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Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln
Located in New York, NY
4 volumes.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1858) with illustrations.
“Manuscript Edition”. Volumes one with a manuscript by Beveridge. Bound in 3/4 red Morocco, cloth boards, top edges gil...
Category
Mid-20th Century 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
William Wordsworth, The Poetical Works and Life
Located in New York, NY
11 volumes
Edited by William Knight.
Bound in 3/4 tan morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines, illustrated with frontispieces.
Published:...
Category
1880s 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
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
George Grote, a History of Greece
Located in New York, NY
From the earliest period to the close of the generation contemporary with Alexander the great. With portrait, maps, and plans. Bound in full tan polished calf, marbled edges, raised ...
Category
1860s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Benjamin Franklin, Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
3 volumes
In philosophy, politics and morals with memoirs
Of his early life written by himself. Bound in full tan calf, spines neatly repacked, gilt spines, Labels. Illustrated w...
Category
Early 1800s Antique 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
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
William H. Prescott, The Works
Located in New York, NY
22 volumes.
William H. Prescott, (1796-1859). Works. “Aztec Edition” Limited to 250 copies, this is #93
Titles included: Conquest of Mexico, Ferdinand and Isabella, Charles Th...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Archibald Alison, History Of Europe
Located in New York, NY
19 volumes
From The Commencement Of The French Revolution.
Bound in full tan polished calf by W.J. Mansell, marbled edges, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines, labels.
Publis...
Category
1840s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Rev. F.O. Morris, a History of British Birds
Located in New York, NY
Illustrated with 398 hand-colored plates. Bound in 3/4 red morocco, cloth boards, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines.
Published: Groombridge & Sons 1851.
Fir...
Category
1850s 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
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
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
M.A. Thiers, The History of French Revolution
Located in New York, NY
5 volumes.
M.A. Thiers. Translated with notes and Illustrations from the most authentic sources by Frederick Shoberl.
Bound in 3/4 blue calf, marbled boards, top edges gilt, ...
Category
1830s Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Robert U. Johnson & Clarence C. Buel, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
Located in New York, NY
Robert U. Johnson & Clarence C. Buel
4 volumes. First edition, profusely illustrated. Bound in 3/4 green morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, 4 to's
...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Alfred DeMusset's The Writings
Located in New York, NY
10 volumes
Bound in 3/4 wine Morocco, marbled boards, top edges gilt
Raised bands, ornate floral gilt on spines, illustrated, colored frontispiece.
Published by Edwin D. Hill...
Category
Early 1900s 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
Theodore Roosevelt, The Winning of the West
Located in New York, NY
4 volumes.
Limited to 200 sets, this is #181, in the first volume of each set is inserted a sheet of the Author’s Original Manuscript.
Bound in full dark green Morocco (Spines ...
Category
Early 20th Century 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
James Parton, Life of Andrew Jackson
Located in New York, NY
James Parton
3 volumes
Bound in 3/4 green morocco, marbled boards
And edges, raised bands, gilt panels, frontispiece in each volume
Published: New York
Mason Brothers, 1860 & 1864.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Richard B.Sheridan, The Works
Located in New York, NY
8 volumes
Bound in 3/4 wine Morocco, marbled boards,
Top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels.
Published: London, John Murray, 1821.
Category
1820s 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
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
"Mosques The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship" Book
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Houses of worship have served as a benchmark for the heights of human achievement since time immemorial—the more noble the holy shrine, the more noble the society. Over the centuries...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Other
Woodrow Wilson, a History of the American People
Located in New York, NY
Five volumes. Bound in three-quarter red morocco with top edges gilt, raised bands, and gilt panels on spine generously illustrated with portraits, maps, floor plans, and other rare ...
Category
Early 1900s 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
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
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
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
Books, Justin H. McCarthy's "The French Revolution"
Located in New York, NY
Four volumes. Octavos. Bound in full tree calf leather with marbled edges, raised bands, and gilt panels on spines.
Published in London by Chatto and Windus in 1890.
Justin Hun...
Category
1890s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Leather, Paper
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
Books, Charles C.F. Greville's "The Greville Memoirs"
Located in New York, NY
Books, Charles C.F. Greville's "The Greville Memoirs. A Journal of the Reign of King George IV & King William IV. Edited by Henry Reeve."
Eight volumes. Octavos. Bound in full win...
Category
1870s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Leather, Paper
D'abrantés, Memoirs of Madame Junot
Located in New York, NY
A splendid set of these celebrated memoirs! Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès (1784-1838) was a French writer. She was the spouse of French general Jean-Andoche Junot.
Written by D'a...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries of the Laws of England
Located in New York, NY
Notes and Additions by Edward Christian, Esq.
Sir. William Blackstone (1723-1780) was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician of the 18th century. Most noted for writing the ...
Category
1830s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
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
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
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
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...
Category
Early 1800s 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
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
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
Shakespeare's Tragedies, Comedies and Histories
Located in New York, NY
William Shakespeare
Illustrations by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank and R. Dudley
3 volumes. Bound in 3/4 red calf, all edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, large quarto...
Category
Late 19th Century English 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
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
"AXEL EINER HJORTH" Mobelarkitekt, 'Book'
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A rare book on one of the pioneers of Swedish modernism who played a significant part in the development of Sweden's reputation for design in the 20th century. He worked with various...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
"Bill Willis" Book of Interior Designs
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautifully photographed book which features some of the few remaining examples of Bill Willis's work in his adopted homeland of Morocco. There was probably not another arc...
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
"Elton John," Sotheby's Sale 1988 Four-Volume Catalogue
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the 4 volume set of sales catalogues produced by Sotheby's for the Elton John in 1988. This set is in "As New" condition only coming out of its original plastic cover for the...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Billy Baldwin Decorates, Book on Iconic Interior Designer
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
In this book Billy Baldwin one of the most illustrious American decorators of the 20th century gives advice on how to decorate a home giving specific information on every room in the...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Decorative Collection Of 112 Swedish Vintage Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Decorative collection of 112 Swedish vintage leather-bound books
Measures between 6.9 inches and 10.6 inches.
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
19th Century French Leather Bound and Gilt Book of The Virgin Mary
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a library with this beautiful antique red book named "La Sainte Vierge"; crafted in Paris, France, circa 1877, the religious book depicts the life of the Virgin M...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese History Book Meiji Era, circa 1878
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Japanese History book Meiji Era, circa 1878
Woodblock print book
Book dimensions: 182 mm x 121 mm
There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the photos.
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Serata Futurista, F.T Marinetti, circa 1914
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Serata Futurista, F.T Marinetti, circa 1914
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina, with a bit of color fading as s...
Category
1910s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese History Book Meji Era, circa 1878
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Japanese Epic Novel book Edo period, circa 1827
Woodblock print book
Book dimensions: 228 mm x 159 mm
There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the ph...
Category
1820s Edo Antique Books
Materials
Paper
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
"The Fornitures of Bystrice Pod Hostynem," Thonet Book
Located in Vienna, AT
A book about the history of the most important Thonet bentwood furniture factory in Bystryce pod Hostynem by Jaromira Simonikova, printed by Polygrafia a. s. Prague in 1992. 144 page...
Category
1990s Czech Books
Materials
Paper
Scandinavian Antique Leather-Bound Books, Brown and Red Colors
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Part of a large collection of Scandinavian decorative antique library leather-bound books
This set of 112 books are part of a large and attractive collection of 2500 mid-size antiqu...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish British Colonial Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
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