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Books For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1960s
Set of Plays by Casimir Delavigne Dating from the 19th Century, France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old bound books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These 3 books are the set of different plays by Casimir Delavigne of the French Academy...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Paper
1970s Andy Warhol Art in America
By Andy Warhol
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Andy Warhol issue of Art in America magazine, featuring four articles on the artist ("Warhol: The Medium As Cultural Artifact," "A Catalogue Raisonn...
Category
1960s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Collection of Books From1833 , From "L'Histoire Universelle, Ancienne et Moderne
Located in Marbella, ES
Coleccion de libros del 1833, de "L'Histoire Universelle, Ancienne et moderne; A L'usage de la Jeunesse; Par M. Le Compte de Segur, Histoire de France"
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1 Volume, Frederic Masson, Napoleon and the Fair Sex
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Frederic Masson, Napoleon and the Fair Sex. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards by Hatchards. Raised bands gilt with panels displaying hearts and arrows, Napoleonic...
Category
19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Shuhga Images of Spring Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Shuhga: Images of spring: Essay on Erotic Elements in Japanese Art
By Charles Grosbois. Nagel, Geneva; Paris; Hamburg, 1964. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A fascinating work cl...
Category
1960s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Set of Old Bound Books from the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled "Journal des missions Evangeliques» with Map (Mission...
Category
19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native, First Edition First Issue, 1878, 3 Vols
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HARDY, Thomas.
TITLE: The Return of the Native.
PUBLISHER: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1878.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. 3 vols., 7-1/4" x 4-15/16", (without the quotation marks...
Category
1870s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 Volumes, Numbered Limited Edition #483/1000
Located in valatie, NY
The Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 Volumes, Numbered Limited Edition #483/1000. Published by: Lawrence & Bullen, London. Illustrated with 15 plates from paintings by Louis Chalon reproduc...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Decorative Wedgwood by Alison Kelly, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Decorative Wedgwood by Alison Kelly. Country Life Limited, 1965. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. The book covers: Josiah Wedgwood and the Taste of His Time, Ideas for Interior Decoration, Chimney-Piece Designs, Jasper Chimney-Pieces, Wyatt, Holland & Cameron (architects), Fonts, Furnishing Details, Tiles and Dairies, Furniture Inset with Wedgwood Ware, the Victorian Revival. A study of Wedgwood's decorative production as it relates to the taste of the times in the applied arts. The author describes the whole range of Wedgwood's output in the field of interior decoration, from the basalt figures and wall plaques to the more esoteric fonts and funeral urns...
Category
1960s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
4 Volumes, W.H. Ireland, The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. W.H. Ireland, The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound in full red morocco with covers displaying hand-painted oval portrait miniatures of either Napoleon or Josephine (the Napoleon portraits...
Category
1820s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Comedy, Dante Alighieri, Talice from Ricaldone, 1886
Located in Torino, IT
The Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, with the unpublished commentary by S. Talice da Ricaldone.
First Edition commissioned by King Umberto I. Publisher Vincenzo Bona.
Turin, 1886
Ori...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Books
Materials
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
1 Volume, John Knox Laughton, Nelson and His Companions in Arms
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. John Knox Laughton, Nelson and His Companions in Arms. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and linen boards, bordered in gilt. Raised bands gilt with panels ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Textile Sample Book 'Shima Cho'
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a rare example of a "Shima-cho", which is a Japanese kimono textile fabric swatch book dating from the late 19th century. The book has fifte...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Textile
1820s 3 Volume Family Bible Commentary by Mathew Henry
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1820s Mathew Henry leather bound bible commentary. 3 Volume set. Gilt pages.
Category
1820s Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called «Revue Chrétienne» (Chr...
Category
19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
BACON, Francis, The Works of Francis Bacon, '10 VOLUMES - 1803'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BACON, Francis.
Title: The Works of Francis Bacon.
Publisher: London: for many, 1803.
Description: 10 vols., 8-1/2" x 5-5/8", frontis portrait plate in volume one, ...
Category
Early 1800s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Lewis Carroll - through the Looking-Glass. 1872 First Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge: (Lewis Carroll).
TITLE: Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1872.
DESCRIPTION: PRE-...
Category
1870s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, Signed by Capote, Book Club Edition, 1965
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. New York: Random House, Inc., 1965. Book club edition, first printing. Signed by Capote on title page. Octavo. In publishe...
Category
1960s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Works of William Cowper. 15 volumes, 1835, IN A FINE LEATHER BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: COWPER, William.
Title: The Works of William Cowper, comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations.
Publisher: London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1835.
Description...
Category
1830s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Late 19th Early 20th Century Japanese Textile Swatch Book, Komon (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Dating from around 1900, this is a delightful album which has a collection of Japanese dyed cotton fabric swatches known as Komon. Komon was a Japanese design or pattern based on ver...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Set 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 "encyclopedias of relig...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century Book Stand
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Regency mahogany book stand with brass gallery sides with scrolled lifting handles, raised on four flat bun feet.
Category
19th Century Irish Regency Antique Books
Materials
Brass
A Yankee In King Arthur's Court First Edition by Mark Twain
Located in San Francisco, CA
The first American edition, second issue, of Twain's satirical time travel fantasy where the lead character travels backward in time into Arthurian England. Published by Charles L. W...
Category
1880s American Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Plain Tales From The Hills by Rudyard Kipling
Located in New York, NY
Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling. Brilliant blue linen cloth cover with gold embossed cover. Beautiful aesthetic edition to a fine and decorative library, retailed by the Frederick Loeser...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Linen
40 Volumes, Honoré de Balzac, The Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
40 Volumes. Honoré de Balzac. The Complete Works. Translated by Clara Bell. With Preface by George Saintsbury. With frontispiece. illustrations and et...
Category
19th Century British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1 Volume, Charles Heath, Beauties of the Opera and Ballet
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Charles Heath, Beauties of the Opera and Ballet. Bound in full red morocco with covers displaying ornate and expansive gilt-tooled detailing depicting dramatic figures and ...
Category
1840s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
3Volumes, James Taylor, The Victorian Empire
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. James Taylor. The Victorian Empire. A Brilliant Epoch In Our National History.Bound in 3/4 blue calf, linen boards, marbled endpapers, top edges g...
Category
1890s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Lot of Old Books from the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Many books on various subjects such as the church of Scoltand or the history of Israel. Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Berto Lardera Book
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring the work of sculptor, Berto Lardera. Introduction by Michel Seuphor, published in 1960. First edition, 143 p...
Category
1960s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Rare Modern Design in the Home, Milena Lamarová / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1965
- designer : Miroslav Rada
- Artia Praha
- English version
- original condition, see the photos
- 207 pages
- many beautiful pictures
- jr.
Category
1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Blair, Robert 'William Blake', The Grave, a Poem - First Edition 1808
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BLAIR, Robert (William Blake).
TITLE: The Grave, A Poem.
PUBLISHER: London, T. Bensley, 1808.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 13-7/8" x 11-3/8", Frontispiece po...
Category
Early 1800s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Japanese Late 19th Century Kimono Textile Swatch Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a rare example of a Shima Cho, which is a Kimono textile, fabric swatch book dating from the late 19th century (1876). They were made either...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Set of Old Bound Books 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
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...
Category
19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Iron and Brass Implements of the English & American House by J. Seymour Lindsay
Located in valatie, NY
Iron and Brass Implements of the English and American House by J. Seymour Lindsay. Published by London : Alec Tiranti, 1964. 1st Ed thus hardcover with dust jacket. The illustrated s...
Category
1960s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Louys, Pierre, Les Chansons De Bilitis, with 5 Original Watercolor Illustrations
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LOUYS, Pierre.
TITLE: Les Chansons de Bilitis.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Librairie De L'art Independant, 1895.
DESCRIPTION: WITH 5 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 vol., limited to 480 numbered copies on paper Velin this being copy #127, illustrated with 4 fine full page watercolor illustration and 1 half page (in text) by J. Robaglia, bound in full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, covers with blind tooled Greek Key design, spine panels and covers inlaid with multicolor morocco onlays depicting tulips and flowers in an art Deco style, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut by Samblanx-Weckesser.
CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, overall VERY GOOD+.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This exact volume apparently last appeared at auction in 1919 as lot #207 Sotheby's Kensington "The Property of James Holmes...
Category
1890s French Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Set of 7 European Leather Bound Books Oeuvre de Oulange
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century leather bound books
Set includes: 1,2,3,5,6,7,9
Measures: 1" W x 3.5" D x 5.5" H
We acquired a collection of leather bounds from a small library collector.
Category
19th Century European Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Dramatic Works of Moliere, 3 Vols. 1880, in a Fine Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin).
Title: The Dramatic Works of Moliere.
Publisher: NY: R. Worthington, 1880.
Description: new edition revised. 3 vols., 8-11/16 x 6-...
Category
1880s American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Pair of Books of Universal History by Jean de Muller 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
From Greece, to the conquest of Macedonia or ancient Germania you will find in these two books the universal history of Muller with his reflections. These books were very successful ...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
1 Volume, Prof. Pasquale Villari, the Life and Times of Niccolò Machiavelli
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Prof. Pasquale Villari, The Life and Times of Niccolò Machiavelli. Popular edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards. Raised...
Category
1890s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Great Houses of Britain by Nigel Nicholson, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Great Houses of Britain by Nigel Nicholson. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1965. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Houses typify all the main architectural styles from t...
Category
1960s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Sixty Years A Queen The Story Of Her Majesty's Reign, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sixty Years A Queen: The Story Of Her Majesty's Reign by Sir Herbert Maxwell. Published in London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1897. 1st Ed hardcover, wit...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
3 Volumes, James Grant, British Battles
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. James Grant, British Battles. Bound in 3/4 green calf and linen boards. Raised band spine gilt with title panels displaying red inlay with lette...
Category
1890s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Fanny Burney, Diary & Letters of Madame D'arblay, in a Full Leather Binding 1854
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BURNEY, Fanny - Madame D'arblay.
Title: Diary and Letters of Madame D'arblay.
Publisher: London: for Henry Colburn, 1854.
Description: NEW EDITION. 7 vols., 6-11/16...
Category
1850s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Pierre De Nolhac, Marie Antoinette, the Queen
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Pierre de Nolhac, Marie Antoinette, The Queen. Bound in full navy morocco with covers displaying a crest, Fleur de Lis details, and borde...
Category
1890s French Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Dickens-Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby-1st Ed Bound from the Parts
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Dickens, Charles
Title: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
Publisher: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1839.
Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 v...
Category
1830s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes. Edmund Lodge, Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Edmund Lodge, Esq. F.S.A., Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Bound in full tan morocco with covers bordered in gilt. Raised band spines with gilt deta...
Category
1820s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Atwood, Margaret, The Edible Woman, First American Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: ATWOOD, Margaret.
TITLE: The Edible Woman. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1969.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., publisher's original pink cloth backed boards, gilt lettered spine, inscribed by Atwood on the half-title "For Bart & Roby best wishes Margaret Atwood...
Category
1960s American Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric
Complete Works of Henry Fielding, 12 Vols., in a Fine Full Leather Binding!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Fielding, Henry.
Title: The Complete Works of Henry Fielding.
Publisher: Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1899.
Description: 12...
Category
1880s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Lot of Old Books from the 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. For example we have a book on "essays on liver". From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These...
Category
19th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Paper
1 Volume. Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco and linen boards. The cover displays a crest in gilt. Raised band spine with panels displaying gilt royal detai...
Category
1890s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, First Edition, Uncorrected Proof, 1963
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: FLEMING, Ian.
TITLE: Thrilling Cities - UNCORRECTED PROOF.
PUBLISHER: London: Jonathan Cape, 1963.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vol., only 175 copies printed, illustrated. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial printed wrappers, without the exceedingly scarce proof dustjacket.
CONDITION: General light...
Category
1960s British Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Two Rare Victorian Fabric Litho Children Books
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two Rare Victorian Fabric Lithograph Children Books
Rare Victorian Clot Litho Children's Books. Good Condition
Pussikins Book - size 7 x9 Rare Dea...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Books
Materials
Linen
DICKENS, Charles, Dombey and Son, '1848, First Edition Bound from the Parts'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: DICKENS, Charles
Title: Dombey and Son.
Publisher: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848.
Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 6", illustrated ...
Category
1840s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes, Edward Step and William Watson, Favorite Flowers of Garden and GH
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Edward Step and William Watson, Favorite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards. Raised band spine gilt with gilt title panels and f...
Category
1890s English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Japanese Samurai Manga Book Edo Period, circa 1840
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Japanese Samurai Manga book Edo period, circa 1840
Woodblack print book
Book dimensions: 224mm x 156 mm
There are damages becau...
Category
1840s Japanese Edo Antique Books
Materials
Paper
1847 American Flora or History of Plants and Wild Flowers by A.B. Strong Book
Located in Dayton, OH
The American Flora: Or History of Plants and Wild Flowers, by A.B. Strong 1847
The American flora : or history of plants and wild flowers : containing their scientific and general d...
Category
1840s Victorian Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
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