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Place of Origin: British
Novels of The Sisters Bronte. THORNTON EDITION - 12 vols. 1924 - LEATHER BOUND !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BRONTE, Charlotte, Emily and Anne.
TITLE: The Novels of The Sisters Bronte - with - The Life of Charlotte Bronte by E.C. Gaskell.
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924.
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Category
1920s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
James Paine – Plans, Elevations and Section of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses
Located in Middletown, NY
A fine FIRST EDITION ELEPHANT FOLIO of Jame's Paine monumental work:
Plans, Elevations and Section of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses, and also of Stabling, Bridges, Public and Priv...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Vija Celmins - Works 1964-96, 1st Edition
By Vija Celmins 1
Located in London, GB
Published by The Institute Contemporary Arts, London, 1996, 1st editionPublished in celebration of Vija Celmins first Europen retrospective at the ICA London. Even thirty years after...
Category
1990s Mid-Century Modern British Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Folio, Civil Architecture, English, Sir William Chambers, Reproduction
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage folio A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture. An unbound reproduction of the 18th century original by Sir William Cham...
Category
Late 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
1889-96 Cope's Smoke-Room Booklets
Located in Bath, GB
A finely bound set of the complete fifteen volumes of Cope Tobacco's 'Smoke-Room Booklets', an scarce to see complete set with the original wraps bound in.
A very scarce to see comp...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Petrarch — Phisicke against Fortune
Located in Middletown, NY
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca). Thomas Twyne, translator.
Phisicke against Fortune, as well prosperous, as adverse, contained in two Bookes [History of Gain and Fortune]
London: Ric...
Category
16th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Golden Book of Swinburne's Lyrics
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful Zaehnsdorf-bound collection of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 – 1909) whose works often handled Victorian taboos, such as lesbianism, sado-masochism, and ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Joseph GLANVILL. The Vanity of Dogmatizing. FIRST EDITION - 1661 - HIS 1st BOOK!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GLANVILL, Joseph.
TITLE: The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions Manifested in a Discourse of the Shortness and Uncertainty of Our Knowledge, and Its Causes, w...
Category
1660s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
Disegno del Doni; Partito in più ragionamenti, ..scoltura e pittura
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST and ONLY EDITION
Doni, Anton Francesco
Disegno del Doni; Partito in più ragionamenti, ne quali si tratta della scoltura et pittura ....
Venice: Gabriel Giolito Di Ferrari, 15...
Category
16th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Book, The Insect, Jules Michelet, English, Nature, Reference, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Insect by Jules Michelet. An English language, hard bound study of nature, dating to the Victorian period, this first edition published in 1875.
Publi...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
HOWARD, Sir Robert. The History Of The Reigns Of Edward and Richard II. (1690)
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOWARD, Sir Robert.
TITLE: The History Of The Reigns Of Edward and Richard II.
PUBLISHER: London: by F. Collins, for Thomas Fox, 1690.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 4-9/...
Category
1620s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Reference Book, Old English Glasses, Hartshorne, History, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique reference book, Old English Glasses. An English language, bound historical title by Albert Hartshorne, published in the late Victorian period, 1897.
Full title: O...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
CHURCHILL. History of The English Speaking Peoples - ALL FIRST EDITIONS - 1956-8
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston S.
TITLE: A History of The English-Speaking Peoples.
PUBLISHER: London: Cassell and Co, Ltd., 1956-8.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST LONDON EDITIONS. 4 volumes,...
Category
1950s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
Thirty-Five Works by Le Corbusier: 1987 Sotheby's, London - Auction Catalog
By Le Corbusier
Located in Rochester, NY
Thirty-five Works by Le Corbusier - December 8, 1987 Sotheby's, London - Softcover Auction Catalog w/ card - Sotheby's International Realty & Le Corbusier - Les Maisons Jaoul, Neuil...
Category
1980s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
1903 The Works of Arthur Conan Doyle
Located in Bath, GB
A limited edition set of the collected works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, an illustrated set signed by Conan Doyle.
A limited edition of one-thousand copies, of which this is numbered...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
(NIVARDUS) - The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox - 1706
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [NIVARDUS, Hartmann Schopper].
TITLE: The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox: Newly done into English Verse, from the Antient Latin Iambics of Hartm. Schopper...
Category
Early 1700s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
3 Volumes. Samuel Rush Meyrick, Ancient Armour.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Samuel Rush Meyrick, Ancient Armour. Bound in full tan calf with the covers displaying gilt-tooled borders and an open-tooled cross-hatching pattern. Respines in purple mo...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
GEORGE II's PRAYER BOOK FROM THE ROYAL CHAPEL - 1745 - Book of Common Prayer
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: COMMON PRAYER.
TITLE: The Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments: And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England: Together With the Psalter, o...
Category
1740s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
1858 The Story of Jack and the Giants
By Richard Doyle
Located in Bath, GB
An exciting retelling of Jack the Giant Killer, beautifully illustrated throughout by Richard Doyle, a smart copy.
A vivid retelling of 'The Story of Ja...
Category
1850s Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Book in Case, Hillingdon Hall or the Cockney Squire, English, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cased copy of Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire. An English language novel published in the Victorian era, this edition dated 1888.
Originally written in 1845...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
1946 Come, Tell Me How You Live
By Agatha Christie
Located in Bath, GB
A vanishingly scarce signed first edition of this evocative travel memoir by Agatha Christie. Signed and dedicated to her secretary and friend, Carlo Fisher.
The first edition, firs...
Category
1940s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
American Scenery by Willis with Engravings after Bartlett 1840 Original Books
Located in Montréal, CA
Volumes 1 & 2
American Scenery; or Land, Lake, and River - Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature
From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett, engraved in the First Style of the Art by R. Walli...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Located in Cheshire, GB
The Encyclopaedia Britannica, comprising of the Ninth Edition and New Volumes (tenth edition), there are 34 books in total,
Dimensions
Height ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Leather
PICASSO CERAMICS and works by Jean Cocteau - 1991 Bonhams, London
By Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso
Located in Rochester, NY
PICASSO CERAMICS and works by Jean Cocteau - 1991 Auction Sale Catalog - Bonhams, London. Soft cover catalog. 35 pages w/ 78 color illustrated lots w/ description. Look at all pictur...
Category
1990s Mid-Century Modern British Books
Materials
Paper
The Works of Turgenev in 15 Leatherbound Volumes Published London: 1916
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Works of Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) in 15 volumes, the large type fine paper edition, bound in 3/4 leather, published by William Heinemann, London 1916. Includes the author's most...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Canadian Scenery by N. P. Willis with Engravings after Drawings by Bartlett 1842
Located in Montréal, CA
Volumes 1 & 2
These incredible books display 118 engravings; one of Bartlett himself and 117 images that William Henry Bartlett depicted on his voyages to Niagara from Halifax betw...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Vintage Books, Fungi Interest, English Language, Biology, Reference, Scientific
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 vintage Fungi reference books. In English, hard bound scientific biology titles, published in the mid 20th century.
Comprising the following three titles: A Manu...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Treasury Of Botany, Vol 1&2, English Language, Reference Book, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique reference books 'The Treasury of Botany' by Samuel Maunder. Published in English by Longmans, Green & Co of London, in the Victorian period, dated 1884.
F...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
1970s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
MIMMO PALADINO Etchings Woodcuts and Linocuts 1983 - 1986 - Exhibition Catalogue
By Mimmo Paladino
Located in Rochester, NY
MIMMO PALADINO - Etchings Woodcuts and Linocuts - 1983-1986 Waddington Galleries, London - Exhibition Catalogue. Copyright Waddington Graphics 1986. 1st Edition. Oblong soft cover ...
Category
1980s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
HEYLYN. Mikrokosmos A Little Description of the Great World. THIRD EDITION 1627
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HEYLYN, Peter.
TITLE: Mikrokosmos. A Little Description of the Great World.
PUBLISHER: Oxford: by I. L. & W. T. for William Turner & Thomas Huggins, 1627.
DESCRIPTION: TH...
Category
1620s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
Pair Of First Edition Novels by Minette Walters, Signed, English, Hard Bound
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of First Edition novels by Minette Walters. An English language, author signed hard-bound crime fiction, dating to the early 1990s.
An award-winning author, Minette Walters (September 1949) has written over 15 titles since her first novel The Ice House...
Category
Late 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
3 Antique Badminton Library Books, English, Boating, Driving, Cricket, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique Badminton Library Books. An English language, hard bound reference title on sporting topics, dating to the late Victorian ...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
TOLKIEN. The Hobbit. 1937 - 1st ED 2nd IMPRESSION - THE FIRST WITH COLOR PLATES!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
TITLE: The Hobbit or There and Back Again.
PUBLISHER: London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION AND THE FIRST...
Category
1930s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
1967 Endless Night
By Agatha Christie
Located in Bath, GB
A vanishingly scarce signed example of the first edition of one of Agatha Christie's favourites of her own works.
The first edition, first impression with no further impressions sta...
Category
1960s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Book, The Coaching Age, Stanley Harris, English, Hard Bound, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique reference book, The Coaching age by Stanley Harris. An English language, hard bound non-fiction title, dating to the Victorian period, dated 1888.
Fascinating acc...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Book, The Story of British Sporting Prints, English, Limited Run, 1929
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage book, The Story of British Sporting Prints by Captain Frank Siltzer. An English, hard bound reference book of engravings, da...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
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
Antique Book, Religio Medici, Sir Thomas Browne, English Language, Dated 1915
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an an antique copy of Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Browne. An English language book, published by Macmillan & Co, London in the early 20th century, dated 1915.
A seventeent...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Letters of the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son in 4 Volumes Published 1787
Located in San Francisco, CA
Earl of Chesterfield's letters to his son and luminaries of the day in 4 volumes in their original full leather bindings, published London J. Dodsley 1787. The spines have raised ban...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique British Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
1970 Passenger to Frankfurt
By Agatha Christie
Located in Bath, GB
A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Christie mystery, signed by Christie to friend and confidante, Carlo Fisher.
The first edition, first impression wit...
Category
1970s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
1924 A Passage to India
By E.M. Forster 1
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptional first edition of this canonical work of colonial era fiction, presented in an excellent example of the original unclipped dust wrapper.
An Important Work, First Editi...
Category
1920s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Reference, The Book of the Fly Rod, Sherringham & Moore, English, 1936
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage reference book, The Book of the Fly-Rod edited by Sheringham & Moore. An English language compendium of fishing interest, this edition printed in 1936.
A collecti...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Shakespeare. The London Prodigal - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 217-218
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The London Prodigal) - page 217-218.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, 1685.
DESCRIPTION: THE FOURTH FOLIO. 217-218p., correctly-incorrectly numbered, 1 leaf extracted from the fourth folio, 13-3/4" x 9", good margins.
CONDITION: A VERY GOOD leaf...
Category
1680s Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Circle: International Survey of Constructive Art
By Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson
Located in New York, NY
Foundational text of twentieth century modernism in art, architecture, town planning, housing, interior design, and design; edited by Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo, and J.L. Martin. Layou...
Category
1930s Machine Age Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Book of Baronial Halls Volume 1, Reference, English, Mid Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique book, The Baronial Halls of England Volume 1. An English language reference guide, dated to the mid Victorian period, published 1858.
Full title: The Baronia...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
1907 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
By Edward Fitzgerald
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuously bound copy of this noted work, presented here in a highly decorative Bumpus binding, with exquisite gilt detail and watered silk pastedowns.
The 1907 edition of the wo...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Large Antique Book, Modern Practical Farriery, WJ Miles, English, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Modern Practical Farriery, by W.J. Miles et al. An English language, hard bound non-fiction book, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Full title, as follows: Modern practical farriery - a complete guide to all that relates to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses; breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming; how to buy, keep and treat a horse in health and disease, etc.; forming a complete system of the veterinary art, as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London / by W.J. Miles, M.R.C.V.S.L.; with numerous illustrations and a series of anatomical plates, engraved from original drawings from nature, by Benjamin Herring, Esq.; to which is added an essay on the diseases and management of cattle, sheep, and pigs by J.L. Lupton, M.R.C.V.S.
In fair, well-thumbed order. Some pages loose and displaying signs of coloration
Superb frontispiece in colour, redolent of contemporary William Morris print...
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Early 20th Century Late Victorian British Books
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Paper
The Drawing Room English Country House Decoration by J Musson Hardcover Book
By Jeremy Musson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Drawing Room: English Country House Decoration by Jeremy Musson Published by Rizzoli.
Title: The Drawing Room: English Country House.
Publisher: Rizzoli. Publication Date: 2014.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Victorian British Books
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Paper
Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 189/186
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The Taming of the Shrew) - page 189/186.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, 1685.
DESCRIPTION: THE FOURTH FOLIO. 189/186p., correctly-incorrectly numbered, 1 leaf extracted from the fourth folio, 13-3/4" x 9", good margins.
CONDITION: A VERY GOOD leaf...
Category
1680s Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
BARCLAY. An Apology for the True Christian Divinity - 1678 - 1ST ED IN ENGLISH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BARCLAY, Robert.
TITLE: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the Same Is Held Forth, and Preached by the People, Called, in Scorn, Quakers.
PUBLISHER: [Aberdeen(...
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1670s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 187/192
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The Taming of the Shrew) - page 187/192.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentley, 1685.
DESCRIPTION: THE FOURTH FOLIO. 187/192p., correctly-incorrectly numbered, 1 leaf extracted from the fourth folio, 13-3/4" x 9", good margins.
CONDITION: A VERY GOOD leaf...
Category
1680s Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Set Of 6 First Edition Novels by Minette Walters, Signed, English, Hard Bound
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 6 First Edition novels by Minette Walters. An English language, author signed hard-bound collection of crime writing, dating to the turn of the 21st century.
An award-winning author, Minette Walters (September 1949) has written over 15 titles since her first novel The Ice House...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique 2nd Edition Book, Nineveh & Its Remains Vol.1, English, Victorian, 1849
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique second edition copy of Nineveh and its Remains - Volume 1 by Austen Henry Layard. An English, bound copy of the historic findings in Assyria, published in London ...
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Mid-19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Royal Occasions: Watercolors and Drawings by John Castle Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Royal Occasions: Watercolors and Drawings by John Castle Hardcover Book.
A collection of over 100 watercolours and drawings which gives a view of the traditions and ceremonies of the...
Category
20th Century Victorian British Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Book, Time I Was Dead, Autobiography, Cecil Aldin, English Language, Art
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage copy of Time I was Dead, an autobiographical book of the artist Cecil Aldin. In the English language, hard bound and published in London, dated 1934.
Cecil Aldin (...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Guide Book Things Seen in Venice, English Language, Travel, Dated 1923
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique guide book 'Things Seen in Venice' by Lonsdale and Laura M. Ragg. In English, cotton bound with photographic illustrations, published in 1923.
From a series of ea...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Set of 3 Antique Biology Interest Books, English Scientific Reference, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique biology interest books. Published in English, each is a hard bound scientific reference title, dating to the late Victorian period.
Comprising of: Manual ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
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