Roughing It by Mark Twain, First U.S. Edition, Later Printing, 1872
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872. First American edition, later printing “Seventy-Fifth Thousand.” Octavo. In the publisher's original brown clot...
Paper
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, First UK Edition, Original Boards, 1883
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. With over 300 illustrations.
Fabric, Paper
$155 / set
Mark Twain Boxed Set of Two Books
Located in Bradenton, FL
A boxed set of two Mark Twain hardcover books, with illustrations by Norman Rockwell.
Paper
12 Contes / 12 Stories by Mark Twain, illustrated by Jean Trubert
Located in Middletown, NY
A collection of twelve stories by Mark Twain, translated into French and amusingly illustrated in color by Jean Trubert (1909 – 1983) a well known and prolific comic strip designer a...
Gold Leaf
Mark TWAIN. The Prince and the Pauper. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE - 1882
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TWAIN, Mark (Samuel Clemens). TITLE: The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages. PUBLISHER: Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION ...
Leather
The War Prayer (WIth a Drawing by John Groth)
By Mark Twain, John Groth
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this illustrated edition of Mark Twain’s The War Prayer, published in 1968 by St Crispin Press. Large 8vo (7.25” x 10.25”), quarter black cloth and gray-paper covere...
Paper
Asprey "Mississippi Writings" by Mark Twain
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Vancouver, BC
Asprey "Mississippi Writings" by Mark Twain. Like new condition with very minor wear.
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H 8 in W 5.25 in D 1.5 in
Antique 27-Volume Set Authorized Uniform Edition Books, Mark Twain Signed, c1899
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique 27-volume set of Authorized Uniform Edition series of books by Mark Twain Books, author signed, c1899 Bio (By Paine): 3,6,13,14,19 Volumes: 1,2,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11,15,16...
Paper
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H 8.75 in W 7 in D 1.25 in
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, First American Edition, 1885
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The book has 174 illustrations by Edward Kemble and photographic portrait frontispiece of the bust of Mark Twain by Karl Gerhardt. Twain initially conceived the work as a sequel to...
Fabric, Paper
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H 10.5 in W 7.88 in D 3.13 in
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain, First Edition
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897. First Edition. Rebound in publisher’s blue cloth laid down, with colo...
Leather, Fabric, Paper
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H 9.5 in W 6.63 in D 2.38 in
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, First US Edition, Second State, 1883
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition, second state. Illustrated throughout, with plates and in-text. In publisher’s brown cl...
Fabric, Paper
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H 8 in W 5 in D 3 in
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Louis De Conte (pseudonym of Mark Twain
By Mark Twain
Located in San Francisco, CA
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Louis De Conte (pseudonym of Mark Twain) Published Harper & Brothers 1896 First edition, originally published as a serialization in Harper’s...
Leather, Paper
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain, Later Printing, 1874
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1874. Later printing. Bound by Zucher of Philadelphia in 3/4 blue leather and cloth boards with gilt titles and tooli...
Paper
Mark Twain Classics in Period Bindings, circa 1936
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a 1936 matched set edition of Mark Twain's classic novels: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Each volume is beautifully bound in period,...
"Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain, First Edition, 1883
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Co., 1883. First edition, second state, and illustrated. Presented in custom archival clamshell. This first edition...
Paper
Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old, First Edition, circa 1875
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a first edition, first issue, of Mark Twain's "Sketches," published in Hartford, Connecticut and Chicago, Illinois by The American Publishing Company, in 1875. "Sketches,...
"Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain, First Edition, circa 1883
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
First edition, one of two intermediate first state issues. Published in 1883, by James R. Osgood. A very scarce printing of the first American edition of Mark Twain’s “Life on ...
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H 8 in W 6 in D 1.5 in
The Works of Mark Twain Published 1923 Harper & Brothers Mississippi Edition
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of the complete works of Samuel Clemens, generally known as Mark Twain. This is the Mississippi Edition published in 1923 by Harper & Brothers in New York. Contains the great c...
Paper
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, First American Edition, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade).
Paper
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain, Later Edition, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages.
Paper
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain, First Edition in Leather, circa 1872
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was written during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a prequel to his firs...
"Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain, First Edition, Second State, 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, Connecticut: The American Publishing Company, 1876.
Paper
"Life on the Mississippi" by Mark Twain, First Edition, Later State, 1883
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Life on the Mississippi. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First edition, later state. Illustrated. Bound by Whitman Bennett of New York in 3/4 brown leather an...
Leather, Paper
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, First American Edition, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. First US edition, early state. Octavo, original gilt and black-sta...
Paper
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H 7.5 in W 5.75 in D 3 in
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, First UK Edition, First Issue
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. First UK edition, first issue. Octavo, original gilt and black-stamped red pict...
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H 7.75 in W 5.75 in D 2 in
Mark Twain 'CLEMENS', Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, HIS COPY, 1896
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne: ( Mark Twain ) Title: Personal recollections of Joan of Arc . . . Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. Description: First edition...
Fabric
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain in Rare Blue Boards, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. Octavo, original gilt and black stamped blue pictorial cloth. Housed in a cust...
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H 9.5 in W 3.75 in D 6.5 in
Innocents Abroad, 2-Vols., Signature Page Signed by Mark Twain in 1906, 1922
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens). New York: Gabriel Wells, 1922.
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H 9 in W 6 in D 1.25 in
Mark Twain, Prince and the Pauper, 1882, First Edition in the Deluxe Binding!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: [CLEMENS, Samuel] - Mark Twain Title: The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages. Publisher: Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882. Description: First Ed...
Leather
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
"Roughing It" by Mark Twain First Edition Two-Volume First Printing, circa 1872
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mark Twain's classic narrative of his travels from Missouri to Nevada, and from California to Hawaii which took him seven years. Bound as two volumes in period, three-quarter "a...
Steamboat Wharf, Nantucket, circa 1900
By Walter Francis Brown
Located in Nantucket, MA
He also worked as an illustrator of such books as Mark Twain’s A Tramp Abroad and Charles Miller’s Roger Williams.
Canvas
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H 9.5 in W 6.63 in D 2.38 in
Roughing It by Mark Twain, First American Edition, Later State, 1872
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark, Roughing It. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1872. First American Edition, Later State. Illustrated throughout, with plates and in-text. In publisher’s black clo...
Fabric, Paper
Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, First Edition
Located in Southampton, NY
The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. First edition. Third printing on laid paper, professionally rebound with original cloth front and back boards, as well as back strip l...
Paper
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H 8.75 in W 7.13 in D 1.25 in
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Incomplete First American Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. Incomplete first American edition. Quarto, in publisher’s green pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and b...
Paper
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn, Edited by Mark Twain, First Edition, Circa 1894
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mark Twain's sequel to his classic novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This first edition was published in 1894 and includes illustrations b...
A Yankee in the Court of King Arthur by Mark Twain, 1st British, Circa 1889
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mark Twain had come a long way from Hannibal when he focused his irreverent humor on medieval tales, and wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The hit on the head that s...
Books, The Writings of Mark Twain, Author's Edition Deluxe
By Mark Twain
Located in New York, NY
25 volumes. Limited to 620 copies, this is #223. Signed in volume one by the author. Bound in 3/4 green Morocco, with top edges gilt, raised bands, and gilt panels. Illustrated. Publ...
Leather, Paper
Books Complete Writings of Mark Twain
Located in New York, NY
Twenty-five volumes. The Complete Writings of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). The Edition De Luxe is limited to one thousand copies which this is number 446. Hartford Conn. Th...
Books, The Complete Writings of Mark Twain
Located in New York, NY
Leather bound. 25 volumes. Bound in three-quarter turquoise morocco leather with marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, and gilt panels on spines. Illustrated throughout. A ha...
Leather, Paper
Mark Twain, Writings
Located in New York, NY
37 Volumes. “Definitive Edition” Limited to 1024 Sets, The First Volume of Each bearing the original autograph signature of Mark Twain, This is #855. Bound in full wine Morocco, t...
Leather
Mark Twain, The Writings
Located in New York, NY
25 Volumes. “Hillcrest Edition” Bound in 3/4 red morocco, cloth boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines. Published: New York & London: Harper & Brothers 190...
Leather
22 Volumes. Mark Twain, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
22 Volumes. Mark Twain, The Works. Mississippi Edition. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spines with ornate gilt-tooled detailing. To...
Leather
25 Volumes. Mark Twain, The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
25 Volumes. Mark Twain, The Writings. Underwood Edition. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 3/4 wine morocco and marbled boards, bordered in floral gilt-tooling. The spines display ...
Leather
29 Volumes. Mark Twain. The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
29 Volumes. Mark Twain. The Writings. "Underwood Edition" Bound in full red morocco, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers, green endpapers, illustrated thro...
Leather
1889 The Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
A superb copy of this sought-after fairy book by Andrew Lang, the first volume in his colourful series. The sought after first edition, first impression. Illustrated with a frontis...
Paper
1902 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful limited edition set of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated with ten plates to each volume, and signed by the publisher. The Arnheim Edition of Poe's works...
Paper
$2,750 / set
H 9.25 in W 6.5 in D 1.5 in
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Ed., 1898
Located in valatie, NY
The Life and Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson in Twelve Volumes, Limited Edition. London: MacMillian and Co., Limited, 1898. Moroccan leather and paper bound gilt hardcovers with gilt t...
Paper, Leather
$1,900 / set
H 8.88 in W 6.38 in D 1 in
Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 11 vols. LARGE PAPER EDITION 1886
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. PUBLISHER: Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1886. DESCRIPTION: LARGE PAPER EDITION. 1...
Leather
$497Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.89 in W 4.73 in D 0.99 in
Antique Book, Bones and I, Whyte-Melville, English, Novel, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book, Bones & I by George Whyte-Melville. An English language, bound novel, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. First published in 1868, Bones & I i...
Paper
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[1896] The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott
By William Hickling Prescott
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott. Complete in twelve volumes. A set of the major works of William H. Pr...
Paper
Set of Old Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called « Life of Jean Wesley ». These beautiful books are perf...
Leather, Paper
$650
H 8.63 in W 6 in D 2 in
DICKENS, Charles, Dombey and Son, '1848, First Edition Bound from the Parts'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: DICKENS, Charles Title: Dombey and Son. Publisher: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 6", illustrated ...
Leather
William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited Edition Number 77
By William Shakespeare
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited edition Number 77 Circa 1912. Leatherbound. 15 volumes. Printed on handmade paper, burgundy Moroccan leather bound volumes of "The Works of Wil...
Leather, Paper
$600 / set
H 6.5 in W 4.75 in D 1 in
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
$3,250
H 7.75 in W 5.25 in D 1.5 in
The Works of HARRIET BEECHER STOWE The Riverside Edition 17 Volume Set 1896
Located in Woodbury, CT
The Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe The Riverside Edition Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Riverside Press, Boston, 1896 Complete in seventeen volumes (the sixteen-volume edition issued ...
Leather, Paper
1906 The Novels of Jane Austen
Located in Bath, GB
The impressive and scarce complete ten volume Winchester Edition of the novels of Jane Austen, uniformly bound in the very scarce publisher's original cloth. The scarce Winchester E...
Paper
1867 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Bath, GB
The sixth thousand of Lewis Carroll's highly influential work of Victorian children's literature, illustrated throughout by John Tenniel. An exceptionally early impression of Lewis ...
Paper
Parkman's Works, Ten Volumes in Three-Quarter Leather, 1905
Located in Savannah, GA
Ten volumes of Parkman's Works, published by Little, Brown and Company of Boston in 1905 and bound in three-quarter brown leather over marbled paper boards. The spines are tooled in ...
Leather
$310Sale Price|20% Off
H 6.3 in W 4.14 in D 0.99 in
Antique Novel, The Snow Ship, Percy St John, English, Fiction, Victorian, C.1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique novel The Snow Ship by Percy St. John. An English language fiction book with secondary title Merchant of Yakoutsk, dating to the Victorian period, this edition cir...
Paper
$170
H 8.86 in W 6.11 in D 1.58 in
The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the Sunbeam by Annie Brassey, 1889
Located in Langweer, NL
'The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the Sunbeam' by the late Lady Brassey. Illustrated by R.T. Pritchett and from photographs. Published 1889. Hardboard cover in original bl...
Paper
$3,573
H 60.24 in W 17.72 in D 37.41 in
Swiss Alpine wardrobe consisting of a row of drawers and a storage door
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss Alpine wardrobe consisting of a row of drawers and a storage door with a painted decoration of Swiss folk art motifs circa 1850
Wood
$2,604Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 86.03 in W 68.71 in D 13.39 in
Antique Victorian 19th Century Pine Fireplace Surround and Overmantel Mirror
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A large and attractive late 19th century Pine & Gesso fireplace surround complete with its original over mantel mirror. The triple bevelled mirror sits within separate frames featuri...
Pine
Six Silver Plate Service Chargers Ribbon and Reed Border England
Located in Montreal, QC
Whether you are setting your table for a formal or informal occasion, service plates offer the hostess an opportunity to set the atmosphere for the decor of the table with timeless e...
Silver Plate
Travertine Pet Bowl Set Rectangle
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Unique and Stunning Pet bowl made of travertine stone. Expertly crafted and finished by hand, our travertine bowls are a study in sculptural simplicity. Natural variations in the sto...
Travertine
$1,499Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 6.7 in W 7.09 in D 3.35 in
Art Deco Rabbit, Hare Silver Plated Bronze Bookends, A.E.L, 1920s
By A.E.L.
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Very nice Art Deco rabbit, hare silver plated bronze bookends. Signed A.E.L. , stamped France and 28. Mounted Over Russian Onix. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art ...
Brass
Repoussé Patinated Brass Vase, Hokkaido, Vikram Goyal
By Viya by Vikram Goyal
Located in Noida, DL
Repoussé Patinated Brass Vase, Hokkaido, Vikram Goyal Repoussé brass vase. Handmade in India. Repoussé involves hammering low-relief designs into malleable metal sheets from the re...
Brass
Waverley Novels in 50 Volumes by Sir Walter Scott, Boston, 1857
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in Southampton, NY
Excellent and complete set of 50 Volumes of The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857; The Household Edition. Finely bound in half leather with mar...
Leather, Paper
$24,677Sale Price|25% Off
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
Late 19th Century Sèvres Style Parcel-Gilt Porcelain Jardinière
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Long Island City, NY
A late 19th century Sèvres style parcel-gilt porcelain jardinière Finely painted with numerous colored flowers with green and gold trim, gilt ram heads on either side. In late ...
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Beige Bessarabian Tapestry Woven Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Early 19th Century Beige Bessarabian Tapestry Woven Wool Rug Featuring an Adamesque central medallion set against a warm caramel ground, the composition is elegantly anchored by swa...
Wool
Mid 18th Century Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug, 1760
Located in New York, NY
Antique Brown Floral English Axminster Rug Made in Axminster, Devon, Great Britain, circa 1760 (George III) Provenance: Baron Guy de Rothschild 29' 10" x 17' 11" (909.32 x 546.10 cm)
Wool
Large Coastal Rectangular Mirror in Rattan and Woven Wicker
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Rectangular Midcentury Wall Mirror framed in Rattan and Wicker, Spain, 1960s. Elegant mid-20th century woven wicker and rattan mirror inspired by Franco Albini designs. It has ...
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Mirror
$440,922
H 70.87 in W 125.99 in D 2.17 in
Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
Other
Willy Guhl Monumental Chalice Style Concrete Planter 1960s
By Willy Guhl
Located in Meer, VAN
Willy Guhl Monumental Chalice Style Concrete Planter, Switzerland, 1960s. This is a monumental mid century concrete planter by Willy Guhl. This chalice like design is one of his bes...
Concrete
19th Century English Olivewood and Brass Inlaid Cabinet
By Town & Emanuel
Located in London, GB
A William IV cabinet attributed to Town and Emmanuel Constructed in a strongly grained olivewood and dressed with gold brass inlays and an etched and engraved brass panel; rising fr...
Marble, Brass
$3,732
H 48.04 in W 49.22 in D 22.84 in
19th Century Striking Antique Danish Gustavian Black Oak Chest of Drawers
Located in Kvidinge, SE
Antique Gustavian chest of drawers in black. The piece consists of two stacked pieces. Beneath the top is a wide molding with decorative dentils and vertical milling. Quarter-columns...
Brass
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