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Place of Origin: British
Charles DICKENS. A Christmas Carol - 1846 - THE SCARCE 11TH EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.
PUBLISHER: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846.
DESCRIPTION: THE SCARCE 11TH EDITION. 1...
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1840s Antique British Books
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Fabric
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland [together with] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1959, 1955. Illustrated by John ...
Category
1950s Victorian Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Poetry Book, The Lady Of The Lake, Walter Scott, Early Edition, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Lady of the Lake, the celebrated narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1811, a year after the initial release. A leather-bound volume, illus...
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1810s Georgian Antique British Books
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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...
Category
1930s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
Geometrical and Graphical Essays by George Adams (1750-1795)
Located in Middletown, NY
Geometrical and Graphical Essays [and] Plates to the Geometrical and Graphical Essays.; By the late George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to his Majesty, & c.
London: W. & S. Jones, 1813. Fourth Edition. Two volumes, 8vo, 9 x 5 3/4 in. (228 x 145 mm). Text volume: pp. frontispiece, xii, 534, [16] ads; Plates vol.: pp. title page and 34 folding plates. Previous owner's name penned on the first free flyleaf. Uniform contemporary paper-covered boards, untrimmed, housed in a felt-lined custom clamshell box, 9 x 5 1/2 in. Occasional browning to the edges of some of the plates in Vol. 2, 1/2 inch tear to fold of Pl. VIII and 1 inch tear to the edge of Pl XIV, none of these minor flaws affecting the images. Frontispiece "The Great Theodolite, by Ramsden, Used by the late Gen.l Roy &c. in the great English Trigonometrical Operations." This is the "Fourth Edition, corrected and enlarged by William Jones, F. Am. P. S.
[ESTC T88416, 1791 edition].
The last chapter of these fascinating volumes includes conversion tables to various standard national measure ranging from the Paris foot to the Russian archine, to the Venice braccio, the Egyptian stadium to 'The mathematical foot of China'.
GEORGE ADAMS the younger (1750–1795) was an English scientist, optician and scientific writer. In politics Adams was a Tory, and as such was received with favour at court by George III, who made him his official mathematical instrument maker, succeeding his father George Adams in the post. George III was personally interested in instruments and had Adams produce items for him exclusively, many in silver. These instruments now form a collection which is housed in London's Science Museum Royal collection Adams was also known for making globes, and for inventing the lucernal microscope, a type of projection microscope where the image is projected on a screen by a large oil lamp...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
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-...
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1870s Antique British Books
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Leather
MILNE. The 4 Winnie The Pooh books EACH INSCRIBED BY CHRISTOPHER (ROBIN) MILNE !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.
TITLE: When We Were Very Young - Winnie The Pooh - House At Pooh Corner - Now We Are Six.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen Children's Books, 1977.
DESCRIPTION: INS...
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1970s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
Winston CHURCHILL. Great Contemporaries - FIRST EDITION - 1937
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston.
TITLE: Great Contemporaries.
PUBLISHER: London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1937.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4", illustrated, bo...
Category
1930s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION of COLERIDGE'S FIRST BOOK OF POEMS. A. S. W. Rosenbach deemed it "An important literary volume." (Rosenbach 29:108). It includes four sonnets by Charles Lam...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Geoffrey Bennison Master Decorator by Gillian Newberry and Sir John Richardson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Geoffrey Bennison Master Decorator by Gillian Newberry and Sir John Richardson hardcover book.Extremely rare, limited edition, collectible out of print.The first monograph on the wor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Victorian British Books
Materials
Paper
Collecting Clarice Cliff Book by Howard Watson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Collecting Clarice Cliff Book by Howard Watson.
The bold, bright hand-painted designs and extraordinary shapes of Clarice Cliff ceramics have attracted collectors for decades.
Now, there is a convenient handbook with pricing, pattern identification, and a detailed history of Clarice Cliff and her work, a unique find in the small selection of books on the popular pottery.
Readers will find over 500 price listings for teaware, plates, pots, vases, novelties and more.
Nearly 200 detailed, full-color photos of the most common pattern styles, along with a convenient shape guide, aid in identification.
Clarice Cliff remains one of the most revered and respected ceramic artists of the 20th century. Clarice Cliff comprehensively records her life and work, celebrating it with excellently reproduced images of her major pieces from her collections all around the world.
Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects: Cliff, Clarice 1899-1972. Bizarre ware. Art deco England. Pottery Design. Genre: Decorative arts. Language: English.
Title: Collecting Clarice Cliff.
Publisher: London : Kevin Francis...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art British Books
Materials
Paper
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues: And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by His Majesty’s Spec...
Category
1880s Late Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
A History of Art by Lawrence Gowing Large Heavy Art Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A History of Art by Lawrence Gowing /
Great large heavy art table book.
History of art. Reference-introduction to Classic masterpieces. Painters, scul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern British Books
Materials
Paper
2 Vols Antique Book, British Sports and Sportsmen, English, Sporting Reference
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 2 large antique volumes of British Sports and Sportsmen. An English, bound and numbered limited edition sporting reference book, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1920.
...
Category
1920s Other Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Leather
The Works of William H. Prescott - 11 vols. - IN A FULL POLISHED CALF BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PRESCOTT, William H..
TITLE: The Works of William H. Prescott. Ferdinand & Isabella - Philip The Second - Charles The Fifth - Conquest Of Peru - Conquest Of Mexico.
PUBLIS...
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1850s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavelli - SECOND EDITION - 1695
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MACHIAVELLI, Nicolas
TITLE: The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originaIly [sic] in Italian, and from thence newly and fait...
Category
1690s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
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 Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1783
Located in Middletown, NY
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1783
London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1783.
64mo, 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (57 x 33 mm), 24pp. Original cream morocco elaborately gilt...
Category
18th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald transl. – 1889 – Petrus Ruban binding
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the first McCarthy translation of this popular text by the Persian polymath.
London: David Nutt / Chiswick Press, 1889.
12mo, 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in (170 x 105 mm) pp. lxii + clv...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
A. A. MILNE. The Christopher Robin Verses. FIRST EDITION - INSCRIBED - 1932
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. (Alan Alexander).
TITLE: The Christopher Robin Verses.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1932.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED. 1 vol., 8-3/8" x 6-...
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1930s Vintage British Books
Materials
Fabric
Curiosities of London by John Timbs, 1867
Located in Middletown, NY
Timbs, John, F.S.A.
Curiosities of London; Exhibiting the most rare and remarkable objects of interest in the metropolis; with nearly sixty years' personal recollections
London: Vir...
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Mid-19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
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...
Category
1930s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
12 Volumes. Bronte, Emily, Charlotte & Anne. The Novels.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. Bronte, Emily, Charlotte & Anne. The Novels. "Thornton Edition." Bound in 3/4 blue calf, marbled boards, top edges gilt, raised bands,
gilt panels, illustrated. Published...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Leather
Lonsdale Library Equestrian Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse, Lonsdale Library Book.
One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse. The book with over ninety illustrations, the first is of The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale on 'Marble'.
The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric Parker...
Category
1930s Sporting Art Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
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 Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvae, by Theophilus Johnson
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the rarest English works on moths.
Johnson, Theophilus (1836-1919)
Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvae (including the Sesidae); with thirty-six original draw...
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Mid-19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Book of Wisdom and Lies; A book of Traditional Stories From Georgia in Asia
Located in Middletown, NY
KELMSCOTT PRESS
Orbeliani, Sulkhan-Saba. Translated by Oliver Wardrop.
The Book of Wisdom and Lies; A book of Traditional Stories From Georgia in Asia
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, ...
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Late 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
John MILTON. A Defence of the People of England. 1692 - FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILTON, John.
TITLE: A Defence of the People of England, by John Milton: in Answer to Salmasius's Defence of the King.
PUBLISHER: n.p., n.p., 1692.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDI...
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1690s Antique British Books
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Leather
1 Volume. The Holy Bible
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Anon. The Holy Bible. Containing The Old & New Testaments. Bound in full brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, all edges gilt, raised bands. Published: Oxford: The University Press,...
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Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
Contemporary Art Catalog Book Sotheby's London 2017
By Sotheby's
Located in New York, NY
A Jean-Micheal Basquiat cover contemporary art catalog book, Day Auction, Sotheby's London, 9 March, 2017. A beautifully done catalog book (soft-cover) covering the March 9, 2017 day...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books
Materials
Paper
Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, With Essays, in Two Volumes, 1796
By Benjamin Franklin
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Franklin, Benjamin. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of His Life Written by Himself together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of t...
Category
1790s Federal Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Christopher Robin Birthday Book – A. A. Milne (owned by Tolkien's daughter)
Located in Middletown, NY
A unique and charming piece of Tolkieniana.
The Christopher Robin Birthday Book, Priscilla Tolkien’s copy with names of family members and friends f...
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Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Elizabeth the Queen Mother : a Twentieth Century Life by Grania Forbes Hardcover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother : A Twentieth Century Life by Grania Forbes.
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother is a celebration of the life of the nation''s most t...
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Late 20th Century Victorian British Books
Materials
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 Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
Stephen HAWKING. My Brief History. 1ST ED - WITH HIS BLACK INK THUMB PRINT !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAWKING, Stephen.
TITLE: My Brief History. A Memoir.
PUBLISHER: London: Bantam Press, 2013.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST LONDON EDITION FIRST PRINTING BEARING THE BLACK INK THUMB P...
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2010s British Books
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Paper
MILNER, H. M. [Mary Shelley] - 1826 - Frankenstein; or, The Man and the Monster!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNER, H. M. [Mary Shelley].
TITLE: Frankenstein; or, The Man and the Monster!
PUBLISHER: London, for Duncombe, n.d., [1826].
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 5-13/16" x 3-9/16", [3]...
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1820s Antique British Books
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Fabric
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William Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice, a Tragedy, 1695 Sixth Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
"But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve"
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: Othello, The Moor of Venice. A Tragedy. As it hath divers times Acted at the Globe, and at the Black-Friers: and now at the Theatre Royal,...
PUBLISHER: London: for Richard Bentley, 1695.
DESCRIPTION: SIXTH EDITION. (ii)76pp., complete, quarto, 8-5/8" x 6-1/4", several leaves with untrimmed bottom edges, some toning and foxing to pages, closed tear to F2 mended without loss, a few headlines slightly trimmed but generally good wide margins, ex-libris Viscount Mersey of Bignor Park with book label...
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1690s Antique British Books
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Leather
A. A. MILNE. Now We Aer Six. FIRST EDITION - SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPARD - 1927
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.
TITLE: Now We Aer Six.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPHARD. 1 vol, 7-1/2" x 5-1/4", signed by th...
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1920s Vintage British Books
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Fabric
Nineveh and Its Palaces by Joseph Bonomi - ILLUSTRATED, beautiful binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Nineveh and Its Palaces; The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy Writ
London: Office of the Illustrated London Library, 1852.
First Edition
Ad. Lala...
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Mid-19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
20 Vol. Leatherbound Set- Bell's Edition, Dramatik Writings Of Will. Shakespeare
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Published London, 1788, John Bell. Nicely leather bound in brown with fine tan, brown and gilt spines. Watery green inside the boards.
5 3/4" H x 3 7/8" W x 1" D
Condition: the spi...
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18th Century Georgian Antique British Books
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Leather, Paper
The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, by Doctor Goldsmith – Th. Rowlandson illustrator
Located in Middletown, NY
London: R. Ackermann, 1823. Thomas Rowlandson. Second Edition.
Tall 8vo. 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches (228 x 174 mm); 8 + 254 pp.; with 24 hand-colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, includin...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Antique The Fables Book, Historic Literature, English, Illustrated, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a superb antique edition of 'The Fables' by Jean de La Fontaine, translated into English verse by Walter Thornbury and illustrated throughout by Gustave Doré. A fine, intact ...
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1870s Victorian Antique British Books
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Paper
Goldsmith's Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.LXXXIV. 1784
Located in Middletown, NY
Goldsmith, John
An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord God M.DCC.LXXXIV. 1784
London: Company of Stationers, 1784
48mo, 4 x 2 1/2 in. (113 x 53 mm); pp. 48 + blank pages for each mont...
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18th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1796
Located in Middletown, NY
London, 1796.
64mo, 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (57 x 33 mm), 24pp. Very beautiful publisher's Venetian style mosaic style inlaid morocco in green, red, and blue, with gilt decorations, centr...
Category
18th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lonsdale Library Book, Hounds and Dogs
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hounds & Dogs, Lonsdale Library Book.
One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Hounds & Dogs, their care, training & working. The book with over one hundred illustrations.
The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric...
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1940s Sporting Art Vintage British Books
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Paper
[MISSAL]. L'Office De La Semaine Sainte. GILT ARMS OF PHILIPPE II DUC D'ORLEANS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [MISSAL].
TITLE: The Office of Holy Week, According to the Messel & Roman Breviary;...
PUBLISHER: Paris: By the Company of Booksellers assigned to the Book of Holy Week, 1...
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Early 1700s Antique British Books
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Leather
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1842 The Knights Templars 2nd Edition London
Located in Stamford, CT
The Knights Templars of the Inner Temple by Charles G. Addison 1842 2nd Edition. London, England.
Original red leather binding in original condition.
Category
1840s Neoclassical Antique British Books
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Leather, Paper
She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider HAGGARD
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION / FIRST ISSUE
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1887.
8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 (184 x 120 mm); viii, 31, ii advert.; two color lithographs facing one another on a sin...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Small Antique Baedeker's South Eastern France Guide Book, Provence, Travel Maps
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a delightful antique edition of Baedeker's South Eastern France guide book, complete with superb fold-out maps, centre-fold maps and informative text. A bound and intact late...
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Early 20th Century Late Victorian British Books
Materials
Paper
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, with Preface by Thomas Carlyle
Located in Middletown, NY
The only book published by the Doves Press by an American author.
Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1906. Small 4to, 9 1/4 x 6.5 in (235 x 166 mm). Pp. xiv, 13...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Duke & Duchess of Windsor Sotheby's New York Memorabilia Auction Catalogue Book
Located in Dublin, Ireland
This is a two-volume boxed set of sale catalogues each with 550 pages which were produced by Sotheby's Auction House in New York in 1997 for the disposal of the effects of the Duke a...
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20th Century Modern British Books
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Paper
LAMB, Charles & Mary. Tales From Shakespeare. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY RACKHAM!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LAMB, Charles and Mary (Arthur Rackham).
TITLE: Tales From Shakespeare.
PUBLISHER: London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1909.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY RACKHAM. 1 vols....
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Early 1900s Antique British Books
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Leather
The Ring of the Niblung by Richard Wagner, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Alamo, CA
"The Ring of the Niblung", "The Rhinegold: Prelude; The Valkyrie: First Day of the Trilogy; Siegfried: Second Day of the Trilogy; The Twilight of the Gods: Third Day of the Trilogy" ...
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Early 20th Century British Books
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Leather, Paper
NOLHAC, Pierre De. Maria Antoinette. IN A FINE EARLY COSWAY BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: NOLHAC, Pierre De.
TITLE: Maria Antoinette.
PUBLISHER: London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905.
DESCRIPTION: IN A FINE COSWAY STYLE BINDING. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 6-1/8", bound in f...
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Early 1900s Antique British Books
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Leather
CHURCHILL. History of The English Speaking Peoples - ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 4 vols
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston.
TITLE: A History of The English-Speaking Peoples.
PUBLISHER: London: Cassell and Co, Ltd., 1956-8.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST LONDON EDITIONS. 4 volumes, ...
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1950s Vintage British Books
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Leather
Designs by Inigo Jones for Masques & Plays at Court; A Descriptive Catalogue
Located in Middletown, NY
Designs by Inigo Jones for Masques & Plays at Court; A Descriptive Catalogue of Drawings for Scenery and Costumes mainly in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K. G. ...
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Early 20th Century British Books
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Gold Leaf
William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited Edition Number 77
By William Shakespeare
Located in North Hollywood, CA
William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited edition Number 77
Circa 1912.
Leatherbound. 15 volumes.
Printed on handmade paper, burgundy Moroccan leather bound volumes of "The Works of Wil...
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Early 20th Century Victorian British Books
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Leather, Paper
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