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Place of Origin: British
The Wood Engravings of Gwenda Morgan – WHITTINGTON PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1985.
First Edition.
Imperial Octavo, 10 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (265 x 190 mm); xvi + 44 + 4; Number 91 of 335 copies signed by the artist. Bound by Smith Settle in natural canvas, engraving within a rectangular blind panel on the front; white spine label; headbands, top edge brown, rest uncut; Colorplan Bagdad Brown endpapers. Printed in black, the title-page in black and red, and the captions in grey, hand-set in 12-point Bell; Zerkall smooth white wove and Zerkall Silurian papers; 52 wood-engravings and a line-block reproduction of an engraving by Gwenda Morgan...
Category
20th Century 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
1892-1901 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally beautiful thirty volume set of the works of Scottish novelist and writer Robert Louis Stevenson, in sumptuous half crushed morocco bindings.
Very rare in an vibrant...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
By T.S. Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
An uncommon, first edition copy of T S Eliot's famous poetry collection regarding feline psychology and sociology. This anthology forms the basis of Andrew L...
Category
1930s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
Winston CHURCHILL. Liberalism And The Social Problem - FIRST EDITION - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston.
TITLE: Liberalism And The Social Problem.
PUBLISHER: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-7/16" x 5-1/8", bound in ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
Works of William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories, Tragedies 3 Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Works of William Shakespeare comedies, histories, tragedies 3 volumes
Each volume is filled with a collection of outstanding highly detailed engravings
Each volume...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
1936 The New Testament: Volume 3 The Pauline and Pastoral Epistles
By M. R. James
Located in Bath, GB
An attractively bound copy of Volume 3 from The Aldine Bible Series, containing the Pauline and Pastoral Epistles.
Scarce work.
Bound in decorative full crushed morocco by J. H. da...
Category
1930s 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
Virginia Woolf. the Years, First Edition, 1937 in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Woolf, Virginia.
Title: The Years.
Publisher: London: The Hogarth Press, 1937.
Description: First Edition. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 4-15/16", boun...
Category
1930s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
4 Vols Antique Botany Books, Flowers of Modern Voyages, English, Georgian, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 antique botany books, the Flowers of Modern Voyages by William Adams. An English language botany record with maps, dating to th...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
All_vellum Copy of R. L. Stevenson's Virginibus Puerisque
Located in Middletown, NY
Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers.
London: Chatto & Windus for the FLORENCE PRESS, 1910. Limited Edition.
4to, 10 x 7 1/2 in. (253 x 189 mm); [6] leaves, including 1 blank + 120 pp + [2] leaves, including 1 blank. 12 chromolithographed plates by Norman Wilkinson, printed on plate paper and not included in the pagination, legends on tissue guards printed in red. This is COPY no. 4 OF 12 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, as noted on the limitation page, on verso of second leaf: «Of this edition of Virginibus Puerisque / have been printed on Aldwych hand- / made paper 250 copies, of which 235 are / for sale; on vellum 12 copies, of which 10 / are for sale. / Vellum Copy No. 4». Limp vellum binding with four green ties; gilt lettering on spine and upper cover, t.e.g. Very faint spotting to front free endpaper, slight offsetting of ties. Otherwise a pristine copy.
Provenance: William Russell Flint (from the family, by descent).
[Beinecke, Stevenson 79; Ransom 278:6; Tomkinson 85:6; Prideaux 13] Fine.
A splendid edition of Stevenson's first collection of essays which promote a spirit of playfulness in defiance of both the hardships of human life and the restrictions imposed by bourgeois callowness. The volume brought together essays that had been previously published in the Cornhill Magazine and Macmillan’s: “Virginibus Puerisque i” (1876); “ ii” (1881); “iii: On Falling in Love” (1877); “iv: The Truth of Intercourse” (1879); “Crabbed Age and Youth” (1878); “An Apology for Idlers” (1877); “Ordered South” (1874); “Aes Triplex” (1878); “El Dorado” (1878); “The English Admirals” (1878); “Some Portraits by Raeburn” (previously unpublished); “Child’s Play” (1878); “Walking Tours” (1876); “Pan’s Pipes” (1878); “A Plea for Gas Lamps” (1878)
The essays inspired Norman WILKINSON (1878 – 1971) to create the 12 striking and lyrical images that accompany the texts. Wilkinson was a British artist, renowned for his poster work and honored by the British Admiralty for coming up with the idea and design for “dazzle camouflage...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mary Robinson, Hubert De Sevrac a Romance of the Eighteenth Century, 1st Ed 1796
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Robinson, Mary.
Title: Hubert de Sevrac, a Romance of the Eighteenth Century.
Publisher: London: for the Author by Hookham and Carpenter, 1796.
Description: First edition. 3 vols., 6-13/16" x 4-7/16", errata at the end of each vol., advertisement leaf at the end of vol. 3, vol. 2 M6 with early repaired tear at foot, without the half-titles, bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf, floral gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and green spine labels, covers ruled in gilt.
Condition: Internally clean and bright, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, extremely minor foxing to first and last leaves, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a handsom set.
Additional information: An exceedingly rare gothic novel by Robinson (known as "the English Sappho") set during the French Revolution. In her lifetime Robinson was better known as an actress and lady of fashion as well as for a string of prominent affairs, including with George IV whilst he was still Prince of Wales whose portrait she wore encrusted with diamonds throughout her life but who she did not hesitate to blackmail for £5000 pounds when he cast her off. Her literary output, though derided at the time, has since been reassessed and Robinson herself now seen as a proto-feminist.
Mary Robinson was one of those independent 'viragos' who upset so many conventional men at the end of the eighteenth century. She was admired by Mary Wollstonecraft...
Category
1790s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
SOUTHEY. Selected Works Of The British Poets. 1st ED - INSCRIBED TO HIS DAUGHTER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SOUTHEY, Robert.
TITLE: Selected Works Of The British Poets, From Chaucer To Jonson, with Biographical Sketches by Robert Southey.
PUBLISHER: London: for Longman, Rees, Or...
Category
1830s Antique British Books
Materials
Fabric
Book Binder's Press by Robert Ritchie of Edinburgh
Located in London, GB
A 19th century nipping or copying press by Robert Ritchie of Edinburgh.
Marked: PATENT ROBERT RITCHIE EDINBURGH.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Iron
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
Combe, William (Dr. Syntax), & George Cruikshank
The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos
London: T. Tegg, 1817. George Cruikshank. First Edition, Second Printing...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
The Travel Sale: Natural History and Maps. November 2001: Sotheby's London
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
The Travel Sale: Natural History and Maps. November 2001: Sotheby's London. 1st Ed softcover. Lots 1-16; New Zealand 17-22; China Trade and Far East Asia 23-51; India 52-74; Africa 7...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Books
Materials
Paper
Art Nouveau Sculpture Refrence Book by Alastair Duncan 1st Edition 1978
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Nouveau by Alastair Duncan offers a lush exploration of this transformative art movement, showcasing exquisite examples of glass, furniture, and jewelry that define its organic e...
Category
1970s Art Nouveau Vintage British Books
Materials
Cotton, Paper
$46 Sale Price
26% Off
Norman Adams Auction Catalogue from Sotheby's London
Located in valatie, NY
The Norman Adams Legacy 1923-2009 auction catalogue from Sotheby's London of Classic English Furniture London held 21 April 2009. London: Sotheby's, 2009....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Books
Materials
Paper
County Seats of the Noblemen & Gentlemen of Great Britain & Ireland (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A set of seven beautifully bound volumes in morocco red leather with gilt decorations and crest to front and rear. A stunning collection of this pictorial work of British and Irish c...
Category
19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
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,...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
Christie's Millden: a Scottish Lodge
Located in valatie, NY
Millden: A Scottish Lodge Including Property From Endsleigh, Devon; Harewood House, Yorkshire; & Glamis Castle, Angus, by Christie's Auction House, Lond...
Category
Early 2000s British Books
Materials
Paper
Some Poems by Robert Browning - ERAGNY PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith: Eragny Press, 1903.
First, Limited Edition.
Octavo, 8 x 5.25 in (203 x 133 mm), pp.64 [2] + contents + colophon + blank + press-mark, Limited Edition. One of 215 copie...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Sporting Novels (5) by Robert Smith Surtees
Located in Middletown, NY
A collection of the Sporting Novels; Handley Cross; or Mr. Jerrocks's Hunt; Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Ask Mamma or ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique 3vol Book Set, Dictionary of English Furniture, Macquoid, Reference, A-Z
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 3 volume book set - The Dictionary of English Furniture by Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards. An English, bound antiques A-Z reference guide, dating to the early 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Life & Explorations of Dr Livingstone Book, African Travel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Life & Explorations of Dr. Livingstone. An English language African travel and history book, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1875.
A Victorian p...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Thomas Bewick Graphic Worlds by Nigel Tattersfield, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Thomas Bewick: Graphic Worlds by Nigel Tattersfield. British Museum Press, 2014. 1st Ed paperback. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was the foremost wood engrav...
Category
2010s British Books
Materials
Paper
Leather bound book, Napoleon's Gallery, English, printed in 1837 with engravings
Located in Central England, GB
This small green leather bound and gilt tooled book is a celebration of the life and times of Napoleon, Emperor of France.
It is wonderfully illustrated with numerous reproductions ...
Category
Mid-19th Century William IV Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Poetry Book, Pleasures of Memory, Samuel Rogers, English, Georgian, 1803
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Pleasures of Memory by Samuel Rogers. An English, hard bound collection of poetry, published in London in the Georgian period, 1803.
A contemporary of Wordsworth, Byron and other Romantic poets, Samuel Rogers (1763 - 1855) was a successful banker and art collector, who was also one of England's most celebrated poets during his lifetime. Rogers was invited to be Poet Laureate on the occasion of Wordsworth's death 1850, but declined due to his age. Considered one of the great sources of social documentary of London's artistic and literary world of the 18th and early 19th century, he lived to the age of 92 - astonishing for the era.
Presents a good, time-worn antique condition, with pages intact and clean
Hard bound with marble paper cover and gold titling to ribbed spine
Published in English across 187 pages in London by T. Bensley of Fleet Street
Illustrated engraving plates throughout add visual interest to the poetry
Includes the titular poems in part 1 & 2, The Two Sisters...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
WAGNER (Arthur Rackham) The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. FIRST TRADE EDITION - 1910
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WAGNER, Richard (Arthur Rackham).
TITLE: The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie.
PUBLISHER: London: William Heinemann, 1910.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., 10-1/6" x 7-7...
Category
1910s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings; Vol III: Bolognese & Emilian Schools
Located in valatie, NY
The Devonshire Collection of Italian Drawings; Volume III: Bolognese and Emilian Schools by Michael Jaffé. Published by Phaidon Press, London, 1994. 1st...
Category
1990s British Books
Materials
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...
Category
1930s Vintage British Books
Materials
Leather
Above London by Robert Cameron
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Above London. Visitors to England who marvel at this lush land on their first incoming flight now have a volume to treasure forever. Here are the famed gardens, the majestic estates, the granduer of centuries of architecture. Along with Robert Cameron's areial photographs Alistair Cooke's text is brimming with the raconteur's characteristic wit and insight. The pictorial essay begins at the Thames and follows the history of the beloved city well into the countryside.
Title: Above London
Publisher: Cameron and Company, San Francisco
Publication Date: 1980
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair, wears
Edition: 1st Edition
First printing. Oblong folio
Cameron is a member of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Presidents Council of the International Center of Photography. His work has been exhibited in Paris at La Bibliotheque Historique and the Foundation Mona Bismarck. In New York at the International Center of Photography, the New York City Municipal Arts Foundation. In San Francisco at the Vision Gallery...
Category
20th Century Expressionist British Books
Materials
Paper
Genuine Works of William Hogarth in Three Volumes
By George Steevens, William Hogarth, John Nichols
Located in valatie, NY
The Genuine Works of William Hogarth Illustrated with Biographical Anecdotes. Volume I, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. First edition hardcover. 524 pp. Volume II, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810. First edition hardcover. 444 pp. plus index. Volume III, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1817. First edition hardcover. 525 pp. plus index. A remarkable set of antique books...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
1859 The Life of John Milton
By David Masson
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuously bound set of this biography on John Milton, from the library of Andrew Carnegie.
Very scarce complete in seven volumes.
The first edition.
A sweeping biography on th...
Category
1850s Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Set of Antique Books Dating from the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of antique books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called "Holy Bible". Th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
John Ruskin, OF KING'S TREASURIES
Located in Middletown, NY
Of Kings' Treasuries
London / Edinburgh: George Allen / Ballantyne Press, 1902. 8vo, 8 x 5 3/4 inches (203 x 145 mm), (4), 99, (1) pp. Printed on handmade Arnold paper with a flower...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Paterson's Guide to Britain, English, Maps, Georgian, Published 1811
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Paterson's New and Accurate guide to Direct & Principal Crossroads. An English, bound book of maps and descriptive tables, published in English by Longman,...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique British Books
Materials
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
Materials
Leather
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Andrew ROTH. Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the 20th Century
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: ROTH, Andrew - editor, (Essays by) Richard Benson, May Castleberry, Jeffrey Fraenkel, Daido Moriyama, Shelley Rice, Neville Wakefield, (Contributors) Vince Aletti, David Levi Strauss.
TITLE: The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century.
PUBLISHER: NY: PPP Editions/ Roth Horowitz LLC, 2001.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED DELUXE EDITION. 1 vol., 12" x 10", limited to 500 copies, bound in 1/4 black morocco, spine lettered in blind, illustrated with numerous four-color and black and...
Category
Early 2000s British Books
Materials
Leather
The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, A Deluxe Limited Edition, Signed by Rackham
By Arthur Rackham
Located in Alamo, CA
"The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, A Book of Old Favorites with New Illustrations" was published in 1933 by George Harrap & Co. Ltd. It is one of the last books illustrated by Arthur Ra...
Category
Mid-20th Century 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
Saumel Roger's Italy, a Poem & Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb set of poetical works by Samuel Rogers (1763 – 1855) from the esteemed library of bookseller/collector William A. Foyle. The verses in "Italy" were the fruit of Rogers' trav...
Category
19th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$2,400 / set
Guide to The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1910
Located in valatie, NY
Guide to The Victoria and Albert Museum. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910. Moroccan leather and green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and no dust jacket as issued. 62 pp. An antique guide to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, England. The guide includes the museum's hours, a list of rooms and galleries. Departments include Architecture and Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Enamels, Engraving, Illustration, and Design, Library and Book Production, Metal Work, Paintings, Textiles, Woodwork, Furniture, and Leather. With 30+ illustrations in black and white with four fold-out floor plan maps in color. The binding is labeled and by Jas. Truscott & Sons, Book Binders...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Book, The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan, English, Novel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book 'The Pilgrim's Progress' by John Bunyan. An English, bound and illustrated novel, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860.
A Christian allegory - and never out of print - The Pilgrim's Progress was written in the 17th century and is considered as the first novel written in English. Initially written when John Bunyan (1628 - 1688) was in prison for holding mass outside of the Church of England's purview, it was finished in two volumes and later translated into over 200 languages, including Dutch, German and Swedish.
Victorian period reprint of the original 17th century volumes
Displaying a desirable aged patina and in lightly time-worn, intact order
Tastefully bound in dark green Morocco with gilt lettering and textured fore edge...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
John Ruskin, OF QUEENS' GARDENS
Located in Middletown, NY
London / Edinburgh: George Allen / Ballantyne Press, 1902
8vo, 8 x 5 3/4 inches (203 x 145 mm), (4), 68, (1) pp. Printed on handmade Arnold paper with a flower and vine border on eac...
Category
Early 20th Century British Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Charles DICKENS, Our Mutual Friend, 1865 A PERFECT SET IN THE ORIGINAL 19 PARTS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: Our Mutual Friend. (20 Parts in 19).
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1865.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION A PERFECT SET IN THE ORIGINAL 19 PARTS. first issue of text with "pricipal" for "principal" in part 14, illustrated by Marcus Stone, original pictorial blue paper wrappers.
CONDITION: A completely unsophisticated set with none of the spines being rebacked, some wear to the head and foot of spines, chipping to a few corners, internally clean and bright...
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1860s Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Nicholas Nickleby 1839 Chapman & Hall Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Nicholas Nickeby was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1839 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Novel, A Legend of Montrose, Sir Walter Scott, English, Victorian Book
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique novel, A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott. An English, bound book of Scottish interest, dating to the Victorian period, published 1896.
A prominent Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) is well known for the novels Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Heart of Midlothian, as well as narrative poems including The Lady of the Lake. A Legend of Montrose is set in 17th century...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique British Books
Materials
Paper
Christie's: West East The Niall Hobhouse Collection, 2008, Anglo Indian
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: West East The Niall Hobhouse Collection, 2008, Anglo Indian Collection. A fascinating selection of exquisite treasures from both the West...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Books
Materials
Paper
Gilpin, Wm: Observations... on Great Britain, and High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vols
Located in Middletown, NY
This is Gilpin's third in his series of works tracing picturesque beauty in British natural landscapes. In it he portrays the landscapes of Scottish Highlands, and describes them lyrically in his text. Prefacing the list of Prints at the end of the second volume, the author says "With regards to the prints, which adorn these volumes, I can only say..... that few of them pretend to be 'exact portraits.' They in general 'only characterize the countries,' through which the reader is carried." The illustrations, based on Gilpin's sketches, were etched by his nephew William Sawrey Gilpin using the newly invented aquatint process. This volume also includes a technical discourse about drawing and the mixing of colors, including a chart (vol. 1, p. 131-134)
William Gilpin (1724 – 1804) was an English artist, Church of England cleric, schoolmaster and author. He is best known as a travel writer and as one of those who originated the idea of the picturesque. Gilpin's tour journals circulated in manuscript to friends such as the poet William Mason and a wider circle including Thomas Gray...
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Late 18th Century Antique British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Winston, Style Observable in Ancient Glass Paintings, 2 Vols., Finely Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WINSTON, Charles
TITLE: An Inquiry Into The Difference of Style Observable In Ancient Glass Paintings, Especially In England; With Hints On Gl...
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1860s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
English Silver Treasures from the Kremlin: a Loan Exhibition by Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
English Silver Treasures From the Kremlin: A Loan Exhibition by Sotheby's. Exhibition softcover catalog January 1st-28th 1991. "The Armoury Museum in ...
Category
1990s British Books
Materials
Paper
Christies Sep. 2004 Glory of Gillows & Fine English Furniture, 1st Ed Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Christies Sep. 2004 Glory of Gillows & Fine English Furniture, 1st Ed Auction Catalog. 16th September 2004, No. of lots - 327, No. of pages - 215, Illustrated in color. Great referen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Books
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Paper
Gainsborough by Michael Rosenthal, Exhibition Catalogue, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Tate’s Gainsborough show (24 October-19 January 2003). 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog was the most comprehensive ever held on the artist. Loans came from far and wide, inclu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Books
Materials
Paper
Hotels, Motels & Condominiums Planning, Design & Maintenance by Fred Lawson
Located in valatie, NY
Hotels, Motels and Condominiums: Planning, Design and Maintenance by Fred Lawson. Architectural Press / Cahners 1976, London. Hardcover with dust jacket. "...
Category
1970s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
"Antique Silver and Silver Collecting by John Culme and John G. Strang" Book
By John G. Strang, John Gulme
Located in valatie, NY
Antique Silver and Silver Collecting by John Culme and John G. Strang. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1973. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 96 pp. A great resource book on collecting antique silver...
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20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Christie's Since The War, by Denys Sutton First Edition
By Denys Sutton
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's Since the War, 1945-1958: An Essay on Taste, Patronage and Collecting, by Denys Sutton. London: Christie, Manson and Woods, Inc., 1959. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 168 pp. An essay accompanied by many beautiful illustrations describing the activities, collecting taste, and patronage for the years since World War II through 1958 written by the great British auction house, Christie's. Illustrations include: a Louis XIV silver gilt toilet service...
Category
1950s Vintage British Books
Materials
Paper
1979 The Beauty of Jewelry, Book by Joan Frank
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Beauty of Jewellery Book by Joan Frank.
Crescent Books, 1979 - 93 pages Hardcover 1st Edition.
An appreciation of fine jewelry for the non-expert, with a chapter on the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Title: Beauty of Jewelry Frank, Joan
Publisher: Crescent Books
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Hardcover
Great table book on high end jewelry.
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Late 20th Century Early Victorian British Books
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Paper
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers by Hugh Honour
By Hugh Honour
Located in valatie, NY
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers by Hugh Honour. Feltham: The Hamlyn Publishing Group, Limited, 1972. Second edition, re-released hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A book on cabinet makers and furniture designers with 50 fascinating studies of furniture from the 16th c to the 20th c. It includes French, English, American, Dutch, German and Scandinavian craftsmen. Some of the artisans represented are Thomas Chippendale, Duncan Phyfe, Pelagio Palagi...
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20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Valperga, First Edition of Her Second Novel, 1823
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Title: Valperga: or, The Life and Adventures of Castruccio, Prince of Lucca.
Publisher: London: for G....
Category
1820s Antique British Books
Materials
Leather
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