harry Furniss. An English language, bound gallery exhibition catalogue, dating to the late Victorian period, 1888. ...

This is an antique reference book, Old English Glasses. An English language, bound historical title by Albert Hartshorne, published in the late Victorian period, 1897. Full title: O...

This is a set of 3 antique Badminton Library Books. An English language, hard bound reference title on sporting topics, dating to the late Victorian ...

This is an antique copy of Modern Practical Farriery, by W.J. Miles et al. An English language, hard bound non-fiction book, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Full title, as follows: Modern practical farriery - a complete guide to all that relates to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses; breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming; how to buy, keep and treat a horse in health and disease, etc.; forming a complete system of the veterinary art, as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London / by W.J. Miles, M.R.C.V.S.L.; with numerous illustrations and a series of anatomical plates, engraved from original drawings from nature, by Benjamin Herring, Esq.; to which is added an essay on the diseases and management of cattle, sheep, and pigs by J.L. Lupton, M.R.C.V.S. In fair, well-thumbed order. Some pages loose and displaying signs of coloration Superb frontispiece in colour, redolent of contemporary William Morris print...

This is an antique copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. An English, professionally bound literary classic, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1895 and later. Origin...

A Folio of Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891 first edition text and plates. Chromomo- lithographed plates by Gillot, colored and decorated in raised gold by hand. The sevres porcelain fa...