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Set of antique books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are "encyclopedias of relig...

Author: Kitton, Frederic G. Title: Dickens and His Illustrators. Publisher: London: George Redway, 1899. Description: Second edition. 1 vol., small folio, 11-3/8" x 9-3/8", ...

Alfred de Vigny. LES DESTINÉES; Précédés de Moïse. Paris: Edouard Pelletan, 1898. Limited Edition. Quarto, 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in (300 x 248 mm), 196 pp., red crushed morocco, boards ...

Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may v...

The New Pewter Marks and Old Pewter Ware by Major C.A. Markham. Published by Reeves and Turner, London, 1928. 2nd Ed hardcover with protective mylar cover. Profusely illustrated with...

This is a large hardback book of just over 550 pages featuring over 150 full-scale colour reproductions as well as 2,000 additional black and white illustrations of the work of the B...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called " Society for the History of French Protestantism ". Th...

AUTHOR: TROLLOPE, T. Adolphus. TITLE: The Girlhood of Catherine De' Medici. PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1856. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8" x 5-3/8", fronti...

A sought after set of all thirteen volumes from the widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical 'The Yellow Book'. Complete run of all first edition thirteen volume...

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First trade edition, first issue. In the original first-state dust jacket and publisher’s black cloth boards. Presented in a new archival ¼ leather and cloth clamshell case, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and titles to the spine. Presented is a first trade edition, first issue of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. The book was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in New York, in September of 1929. This first printing is presented with its original first issue dust jacket. The dust jacket, as designed by Cleonike Damianakes Wilkins, is considered by many to be one of the greatest of the 20th century and rivals even The Great Gatsby in its collectibility. Set during World War I, A Farewell to Arms tells the story of a young American Lieutenant serving as an ambulance driver in Italy struggling through love and war. The story is told through first person narration detailing many aspects of war that would have been very familiar to readers at the time, as the book was published only 11 years after the 1918 armistice. The simple, direct tone his character uses when giving his unromanticized account of the war later defined Hemingway’s writing style. A Farewell to Arms is loosely based on Hemingway’s own experiences. The author briefly served overseas as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army, sustained injuries, and met a nurse who he eventually proposed marriage to but was declined. The novel’s post-war disillusionist subject assigned Hemingway to the “Lost Generation” of Modernist artists. A Farewell to Arms was Hemingway’s most successful publishing venture to date. Charles Scribner's Sons issued seven impressions of the novel in the short time between September and December of 1929, with over 100,000 volumes sold. The novel secured Hemingway’s place as a popular American author and became his first bestselling book. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy of words and dry understatement, strongly influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and his public image. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are now considered classics of American literature. The book’s striking dust jacket design was illustrated by the artist Cleonike Damianakes Wilkins, who worked under the pen name of Cleon. Wilkins was known for her distinctive fusion of Art Deco and Hellenistic styles. She designed the dust jackets for Hemingway’s earlier The Sun Also Rises in 1926 and his later publication In Our Time in 1930, as well as Conrad Aiken’s Great Circle, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s All the Sad Young Men,and Zelda Fitzgerald’s Save Me the Waltz. Wilkins was chosen by Hemingway’s celebrated editor at Scribner’s, Maxwell Perkins. In order to differentiate Hemingway’s tale from other, competing WWI novels on the bookshop shelves, Perkins sought to widen its appeal through the dust jacket. The resulting design was Wilkins’ interpretation of Sandro Botticelli’s epic oil painting “Venus...

12 Volumes. Lord Macaulay, History of England. Albany Edition. Limited to 250 copies of which this is 218. Bound in full red morocco with gilt tooling on the covers and raised band s...

Paris: Urbain Canel, Editeur, 1826. First Edition. 2 VOLUMES 8vo.; 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches (213 x 130 mm), Vol. 1: [4], 4, 411, 1 [4]; Vol. 2: [4], 4, 494, 1, [4]. Binding signed LORTIC...

Author: ORTEGA-MOREJON, Jose Maria De. Title: Cuentos De Color De Lila Y Fragmentos Sin Color. Publisher: Madrid: Miguel Ginesta, Impresor De La Real Casa, 1887. Description: First Edition, presentation copy, from the library of Queen Isabella II of Spain. 1 vol., 8-3/8" x 5-15/16", inscribed on the half-title to Queen Isabella by Ortega-Morejon "Isabel II, gloriosa Soberana de los espanoles", bound in full tan morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, gilt crown and initials of the Queen to the front cover, gilt crest to the rear cover, gilt dentelles, white silk morie doublures and endpapers, all edges gilt. Condition: Internally clean and bright, hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, overall Very good. Additional information: Isabella II (10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904), was Queen of Spain from 29 September 1833 until 30 September 1868. Shortly before her birth, the King Ferdinand VII...

Voyages dans l'Amérique du Sud by J. Creavaux. Jules Crevaux was a French doctor, soldier, and explorer. He is known for his multiple explorations into the interior of French Guiana ...

13 Volumes. Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Works. Standard Library Edition. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and marbled boards. The raised band spines display gilt-tooled detailing. The top ed...

4 Volumes. Oliver Goldsmith, The Works. Edited by Peter Cunningham. Bound in 3/4 vellum, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, red edges, and gilt spines. Published: London: John Murray...

The Hudson by Wallace Bruce. New York: Bryant Literary Union, 1894. 1st Ed hardcover. Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks. Alfred Frederick's photo-engravings ...

Author: Grossmann, Rudolf Title: Frauen. Publisher: Munich, Hyperionverlag , [1920]. Description: 1 vol., oblong folio 19-1/4" x 14-1/2", 15 original hand colored Lithograph...

Our Stock # 24247 This is an antique book, Massacre of Glencoe by George W M Reynolds. An English language, bound novel, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860. A prolific writer, George William MacArthur Reynolds (1814 - 1879) released over 40 novels and numerous shorter stories. Almost forgotten compared to contemporaries Dickens and Thackeray, in his lifetime he was said to be the most read author of the day. Pleasing example of this appealing illustrated edition Displays a desirable aged patina, lightly time-worn and intact Bound with cloth on board, with leather dressed spine and gold titling Superb illustrations throughout by Edward Corbould (1815 - 1905) Printed across 339+ pages by John Dicks on behalf of George Reynolds Originally serialised between 1852 and 1853, this compendium first published in 1860 This is a fascinating antique novel...

Battersea Enamels Selected and Described with a Signed Introduction By Egan Mew. Published by The Medici Society, London, 1926. Rare Signed 1st Ed hardc...

Charles X dance card in mother of pearl with gilt bronze mounts. It is engraved with plants, flowery interlacing, and bouquets of flowers. An enameled pansy adorns the cover, a typic...

This is a 2 volume antique book set, The Lives of Scottish Poets. An English language biographical work, dating to the Regency period, published 1821....

Group of 17 Assorted Leather or Marbled Bound Books, 19th Century. Books are in different languages and sizes

For sale are three piano arrangements by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The sheet books were owned by Austrian teacher, conductor and organist Johann Vinzenz Richter. The pieces are "Die E...

The Son of Perdition by James Gould Cozzens. William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1929. Rare 1st Ed Pre-Publication review copy hardcover, no dust...

AUTHOR: VERINEAU, Alexandre de, (Louis Perceau), (Gerda Wegener - illustrator). TITLE: Douze Sonnets Lascifs: pour accompagner la suite d'aquarelles int...

AUTHOR: HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (Arthur Rackham). TITLE: A Wonder Book. PUBLISHER: London: Hodder& Stoughton, Ltd., 1922. DESCRIPTION: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 1 vol., 11-3/8" x 9-1/...

Set of six volumes, full Moroccan leather bindings. Annals of The Artists of Spain by Wm Stirling-Maxwell. London: John Nimmo, 1891. In four volumes. First Edition, thus. Numbered #1...

AUTHOR: SYMONDS, John Addington - translator. TITLE: The Life Of Benvenuto Cellini Written By Himself. PUBLISHER: NY: Brentano's, 1929. DESCRIPTION: 2 vols, 9-1/16" x 6-1/8", num...

The Bennington Battle Monument Its Story and Its Meaning by John Spargo. The Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1925. First Edition hardcover no dust jacket. An overview of the histor...

This is an antique copy of Legend of Jubal by George Eliot. An English language, bound poetry book, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Under the nom de plume George E...

Group of 18 Assorted Leather or Marbled Bound Books, 19th Century. Books are in different languages and sizes

This is an antique copy of the Cabinet Maker's Drawing Book by Thomas Sheraton. An English, bound reference guide, dating to the Georgian period, published 1793. Highly influential ...

Vaughan's Sermons 1873-74. Brighton: Brighton Pulpit office, no date. Calf bound hardcover. Unpaginated. Marbleized edges. A series of sermons preached by Rev. James Vaughan, M.A. between 1873 and 1874. David James Vaughan (1825-1905) was born St. Martin's vicarage in Leicester, England. He was educated at Trinity college at Cambridge and help found the Cambridge Philological Society. In 1853 he was ordained deacon and began his pastoral work in Leicester. His addresses were on social, industrial and religious themes to the working man. Sermons include "A New Year's Motto", "The Very Hairs on Your Head are Numbered", "The Light of the World...

This is an antique carpentry book. An English language, bound reference guide by Peter Nicholson, dating to the Victorian period, published 1846. Fu...

The Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David C. Thomson. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1892. First Edition Thus. Inscribed by the author to Thomas J. Barratt. Ba...

'Cricketing Reminiscences' by W.G. Grace. London, James Bowden, 1899, XX,524,31,(1)p., photo-engr. Frontisp. Portrait of the author, 49 (photogr.) plates, orig. Blindst. cl. w. Mount...

A Memoir of Baron Bunsen by Frances Baroness Bunsen. Longmans, Green & Company, London, 1868. First edition hardcover with Moroccan leather and embossed paper with marbleized edges. ...

'Pflanzenbuch mit farbigen bildern' by Dr. Max Dalitzsch. Original antique book with numerous illustrations of plants and flowers. Published 1897. Original binding. 250 p.

8 of 10 volumes (2-7 and 9-10) Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts New and Revised Edition, printed 1872 by W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh. Uniformly bound in hal...

London Stereotype Edition. Complete 16 vol. edition 1824. Black and gilt embossed leatherbound with marbled end papers and edges. The set comprised of 10 volumes with Humes on spine...

L'Amérique du Nord pittoresque by Quantin & Decaux. A 19th century exploration of the landscape of the United States and Canada, with numerous full page black and white illustrations...

'Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan; performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854' by M.C. Perry. Complete narrative with tinted lithograp...

From a photography collection are two items included in this listing, for the collector of photographic memorabelia. In it's original tapered brown leather carry case is a miniature ...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Life of Jean Wesley ». These...

Antique enigmatic Bookends, Humanized Ravens, Carved in Wood with Glass Eyes It has a cylinder-shaped iron counterweight inside the books, to guarantee its stability. Very special, they could be unique pieces or very difficult to find. They are old.19th century or earlier Bookends. Humanized ravens, carved in wood with glass eyes An iron cylinder is embedded inside the book as a counterweight. They are exceptional pieces, they could be unique They have the magnetism, of the mystery, of the enigmatic. They are very special Anthropomorphic figures in the shape of a Raven, leaning on a stack of old books also carved in wood and polychrome Enigmatic and overwhelming figures. They retain the smell of old books and wood. I can imagine them in any old library...

A beautifully bound set of early and first editions of the works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Including seven first edition works. A highly attractive set, in half morocco Zaehnsdorf b...

AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard. TITLE: Plain Tales From The Hills. PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1890. DESCRIPTION: THIRD EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the titl...

'Cricket' by W.G. Grace. Bristol/ London, J.W. Arrowsmith etc., 1891, VIII,489p., woodengr. frontisp., ills., orig. cl.

Excellent and complete set of 50 Volumes of The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857; The Household Edition. Finely bo...

Own a Piece of Literary History: First Edition, First Printing of Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Step into the world of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley with this exceptional first U.K. edit...

This is a set of 5 antique volumes, Lives of the British Admirals by Dr John Campbell et al. An English language, hard bound naval interest book, published in London, 1817. Includes...

Author: France, Anatole Title: The Complete Works of Anatole France. Publisher: NY: Gabriel Wells, 1924. Description: The Autograph Edition. 30...

AUTHOR: MAHON, Lord. TITLE: The Letters Of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl Of Chesterfield; Including Numerous Letters Now First Published From The Original Manuscripts. PUBLISHER: L...

Farthing Hall by Hugh Walpole & J.B. Priestley. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. Stated first edition hardcover no dust jacket. A novel consisting of letters between Mark French, who a ...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Memoirs of the bourge...

Group of 25 Assorted Leather or Marbled Bound Books, 19th Century. Books are in various languages and sizes

This book is the first comprehensive study of Godwin's furniture designs. Taking the form of a catalogue raisonne, the book documents and reproduces all known examples of his secular...