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Cosway Style Bindings

Vanity Fair by Wm.Thackeray, Cosway Style Binding, First Edition, First Issue
Located in Middletown, NY
150 woodcuts and illustrated capitals in the text by Thackeray. COSWAY-STYLE BINDING by BAYNTUM of
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Books

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Leather, Paper

1 Volume. Hilaire Belloc, Marie Antoinette.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Hilaire Belloc, Marie Antoinette. First Edition. A lovely Cosway-style binding by Bayntun
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Antique Early 1900s English Books

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Leather

1 Volume, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese. A lovely Cosway-style binding by
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20th Century English Books

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Leather

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President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian Tea Table
By Albert Hadley, Sister Parish
Located in St. Louis, MO
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian tea table Quite possibly the most important tea table in American History The famed, English Victorian tea ta...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Lacquer

Novels 'Works' of Jane Austen. Winchester Edition, 10 Vols, 1906 Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: AUSTEN, Jane. TITLE: The Novels (Works) of Jane Austen. PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: John Grant, 1906. DESCRIPTION: THE WINCHESTER EDITION. 10 vols., 8-3/8" x 6-1/8", fron...
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Antique Early 1900s British Books

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Leather

Pearl Royale 18K White Gold, Diamond, Sapphire and South Sea Pearl Chess Set
By Colin Burn Art
Located in Halls Head, Western Australia
The Pearl Royale chess set stands as one of the world’s finest jewelry artworks ever created. This masterpiece is hailed as the most valuable and opulent chess set in the world and l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Australian Victorian Games

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Gold

French 19th century Chickens in a landscape
By Charles-Emile Jacque
Located in Woodbury, CT
French 19th century Chickens in a landscape Charles-Emile Jacque (23 May 1813 – 7 May 1894) was a French painter of animals (animalier) and engraver who was, with Jean-François Mill...
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1870s Victorian Animal Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12 People
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful German Meissen dinnerware service for twelve people with serving pieces. The dinnerware service is in great condition. Just exquisite & very rare to find a complete service...
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Vintage 1960s German Rococo Dinner Plates

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Gold

Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloan, in Four Volumes, 1896
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sloane, William Milligan. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century Co, 1896. Four volume quarto set. Handsomely bound in half red Moroccan leather and cloth boards, spines r...
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Antique 1890s American Books

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Paper

Russian Malachite and Silver Table by Imperial Silversmiths the Grachev Brothers
By Grachev Brothers
Located in London, GB
Russian malachite and silver table by Imperial silversmiths the Grachev Brothers Russian, 1884 Measures: Height 85cm, width 113cm, depth 63cm This beautiful silver table was man...
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Antique Late 19th Century Russian Neoclassical Center Tables

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Malachite, Silver

Tiffany & Co. English King Gilded Flatware Service, 216 Pieces
By John C. Moore, Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
This timeless 216-piece flatware set from the famed Tiffany & Co. includes place settings for 12, housed in its original Tiffany & Co. fitted chest. The set is further heightened by ...
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20th Century American Tableware

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Silver, Sterling Silver

1813 The Plays of William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally bright example of the scarce 1813 twenty-one volume set of the plays of Shakespeare, supplemented with a wealth of comments and critical notices. The very scarce co...
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Antique 1810s British Books

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Paper

4 Volumes, John Milton, the Poetical Works
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. John Milton, The Poetical Works. Limited edition. Bound in full tan morocco with the covers displaying ornate floral open-tooled detailing and bordering. Raised bands with...
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Early 20th Century American Books

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Leather

8 Volumes. William Shakespeare, The Plays of Shakespeare.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. William Shakespeare, The Plays of Shakespeare. Bound in full tan calf with covers displaying gilt bordering. Raised band spine with panels displaying beautiful gilt detail...
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Antique 1830s English Books

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Leather

12 Volumes. The Brontë Sisters, Novels.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. The Brontë Sisters, Novels. Thornton Edition. Bound by Root & Son in 3/4 tan morocco and linen boards, double bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines are faded to brown and ...
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Early 20th Century British Books

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Leather

24 Volumes, Joseph Conrad, The Works of Joseph Conrad
Located in New York, NY
24 Volumes. Joseph Conrad, The Works of Joseph Conrad. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco. Linen boards. Raised bands. Top edges gilt. Decorative gilt emblems on spines. Marbled endpapers. T...
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20th Century American Books

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Leather

Important, Rare French Ormolu Sevres Style Porcelain Jewelry Box on Bronze Table
Located in New York, NY
A rare and important French ormolu/bronze and Sevres style turquoise porcelain jewelry box casket on matching French ormolu/bronze table with Sevres style porcelain plaques. Of pala...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu

Antique 1719 English "The Compleat Herbal" Volume 1 First Edition Book
By Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique first edition book titled "The Compleat Herbal" or 'The botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort' was published in 1719 in England on paper and bound in leather in the p...
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Antique Early 18th Century English George I Books

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Leather, Paper

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Robert Burns, Poems, in a Fine Cosway Style Binding, by a Noted 19th C Artist
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
. Description: In A Fine Cosway Style Binding. 1 vol., 9" x 5-3/4", facsimile of the 1786 "Kilmarnock" edition
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Vintage 1920s British Books

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Leather

Dilke, French Painters of the 18th Century, in an Outstanding Cosway Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: An excellent example of a Cosway-style binding with five miniatures (though not signed, these are
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Antique 1890s British Books

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Leather

"My Early Life" by Winston Churchill, First Edition, Cosway-Style Asprey Binding
By Winston Churchill
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Bound in full red crushed Morocco leather with Cosway-style
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Vintage 1930s British Books

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Leather, Paper

Books, Nathaniel W. Stephenson's "An Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln" Cosway
Located in New York, NY
-style binding! Americana, Biography, Cosway Binding, Fine Bindings and Collected Sets, Single Volume.
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Vintage 1920s American Books

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Leather, Paper

David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
Located in New York, NY
Dickens on Front Cover by Bayntun “Cosway Style Binding”, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt on spine and
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Antique 1850s Books

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Leather

David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens
H 8.5 in W 2 in L 8.5 in
1 Volume. Philip Guedalla, The Duke.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Philip Guedalla, The Duke. A Cosway-style binding by Bayntun. Bound in full red morocco
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Vintage 1930s English Books

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Leather

1 Volume. Philip Guedalla, The Duke.
1 Volume. Philip Guedalla, The Duke.
H 9.5 in W 2.25 in D 6 in
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