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Material: Animal Skin
Views of Florence and Tuscany by Lorenzo Bardi, c. 1840
Located in Middletown, NY
Nuova Raccolta delle più interessanti Vedute della Città di Firenze con alcune altre della Toscana
Florence: Lorenzo Bardi, c 1840.
Oblong quarto, 7 3/4 11 inches (195 x 280 mm). 1...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
White House: a Historic Guide, Inscribed by Jack and Jackie Kennedy, 1962
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PEARCE, Mrs. John N. (John & Jacqueline Kennedy).
TITLE: The White House: A Historic Guide.
PUBLISHER: WDC: White House Historical Association, 1962.
DESCRIPTION: I...
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1960s American Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Complete Works of Thomas Babington Macaulay. 20 vols. KINICKERBOCKER EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MACAULAY, Thomas Babington.
TITLE: The Complete Works of Thomas Babington Macaulay. The Miscellaneous Works & The History of England.
PUBLISHER: NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1...
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1810s American Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Ireland House of Commons 1753 Vol. III and Statutes at Large 1703-1719 Vol. IV
Located in Morristown, NJ
Two leather bound volumes published in Dublin, Ireland in the mid 1700's.
The Journals of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland from the Eleventh Year of King James the Fir...
Category
1750s Irish Georgian Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks, Later Printing, 1854
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sparks, Jared. The Life of George Washington. Auburn and Buffalo: Miller Orton & Mulligan, 1854. Later printing. Two volumes in one. Octavo. Rebound in 1/4 brown leather and cloth boards, with gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands. New archival cloth slipcase.
Presented is a later edition of Jared Sparks’ esteemed biography, The Life of George Washington. First published in 1839, Sparks’ The Life of George Washington is one of the earliest and most intimate biographies of our first President. This printing was published in Auburn and Buffalo by Miller Orton & Mulligan, in 1854. Impressively detailed, the biography is embellished with 14 engraved plates of portraits, views, and battle plans...
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1850s American Federal Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Izaak WALTON. The Compleat Angler. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham FIRST TRADE ED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WALTON, Izaak.
TITLE: The Compleat Angler.
PUBLISHER: London: George C. Harrap & Co., 1931.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., 9-3/4" - 7-9/16", illustrated by Art...
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1930s British Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
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 Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Three Years in California by J. D. BorthwickThree Years in California by J. D. B
Located in San Francisco, CA
Three Years in California
by J. D. Borthwick
Published William Blackwood and Sons Edinburgh and London 1857, First Edition
Bound in 3/4 leather and marbleized boards, gilt tooled spi...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne, Illustrated by Ernest Shepard, First Ed., 1927
By A.A. Milne
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Milne, A. A. Now We Are Six. London: Methuen & Co., 1927. First Edition. Illustrated by Ernest Shepard. Octavo. In the publisher's original red leatherette boards, stamped in gilt, with new joints and linings, and presented with a new archival ¼ cloth slipcase.
Presented is the first edition of A. A. Milne’s iconic children’s poems, Now We Are Six. This collection of verses was published by Methuen & Co, in London in 1927. It is presented here in the publisher’s original gilt-stamped red leatherette boards, with new joints and linings, and filled with E. H. Shepard’s charming illustrations. The book is now protected in a custom, archival red cloth slipcase with gilt stamped inlays...
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1920s English Edwardian Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
John Keats – Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Keats, John
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems; with Engravings by Robert Gibbins
Waltham St.Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.
Limited Edition.
Quarto, 12 x 7 1/2 inches (305 x 190mm); pp. 104; with nineteen wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings (1889-1958); copy 178 of 345 copies printed Batchelor hand-made paper, special Cockerel watermark; red ink on title page, red and blue ink for incidental initials by Eric Gill and David Jones's colophon device; 1/4 brown sharkskin and green cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London; gilt titling; top edge gilt, others uncut; slight staining to head of spine, clean, fresh, and bright inside and out.
[Chanticleer 62; Ransom p. 298, no. 60].
An elegant and beautifully proportioned and illustrated version of John Keat's (1795-1825) famous poems, which constitute the final volume Keats lived to see, published in July 1820. From the Oxford text edited by H. Buxton Forman.
Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was and Irish wood...
Category
Early 20th Century English Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oscar Wilde, the Sphinx, First Edition, 1894, Illustrated by Charles Rickets
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WILDE, Oscar.
TITLE: The Sphinx.
PUBLISHER: London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 7",...
Category
1890s British Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
DOVES PRESS: Dramatis Personae by Robert BROWNING
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Doves Press, 1910.
Limited Edition
Small 4to, 9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (230 x 160 mm); 203 + [7] pp.; one of 250 copies, with an additional 15 on vellum...
Category
Early 20th Century English Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Works Of Martin Luther - PHILADELPHIA EDITION - 6 vols. - IN A FINE BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LUTHER, Martin.
TITLE: The Works Of Martin Luther.
PUBLISHER: Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1943.
DESCRIPTION: THE PHILADELPHIA EDITION. 6 vols., bound in 1/4 green cal...
Category
1940s American Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Epictetus. The Discourses.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Epictetus. The Discourses. Translated by George Long. Bound in full brown morocco, gilt on covers and spines, raised bands, top edges gilt. Published: London: George Bell ...
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Early 20th Century British Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Inverary Set of Fifteen Leather Bound Books
Located in New York, NY
Inverary set of fifteen leather bound books. The Annual Register or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the year comprising the years 1765-1792: volume 8, 9, 10, 11,...
Category
18th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Leather-Bound 29-Volume Collection – The Novels of Charles Lever (1894)
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This rare and distinguished 29-volume set of The Novels of Charles Lever, published in 1894 by Little, Brown & Company, Boston, MA, is a magnificent addition to any fine library or s...
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1890s Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Rider's British Merlin 1774 + The Court and City Register
Located in Middletown, NY
Rider, Cardanus
Rider's British Merlin 1774 + The Court and City Register
London: R. and M. Brown / Company of Stationers & J. Jolliffe, G. Woodfall, an...
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18th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Microcosm of London; or London in Miniature
Located in Middletown, NY
ROWLANDSON'S FIRST and most famous color-plate book. FIRST EDITION, in 3 volumes, with 104 brilliantly-colored acquaint plates.
London: 1808-1810, Large 4to; 13 x 10 7/16 in. (330 ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen, First Edition, 1993, Signed "Paris Again" Print
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Cohen, Leonard. Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs. Toronto: McClellan & Stewart, Inc., 1993. First edition. Rebound with full leather boards, gilt tooling, gilt titles, and ra...
Category
1990s Canadian Modern Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Johann GOETHE - Faust - LIMITED EDITION - SIGNED BY WILLY POGANY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von - Willy Pogany.
TITLE: Faust.
PUBLISHER: London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY POGANY. 1 vol., 10-15/16" x 9"...
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Early 1900s English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne '6 of 13 Volumes An Incomplete Set'
Located in valatie, NY
The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (6 of 13 Volumes An Incomplete Set), by Nathaniel Hawthorne with Introductory Notes By George Parsons Lathrop. Published by Houghton Mifflin...
Category
1880s American Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Oeuvres Completes De Colette. Complete Works of Colette - FIRST COLLECTED EDITON
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle.
TITLE: Oeuvres Completes De Colette. (The Complete Works of Colette).
PUBLISHER: Paris: Flammarion, Le Fleuron, 1948-1950,
DESCRIPTION: THE FI...
Category
1940s French Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Marlborough: His Life and Times, by Winston Churchill, First Edition Thus, 1947
By Winston Churchill
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Churchill, Winston S. Marlborough: His Life and Times. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1947. First Edition Thus. Two Volume Set. Rebound in tan Moroccan leather boards, with rai...
Category
1940s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy Jr., First Edition, in Original DJ, 1956
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Kennedy Jr., John F. Profiles in Courage. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First Edition. Octavo. Original publisher’s dust jacket and blue linen hardboards with black leather gilt...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
The Poems of John Keats – KELMSCOTT PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894.
Limited Edition
Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5.5 in (206 x 140 mm) 392 pp. Edited by F.S. Ellis. One of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black i...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Woman In All Ages and In All Countries
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Various Authors. Woman In All Ages and InAll Countries. Limited to 25 lettered sets, this copy if L, printed for Mrs. L. Bartlett. Bound in the publisher's pale blue crus...
Category
Early 20th Century American Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Two Volume Set, First (Thus) Edition, 1790
By Daniel Defoe
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived eight & twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by himself. Vol I. [With:] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being The Second and Last Part of his Life, And of the Strange Surprizing Account of his Travels Round three parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. Vol II. [With:] George Chalmer's "Life of Daniel Defoe". London: John Stockdale, 1790. First (Thus) Edition. Two Volumes, Octavo. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard, engraved by Meland. Rebound in full calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, blind embossing to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, and a new archival slipcase.
Presented is the first (thus) edition of John Stockdale’s 1790 edition of Daniel Defoe’s classic tale of adventure. This two volume edition is beautifully illustrated with engraved frontispieces, vignette title pages, and twelve full-page illustrations by Thomas Stothard and engraved by Meland. It is presented here rebound in full brown and tan calf, with intricate blind embossing to the front and back panels, raised bands, gilt tooling and gilt titles to the spine.
Defoe’s first long work of fiction, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe introduced two of the most-enduring characters in English literature, Robinson Crusoe and Friday. Defoe based part of Robinson Crusoe on the real-life experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
2 Volumes. Austen Henry Layard, Nineveh and its Remains.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Austen Henry Layard, Nineveh and its Remains. First Edition. Bound in 3/4 tan calf and marbled boards. The raised band spine is gilt-tooled with red and green morocco labe...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
8 Theological Leather Bound Books, by Franz Volkmar Reinhard, Published 1808
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
8 Theological Leather Bound Books, by Franz Volkmar Reinhard,
Germany, published in 1808
We are pleased to offer a rare and historical find with this exquisite collection of eight ...
Category
Early 19th Century Neoclassical Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper, Parchment Paper
Great book Inferno of the Divine Comedy Dante, illustrations A. Nattini 1931
By Amos Nattini
Located in Milano, IT
Great Inferno book of the Divine Comedy
The 34 illustrations that were contained in the book, drawn by Amos Nattini, have been extrapolated and framed, while inside the book still c...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
MALORY / Rackham, The Romance Of King Arthur, SIGNED IN A FINE ONLAY BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MALORY, Thomas, (Arthur Rackham).
TITLE: The Romance Of King Arthur And His Knights Of The Round Table.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1917.
DESCRIPTIO...
Category
1910s British Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
25 Vols. George Eliot. The Writings and Life
Located in New York, NY
25 Volumes. George Eliot. The Writings & Life by J.W. Cross. Large Paper Edition, limited to 750 copies, this is #82.Bound in 3/4 brown morocco, marbled boards and endpapers, top edg...
Category
Early 20th Century American Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
William VAN DER WEYDE. The Life & Works Of Thomas Paine. PATRIOT'S EDITION 1925
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: VAN DER WEYDE, William.
TITLE: The Life And Works Of Thomas Paine.
PUBLISHER: NY: Thomas Paine National Historical Association, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: PATRIOT'S EDITION. 10 v...
Category
1920s American Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Human Life by Samuel Rogers in a stunning "à la cathedrale" binding
Located in Middletown, NY
London: John Murray, 1819.
First Edition.
4to, 8 3/4 x 7 inches (220 x 180 mm); 100 pp with "1819" watermark clearly visible on many pages. Contemporary straight-grained crimson mor...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, with His Life, Written by Himself, 1835
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Franklin, Benjamin. The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life, Written by Himself. Exeter: J & B Williams, 1835. In origi...
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1830s American Federal Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
1 Volume. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. With 16 coloured illustrations by Percy Tarrant. Bound in full blue calf by Riviere, all edges gilt, raised b...
Category
Early 20th Century British Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
The Forest of Hermits / 't Bosh der Ermyten by Abraham Bloemaert
Located in Middletown, NY
Bloemaert, Abraham and Rosweyde, Héribert
't Bosch der Eremyten ende Eremytinnen van Aegypten ende Palestinen (...) [The Forest of Hermits of Egypt and Palestine...
Hantvverpen (Antwerp): Hieronymus Verdussen, 1619.
Illustrated by Abraham Bloemart.
First Edition in book form.
4to, 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches (251 x 171 mm). ix pp, 51 sheets on cream laid paper, text in Dutch (gothic letters). 50 numbered full page copperplate engravings of Christian hermit saints (25 male, 25 female), printed recto with text pages on verso. Full-page frontispiece for the work and with an additional full-page frontispiece for each of the two sections. Full contemporary vellum, untitled, with some handling discoloration but the vellum remains supple and the binding is tight. Pages clean and bright with a couple of foxing spots and a small brown stain on the 2nd frontis titled "Sacra Eremus ascetarum"; toned page edges. Previous owner's name and date in ink on front flyleaf and small pencil and ink notations inside back cover; bookplate of Buijnsters Smets pasted inside front cover.
[De Backer...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Canterbury Cathedral: First Edition, The Antiquities Of Canterbury By Somner
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare first edition: William Somner, The antiquities of Canterbury. Or a survey of that ancient citie, with the suburbs, and cathedrall. Containing principally matters of...
Category
17th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion by D. T. Egerton - Illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823.
FIRST EDITION
Oblong folio, 10 x 13 3/4 inches (250 x 345 mm); 12 hand-colored engraved plates on watermarked 1824 paper, t...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
26 Volumes. Robert Louis Stevenson. Complete Works.
Located in New York, NY
26 Volumes. Robert Louis Stevenson. Complete Works. Vailima Edition. Bound in 3/4 black morocco with marbled boards. Covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Limited to 1,030 copies of which this is 7. Portrait of author...
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Early 20th Century American Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Theatrum Machinarum Generale. by Jacob Leupold - FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
The most complete compendium on the technical sciences of the era.
Leupold, Jacob
Theatrum Machinarum Generale. Schau-Platz des Grundes Mechanischer Wissenschaften, das ist: Deutlich...
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Early 18th Century German Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Handbook of the American Wing Opening Exhibition, Presentation Copy
Located in valatie, NY
A Handbook of the American Wing: Opening Exhibition by R.T.H. Halsey, and Charles O. Cornelius (Assistant Curator in the Department of Decorative Arts.) New York: Metropolitan Museum...
Category
1920s American Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
T. E. LAWRENCE - Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - 1935 - FIRST TRADE EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LAWRENCE, T. E.
TITLE: Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
PUBLISHER: London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., 4to., 10" x 8", Illustrated throughout with a photogravure portrait frontispiece of Lawrence from the plaster bust, 47 plates, 4 folding maps, and several in-text line drawings; the majority by Eric Kennington...
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1930s British Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Set of Sixteen Leather Bound Book by Charles Reade
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of sixteen leather bound books by Charles Reade. Charles Reade was known for his novels that often combined elements of romance, social injustice, and moral earnestness. His wo...
Category
19th Century American Other Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Aedium Farnesiarum Tabulae, Annibale CARRACCI, 1753 - oversized folio
Located in Middletown, NY
Carracci's frescoes at Palazzo Farnese in Rome
Rome: Venantius Monaldinus, 1753.
First Edition.
Oversized folio, 17 1/4 x 12 inches (438 x 304 mm); half title, engraved portrait o...
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Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Le moyen de parvenir by François Béroalde de Verville, (1556-1626)
Located in Middletown, NY
Le moyen de parvenir; oeuvre contenant la raison de tout ce qui a esté, est & sera : avec démonstrations certaines et nécessaires, selon la rencontre des effects de vertu .
n.d. (ci...
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17th Century French Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dickens, Charles. a Christmas Carol - ILLUSTRATED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Dickens, Charles.
TITLE: A Christmas Carol.
PUBLISHER: London: William Heinemann, 1964.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 7-15/16" x 5-13/16", illustrated with full page color p...
Category
1960s British Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Vanity Fair by Wm.Thackeray, Cosway Style Binding, First Edition, First Issue
Located in Middletown, NY
Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 / Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Art Reference Book Marquis Of Stafford Collection Vol. 3, Georgian, 1818
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique art reference book. An English, illustrated catalogue of the Marquis of Stafford's private collection, dating to the Georgian period, published 1818.
Full Title: Engravings of the Most Noble, The Marquis of Stafford's Collections of Pictures in London, Arranged According to Schools and in Chronological Order with Remarks on Each Picture. By William John Otley.
A controversial figure in later life, the Marquis of Stafford, George Granville Leveson-Gower - 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758 - 1833) was a patron of the arts, landowner, politician, diplomat and at times, the richest man in Britain. As part of the Leveson-Gower family of nobility, George was related to Dukes and Earls across the nation. Educated in Westminster and at Christ Church, Oxford, the later Marquis of Stafford was the Member of Parliament for Newcastle-Under-Lyme from 1779 - 1784 and the county of Staffordshire from 1787 - 1799. He also held positions as an Ambassador to France during their revolutionary years and held various other posts until his passing.
A third volume representing the vast art collection of the Marquis of Stafford
Leather bound with gilt titling and detail - some historical wear present
Presented intact, with light ageing to pages commensurate with age
Organised as descriptions with the related engraving assigned a figure number
Part 1 featuring German, Flanders and Holland, with part 2 the Spanish, French and English Schools
This is a fascinating antique art collection...
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Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Letter From Birmingham City Jail by Martin Luther King Jr., Printed Pamphlet
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is one of the most important texts of the American Civil Rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham City Jail.” Printed as a stapled pamphlet, ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
16 Volumes. William Hazlitt, The Life of Napoleon.
Located in New York, NY
16 Volumes. William Hazlitt, The Life of Napoleon. Edition de Deux Mondes. Bound by Blanchetiere in full green morocco with red and brown morocco borders. Gilt-tooling on the covers ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Leather Spine 6 Volumes National Geographic Magazine 1924 1925 and 1926
Located in Miami, FL
Set of antique 1924/1925 and 1926 National Geographic Magazines. 6 Well bound leather-spine & corners and dark cloth books, 2 volumes per year, January-June and July-December. A ti...
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1920s American International Style Vintage Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
2 Volumes. Robert Louis Stevenson, Robinson Crusoe
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Robert Louis Stevenson, Robinson Crusoe. Bound in full black calf with gilt-tooling on the covers and raised band spines. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Color plate fr...
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Late 18th Century British Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
14 Volumes. Cambridge Edition of Poets.
Located in New York, NY
14 Volumes. Cambridge Edition of Poets. Edited by Horace E. Scudder. Bound in 3/4 brown calf with marbled boards. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Portrait frontispiece. Boston & N...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Aphrodite; Moeurs Antiques by Pierre Louÿs, illustr. by Antoine Calbet -
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Rombaldi Éditeur, 1937.
Limited Edition.
8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 (194 x 156 mm). pp: 4, vii, 242. Five color lithographs including the frontispiece. Copies printed on Voiron laid...
Category
Early 20th Century French Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
BODE - GROOT. Complete Work of Rembrandt. 8 vols. ALL FIRST EDITIONS - 1897-1906
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BODE (Wilhelm) & DE GROOT (Cornelis Hosfstede).
TITLE: The Complete Work of Rembrandt. History, Description and Heliographic Reproduction of All the Master's Pictures With ...
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1890s French Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather
Collection of 47 Swedish 20th Century Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A collection of 47 Swedish decorative antique leather-bound library books.
The books are wrapped in leather-bound covers, comprised of a selection of warm tones and gold leaf print ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish British Colonial Animal Skin Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The FIRST Canter Edition of AESCHYLUS
Located in Middletown, NY
Aeschylus. Edited by Willem Canter.
Aeschyli Tragoediae VII. In quibus praeter infinita menda sublata, carminum omnium ratio hactenus ignorata, nunc primum proditur; opera Gulielmi C...
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16th Century European Antique Animal Skin Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane
This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.
Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect
From Spanish-style courtyards to fanciful fountains, these acclaimed structures abound in surprising and elegant details.
A Heady Group of Industry Insiders Pick the World’s Top Interior Designers
With a vast range of styles and perspectives, this global roster of talents represents the best of design.