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Period: 1890s
1898-1899 The Works of Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound, limited edition of this complete set of twelve collected works of Henry Fielding, with an introduction by Edmund Gosse.
A Limited Edition set, one of only seven...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
[MISSAL]. Petit Paradis de L'ame Chretienne. IN A MOTHER-OF-PEARL BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [MISSAL].
TITLE: Petit Paradis de L'ame Chretienne. (Little Paradise of the Christian Soul).
PUBLISHER: Turnhout: Turnhout, Brepols & Dierckx zoon, n.d. (c.1899)
DESCRIPT...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
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Mother-of-Pearl
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1891 The Letters of Horace Walpole Fourth Earl of Orford
By Horace Walpole
Located in Bath, GB
An illustrated limited edition collection of the letters of Horace Walpole, totalling over two thousands letters written during his lifetime.
A limited edition, limited to one hundr...
Category
European Antique 1890s Books
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Paper
SMOLLETT, Tobias. The Works Of Tobias Smollett. (12 VOLUMES - 1899
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SMOLLETT, Tobias.
TITLE: The Works Of Tobias Smollett.
PUBLISHER: NY: Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1899.
DESCRIPTION: 12 vols., 8-13/16" x 6-1/8", frontis in each volume, bound...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
MAHON, Lord. The Letters Of Philip Dormer Stanhope. 5 vols. 1892 IN FULL LEATHER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MAHON, Lord.
TITLE: The Letters Of Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl Of Chesterfield; Including Numerous Letters Now First Published From The Original Manuscripts.
PUBLISHER: L...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
1889 The Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
A superb copy of this sought-after fairy book by Andrew Lang, the first volume in his colourful series.
The sought after first edition, first impression.
...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Rudyard KIPLING. Plain Tales From The Hills. THIRD EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Plain Tales From The Hills.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1890.
DESCRIPTION: THIRD EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the titl...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Rudyard KIPLING. Many Inventions. 1893 - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Many Inventions.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1893.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., signed by Kipling on the title-page under h...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Rudyard KIPLING. Life's Handicap. 1891 - FIRST EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Life's Handicap Being Stories Of Mine Own People.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1891.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol.,...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Rudyard KIPLING. The Light That Failed. 1891 - FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: The Light That Failed.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1891.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed by Kipling on th...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
KIPLING. Le Livre de la Jungle. FOURTH & FIRST FRENCH EDITIONS - BOTH INSCRIBED!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Le Livre de la Jungle - with - Le Second Livre de la Jungle.
PUBLISHER: Paris, Societe Du Mercure De France, 1899.
DESCRIPTION: FOURTH AND FIRST ...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Flowers from The Holy Land souvenir book
Located in East Geelong, VIC
Contained within the olive wood covers of this Flowers from The Holy Land souvenir book are 11 thick cardboard pages, 10 of which have pressed flowers arranged on them. The flowers a...
Category
Israeli Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Richard BURTON. The Book Of The Thousand Nights. 12 vols. 1897 IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BURTON, Richard.
TITLE: The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night.
PUBLISHER: London: H. S. Nichols, Ltd., 1897.
DESCRIPTION: 12 vols., 1...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
The White House Cookbook by F. L. Gillette, Later Printing, 1894
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Gillette, F. L. and Hugo Zimmerman. White House Cook Book: Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts W...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, First Edition, Two Volume Set, 1899
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Churchill, Winston S. The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. Edited by Col. F. Rhodes, D.S.O. Illustrated by Agnus McNeill, Seaforth Highlanders. Two Volume Set. First Edition Printing. Rebound in full navy leather with gilt tooling and facsimile gilt signature embossed to front boards, raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling to the spine, and new marbled end paper. Presented with a custom navy cloth archival slipcase.
This is a first edition printing of The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan by Winston S. Churchill. The two volume set was published in London in 1899 by Longmans Green, and Co. It was edited by Col. F. Rhodes, D.S.O, and illustrated by Agnus McNeill. The book is presented rebound, in stunning full navy leather boards with gilt borders and Churchill’s facsimile gilt signature embossed on the front. The spines boast raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling, and the inside has new marbled end paper. The two volumes are protected with a custom navy cloth archival slipcase. The front of the slipcase is inset with the original cloth and gilt stamped front of Vol I, with a river boat scene, the book’s title, and Churchill’s name.
The River War tells the story of Britain’s campaign to reconquer Sudan at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1885, Sudanese Dervishes rebelled against foreign rule and killed Britain’s envoy Charles Gordon at his palace in Khartoum. Herbert Kitchener’s Anglo...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, Later Printing, 1891
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1891. 12mo. Rebound in 1/.4 black leather and green marble...
Category
English Gothic Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Treasure Island Book, Robert Louis Stevenson, English, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. An English, professionally bound literary classic, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1895 and later.
Origin...
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British Late Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
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 ...
Category
French Antique 1890s Books
Materials
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'...
Category
Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
c1895-9 La Comédie Humaine
By Honoré de Balzac 1
Located in Bath, GB
The complete magnum opus of French novelist Honoré de Balzac 'La Comedie Humaine' in beautiful uniform Riverside Press half crushed morocco bindings.
Undated Paris edition published...
Category
French Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Lewis Carroll, Symbolic Logic, Part I Elementary, 2nd Ed Presetation Copy!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles L (Lewis Carroll).
TITLE: Symbolic Logic. Part I Elementary.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1896.
DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION PRESETATION COPY...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Oscar Wilde, the Sphinx, First Edition, 1894, Illustrated by Charles Rickets
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WILDE, Oscar.
TITLE: The Sphinx.
PUBLISHER: London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 7",...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Japanese Ehon Book Meiji Era
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Japanese Ehon Book Meiji Era, but details are unknown
Woodblack print book
Book dimensions 266 mm x 190 mm
There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the ph...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Equestrian Book, Modern Practical Farriery
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A large late Victorian first edition veterinarian book "Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System Of The veterinary Art" edited by W.J. Miles and published by William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill, London. A very rare, sought after and important publication illustrated with numerous finely executed anatomical and other engravings, possessing high value on the score of utility as well as of ornament, many of which are executed in colour. Not ex-library. Well over five hundred pages, 47 full-page-plates in black and white and colour (all original lithographs and colourful chromolithograph plates) also several illustrations within the text. Large format hardback book, leather corners and spine, gilt title to spine 'Modern Farriery', all page edges marbled. Internally it is very clean and bright, cover rather worn, cloth cover to the rear with tear.
Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System Of The veterinary Art, as at present, Practised at The Royal veterinary College, London. A complete guide to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses - breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming - how to buy...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century French Newspaper 'Le Petite Jounal', 1897
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
19th century newspaper 'Le Petite Jounal' from France, 1897.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:
Paper
Di...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloan, in Four Volumes, 1896
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sloane, William Milligan. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century Co, 1896. Four volume quarto set. Handsomely bound in half red Moroccan leather and cloth boards, spines r...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and decorative floral boards. Raised band spine with gilt-bordered panels and...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
John Addington Symonds, the Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi, 1890, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SYMONDS, John Addington.
TITLE: The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi.
PUBLISHER: London: John C. Nimmo, 1890.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION. 2 vols., 9-1/4" x 7", limite...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
3 Volumes, James Grant, British Battles
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. James Grant, British Battles. Bound in 3/4 green calf and linen boards. Raised band spine gilt with title panels displaying red inlay with lette...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Prof. Pasquale Villari, the Life and Times of Niccolò Machiavelli
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Prof. Pasquale Villari, The Life and Times of Niccolò Machiavelli. Popular edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards. Raised...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Pierre De Nolhac, Marie Antoinette, the Queen
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Pierre de Nolhac, Marie Antoinette, The Queen. Bound in full navy morocco with covers displaying a crest, Fleur de Lis details, and borde...
Category
French Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
3Volumes, James Taylor, The Victorian Empire
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. James Taylor. The Victorian Empire. A Brilliant Epoch In Our National History.Bound in 3/4 blue calf, linen boards, marbled endpapers, top edges g...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco and linen boards. The cover displays a crest in gilt. Raised band spine with panels displaying gilt royal detai...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes, Edward Step and William Watson, Favorite Flowers of Garden and GH
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Edward Step and William Watson, Favorite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards. Raised band spine gilt with gilt title panels and f...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Sir John Skelton. Charles The First.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Sir John Skelton. Charles The First. Bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers,...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Louys, Pierre, Les Chansons De Bilitis, with 5 Original Watercolor Illustrations
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LOUYS, Pierre.
TITLE: Les Chansons de Bilitis.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Librairie De L'art Independant, 1895.
DESCRIPTION: WITH 5 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 vol., limited to 480 numbered copies on paper Velin this being copy #127, illustrated with 4 fine full page watercolor illustration and 1 half page (in text) by J. Robaglia, bound in full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, covers with blind tooled Greek Key design, spine panels and covers inlaid with multicolor morocco onlays depicting tulips and flowers in an art Deco style, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut by Samblanx-Weckesser.
CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, overall VERY GOOD+.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This exact volume apparently last appeared at auction in 1919 as lot #207 Sotheby's Kensington "The Property of James Holmes...
Category
French Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Complete Writings of Bret Harte, 19 Volumes, 1899, In A Fine Leather Binding!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: HARTE, Bret.
Title: The Complete Writings of Bret Harte.
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1899.
THE RIVERSIDE EDITION. 19 vols., 7-5/8" x 5-1/4", engraved f...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Honore De Balzac, The Complete Works
Located in New York, NY
53 Volumes. Honore De Balzac. The Complete Works. "Edition Definitive" Limited to 1000 copies, Printed on
Imperial Japan Paper, This is #0. Bound in ...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
H. G. Wells, The Time Machine, First American Edition First Issue, 1895
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: WELLS, H. G..
Title: The Time Machine An Invention.
Publisher: NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1895.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION FIRST ISSUE...
Category
North American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Kitton, Frederic G.-Dickens and His Illustrators-in a Fine Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Kitton, Frederic G.
Title: Dickens and His Illustrators.
Publisher: London: George Redway, 1899.
Description: Second edition. 1 vol., small folio, 11-3/8" x 9-3/8", ...
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Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Hayden, J. J.. A Letter to Mars, First and Only Edition, Denver, 1892
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAYDEN, J. J.
TITLE: A Letter To Mars. A Novel.
PUBLISHER: Denver, CO: Baxter Printing Co., n.p., (1892).
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 1 vol., 7-1/4" x 5-3/8...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Andrew Lang, the Blue Poetry Book, Publisher's Presention Copy, 1891
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Lang, Andrew.
Title: The Blue Poetry Book.
Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891.
Description: publisher's presention copy. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 5-1/4", blind stamped publisher's presentation to title page, illustrated by H. J. Ford & Lancelot Speed...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
The Hudson, by Wallace Bruce, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Hudson by Wallace Bruce. New York: Bryant Literary Union, 1894. 1st Ed hardcover. Illustrated by Alfred Fredericks. Alfred Frederick's photo-engravings ...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Sir John Skelton, Charles I.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume
Bound In 3/4 Tan Morocco, Cloth Boards by Bickers & Son, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt on spine, royal crest on front cover. Hand-colored
Frontispiece.
Profusely...
Category
Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Antique 1890s Industrial Cast Iron Book Press
Located in New York, NY
19th century antique Industrial cast iron book binding press. The handle spins well and the press up and down. Original patina. Please note, this item is located in our Scranton, PA ...
Category
American Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Iron
Troy's One Hundred Years, 1789-1889 First Edition
By Arthur James Weise
Located in valatie, NY
Troy's One Hundred Years: 1789-1889 by Arthur James Weise. William H. Young, Troy, 1891. First edition leather-bound hardcover. A great history of Troy, N...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
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