George Edward Cokayne Furniture

The Works of Shakespeare Complete in 7 duodecimo 3/4 leather bound volumes with marbleized boards and end papers, top edges gilt. A charming set in attractive original condition. Fro...

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Hardcover, leather bound book with all gilt edge, published in 2008 by Barnes & Noble, 721 pages.

Michelangelo - Complete Works, softcover book. Special edition for the Vatican museums and galleries. Printed in Italy, 78 color illustrations, 96 pages.

With the inscription 'Virtus Incendit Vires' which translates to Virtues kindles strength. Hand painted in a frame. Michael Kittredge Collection.

A set of seven beautifully bound volumes in morocco red leather with gilt decorations and crest to front and rear. A stunning collection of this pictorial work of British and Irish c...

Early 20th century Smiths Astral [Great Britain] shipboard brass clock, circa 1930. A brass case with inset beveled glass panel that reveals a silvertone...

Great Georgian Houses of America; Volumes 1 & 2 by Architects Emergency Committee, William Bottomley chair. Dover Publications, Inc., 1970. First Edi...

AUTHOR: FRANKLIN, Benjamin (John Bigelow - editor). TITLE: The Complete Works Of Benjamin Franklin. PUBLISHER: NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1887. DESCRIPTION: LETTER-PRESS EDITION. 1...

This is Gilpin's third in his series of works tracing picturesque beauty in British natural landscapes. In it he portrays the landscapes of Scottish Highlands, and describes them lyrically in his text. Prefacing the list of Prints at the end of the second volume, the author says "With regards to the prints, which adorn these volumes, I can only say..... that few of them pretend to be 'exact portraits.' They in general 'only characterize the countries,' through which the reader is carried." The illustrations, based on Gilpin's sketches, were etched by his nephew William Sawrey Gilpin using the newly invented aquatint process. This volume also includes a technical discourse about drawing and the mixing of colors, including a chart (vol. 1, p. 131-134) William Gilpin (1724 – 1804) was an English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. He is best known as a travel writer and as one of those who originated the idea of the picturesque. Gilpin's tour journals circulated in manuscript to friends such as the poet William Mason and a wider circle including Thomas Gray...

Great Houses of Britain by Nigel Nicholson. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1965. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Houses typify all the main architectural styles from t...

Antique map titled 'La Grande Bretagne et Irlande'. Small antique map of Great Britain and Ireland. Source unknown, to be determined. Publ...

Painted crest featuring Britannia with scenes of places and things.