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Rockwell Kent, Four Bookplates (on one sheet)
By Rockwell Kent
Located in New York, NY
Proof sheet with four wood engraved book plates by Rockwell Kent. Possibly for a book on this subject published in 1937. There are pencil numbers under each image that probably indic...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Bookplates

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Woodcut

Gerlach's Allegorien Plate #89: "Bookplate Spring" Lithograph
By Koloman Moser
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Koloman Moser (1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
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1890s Vienna Secession Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Title Page" and "Art Nouveau Motif" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were from "Ilsee, Princess of Tri...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Antique Framed Hand Colored Engraved Bookplate Lord Harcourts England 1800s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An antique hand-colored engraved bookplate of Nuneham House in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
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1850s English Revival Antique Bookplates

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Going to Meet the Princess" and "Ilsee's Followers" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were pages 53 & 5...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate foliage
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ilsee's Palace" and "The Princess's Creation" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were pages 67 & 68 of "...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Departing Beauty" and "Dreams" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were pages 94 & 93 of "Ilsee, Princess...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli "Ilsee and Jaufre" is an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. From "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a rare illustrated book. Image: 8.12" x 6" F...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate verso
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Oasis Beetles" Verso: "Visiting Ilsee's Palace" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau floral figure bookplate
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princesse de Tripoli Recto: "Flood" Verso: "Trials of the Pilgrimage" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs from ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Student and Teacher" and "Jaufre in Nature" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were pages 13 & 14 of "Il...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Guiding Light" and "Nature's Course" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were pages 113 & 114 of "Ilsee, ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate medieval
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This color double-sided lithograph is from Alphonse Mucha's "Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli." The front of this piece, "Rudel of Blaye" features the royal family and subjects (sans text)...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures birds floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli "Princess Ilsee's Oasis Throne" is an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. From "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a rare illustrated book. Image: ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau floral ornate bookplate verso
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Jaufre's Entrance" Verso: "Father Scolds Son" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs f...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau floral ornate bookplate verso
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Writing Verse" Verso: "Love's Lyre" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs from "Ilsee...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau bookplate figure ornate text
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Ilsee's Vision" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs from "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a ra...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
From: Ilsée, Princesse de Tripoli "Ilsee and Jaufre" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs from "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dream Weavers" and "Soul of the Land" are two sides of a double-sided lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were created for "Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli" and are the rar...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

19th century lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate recto and verso face
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Title Page" Verso: "Art Nouveau Motif" is an original by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided lithographs from "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripo...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate female subject
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In 1897, Alphonse Mucha created illustrations for "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli." This double-sided print is a rare proof of an original color lithograph before any text from the stor...
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1890s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

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Lithograph

Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David Thomson, Bookplate Thos. Barratt
Located in valatie, NY
The Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David C. Thomson. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1892. First Edition Thus. Inscribed by the author to Thomas J. Barratt. Ba...
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19th Century English Antique Bookplates

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Paper

Old English Furniture Its True Value & Function with Important Bookplate, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Old English Furniture its true value and function, by H. Avray Tipping With an Important Bookplate
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1920s Antique Bookplates

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Paper

The Bookplates & Marks of Rockwell Kent; With a preface by the Artist, SIGNED
Located in Middletown, NY
and 80 bookplates by American painter, printmaker, illustrator, writer, sailor, adventurer and voyager
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Early 20th Century American Antique Bookplates

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Paper

Beggar's Opera by Mr. Gay, Nelson Doubleday's Personal Copy with His Bookplate
Located in valatie, NY
bookplate inside the front cover. Nelson Doubleday (June 16, 1889 – January 11, 1949) was a U.S. book
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1920s American Antique Bookplates

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Paper

Audsley, George Ashdown and James, Lord Bowes ‘The Keramic Art of Japan’
By George Ashdown Audsley & James Lord Bowes
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
, Lausanne, Switzerland and Johannis Naylor, with his engraved armorial bookplate.
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1870s English Antique Bookplates

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Paper

1833-1842 History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution
By Archibald Alison
Located in Bath, GB
bookplate of John Buxton Philips to the front pastedowns. Retaining half titles. Condition In full calf
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Bookplates

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Paper

Study for a Vignette
By Jean-Michel Moreau
Located in Astoria, NY
, Old Master, Bookplate, Monnet, Simonon, Launay et Duclos, Oil Sketch, Amour, Courtship Scene, Watteau
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1770s Baroque Antique Bookplates

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Canvas, Oil

Study for a Vignette
By Jean-Michel Moreau
Located in Astoria, NY
, Etude, Old Master, Bookplate, Monnet, Simonon, Launay et Duclos, Oil Sketch, Amour, Courtship Scene
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1770s Baroque Antique Bookplates

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Canvas, Oil

Complete Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes. AUTOCRAT EDITION - 13 volumes
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, a VERY GOOD set.
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1890s British Antique Bookplates

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Leather

Niccolo Gualtieri, Florentine Conchologist/Artist, Two Framed 1742 Engravings
By Niccolo Gualtier
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Bookplate Engravings- Seashells, From Gualtieri's book "Index Testarum Conchyliorum...Museo Nicolai
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18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Bookplates

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Glass, Wood, Paper

SPARROW. British Sporting Artists From Barlow To Herring - IN AN ONLAY BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, leather bookplate of Beeleigh Abbey, by Bayntun. CONDITION: Inner and
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1920s British Antique Bookplates

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Leather

1895 The Works of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
'; 'Theophrastus Such'; 'Silas Marner Etc.'; 'Legend of Jubal etc'; 'The Spanish Gypsy'. Bookplate of Andrew Pears
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1890s British Antique Bookplates

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Paper

ALISON. Essays Political, Historical, & Miscellaneous. 3 vols. IN FINE TREE CALF
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
key design, blind tooled dentelles, marbled pastedowns, end papers, and edges, engraved bookplate of
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1850s British Antique Bookplates

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Leather

RUSKIN. Modern Painters & The Seven Lamps Of Architecture. IN A FINE BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
pastedowns and endpapers, all edges gilt, engraved bookplate of Richard Fothergill (member of Parliament) to
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1850s British Antique Bookplates

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Leather

Numismatic and Glyptic Treasure by Paul Delaroche, Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont
Located in Madrid, ES
work was sold for 1300 gold francs by Rollin & Feuardent in 1860. Bookplate with the arms of Henry
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1850s Antique Bookplates

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Paper

KIPLING. Jungle Book. Second Jungle Book. JUNGLE BOOK SIGNED WITH A 4 LINE QUOTE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
. CONDITION: General handling, minor rubbing to head and foot of spines and back corners, bookplate to front
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1890s British Antique Bookplates

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Fabric

1750 The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher
By Francis Beaumont
Located in Bath, GB
original endpapers. With the bookplate of Whig politician Edward Barrett Curteis to front free endpaper of
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1750s British Antique Bookplates

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Paper

Rare Charles Burchfield Drawing Book plate Rare Black and White Museum Framed
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original rare bookplate drawing by Charles Burchfield featuring his most famous motifs of
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1910s American Modern Antique Bookplates

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Paper, Archival Ink

1897-1906 The Works of George Meredith
By George Meredith
Located in Bath, GB
only the odd mark to the boards and spines and a touch of shelf wear. Decorative bookplate of one Hugh
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Late 19th Century British Antique Bookplates

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Paper

DIGGES, Sir Dudly. The Compleat Ambassador. 1655 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, neatly rebacked, back corners renewed, gilt lettered black morocco spine label, small engraved bookplate
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1650s British Antique Bookplates

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Leather

Some old French and English Ballads – ERAGNY PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
unmarked. With error in printing publication date 1905 as MCCCCMV. Pictorial bookplate of R. T. Gibbon
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Early 20th Century English Antique Bookplates

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Paper

Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam 3 Volumes Leatherbound
Located in San Francisco, CA
volumes with marbleized boards. The volumes contain the bookplate of former owner, Charles Robert Bignold
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1830s English Antique Bookplates

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Leather, Paper

American Ornithology; Or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Located in Middletown, NY
some offset from the plates; bindings pristine. Bookplate of George Bannerman with the Bannerman family
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Early 19th Century English Antique Bookplates

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Gold Leaf

Mary SHELLEY. Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus. 1839 3RD ED 4TH PRINTING.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
grained brown/maroon cloth, engraved bookplate of Arnold Henry Robson to front pastedown. CONDITION
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1830s British Antique Bookplates

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Fabric

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Illustrated, Facsimile First Edition, 1914
By Charles Dickens
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
discoloration. Bookplate of writer Vincent Starrett to front endpaper and ownership signature on the half title
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1910s American Victorian Antique Bookplates

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Fabric, Paper

1859 The Life of John Milton
By David Masson
Located in Bath, GB
. By David Masson. This was his magnum opus. Bookplate of Andrew Carnegie to the front paste downs
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1850s British Antique Bookplates

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Paper

Seven Men by Max Beerbohm – FIRST EDITiON
Located in Middletown, NY
leather and gilt bookplate of Louis Auchincloss pasted inside front cover. Pages clean and unmarked
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Early 20th Century English Antique Bookplates

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Gold Leaf

Pair of Antique Bohemian Green Glass Vases Enamel Gilt attr Moser, Strong Museum
By Moser, Moser Glassworks
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
variety of collecting areas, such as dolls, dollhouses, miniatures, books, bookplates, paintings, artwork
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Late 19th Century Czech Victorian Antique Bookplates

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Glass, Art Glass

1926 Ulysses
By James Joyce
Located in Bath, GB
renewed. Retaining the original half title. With the bookplate of Richard Benjamin to the verso of the
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1920s French Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

A. A. MILNE. The House At Pooh Corner - 1928 - FIRST DELUXE EDITION - SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Internally clean and bright, no previous ownership inscriptions, markings, or bookplate, FINE/NEAR FINE.
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1920s British Antique Bookplates

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Fabric

1876 The Hunting of the Snark; Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice"
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Bath, GB
the rear. With the bookplate of Arthur C Franklin to the front pastedown. A lovely example of this
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1870s British Antique Bookplates

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Paper

Still Life
By Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
a former owner of the painting; "The arms are the bookplate of Caroline Janetta, Countess of Essex
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18th Century Dutch School Antique Bookplates

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Oil, Panel

1855-92 The Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson
By Alfred Tennyson
Located in Bath, GB
. The first edition. Bookplate of George Abraham Crawley to the front paste downs. Crawley was an
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Late 19th Century British Antique Bookplates

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Paper

A. A. MILNE. Toad Of Toad Hall. 1929 - FIRST DELUXE EDITION - SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
and unopened, with the original DJ. CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, bookplate to front
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1920s British Antique Bookplates

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Fabric

7 Vol. Set- Charles Merivale, A History Of The Romans Under The Empire, 1858
Located in Bridgeport, CT
with red and brown with gilt spines. Marbelized end papers. All with bookplates inside boards from
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Bookplates

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Leather, Paper

Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enameled Guanyin Sculpture Figurine, Strong Museum
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
, books, bookplates, paintings, artwork, shells, and various antiques, including Asian and Japanese
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Bookplates

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Brass, Bronze

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Antique Bookplates For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique bookplates available for sale. The range of distinct antique bookplates — often made from paper, wood and glass — can elevate any home. Antique bookplates have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique bookplates to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Modern and Neoclassical antique bookplates are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made antique bookplates over the years, but those made by Anders Zorn and Pierre Bonnard are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Bookplates?

Prices for antique bookplates start at $60 and top out at $4,000 with the average selling for $1,190.