Books
Antique, New and Vintage Books
Line Vautrin Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician Book
By Line Vautrin
Located in New York, NY
Lin Vautrin: Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician. First American edition, hardcover in dustjacket, published by Thames and Hudson in 1992. 112 pages, featuring 76 pages of illustrations, ...
Category
1990s British Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Dictionary of English Furniture, '3 Classic Volumes'
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the late Georgian Period, by Percy Macquoid & Ralph Edwards. This is the first edition from 1927 and can be regarded as th...
Category
18th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's Auction Catalog Decorative Arts Collection of Carter Burden, 2003
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Auction Catalog: Decorative Arts Collection of Carter Burden, 2003. 1st Ed softcover with 334 lots photographed in color and fully described with results.
NPT Books, a di...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
SOTHEBY'S The Jacques Garcia Collection, 1990 Sale Catalogue
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a very good copy of the Sotheby's 1990 sale of the Jacques Garcia collection of Important French Furniture, Decorations, Works of Art and Carpets which took place on October ...
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Lambeth Stoneware; The Woolley Collection, products of British Potteries
Located in valatie, NY
Lambeth Stoneware; The Woolley Collection, including Doulton Ware and products of other British Potteries, by Rhoda Edwards. London Borough of Lambeth, 1973. First edition softcover,...
Category
1970s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby’s London John Keil Furniture from 154 Brompton Road April 1998 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby’s London John Keil Furniture from 154 Brompton Road April 1998. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog that consists of 220 pages with 259 lots all illustrated in color and all des...
Category
1990s English Books
Materials
Paper
The Nissim de Camondo Museum English Language Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Nissim de Camondo Museum - Musees et Monuments de France, English Language Edition, by Nadine Gasc and Gerard Mabille. Softcover catalog of the house museum created by Moise de C...
Category
1990s French Books
Materials
Paper
Collection Of European 19th Century Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A collection of 36 European decorative antique leather-bound library books dated from 1827-1894.
This lot of books is from 4 different European countries, Germany, Denmark, Sweden a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish British Colonial Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Collection of 43 Scandinavian Antique Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A collection of 43 Swedish decorative antique leather-bound library books
This lot of books on literature from Sweden are wrapped in beautiful vintage leather-bound covers, compri...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish British Colonial Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Valuable Artistic Property Belonging to the Estate of the Late Stanford White
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the "Supplementary Sale" Catalogue of Valuable Artistc Property belonging to the Estate of Stanford White which took place on November 25th, 26th and 27th 1907 - Consisting o...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Jean Prouvé Taschen Book by Nils Peters
Located in North Hollywood, CA
PROUVÉ Taschen book, 96 pages by Nils Peters.
Celebrate the man, the myth, the legendary artistic blacksmith, designer and manufacturer.
French architect and designer Jean Prouvé ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Check List of Early American Bottles And Flasks by Stephen Van Rensselaer
Located in valatie, NY
Check List of Early American Bottles And Flasks by Stephen Van Rensselaer. Privately printed, New York, 1921. Original first edition softcover. 110 p. with 38 plates illustrating 344...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's The Thanet Dinner Service Paul de Lamerie, 1742-1746 London 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's The Thanet Dinner Service Paul de Lamerie, 1742-1746 London 11/22/84. First edtion hardcover with results. Lot 60 of this silver auction brought £860,000 ($1,180,000). The ...
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1980s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Norwegian Folk Costumes 'Norske Folkedragter' 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Norwegian Folk Costumes (Norske Folkedragter) by Einar Lexow and Joh. F.L. Dreiers. Norsk Folkemuseum, 1913. 1st Ed hardcover. Norwegian traditional dress in the 18th century. Well-i...
Category
1910s Norwegian Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Christie's Important European Furniture, Property from Moillie Wilmot, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics and Carpets in eluding the Property of Moillie Wilmot. First edition auction catalog, 338 lots all in color and fully...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's Catalog: The Mandalay Ruby, October 1988, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog: The Mandalay Ruby October 1988. First edition softcover. Extremely well described with the historic background. A superb ruby and diamond ring, mounted by Raymond ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Christie's: Important English Furniture, Property from the Estate of Vander Poel
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: April 2004 Important English Furniture including Property from the Estate of Halsted B. Vander Poel. New York, first edition catalog with 298 lots all photo’d in color an...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
Christie's November 2006 Comte et Comtesse Edouard Decazes, Paris, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: November 2006 Comte et Comtesse Edouard Decazes, Paris. 1st Ed softcover catalog with 319 lots photoed in color and fully described. The auction brought €1,655,106, with ...
Category
Early 2000s French Books
Materials
Paper
Christies: Property from the Estate of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 3/18/05
Located in valatie, NY
2005 Catalog Christie's; NY Property from the Estate of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard 3/18/05. This first edition auction catalog consists of 275 pages, 412 lots illustrated, in color, a...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Hong Kong October 23, 2005, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Hong Kong October 23, 2005. First edition softcover containing 243 lots photographed in color and fully described. With results.
NPT Books, a ...
Category
Early 2000s Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's: Americana the Collection of M. Austin & Jill R. Fine, 1/1987
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog: Americana from the Collection of M. Austin and Jill R. Fine, January 30, 1987. First edition softcover with 196 lots photographed in color and B&W and fully descri...
Category
1980s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's: The Bertram K. Little & Nina Fletcher Little Collection, Parts I & II
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, Parts I & II October 21 and 22, 1994. Softcover. The sale consisted of the Little's Americana collection. Introd...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's: Important American Furniture, Contents of "Langdon," 2/1985
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Important American Furniture, Contents of "Langdon," 2/1985. First edition softcover with 142 lots photographed in color and B&W, fully described. Langdon Farms is located...
Category
1980s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Maxime Old, Architecte/Decorateur 'Book'
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hardback book with dust jacket in very good condition. Maxime Old had a long and successful career starting in the 1930s when he worked with Ruhlmann and was designing until his de...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
"Josef Hoffmann Interiors 1902-1913," Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a hardback book with a dust jacket, in very good condition. Published in conjunction with a Hoffmann exhibition held at the Neue Gallery in New York 2006/2007. 224 pages most...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
French Books-Sa Majeste L'Argent, 5 Volume Set by Xavier de Montepin, 1882
Located in Austin, TX
A 5 volumes set of "Sa Majeste l'Argent" by French popular novelist Xavier de Montepin (1823-1902), published by Dentu Editions, Paris, 1882. Hard bound books with leather spine and ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
"Presidential Cook Book" with Original Boards, 1910
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presidential Cook Book: Adapted from the White House Cook Book. Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1910. Later Reprint. Original Boards, housed in matching slipcase.
P...
Category
1910s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
James F. Cooper, Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
32 volumes.
“Red Rover Edition”.
Bound in 3/4 tan Morocco, cloth boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, Illustrated.
Published: New York & London: G.P. Putnam’s...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Jared Sparks, The Writings of George Washington
Located in New York, NY
Being his correspondence, addresses, Messages and Other Papers, Official and private with A Life By The Author,
Notes and Illustrations, frontispiece. Bound in full tan polished c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Shakespeare's The Works, Edited by Charles Knight
Located in New York, NY
Imperial Edition
Four volumes. Octavo. Bound in three-quarter brown morocco with raised bands, all edges gilt, and gilt on spines and front covers. Profusely illustrated with stee...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Edgar Allan Poe, Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
Edited by James A. Harrison.
Bound in 3/4 red morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
Frontispiece in each volume.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Dean Milman & M. Guizot, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Located in New York, NY
Notes by Dean Milman & M. Guizot
Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) was an English historian, writer and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of...
Category
1850s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Richard Burton's Arabian Nights
Located in New York, NY
17 volumes.
The Book of The Thousand Nights and One.
“Connoisseur Edition” limited to 100 sets, this is #14. Bound in 3/4 green morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England
Located in New York, NY
Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) was an English historical writer and poet. She is particularly remembered for her Lives of the Queens of England.
16 volumes. Bound in full green moroc...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Holy Bible
Located in New York, NY
Various authors
One volume. Folio. Containing the old and new testaments. Bound in full brown morocco, blind tooling on covers & spine by Bagster. Raised bands with silk doublures...
Category
1830s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Edward Orme's Historic, Military and Naval Anecdotes of Personal Valour
Located in New York, NY
Edward Orme
Historic, Military and Naval Anecdotes Of Personal Valour, Bravery and Particular Incidents which Occurred to the Armies of Great Britain and Her Allies, in the long-C...
Category
1810s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
George Eliot, Works
Located in New York, NY
“Arbury Edition”
Bound in 3/4 slate grey morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, floral gilt on spines. Illustrated with numerous photogravure Plates, with George E...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Works of Rudyard Kilping
Located in New York, NY
Thirty-one volumes.
First published in 25 volumes but eventually grew to 31 volumes as Kipling continued to write.
Signed by Ruyard Kipling in volume one on the front title p...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
William Shakespeare, Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
12 volumes.
“Library Edition” Edited by Charles Knight.
Bound in full tan polished calf, marbled edges, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines, red & Green labels.
Published:...
Category
1850s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Oscar Wilde, the Writings
Located in New York, NY
Uniform Edition
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him b...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Charles Lamb, The Life and Works
Located in New York, NY
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his si...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Col. Sir Charles W. Wilson, Picturesque Palestine
Located in New York, NY
Col. Sir Charles W. Wilson
Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Assisted by The Most Eminent Palestine Explorers
4 volumes. Illustrated with numerous engravings on steel and woo...
Category
1880s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Jonathan Swift, The Works
Located in New York, NY
Notes and a Life of the Author by Sir. Walter Scott
Second Edition
Nineteen volumes. Octavo. Limited to seven hundred and fifty copies, this is #330. Bound in three-quarter gre...
Category
1880s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, The Odyssey of Homer, The Illiad of Homer
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) is regarded as one of the greatest English poets, and the foremost poet of the early 18th century. He is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry...
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Early 1800s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
James R. Lowell, The Complete Writings
Located in New York, NY
James R. Lowell
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1904.
Sixteen volumes. Octavo, three-quarter dark green morocco, gilt spines, top edges gilt. Illustrated with steel portraits and phot...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
Charles Knight, the Pictorial History of England
Located in New York, NY
The Pictorial History of England: Being A History of The People As Well As A History Of The Kingdom
8 volumes. Illustrated with many hundred wood-cuts. Bound in 3/4 tan calf, marb...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Charles Dickens, The Works
Located in New York, NY
Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greates...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Complete Works of Anthony Trollope
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Trollope
The Complete Works of Anthony Trollope
London: Ward Lock & Co. (1900) 30 Vols.,
frontis to several volumes, bound in fine 1/2 brown polished calf, ribbed g...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Books, Sir Winston Spencer Churchill's "War Speeches and The Post War Speeches"
Located in New York, NY
Leatherbound. 12 volumes. Bound in full blue morocco leather with all edges gilt, raised bands, and gilt tooling on spines. Very good. Published in London by Cassell & Co. between 19...
Category
1940s English Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Leather, Paper
Books, The Collected Works of George Meredith
Located in New York, NY
Leatherbound. 32 volumes. Bound in three-quarter green morocco leather with marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, and ornate floral gilt tooling on spines. Very good. Publish...
Category
1890s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Leather, Paper
Agnes Strickland's "Lives of the Queens of England..." A New Edition!
Located in New York, NY
Agnes Strickland's "Lives of the Queens of England, From the Norman Conquest"
A new edition, revised and greatly augmented. Leather bound. Eight volumes. Octavo. Beautifully bound...
Category
1850s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Leather, Paper
Charles Dickens, The Cricket On The Hearth
Located in New York, NY
A tale of home. With colored illustrations by C.E. Brock, Bound in full vellum and hand-painted on front cover and spine by Cedric Chivers, Top edges gilt.
Published: London: J.M...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
A.J. Munnings, R.A. Pictures of Horses and English Life
Located in New York, NY
1 volume.
A.J. Munnings, R.A. Pictures Of Horses and English Life.
Limited to 250 copies, this is #149. Signed by Munnings. Bound in full vellum, top edges gilt, gilt letteri...
Category
1920s Vintage Books
Materials
Leather
Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire
Located in New York, NY
8 volumes.
Edward Gibbon. The History of The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire.
With notes by Dean Milman and M.Guizot. Edited with additional notes by William Smith.
With p...
Category
1850s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
22 volumes.
Large paper edition.
Limited to 500 copies, this is #35. Bound in 3/4 tan Morocco, marbled boards
Top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Illustrated.
Publis...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Lord Macaulay, The Works
Located in New York, NY
12 volumes.
History of England, speeches and poems and essays. Bound in 3/4 tan calf by Hatchards, cloth boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels. Frontispieces.
Publi...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Robert Burns, The Works
Located in New York, NY
6 volumes.
Bound in full tree calf by Henderson, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines.
Published: Edinburgh: James Thin 1895
Handsome set.
Category
1890s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
William Shakespeare The Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
3 volumes.
Tragedies, Comedies and Histories.
Exquisitely Bound in full black Morocco, All edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on covers and spines. Illustrated with engrav...
Category
1870s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
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