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The Writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward - AUTOGRAPH EDITION - 16 Vols. - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WARD, Mrs. Humphry [Mary Augusta].
TITLE: The Writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909.
DESCRIPTION: AUTOGRAPH EDITION. 16 vols., ...
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Early 1900s North American Antique Leather Books
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Leather
8 Volumes. Charles C.F. Greville, The Greville Memoirs.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. Charles C.F. Greville, The Greville Memoirs. Bound by Bayntun in full navy morocco with the covers displaying gilt and open-tooling. The spines display raised bands, borde...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Leather
Works, Writings in Prose & Verse, of Eugene Field - 12 vols. - IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: FIELD, Eugene.
TITLE: The Works, Writings in Prose And Verse, of Eugene Field.
PUBLISHER: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY FIELD'...
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1890s Antique Leather Books
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Leather
Au Souffle du Kasmin by Jeanne H. Chabal - illustrated poems
Located in Middletown, NY
This elegantly-printed and bound small volume is enhanced by an affectionate inscription by the author to her friend Mathilde Koehn, and a holograph poem of 4 stanzas, initialed and ...
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Early 20th Century French Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
CAMDEN - The Historie of the Life & Death of Mary Stuart - SECOND EDITION - 1636
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CAMDEN, William.
TITLE: The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland.
PUBLISHER: London: by John Haviland, and are to be sold by William Sheares, 1...
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1630s British Antique Leather Books
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Leather
Antique Books - Pierre Bayle Dictionnaire, 3 Volumes, 1715
Located in Savannah, GA
Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique published in Rotterdam 1715, third edition.
Measured as stacked: 15 ¼ inches wide by 10 ¾ inches deep by 9 ½ inches tall; each boo...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
"American Commonwealth" by James Bryce, First Edition, Three Volume Set, 1888
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth. London: Macmillian and Co., 1888. First edition three volume set. Three-quarter morocco leather boards with deckled edges. Presented in custo...
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1880s British Antique Leather Books
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Paper, Leather
Half Hours by J. M. Barrie, the creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. FIRST EDITION
Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. vi + 207. Beautiful red calf binding Red calf binding by Root & Son, with gold fill...
Category
Early 20th Century English Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
2 Volumes. Samuel Rogers, The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Samuel Rogers, The Writings. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full navy calf with the covers displaying a double border with floral corner flourishes, both gilt-tooled. The spines d...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Leather
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...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
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...
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Early 19th Century Scottish Antique Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
2 Volumes. Colonel Wilson, Picturesque Palestine, Sinai & Egypt.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Colonel Wilson, Picturesque Palestine, Sinai & Egypt. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards with gilt-tooled borders and title lettering. The spines display raised b...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Leather Books
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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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, First Trade Edition, in Original DJ, 1952
By John Steinbeck
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Octavo. First trade edition, first printing. In original lime green cloth boards with green titles to the spine and o...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Leather Books
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Leather, 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 Leather Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound in full blue morocco with the cover displaying a central floral crest in gilt-too...
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Early 20th Century American Leather Books
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Leather
The Works of Francis Rabelais in 4 Leatherbound Volumes Published In London 1784
Located in San Francisco, CA
The works of Francis Rabelais, translated from the French in 4 full original calf bindings with gilt tooled spines published in London by T. Evans in the Strand in 1784. Rabelais was...
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
5 Volumes. George C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters & Engravers.
Located in New York, NY
5 Volumes. George C. Williamson, Bryan's Dictionary of Painters & Engravers. Bound in 3/4 purple morocco and linen boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, ...
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Early 20th Century English Leather Books
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Leather
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. ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
Cinq-Mars; ou une conjuration sous Louis XIII - by Alfred de Vigny
Located in Middletown, NY
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...
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Early 19th Century Antique Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
Antique Swedish Leather-Bound Bible Book, 1810
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish leather-bound Bible, with brass brackets decorated with two hearts and two anchors. According to the estate in Sweden where I purchased this book, it belonged to a Scandinavi...
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1810s Swedish Empire Antique Leather Books
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Brass
MARTIN GILBERT. The Life of Winston Churchill - 8 vols ALL 1st EDITIONS 1966-88
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Randolph S., continued by Martin Gilbert.
TITLE: The Life of Winston Churchill.
PUBLISHER: London: Heinemann, 1966-88.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 8 vols....
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1960s British Vintage Leather Books
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Leather
Miracle in the Wilderness by Paul Gallico - WHITTINGTON PRESS - deluxe signed ed
Located in Middletown, NY
Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone
Copy 48 of 250 copies, number and signed in pen by the author on the limitation page and one of 85 specially bound in hard grain morocco...
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1970s English Vintage Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
1 Volume. Walton & Cotton, The Complete Angler.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Walton & Cotton, The Complete Angler. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 tn calf and marbled boards. The Spine displays raised bands, figurine panel details, bordering, and label lett...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Leather
When A Man's Single by J. M. Barrie - creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
Barrie, J.M. When A Man's Single. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1888
Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. 289 + 2 of publisher's advertising. ...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
The Compleat Angler + The Lives of Donne.... by Izaak WALTON, illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
The first edition of Izzak Walton's (1593 – 1683) complete writings, this volume contains Walton's most famous work, the Compleat Angler from the edition of 1668 - with the variants of 1676 as an appendix [Satchell p. 5] - in which Walton celebrates the art and spirit of fishing in prose and verse, as well as the Lives; Love and Truth; and miscellaneous Poetry and Prose, as well as a Life of Walton and bibliographical notes, compiled by the editor. [John Dreyfus. A History of The Nonesuch Press...
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Early 20th Century Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
1 Volume. James Walter, Memorials of Washington.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. James Walter, Memorials of Washington. Edition de Luxe. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards with a gilt-tooled crest on the cover. The spines display gilt-tooled le...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Leather Books
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Leather
8 Vols. 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. Bound in full tan calf with the covers displaying a floral border and a central crest, both gilt-to...
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19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Leather
SEITZ. Paul Jones, His Exploits In English Seas During 1778-1780. FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SEITZ, Don C.
TITLE: Paul Jones, His Exploits In English Seas During 1778 - 1780, Contemporary Accounts Collected From English Newspapers With A Complete Bibliography.
PU...
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1910s American Vintage Leather Books
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Leather
PLANCHE - The Vampire; or Bride of the isles - 1820 - FIRST AND ONLY EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PLANCHE, James Robinson: Pierre-Frederic-Adolphe Carmouche.
TITLE: The Vampire; or, Bride of the isles, A Tale, founded on the popular superstition of Caledonia.... From wh...
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1820s British Antique Leather Books
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Leather
28 Volumes. Theodore Roosevelt, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
28 Volumes. Theodore Roosevelt, The Works. Elkhorn Edition. Bound in 3/4 wine Morocco and marbled boards, bordered in floral gilt-tooling. The spines di...
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Early 20th Century American Leather Books
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Leather
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...
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1960s British Vintage Leather Books
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Leather
Charles DICKENS. A Christmas Carol - FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE - 1843
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. ...
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1840s British Antique Leather Books
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Leather
Ovid, Lettres Des Amoureuses, Art Nouveau Illustrations, Binding by R. Kieffer
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the forever-classics of world literature interpreted in a highly decorative Art Nouveau style, with color printing, gold frames on every page, and orientalist sepia wood engravings to illustrate the stories.
Ovid / Ovide. Lettres d...
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Early 20th Century French Leather Books
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Gold Leaf
Carroll, Rackham, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Limited Edition, 1907
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll) (Arthur Rackham).
TITLE: Alice's Adventures In Wonderland.
PUBLISHER: London: William Heinemann, 1907.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDIT...
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Early 1900s Antique Leather Books
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Leather
John RUSKIN - Unto This Last - THE DOVES PRESS - 1907 - JOHN DRINKWATER'S COPY
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RUSKIN, John.
TITLE: Unto This Last. Four essays on the first principles of political economy.
PUBLISHER: Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1907....
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Early 2000s British Leather Books
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Leather
Iliad & the Odyssey of Homer. 8 Vols. Large Paper Edition 1905 Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOMER (William Cullen Bryant).
TITLE: The Iliad - and - The Odyssey of Homer.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1905.
...
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Early 1900s Antique Leather Books
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Leather
Charles DICKENS, A Christmas Carol, 1940, IN A FINE ONLAY BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.
PUBLISHER: Chicago: the Monastery Hill Press, 1940.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 6-1...
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1940s American Vintage Leather Books
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Leather
2 Volumes. John Fiske, The Life and Letters.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. John Fiske, The Life and Letters. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, bo...
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Early 20th Century American Leather Books
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Leather
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 Leather Books
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Leather, Paint, Paper
David, Francois-Anne The Antiquities of Herculaneum 12 Volumes Period Bindings
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Antiquities of Herculaneum with their explanations in French. Published, Paris, 1781-1803. This profusely illustrated set consists of 12 volumes retaining their original marbled ...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
Novels of Charlotte, Emily, & Anne Bronte - 6 Vols - 1922 - ILLUSTRATED BY DULAC
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BRONTE, Charlotte, Emily and Anne.
TITLE: The Novels of Charlotte, Emily, & Anne Bronte.
PUBLISHER: London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1922.
DESCRIPT...
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1920s British Vintage Leather Books
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Leather
Pasiphaë by Algernon C. Swinburne / Golden Cockerel Press
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Swinburne, Algernon C. PASIPHAË.
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. Limited Edition.
8vo; 9 x 5 3/4 inches (228 x 144 mm); 40 pp., 13 pt Bembo type. 6+1 copper engravings by John Buckland Wright...
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Mid-20th Century English Leather Books
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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...
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1940s French Vintage Leather Books
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Leather
2 Volumes. Madame Campan, The Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Madame Campan, The Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette. Limited Edition. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and linen boards double bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines displa...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Leather
1 Volume. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Limited Edition. Bound by Chelsea Bindery in full blue Morocco with the cover displaying borders, titles, and a central depi...
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Early 20th Century English Leather Books
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Leather
SYMONDS - The Life Of Benvenuto Cellini - 2 vols. - IN A FINE FULL CALF BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
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...
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1920s American Vintage Leather Books
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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 ...
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1870s English Antique Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
14 Volumes. Anthony Trollope, The Barsetshire Novels.
Located in New York, NY
14 Volumes. Anthony Trollope, The Barsetshire Novels. Shakespeare Head Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards, bordered in gilt-tooling....
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Early 20th Century Leather Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Gyula Krùdy, Sinbad the Sailor.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Gyula Krùdy, Sinbad the Sailor. First Trade Edition. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full orange morocco. The cover displays a depiction of a castle surrounded by water a...
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Early 20th Century English Leather Books
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Leather
9 Antique 18th & 19th Century Hard Back Leather Bound Books London England
Located in Dayton, OH
"Lot of nine English language hard cover leather bound books on a variety of topics, dating from 1736 to 1843.
Lot includes:
- 1736 - Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; with Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author – by Mr. Tickell – Volume the Second – Printed in London for J. And R. Tonson
- 1773 - The Way to the Temple of True Honor and Fame by the Paths of Heroic Virtue; Etc. - by W. Cooke, A.B. - Volume I – Printed and Sold by T. Burrough, Devizes, etc.
- 1790 - The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biological and Critical – by Samuel Johnson – Volume the Twenty-Eighth – The Poems of Sir Samuel Garth – Printed by A. Strahan, London, etc.
- 1802 - Unity: The Bond of Peace and the Friend of Virtue; or The Consequences of Schism Morally and Politically Considered. Tracing Its Progress and Pointing Out Some of the Means to Check It – Printed by Bunney and Gold, London, etc.
- 1822 - The History of England; From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George II. Designed as a Continuation of Hume. - By T. Smollett, M.D. - A New Edition, in Five Volumes. - Volume I – Printed by J.F. Dove, London, etc.
- 1824 - St. Ronan’s Well – by Sir Walter Scott – In Three Volumes – Volume III – Printed for Archibald Constable & Co, Edinburgh, etc.
- 1831 – American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States – by Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte – Edited by Robert Jameson, Esq. etc. - In Four Volumes – Volume III – Printed for Constable and Co, Edinburgh, etc.
- 1843 - The Poetical Works of William Cowper Volume II – William Pickering, London
- 1862 – The Natural History of Selborne – by the Late Rev. Gilbert White...
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Early 19th Century Antique Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
2 Antique 18th Century French Leather Books Livres Nouveau Jesus Testament
Located in Dayton, OH
"Set of two rare 18th century French language leather bound hard cover books, representing portions of the Christian Bible’s Old and New Testaments.
- 1713 - Le Nouveau Testament De...
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1710s Antique Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubiáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubiáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, bordering, panel detai...
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Early 20th Century American Leather Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wonder Book.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wonder Book. Limited Edition. Bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco with the cover displaying a gilt-tooled border, 3 figures including one ...
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Early 20th Century English Leather Books
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Leather
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
Located in Middletown, NY
First Edition. In two Quarto volumes, with copious color illustrations.
London: R. Ackermann, printed by L. Harrison & J. C. Leigh, 1814.
13 x 10.63...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Leather, Paint, Paper
4 Volumes, George Rawlinson, History of Herodotus
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. George Rawlinson, History of Herodotus. Second Edition. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards double bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, borde...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Leather
Book of Hours of Charles of Angoulême - One-Time Only Limited-Edition Facsimile
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This is a one-time only facsimile edition limited to 987 copies of an illuminated manuscript in Renaissance style, the Book of Hours of Charles of Angoul...
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2010s French Renaissance Leather Books
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Leather
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald translation, Club Bindery
Located in Middletown, NY
From the library of John A. Spoor an elegantly bound Rubáiyát by Club Bindery.
Omar Khayyám, Translated by Edward Fitzgerald.
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; The Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse.
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1872. Third Edition.
8vo, 8 1/4 x 6 inches (210 x 153 mm); xxiv, 36, (xiv) pp. Beautiful dark maroon morocco binding by Club Bindery 1892 (gold stamped on bottom of inside cover), gilt titling and gilt fillets on turn-ins and board edges, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Pictorial bookplate of John A. Spoor 1921 on inside front cover by Emery Walker. Elegantly printed with text within decorative frames on each page. Spine lightly rubbed, small tear to the inside front endpaper.
[Potter, 137]
Condition: Near Fine
Edward Fitzgerald continually revised and rearranged his version of the Rubáiyát, which was first published privately by the author in 1859, through four distinct editions during his lifetime. This third edition settled on 101 quatrains (as opposed to 75 in the first edition and 110 in the second), which is how it solidified. 500 copies were printed. A RARITY.
In this third edition the translator is not credited on the title page, nor is the introductory text. Fitzgerald said of his Persian translations that they were "All very well, but very little affairs..." (from the Bibliographical Note in the 1926 Shakespeare Head Press edition, which we are offering, inventory #416)
This copy bears the bookplate of Chicago business mogul John A. Spoor. An avid book collector, he assembled a notable and impressive book collection during the late 19th and early 20th century, which was auctioned in 1939 by Parke-Bernet New York over the course of 6 days. The Morgan Library holds a number of books with the Spoor bookplate in its collections. This bookplate was engraved by Emery Walker (1851 – 1933), an engraver, publisher and photographer active in the Arts and Crafts movement, whose work in type design inspired the evolution of private presses in the UK, among them William Morris' Kelmscott...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Leather Books
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Leather, Paper
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