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Books For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1920s
Charles DICKENS - The Chimes: A Goblin Story - 1845 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: The Chimes: A Goblin Story Of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out And A New Year In.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1845.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST...
Category
1840s British Antique Books
Materials
Fabric
Large Antique Photo Album with Wooden Carved Cover, Brienz ca. 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Antique Photo Album with Wooden Carved Cover, Brienz ca. 1900
A lovely antique photo album featuring a lindenwood carved cover depicting a hunte...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Books
Materials
Wood
Nelson's Guide to the City of New York and its Neighbourhood, 1858
Located in Langweer, NL
"Nelson's Guide to the City of New York and its Neighbourhood," published in 1858 by T. Nelson in London and New York, serves as an invaluable resource for exploring the historical a...
Category
1850s Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Journal of Voyages and Travels '2 Vol.' by Tyerman & George Bennet, '1831'
Located in Langweer, NL
Two volumes 'Journal of Voyages and Travels (..)' by Tyerman (Rev. Daniel) & George Bennet. First edition, engraved portrait frontispieces and 12 plates, tissue guards, lacking adver...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
CLOUGH - Plutarch's Lives. The Translation Called Dryden's. 5 vols. FINELY BOUND
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLOUGH, A. H. (Plutarch).
TITLE: Plutarch's Lives. The Translation Called Dryden's.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1872.
DESCRIPTION: 5 vol., 8-13/16" x 6...
Category
1870s American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Book in Case, Hillingdon Hall or the Cockney Squire, English, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cased copy of Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire. An English language novel published in the Victorian era, this edition dated 1888.
Originally written in 1845...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Charles DICKENS, Our Mutual Friend, 1865 A PERFECT SET IN THE ORIGINAL 19 PARTS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: Our Mutual Friend. (20 Parts in 19).
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION A PERFECT SET IN THE ORIGINAL 19 PARTS. first issue of text with "pricipal" for "principal" in part 14, illustrated by Marcus Stone, original pictorial blue paper wrappers.
CONDITION: A completely unsophisticated set with none of the spines being rebacked, some wear to the head and foot of spines, chipping to a few corners, internally clean and bright...
Category
1860s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Keating, William. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River
Located in Middletown, NY
Keating William H
Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St Peter's River Lake Winnipeek Lake of the Woods &C Performed in the Year 1823 by Order of the Hon J C Calhoun Secretary of War Under the Command of Stephen H Long U S T E
London, Geo B Whittaker, 1825.
First English Edition Two volumes 8vo 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 220 x 140 mm. Vol. 1 pp. xvi, 458; Vol. 2 pp. vi, 248, 156, Appendix. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards; five raised bands, gilt rules, decorative motifs, and title on black morocco label spine; hinges and edges rubbed; front hinge of Volume 1 cracked internally; t .e. g., rest uncut. Pages are bright and bindings tight, light foxing on a few pages and typical offset opposite plates.
Vol. 1 includes 3 copper engravings etched by R Fenner, a large folded map 12 3/8 x 21 in / 313 x 534 mm, engraved by R Penny. Two-inch tear to one fold, otherwise solid and some offset; and a page of sheet music with "Dog Dance of the Sioux" and "Chippewa Scalp Dance" Map of the Country Embracing the Oute of the Expedition of 1823, Commanded by Major S H Long. Vol. 2 includes four engravings by R Fenner, 2 of waterfalls and 2 of shells, plus three fold-out calendars and a 9-page "Vocabulary of Indian Languages" in the Appendix.
Bookplate of William B Claflin Jr in both volumes with ink inscription "Legacy Grace E Reed Dec 20 1921"
(Sabin 37137; Howes 5570; Field 949)
The book is dedicated to James Monroe, 4th President of the United States, and its outstanding plates depict Native Americans their environment and customs. "The work is almost a cyclopædia of material relating to the Indians of the explored Territory Nothing escaped the attention or record of the gentlemen who accompanied the expedition and their statement regarding the customs character and numbers of the Sioux and Chippeway tribes are among the most valuable we have of those people Six of the plates are representations of their practices habitations or features includes comparative vocabulary of the Sawk Sioux Chippeway and Cree languages. – Thomas W Field...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
(KYD) - DICKENS - Barbara (from The Old Curiosity Shop) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Barbara (from The Old Curiosity Shop)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH...
Category
1920s British Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Andre Lurcat: Projets Et Réalisations
By André Lurcat
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on the work of Andre Lurcat, important French modernist architect, designer, urban planner, and younger brother of the textile artist Jean. ...
Category
1920s French International Style Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Valperga, First Edition of Her Second Novel, 1823
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Title: Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca.
Publisher: London: for G....
Category
1820s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
New Shipment of over 200 Leather Bound Books in English, Photo's Are of Sets
Located in Buchanan, MI
New shipment of over 200 leather bound books in English, photo's are of sets. Preconditioned as we fully condition all of our books before they go out. Also have an extensive collect...
Category
19th Century American George III Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
A. A. Milne, Collected Plays, All First Editions Each Inscribed to His Brother
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Milne. A. A..
Title: [Collected Plays], First Plays; Second Plays; Three Plays; and Four Plays.
Publisher: London: Chatto & Windus, 1919, 21, 23, 26.
Description: a...
Category
1920s British Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric
Industrial Art and the Museum by Charles R. Richards, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Industrial Art and the Museum by Charles R. Richards. 1st Ed hardcover published by The Macmillan Company, 1927. Including: Industrial Art Museums of Germany (München, Hess. Landesmu...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
First Edition Guthrie's Geographical Grammmar in Miniature, 1807
Located in Langweer, NL
First edition of 'Guthrie's Geographical Grammar in Miniature'. 358 p. 13 fold. engr. maps, contemp. calf. Gilt spine. sm. 8vo. Upper hinge showing but strong; old bookplate "Ex Bibl...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Wordsworth, the White Doe of Rylstone, 1st Edition, Presentation Copy, 1815
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Wordsworth, William.
Title: The White Doe of Rylstone; or The Fate of the Nortons.
Publisher: London: James Ballantyne & Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1815.
Description: First Edition Presentation Copy. 1 vol., 10-3/8" x 8-5/8", inscribed on the half-title by Wordsworth "To his friend/Francis Merewether/April 26 1821", engraved frontispiece by J.C. Bromley after Sir George...
Category
1810s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Sophie Arnould d'après sa correspondance... GONCOURT bros., deluxe, illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
SIGNED, Second edition on LARGE PAPER
One of the first personal biographies (biographies intimes) written by the Goncourt brothers and composed in 1857. This special edition with el...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Set of 3 Antique Biology Interest Books, English Scientific Reference, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique biology interest books. Published in English, each is a hard bound scientific reference title, dating to the late Victorian period.
Comprising of: Manual ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Richard Grant White, Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston & New York, The Riverside Shakespeare. Complete 6 vol. edition. Tan leather with burgundy and gilt spines and marbled and leather boards. Marbled end ...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, Portraits and Glass 1929, by American Art Galleries. Published by American Art Gallerie...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Charles Dickens First Edition Dombey & Son Bradbury & Evans Whitefriars Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Dombey & Son was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars of England in 1848 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History Of England, 5 Vols., 1849
Located in Bridgeport, CT
London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. Vols 1-V, Third Ed. Brown leather with gilt spines, leather and marbled boards. Marbled end papers, yellow edges. Includes:
Vol. 1, Third...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Eleven St. Nicholas Magazine Books Dated 1882-1889 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
11 Book Set of Antique St. Nicholas Magazine Books Dated 1882-1889 19thC
Measures- 9.75"H x 7.75"W x 1.5"D
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
BEMENT. Complete & Official Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway 5TH EDITION - 1924
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BEMENT, Austin F.
TITLE: A Complete and Official Road Guide of the Lincoln Highway.
PUBLISHER: Detroit, MI: The Lincoln Highway Assoc, Inc., 1924.
DESCRIPTION: FIFTH EDIT...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric
Antique Poetry Book, Pleasures of Memory, Samuel Rogers, English, Georgian, 1803
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Pleasures of Memory by Samuel Rogers. An English, hard bound collection of poetry, published in London in the Georgian period, 1803.
A contemporary of Wordsworth, Byron and other Romantic poets, Samuel Rogers (1763 - 1855) was a successful banker and art collector, who was also one of England's most celebrated poets during his lifetime. Rogers was invited to be Poet Laureate on the occasion of Wordsworth's death 1850, but declined due to his age. Considered one of the great sources of social documentary of London's artistic and literary world of the 18th and early 19th century, he lived to the age of 92 - astonishing for the era.
Presents a good, time-worn antique condition, with pages intact and clean
Hard bound with marble paper cover and gold titling to ribbed spine
Published in English across 187 pages in London by T. Bensley of Fleet Street
Illustrated engraving plates throughout add visual interest to the poetry
Includes the titular poems in part 1 & 2, The Two Sisters...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Cricket Book, C.b Fry
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
The Book Of Cricket, A Gallery of Famous Players', Edited by C.B. Fry
First edition (undated but published in 1899) cricket book, hard bound bevelled boards 'The Book Of Cricket, A N...
Category
1890s European Sporting Art Antique Books
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman
By Francis Parkman, Frederic Remington
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1894. Octavo. Rebound by Benne...
Category
1890s American Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
An Edinburgh Eleven by J. M. Barrie - creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST EDITION / FIRST ISSUE
An Edinburgh Eleven; Pencil Portraits from College — "British Weekly" Extras, No. III.
London: British Weekly Office, 1889.
12mo, 7 x 4 1/2 inches (178...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Beggar's Opera by Mr. Gay, Nelson Doubleday's Personal Copy with His Bookplate
Located in valatie, NY
The Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay, to Which Is Prefixed the Overture in Score: And the Musick to Each Song, by John Gay. Published by Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co. 19...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
First Edition of Historical Work on ". Indians of North America" by Paul Kane
Located in Middletown, NY
Kane, Paul (1810-1871)
Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America; From Canada to Vancouver Island and Oregon Through the Hud...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Book of Common Prayer - 1871 - IN A FINE BRASS MOUNTED LEATHER BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
TITLE: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of The Sacraments, and Other Rites & Ceremonies of The Church,...
PUBLISHER: Oxford: The Univer...
Category
1870s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Albert J. BEVERIDGE. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858. 4 vols. STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BEVERIDGE, Albert J.
TITLE: Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.
DESCRIPTION: STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION. 4 vols., 9-1/2" x 6-5/8",...
Category
1920s American Vintage Books
Materials
Leather
Three Antique Leather & Brass Photo Albums with Photos 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Three Antique Leather & Brass Photo Albums with Photos 19thC
Small Brown - 9 1/4" x 8 1/8" x 2 5/8"
Green - 11 5/8" x 9" x 2 1/2"
Large Brown - 11 1/2" x 9" x 3"
Category
19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Barnabae Itenerarium, or Barnabee's Journal. 1820 - 2 vols - BOUND BY DE COVERLY
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BRATHWAIT, Richard (Joseph Haslewood - editor).
TITLE: Barnabae Itenerarium, or Barnabee's Journal.
PUBLISHER: London: Np, 1820.
DESCRIPTION: 2 vols., l6mo, 5-1/8" - 4-1/...
Category
1820s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Pine Furniture of Early New England by Russell Kettell, 1st Limited Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Pine Furniture of Early New England by Russell Hawes Kettell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. No Jacket. Exhaustive coverage of the subject; n...
Category
1920s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
History of the War in the Peninsula by W.F.P. Napier with Lord Elgin Provenance
By W.F.P. Napier, C.B.
Located in valatie, NY
A complete set of "History of the War in the Peninsula" by W.F.P. Napier, in 6 volumes, numbered 1-6. London: Thomas & William Boone all volumes are published in different years from 1828-1840 and are all 1st Ed's. 3/4 leather and marbled board hard covers. The history of the war in the Iberian Peninsula and in the South of France, from 1807 to the 1846 written by W.F.P. Napier, C.B., Colonel H.P. Forty-Third Regiment, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Military Sciences. The wars describe the military conflict between Napoleon's Empire and Bourbon Spain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland allied with the Kingdom of Portugal, for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic wars. The volumes have illustrated fold out maps portraying various battles.
The set was owned originally by Colonel Thomas Bruce (Lord Elgin) the 7th Earl of Elgin. He sold the "Elgin Marbles" taken from the Parthenon to the British government in 1816. The books were later owned by George Woods...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Paper
William Seaward in Defence of William Freeman, on His Trial for Murder - 1846
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SEWARD, William.
TITLE: Argument of William Seaward in Defence of William Freeman, on His Trial for Murder, at Auburn, July 21st and 22nd, 1846.
PUBLISHER: NY: Auburn: H. ...
Category
1840s American Antique Books
Materials
Paper
BOSWELL, James. Boswell's Life of Johnson. (1924 - INDIA PAPER EDITION)
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOSWELL, James
TITLE: Boswell's Life of Johnson.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, 1924.
DESCRIPTION: INDIA PAPER EDITION. 2 volumes bound in 1, 7-3/8" x 5-1/4", frontis portrait plate to each volume. Bound in full dark purple morocco...
Category
1920s British Vintage Books
Materials
Leather
3 Volumes. G. Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. Second Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco. The covers and raised band spines are gilt tooled. Al...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
World of Comets, Translated by James Glaisher, Leather Bound, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The World of Comets. Translated and Edited by James Glaisher. With Numerous Woodcuts and Chromolithographs, by Amedee Guillemin. 1st Ed Leather Bound hardcover, Published by Sampson ...
Category
1870s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Works Of Edmund Spenser. 5 VOLUMES - IN A FINE FULL LEATHER BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SPENSER, Edmund (J. Payne Collier - editor).
TITLE: The Works Of Edmund Spenser.
PUBLISHER: London: Bickers & Son, 1873.
DESCRIPTION: 5 vols., 9" x 6-5/16", frontis portr...
Category
1870s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Pair of Antique Books Dating from the 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of antique books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called "Bible dictionar...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Paper
John Ruskin, The Stones Of Venice, Vols. I-II, 1880
Located in Bridgeport, CT
John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1880, illustrated. Tan leather with red, green and gilt spines. Marbled end papers, gilt edges. Volumes 1 and 2.
9 1/4" H x 6 3/8" D x 1 1/4"
Conditio...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Tom, Jerry, and Logic or Life in London by Pierce Egan
Located in Middletown, NY
A RARE Caledonian Theatre pamphlet, with witty satirical color plates in the Cruikshank style.
Tom, Jerry, and Logic or Life in London: A Musical Extravagan...
Category
Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Dance of Life a Poem; by Wm. Combe, Th. Rowlandson illustr. - FIRST ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
The Dance of Life, a Poem; by the author of "Doctor Syntax" William Combe & Thomas Rowlandson illustrations.
London: R. Ackermann, 1817. FIRST EDITION. ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 19th C. French Book Velum Containers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two containers made from antique velum books. They are triangular in shape, each adorned with a faded golden design against a lighter background. The diamond-shaped central motif, b...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Books
Materials
Parchment Paper
Rudyard KIPLING. Life's Handicap. 1891 - LEWIS CARROLL - C. L. DODGSONS COPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Life's Handicap Being Stories Of Mine Own People.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1891.
DESCRIPTION: C. L. DODGSON'S COPY FIRST EDITION 3RD PR...
Category
1890s British Antique Books
Materials
Fabric
1861 The Book of Household Management
By Isabella Beeton
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of Mrs Isabella Beeton's important cookery work, one of the most influential of its genre ever publisher, complete here with the original colour plates.
The first ...
Category
1860s Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Book Grandeur Des Romains, Montesquieu, French Language, Mid Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Grandeur des Romains by Montesquieu. An Anglo-German book printed in French, depicting the rise and fall of the Roman empire, dating to the Victorian perio...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Three volumes, Dios y sus obras(…). Barcelona, J. Verdaguer, 1843 and 1841.
Located in Madrid, ES
Three volumes, God and his works (…). Barcelona, J. Verdaguer, 1843 and 1841.
Set of three bound volumes matching (with title and numbers 1, 2 and 4 on the spine) the books: -God an...
Category
1840s Spanish Other Antique Books
Materials
Other
Lewis CARROLL: Sylvie and Bruno & Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; illustr. FIRST Ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
TWO VOLUMES each a FIRST EDITION, with the ORIGINAL RED CLOTH COVERS BOUND-IN
With Forty-Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss.
** Contains a RARE LOOSE SHE...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
California Illustrated by J. M. Letts
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Illustrated
by J. M. Letts
Published New York: R. T. Young, 140 Fulton Street. Later edition, published 1853.
Rebound in 3/4 blue calf with marbleized boards and end paper...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
California and Its Gold Regions by Fayette Robinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
California and Its Gold Regions
by Fayette Robinson
137 pages, small octavo
Published New York: Stringer & Townsend 222 Broadway. 1849. First Edition
Beautifully rebound in gilt-tool...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Small Book with 26 Views of the Palaces and Gardens of Versailles and Trianon
Located in Langweer, NL
Small antique book titled 'Palaces and Gardens of Versailles and Trianon'. English edition containing 26 views of Versailles and Trianon. Drawn from nature by Jaime. Published by Bru...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Martin Chuzzlewit 1844 Chapman & Hall Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Martin Chuzzlewit was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1844 in the period Victorian style with 40 full page etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Group of 18 Assorted Leather or Marbled Bound Books, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Group of 18 Assorted Leather or Marbled Bound Books, 19th Century. Books and in various languages and sizes
Category
19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
County Seats of the Noblemen & Gentlemen of Great Britain & Ireland (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
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...
Category
19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Antique and Vintage Books
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The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
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