About Imperial Fine Books, Inc.
Imperial Fine Books was established in 1989. The company specializes in decorative and special editions of collected leather-bound antiques books from the 19th through 20th century in fine binding, single volumes and leather-bound sets, children's, classics, illustrated, first and rare editions, literature, Americana, history, travel, sporting, Cosway and jeweled bindings. We offer designer and collectors a splendid opportunity to furnish their library with beautiful leatherbound books in fine binding.
Established in 19891stDibs seller since 2008
Associations
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America
Antiques Associations Members
Featured Pieces
40 vols. Charles Dickens, The Works of Charles Dickens. Limited Edition.
Located in New York, NY
40 vols. Charles Dickens, The Works of Charles Dickens.
Limited Edition, limited to 150 copies printed for each Great Britain and America. Illustrated title page. Illustrated through...
Category
Vintage 1920s Books
Materials
Gold
4 vol. William Milligan Sloane, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. First Edition.
Located in New York, NY
4 vol. William Milligan Sloane, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
First Edition. Illustrated profusely with portraits and views, including many colored plates. Illustrated portrait frontis...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
4 vols. A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh Series
Located in New York, NY
4 vols. A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh, House of Pooh Corner, Now We Are Six and When We Were Very Young.
Later Editions. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. Bound beautifully in smooth ...
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold
1 vol. William Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Comedy of the Tempest.
Located in New York, NY
1 vol. William Shakespeare, Shakespeare’s Comedy of the Tempest.
First Trade Edition. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in-color plates by Edmund Dulac. Bound beautifully in 3/4 bright calf...
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold
2 vols. Homer and William Mumford, Homer’s Iliad.
Located in New York, NY
2 vols. Homer and William Mumford, Homer’s Iliad.
Translated by William Mumford. Illustrated portrait frontispiece. Bound in 3/4 black Morocco leather and marbled boards, with gilt b...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Books
Materials
Gold
2 vols. Virgil and Charles Symmonds, The Æneis of Virgil.
Located in New York, NY
Second Edition. Translated by Charles Symmonds, D. D. Of Jesus College, Oxford. Bound in 3/4 black Morocco leather and marbled boards, with gilt bordering on covers and elaborate flo...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold
30 vol. Thomas Carlyle, The Works of Thomas Carlyle. Centenary, Large Paper Ed
Located in New York, NY
30 vol. Thomas Carlyle, The Works of Thomas Carlyle.
The Centenary Edition, Large Paper Edition, Limited Edition limited to 300 sets, of which this is no. 274. Illustrated frontispi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Silk, Paper
2 vol. Dante Alighieri, The Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
Located in New York, NY
2 vol. Dante Alighieri, The Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
Translated by rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A.. Illustrated with the designed of Gustave Doré. With critical and exp...
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold
1 vol. Francis Bacon, Bacon’s Essays.
Located in New York, NY
1 vol. Francis Bacon, Bacon’s Essays.
Marbled endpapers with inner dentelles with gilt floral motifs, top edges gilt, raised bands. Bound beautifully by Hatchards in full brown Moroc...
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold
1 vol. Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories For Little Children. 1902 First Edition.
Located in New York, NY
1 vol. Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories For Little Children.
1902 First Edition. Illustrated by the author. Bound beautifully by Bayntun in full wine red Morocco leather with leather...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold
32 vol. Charles Dickens, The Works of Charles Dickens. Large Paper, Limited Ed.
Located in New York, NY
32 vol. Charles Dickens, The Works of Charles Dickens.
Large Paper Edition, Limited Edition limited to 500 sets, of which this is no. 35. With critical and bibliopgraphic introductio...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Books
Materials
Gold
1 vol. Hamilton, Madison, Jay, The Federalist on the New Constitution
Located in New York, NY
1 vol. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, The Federalist on the New Constitution.
Written in 1788. Bound in full tan calf leather with red leather onlay and gilt lettering ...
Category
Antique 19th Century American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
