Wood Books

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this nice selection of faux book fronts for bookcases and display This is a nice suite of faux book fronts, they came from the warehouse sale of Bevan Funnell when they were downsizing, you use this for decorating radiator covers, making hidden shelves and compartments and so on In terms of the condition we have cleaned waxed and polished them from top to bottom, there will signs of use and patina all over, some small breakages, please see the pictures Dimensions Cassell’s history of england Height:- 24cm Width:- 28cm Depth:- 8cm Popular encyclopaedia Height:- 24cm W:- 28.5cm Depth:- 1.5cm ruskin Height:- 21.5cm W:- 9.5cm Depth:- 1cm woltaire Height:- 20cm Width:- 29cm Depth:- 1cm shakespeare Height:- 24.5cm Width:- 11cm Depth:- 2cm punch brown Height:- 27cm Width:- 4.5cm Depth:- 2cm punch green Height:- 24cm Width:- 5cm Depth:- 1.5cm cassell’s history of england volume IV Height:- 24.5cm Width:- 3.5cm Depth:- 1.5cm household / chambers Height:- 24.5cm Width:- 24.5cm Depth:- 2cm art treasures of the world Height:- 19.5cm Width:- 8cm Depth:- 2cm law reports...

An Exceptionally fine Quality Early Victorian English Well Figured Polished Coromandel Gentleman’s Library Adjustable Table Book Holder, firmly attr...

Large and beautiful detailed binding press made in France (Paris). Made of cast iron and a wooden base. This high quality press has some a great dark red color with some golden l...

An Extremely Rare Irish Hand Carved Bog Oak Book Slide of good size proportions, mid Nineteenth Century, of outstanding quality and condition. The adjustable base with all-round Laurel Leaf decoration and a plain central split base. Firmly attributed to Cornelius Goggin...

An exceptionally fine quality early Victorian English well figured polished coromandel gentleman’s library adjustable table book holder, made by ren...

A country house library style hand carved irish early Victorian figured mahogany non-adjustable table book trough of good size proportions and exceptional quality, mid-19th century. ...

Extremely rare and stylish, mid-1800s bookcase, by one of Holland's finest. In 2010 the The Hague Municipal Museum (Haags Gemeentemuseum) organized an exhibition by the name of 'Koninklijk Goedgekeurd' which roughly translates to 'Royalty Approved'. On display in this exhibition were some of the rarest pieces of furniture by the best furniture makers in the history of the Netherlands. The work and history of 19th century, Dutch top furniture makers H.P. Mutters and Horrix (both of the Hague) were celebrated in this exhibition. It was named 'Royalty Approved', because both makers were 'purveyor to the court' and had provided many Dutch Royals with the best furniture available in that era. This revolving bookcase has been in our posession for more than 10 years and in our combined 35+ years of experience in this trade we have never seen another one. Not in books, not on the web, not in a museum. It is therefor too that we are quite certain that this revolving bookcase by Horrix would have been on display in the 2010 exhibition had the curators known about it. This unique specimen is created out of various woodtypes, it is beautifully designed and executed, it stands as strong and stable as the day it was handcrafted (over 150 years ago), it still has the original porcelain casters, it revolves perfectly on its original base, it comes with the perfect maker's mark underneath (as shown in image 12) and it has the most beautiful and warm patina. All hand-crafted in what in the rest of the world is better known as the Victorian era, in the Netherlands this style is known as Willem III...

Antique Italian cherub bookends We are proud to offer a matched pair of early 20th century Italian hand carved cherub bookends. Cover in their origina...

A large impressive cast iron copying or book press on trestle wood stand, circa 1850. A high quality press with a large platen area, 16” x 11”. Heavy cast iron frame still retaining traces of an original red paint with gold lining. Brass fittings, square cut thread, cut at a shallower angle driven by a impressive handle with a large iron ball at each end. A fitted wood trestle stand...

A wonderful Victorian wooden and brass book rest dating to circa 1880, perfect for the Library but would equally look at home in the kitchen. It's angle can be easily adjusted by moving the easel back up or down the ridges. The front is highly decorative with pierced and engraved panel to the centre, with the two weights on the page holders...

Here we have a huge oversized folio in the form on a half bound leather book. The book is hinged to reveal a large folio area for paperwork etc, the folio would of had a key at some ...

Late 19th century mahogany book press, English Mid-late 19th century mahogany book or flower press, with stunning turned handle and detail, good color an...