A. A. MILNE. Winnie The Pooh. FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING - 1926 With The DJ
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: Winnie The Pooh. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE WITH THE DJ. 1 volume, illustrated by E. H. Sheph...
Fabric
Sadeli Micro Bone Inlay Backgammon/Chess Board
Located in Sharon, CT
Anglo-Indian 'Sadeli' bone and ebony inlay chessboard and backgammon box.
Bone
Sadeli Anglo-Indian Inlay Bone Ebony Chess Board
Located in Sharon, CT
Anglo-Indian Bone inlay Ebony Chess Board 'Sadeli' work box.
Bone, Ebony
Ernest Shepard. 1928 Sporting Gallery Original Drawings For House at Pooh Corner
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. - Ernest H. Shepard. TITLE: The Original Drawings by Ernest H. Shepard illustrating "The House at Pooh Corner" By A. A. Milne will be exhibited during Nov. - D...
Paper
Mid-19th Century Gothic Revival, Elm and Birch Chessboard with Brass Gallery
Located in Knivsta, SE
Mid-19th Century Gothic Revival Inlaid Elm and Birch Chessboard with Patinated Brass Gallery A striking mid-19th century Gothic Revival chessboard, beautifully crafted with an intri...
Brass
Set of 12 Frances Elliot Novels Published in Leipzig From 1872-1896
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Set of 12 Frances Elliot novels published in Leipzig from 1872 to 1896. Quarter bound leather & faux tortoise hard board binding. Published by Bernhard Tauchnitz Leipzig from the Col...
Leather, Paper
The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England, by Joseph Strutt
Located in Middletown, NY
Strutt, Joseph The Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of England; From Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth; Together with Many of the Great Persons that were eminent under th...
Gold Leaf
Strutt, Joseph – The Manners Customs Arms Habits of the Inhabitants of England
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Benjamin White [& Walter Shropshire], 1775-1776. 3 volumes, 4to, 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches (290 x 228 mm); Vol. 1: [2], iv, [2] table, 112 pp, 68 sepia plates [2 plates are numbe...
Gold Leaf
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Nice Collection of 18th/ 19th Century Weathered Spanish Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Nice collection of five extremely weathered vellum books, Spain 18th/ 19th century. Weathered ,small losses and old repairs. More photo's available on request. H:20-21cm W:2,5-4,5cm...
Parchment Paper
$858Sale Price / set|47% Off
Nice Collection of 18th/ 19th Century Weathered Spanish Vellum Books
Located in Buisson, FR
Nice collection of five extremely weathered vellum books, Spain 18th/ 19th century. Weathered, small losses and old repairs. H:20,5-21,5cm W:2,5-4cm D:15,5cm
Parchment Paper
DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. 1843 - THIRD EDITION - IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles. TITLE: A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1843. DESCRIPTION: THIRD EDITION. 1 vol., 6-5/8...
Fabric
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URFE - [ CHOISY - Abbe de ]. La Nouvelle Astree, dediee. 1712 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: URFE - [ CHOISY - Abbe de ]. TITLE: La Nouvelle Astree, dediee a Son Altesse Royale Madame. PUBLISHER: Paris: Nicolas Pepie, 1712. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 6-9...
Leather
Constitution of the United States of America, Pub. by Nathaniel Dayton, 1850s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Constitution of the United States of America. Boston: Nathaniel L. Dayton, undated [c.1850s.] 12mo. Brown grained cloth, with blind embossed covers to front and back. Gilt embossed t...
Fabric, Paper
A. A. MILNE. Winnie The Pooh. FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING - 1926 With The DJ
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: Winnie The Pooh. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE WITH THE DJ. 1 volume, illustrated by E. H. Shepha...
Fabric
A. A. MILNE. The House At Pooh Corner. FIRST EDITION - 1928 - With The DJ
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: The House At Pooh Corner. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 volume, illustrated by E. H. Shephard. Bound in t...
Fabric
Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains by Samuel Parker, 1844
By Samuel Parker
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Parker, Samuel. Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains, Under the Direction of the A. B. C. F. M., Containing a Description of the Geography, Geology, Climate, Produ...
Fabric, Paper
Johnston's Travelling Map of India on Linen in Original Cloth, 1857
Located in Langweer, NL
Johnston's Travelling Map of India on Linen in Original Cloth, 1857 An exceptionally rare and historically important travelling map of the Indian subcontinent, published by the reno...
Paper, Linen
Philips' Imperial Map of Turkey, Syria, Iraq & Transcaucasia, c.1926
Located in Langweer, NL
Philips' Imperial Map of Turkey, Syria, Iraq & Transcaucasia, c.1926 A large and highly detailed folding map of the Near East issued by George Philip & Son as part of their celebrat...
Paper
Circa 1830 The Young Ladies Mirror Charming Moralistic Paper Riddle Puzzle
Located in Lowestoft, GB
The Young Ladies Mirror is a charming, moralistic paper puzzle similar in construction to on advent calendar, each square with hand-written clue flips up to reveal the answer, writte...
Paper
World Mail and Passenger Routes to New Zealand, 1883
Located in Langweer, NL
Edward Stanford, Map of the World on Mercator's Projection Illustrating the Routes to and from New Zealand, Folding Map, c.1880 A rare and highly evocative Victorian emigrant and tr...
Paper
A pair of 19th C cased Indian Tiger Trophies - Rowland Ward Bamboo style.
Located in Leuven , BE
A rare and striking pair of 19th-century taxidermy tiger heads, mounted as naturalistic trophy displays in glazed bamboo-effect wooden cases. Each tiger emerges dramatically from a l...
Bamboo, Glass, Organic Material
19th Century Hand-Carved Walnut Playing Card Press from Germany
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century walnut playing card press, hand turned with dove tail joints, beautiful craftsmanship. Today vintage card presses make compelling decorative pieces. Some may be repurpos...
Fruitwood, Walnut
Leaves of Grassby Walt Whitman, Later Printing, in Original Boards and Scarce DJ
By Walt Whitman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass: Including a Fac-simile, Autobiography, Variorum Readings of the Poems, and a Department of Gathered Leaves. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1900. Reprint. ...
Paper
Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times by A. K. McClure, in Original Boards, 1892
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
McClure, Alexander Kelly. Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times: Some Personal Recollection of War And Politics During the Lincoln Administration. Philadelphia: The Times Publishing C...
Fabric, Paper
Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist. 1765 - FOURTEENTH EDITION - SIGNED BY HOYLE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOYLE, Edmond. TITLE: Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrill, Piquet, Chess and Back-gammon, Complete : In Which Are Contained, the Method of Playing and Betting, At Those Ga...
Leather
Robert BLAIR (William Blake). The Grave. 1808 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BLAIR, Robert (William Blake). TITLE: The Grave, A Poem. PUBLISHER: London, T. Bensley, 1808. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., folio, 13-7/8" x 11-3/8", Frontispiece p...
Leather
Group of 28 Antique National Reporter System Atlantic Reporter Volumes
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Spanning the 19th to early 20th centuries, 28 volumes from the Atlantic Reporter, a regional legal reporter series within the National Reporter System. This series contains court opi...
Leather, Paper
Antique Tarbes & French Pyrenees Folding Map, Edward Stanford, 1922
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Antique Tarbes & French Pyrenees Folding Map, Edward Stanford, 1922 Description: This original folding map of Tarbes and the Central Pyrenees was published in 1922 and distr...
Paper
Antique French Alps Map of Albertville & Briançon, Edward Stanford 1908
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Antique French Alps Map of Albertville & Briançon, Edward Stanford 1908 Description: This remarkable original folding map of the French Alps was published in 1908 and distrib...
Paper
Antique Plan Vélo de la Touraine Cycling Map, Edward Stanford, 1902
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Antique Plan Vélo de la Touraine Cycling Map, Edward Stanford, 1902 Description: This original 1902 "Plan Vélo de la Touraine" is a fascinating and increasingly scarce examp...
Paper
Antique French Folding Map of Tours, Le Mans & Chartres, c.1902 Etat-Major
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Antique French Folding Map of Tours, Le Mans and Chartres, Edward Stanford Description: This impressive original folding map of central France was published in 1902 and distr...
Paper
1914 WWI British War Office Map of Arras, Amiens and Reims, Edward Stanford
Located in Langweer, NL
1914 WWI British War Office Map of Arras, Amiens and Reims, Edward Stanford Description: Issued in London during the opening weeks of the First World War, this impressive large-sca...
Paper
Pair of African Buffalo Trophies, Mozambique, 1967
Located in Madrid, ES
Impressive pair of African buffalo trophies originating from Mozambique and dated 1967, each retaining its original identification brass plaque. These remarkable trophies are represe...
Fruitwood
Pair of African Buffalo Trophies, Mozambique, 1966
Located in Madrid, ES
Impressive pair of African buffalo trophies originating from Mozambique and dated 1966, each retaining its original identification brass plaque. These remarkable trophies are represe...
Fruitwood
WESTMACOTT / CRUIKSHANK. The English Spy. 1825 - FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WESTMACOTT, Charles Molloy. BLACKMANTLE, Bernard. CRUIKSHANK, Robert - Illustrated by. TITLE: The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Co...
Leather
The Works of Lord Macaulay. 8 VOLUMES - 1875 - IN FINE TREE CALF !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MACAULAY, Lord (Lady Trevelyan - editor). TITLE: The Works of Lord Macaulay. PUBLISHER: London: Longman, Green, and Co, 1875. 8 vols., 8-11/16" x 6-1/16", frontis portrait...
Leather
The Plays of William Shakespeare. 9 VOLUMES - 1805
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William. TITLE: The Plays of William Shakespeare. PUBLSUHER: London: for many, 1805. DESCRIPTION: 9 vols., 8-1/2" x 5-5/4", printed from the Text of the corr...
Leather
Cyrus R. EDMONDS. The Life and Times of General Washington. THIRD EDITION - 1839
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: EDMONDS, Cyrus R. TITLE: The Life and Times of General Washington. PUBLISHER: London: Thomas Tegg, 1839. DESCRIPTION: THIRD EDITION. Two volumes bound in one, 6-1/8" x 4-...
Leather
Plan of Louisbourg Harbor and Fortress, Cape Breton Island, c.1756
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Plan of Louisbourg Harbor and Fortress, Cape Breton Island, Original 1756 Description: An original eighteenth-century copper engraving depicting the fortified harbor and city...
Paper
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Honorary Membership Certificate, 1882
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Honorary Membership Certificate, Original 1852 Description: An original nineteenth-century honorary membership certificate issued by the...
Paper
Map of the Americas by Robert de Vaugondy, Original Hand-Colored Map, 1757
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Plan of Louisbourg Harbor and Fortress, Cape Breton Island, Original 1756 Description: An original eighteenth-century copper engraving depicting the fortified harbor and city...
Paper
Franco-Prussian War Campaign Map of France and Germany, Original 1871
Located in Langweer, NL
Franco-Prussian War Campaign Map of France and Germany, Original 1871 Description: An original large-format German wall map illustrating the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, publi...
Paper
Metz, Lorraine & Verdun Antique Blaeu Atlas Map, France, 1642
Located in Langweer, NL
Metz, Lorraine and Verdun Antique Blaeu Atlas Map of France, 1642 Description This finely engraved and beautifully hand-colored map depicts the historic region surrounding Metz, Ver...
Paper
Lake Geneva Antique Blaeu Atlas Map of Geneva and Léman, 1642
Located in Langweer, NL
Lake Geneva Antique Blaeu Atlas Map of Geneva and Léman, 1642 Description This beautiful original hand-colored map depicts Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) and the surrounding territories of...
Paper
Charolais, Burgundy Antique Blaeu Atlas Map of France, 1642
Located in Langweer, NL
Charolais, Burgundy Antique Blaeu Atlas Map of France, 1642 This original hand-colored map depicts a large part of the historic Comté de Charolois (County of Charolais) in the Burgu...
Paper
Lorraine Map – Blaeu Hand-Colored Dutch Golden Age Map of Lorraine c. 1642
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Lorraine Map – Blaeu Hand-Colored Dutch Golden Age Map of Lorraine c. 1640 Description: This elegant map of Lorraine, titled "Lotharingia Ducatus; Vulgo Lorraine," is one of ...
Paper
Burgundy Antique Blaeu Atlas Map of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, 1642
Located in Langweer, NL
Burgundy Antique Blaeu Atlas Map of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, 1642 Description: This beautifully engraved and richly hand-colored map depicts the historic region of Burgundy, one ...
Paper
19th Century Hand-Carved Walnut Playing Card Press from Germany
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century walnut playing card press, hand turned with dove tail joints, beautiful craftsmanship. Today vintage card presses make compelling decorative pieces. Some may be repurpo...
Walnut
1813 The Life of Nelson by Robert Southey
By Robert Southey
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful first edition of Robert Southey's detailed biography of the life of Admiral Horatio Nelson, illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume. The first edition, first issu...
Paper
Works Of William Shakespeare With Life, Glossary, Etc. - THE ALBION EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William. TITLE: The Works Of William Shakespeare With Life, Glossary, Etc. PUBLISHER: London: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d., (c.1900) DESCRIPTION: THE ALBION...
Leather
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1917 The Complete Writings of O. Henry [William Sydney Porter]
Located in Bath, GB
A handsome limited Edition de Luxe of O. Henry’s writings complete in fourteen volumes, illustrated by Gordon Grant, bound in a half morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf. In a handsome hal...
Paper
Antique Surrey Map, English, County Cartography, Atlas, Robert Morden, C.1700
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique map of Surrey. An English, framed atlas engraving by Robert Morden, this centre fold edition dating to the dating to the late 17th century and later. A finely det...
Glass, Paper
Antique Wiltshire County Map, Dutch, Framed Cartography, Latin, Blaeu, C.1650
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique county map of Wiltshire. A Dutch, framed atlas engraving of cartographic interest by Joan Blaeu (1596 - 1673), dating to the mid 17th century and later, circa 1650...
Glass, Paper
Antique Dual Sided Carnarvonshire Map, Atlas Excerpt, North Wales, Cartography
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dual-sided Carnarvonshire map. An English, engraved North Wales atlas excerpt, dating to the early 18th century and later. Delightful, dual-sided excerpt from an ...
Glass, Paper
Victorian Scottish Lignum Vitae Lawn Ball with Inlaid Bone Initials
Located in Pasadena, CA
This a good example of a 19th century Scottish Lignum Vitae carpet or lawn ball. Lignum Vitae is one of the hardest woods and has always been the wood of choice for carpet, lawn and ...
Iron
Victorian Scottish Lignum Vitae Carpet Ball with Bone Inlay, 1890-1910
Located in Pasadena, CA
This a good example of a 19th century Scottish Lignum vitae carpet or lawn ball. Lignum Vitae is one of the hardest woods and has always been the wood of choice for carpet, lawn and ...
Iron
P.M.C. NOUVELLE PRATIQUE MEDICO-CHIRURGICALE ILLUSTREE - Vol 1-8 - Complete Set
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Set of 8 volumes with leather spines, gilt print, marbleized boards and end wraps, ribbon markers. Published Masson et Cie, Libraries de L'Academie de Medicine, Paris., 1911. Black ...
Leather, Paper
Sancti Bernardi Opera Omnia, 1839, Vol 1 & 2
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sancti Bernardi Abbassi Clarae-Vallensis Opera Omnia, published 1839, in Latin. Included is both volume 1 (Part 1) and Volume 2 (Part 2) with leather spine and corners, gilt print, m...
Leather, Paper
Browning's Works Complete Registered & Numbered 12 Vol Set - 1898
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Published by Society of English and French Literature, 1898. Registered and numbered set of 1000. The books with moroccan leather, gilt print, marbleized boards and matching enwraps...
Leather, Paper
Partial Set Theodore Roosevelt's Works Prairie Edition
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Partial set of 5 of 14 Theodore Roosevelt's Works Prairie edition with red morocco leather, gilt print and marbleized boards. The books with roughcut pages. The group includes: Nava...
Leather, Paper
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
Find a wide range of antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities on 1stDibs.
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It’s never too early for good design. These interiors combine elevated furnishings and a youthful spirit, resulting in spaces that are at once elegant and whimsical.
Produced in 1843, the well-preserved volume is evidence of the author's exacting specifications.
New or old, the coverlets add old-time charm to any space.
Get into the games! These items celebrate the events, athletes, host countries and sporting spirit.
French trendsetter and serial collector Daniel Rozensztroch tells us about his obsession with objects related to seafaring men.
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.