Skip to main content

19th Century Books

to
47
387
222
623
74
21
7
5
3
3
2
2
1
173
3,185
1,693
467
571
1,363
66
37
118
91
64
108
164
256
352
406
422
299
299
60
42
447
336
142
101
99
623
623
623
10
3
3
3
3
Period: 19th Century
Memoir of Baron Bunsen by Frances Baroness Bunsen, First Edition, 1868
Located in valatie, NY
A Memoir of Baron Bunsen by Frances Baroness Bunsen. Longmans, Green & Company, London, 1868. First edition hardcover with Moroccan leather and embossed paper with marbleized edges. ...
Category

English Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper, Leather

The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is the first comprehensive study of Godwin's furniture designs. Taking the form of a catalogue raisonne, the book documents and reproduces all known examples of his secular...
Category

Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

L'Amérique du Nord pittoresque by Quantin & Decaux, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
L'Amérique du Nord pittoresque by Quantin & Decaux. A 19th century exploration of the landscape of the United States and Canada, with numerous full page black and white illustrations...
Category

Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

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 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Memoirs of Madame Junot Duchesse D'Abrantes, 3 Vols. 1883, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Junot, Laure, (Duchess of Abrantes). Title: Memoirs of Madame Junot Duchesse D'Abrantes. (Madame Junot). Publisher: London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1883. Descripti...
Category

British Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Cricket by W.G. Grace '1891'
Located in Langweer, NL
'Cricket' by W.G. Grace. Bristol/ London, J.W. Arrowsmith etc., 1891, VIII,489p., woodengr. frontisp., ills., orig. cl.
Category

Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Set of Seven Leather Volumes of Daniel De Foe's Works
By George Bell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare set of Daniel Defoe's works published in 1878 by George Bell & son's in London. George Bell & Sons was a reputable publisher in the 19th century, known for producing high-qua...
Category

English Other Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may v...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nic...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Daggett, Thomas F.. The Outlaw Brothers, Frank & Jesse James. SIXTH EDITION 1881
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [Daggett, Thomas F.] TITLE: The Outlaw Brothers, Frank and Jesse James. Lives and Adventures of the Scourges of the Plains. PUBLISHER: NY: Richard K. Fox, 1881. DESCRIPTIO...
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Collection of 50 Shimacho 'Stripes' Textile Samples in a Handmade Box (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautiful box of fifty Shima/Shimacho Japanese textile design samples from the late 19th century or very early years of the 20th cent...
Category

Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Textile

Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  «Revue Chrétienne» (Chr...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Set of 2 Dentistry Books, English Language, Bound Medical Reference, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 2 dentistry books. An English language title on Crown and `bridge work and Porcelain in Dentistry, dating to the Victorian period and later. First Title; A Practica...
Category

British Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Large Antique Reference Book, Parliamentary Record, Latin Language, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi. Printed in Latin, a later bound House of Commons record, dating to the Georgian period, p...
Category

European Georgian Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Set of 7 European Leather Bound Books Oeuvre de Oulange
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Antique 19th century leather bound books Set includes: 1,2,3,5,6,7,9 Measures: 1" W x 3.5" D x 5.5" H We acquired a collection of leather bounds from a small library collector.
Category

European Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Reinhold Kirsch, German Early 20th Century Electric Lighting Catalogue (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is an early 20th century catalogue from a Munich based lighting company called Reinhold Kirsch. There are 45 loose plates, many of which have more that one illustration. Though ...
Category

Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

The Makers of Indian Colonial Silver by Wynyard R. T. Wilkinson (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a register of European goldsmiths, silversmiths, Jewellers, Watchmakers and clockmakers in India and their marks 1760-1860. Containing a register of over 900 Europeans who w...
Category

Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. William Whiston, The Works Of Flavius Josephus. The learned and authentic Jewish historian and celebrated warrior with three dissertations. Bound in full brown calf, raise...
Category

English Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Teckningar Till Enklare Mobeltyper by Carl Malmsten 2 Volumes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Technical Drawings for Swedish Furniture A set of two pamphlets dated 1926 which show drawings for Empire and Baroque furniture. The text is in Swedish and there are 53 plates in tot...
Category

Antique 19th Century 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

English Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Set of Old Bound Books from the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled "Journal des missions Evangeliques» with Map (Mission...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Fanny Burney, Diary & Letters of Madame D'arblay, in a Full Leather Binding 1854
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: BURNEY, Fanny - Madame D'arblay. Title: Diary and Letters of Madame D'arblay. Publisher: London: for Henry Colburn, 1854. Description: NEW EDITION. 7 vols., 6-11/16...
Category

British Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Trollope, Home & Haunts of the Italian Poets, 2 Vols. 1st Ed 1881 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TROLLOPE, Frances Eleanor & T. Adolphus. TITLE: The Home and Haunts of The Italian Poets. PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1881. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION....
Category

British Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

1850 Two-Volume Set of Lord Byron's Illustrated Works
By William Anderson, Lord Byron
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1850 two volume set of Byron's Works, printed by A. Fullerton, Edinburgh. Scarlet Morocco leather & gilt bound set filled with superb steel engravings of Italy, etc. Lord Byron's hom...
Category

Scottish Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

2 Volumes. S. Baring-Gound, Tragedy of the Caesars.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. S. Baring-Gound, Tragedy of the Caesars. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco and marbled boards with the raised band spines faded to tan and decorated in gilt-tooling and green moro...
Category

English Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Set of Old Bound Books 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Disciple de Jésus Christ » (disciple of Jesus Christ)...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

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 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

2 Volumes. William Cullen Bryant, Picturesque America.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. William Cullen Bryant, Picturesque America. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying ornate gilt and open-tooled detailing. All edges ...
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Surtees, Handley Cross, First Illustrated Edition in the Original 17 Parts 1853
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SURTEES, Robert Smith. Title: Handley Cross; or Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. Publsiher: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853-54. First Illustrated Edition In The Original 17 Parts, 17 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech...
Category

British Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Trollope, Paul the Pope & Paul the Friar, First Edition 1861 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: TROLLOPE, T. Adolphus. Title: Paul The Pope and Paul The Friar. A Story of An Interdict. Publisher: London: Chapman & Hall, 1861. Description: First edition. 1 vol....
Category

British Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Vintage "Old Boston Theatre" Blue Transferware Plate, 1899
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a blue-glazed transferware Wedgwood plate, dating to 1898. Made in England, this specific pattern celebrates the Old Boston Theater, at the corner of Federal and Frankli...
Category

English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

French Series of Childrens Books by Arnaud Berquin-Set of 10, c. 1829
Located in Ross, CA
Ten book series of The works of Arnaud Berquin. The set was put together by hand, has leather spines and covers with gilded lettering, decoration, and a lacework design with a hand p...
Category

French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Antique Art Nouveau German Leather Bound Encyclopedia of Scientific Inquiry Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This five volume set of leather bound 1st Edition encyclopedias were done by Weltall and Menschheit of Germany in 1900 in the period Art Nouveau style. This set is completely in Germ...
Category

German Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Set of Old Bound Books 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may v...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Large Antique Reference Book, The Close Rolls, Latin, Public Record, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published ...
Category

British William IV Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Leather Bound Book Set of Seven by Barthelemy with Letter , Paris, c. 1840
Located in Ross, CA
A seven book series by Jean-Jacques Barthelemy titled "Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis". The books have Leather spines with gilt lettering, which is in French was published in Paris in 1...
Category

French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

1894-97 The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly
Located in Bath, GB
A sought after set of all thirteen volumes from the widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical 'The Yellow Book'. Complete run of all first edition thirteen volume...
Category

British Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Set of Old Bound Books Dating from the 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called " Sermons ". These beautiful books are perfect...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

36 Hand Colored and Gilded Plates, 1891-Folio Sevres Porcelaine Vases
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Folio of Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891 first edition text and plates. Chromomo- lithographed plates by Gillot, colored and decorated in raised gold by hand. The sevres porcelain fa...
Category

French Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Jean Prouve/Serge Mouille Book
Located in New York, NY
DeLorenzo 1950, Jean Prouve/Serge Mouille, 1985 exhibition catalog.
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Pair of Books of Universal History by Jean de Muller 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
From Greece, to the conquest of Macedonia or ancient Germania you will find in these two books the universal history of Muller with his reflections. These books were very successful ...
Category

European Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper, Leather

Lot of Old Books from the 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. For example we have a book on "essays on liver". From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Set of Old Bound Books 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Memoirs of the bourge...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper, Leather

Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks for the Murder of Elizabeth Fales - 1801
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: FAIRBANKS, Jason. TITLE: Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks, on an Indictment for the Murder of Miss Elizabeth Fales. At the Supreme Court, Holden at Dedham, in the Cou...
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Three Of A Kind. The History Of The Murder Of Mrs. Barnaby & Sawtell c.1890's
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: (ANON) Dr. Graves, Isaac Sawtell, Frank C. Almy. TITLE: Three Of A Kind. The History Of The Murder Of Mrs. Barnaby - The Sawtell Murder - The Life, Trial, And Confession Of...
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Trial of Moses Parker.... for the Murder of David R. Lambert. NY 1825
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PARKER, Moses. TITLE: Trial of Moses Parker, James Buckland, Joseph Wade, William Walker, Cornelius Holly, Abra Ham Potts and Noah Doremus,... for the Murder of David R. La...
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

1 Volume. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, Courtship of Miles Standish.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow, Courtship of Miles Standish. First Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco with marbled boards. Gilt-tooling on the r...
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

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

Scottish Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Iron

Set of Old Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice libra...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Jacques Saurin Lot of Old Religiuos Books from the 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old bound books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may vary....
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

6 Volumes. Edited by P. Martin Duncan, Cassell's Natural History.
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. Edited by P. Martin Duncan, Cassell's Natural History. Bound in full black calf with ornate gilt-tooled crest and border on the covers. Gilt-tooling and red calf labels on...
Category

British Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather

Set of 3 Cat. in Slipcase, Prescott Collection, Christie's Rare Numbered Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Rare Numbered Edition set of 3 hardcover catalogs in Slipcase. The Prescott Collection: Printed Books and Manuscripts, English Furniture, Old Master Paintings. Christie, Manson & Woo...
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

J-M. Hérédia's Les Trophées with signed frontispiece portrait and EXTRAS
Located in Middletown, NY
This handsome SIGNED copy of Les Trophées comes from the celebrated library of the French collector and bibliophile Guy Bigorie, who often collected bibliographic "truffles", in the ...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled « La France Protestante » (Protestant France...
Category

French Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Trial of William Dandridge Epes, for the Murder of Francis Adolphus Muir - 1849
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: EPES, William Dandridge. TITLE: Trial of William Dandridge Epes, for the Murder of Francis Adolphus Muir, Dinwiddie County, Virginia: Including the Testimony Submitted in t...
Category

American Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

"Road Scrapings: Coaches and Coaching" by Captain M. E. Haworth, 1882
Located in valatie, NY
Road Scrapings: Coaches and Coaching. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1882. First edition Morocco and cloth bound hardcover. Captain Haworth writes about the world of coaching by telling anecdotes when coaching was at its peak. He describes fights among competitors and how one coaching company hired prize-fighters to keep the peace. He also explains how trains are safer for the public with the lack of competitive fist fighting...
Category

English Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper, Leather

"A Biography of William Wordsworth" by Edwin Paxton Hood, 1856
Located in valatie, NY
A Biography of William Wordsworth by Edwin Paxton Hood. London: W. & F.G. Cash, 1856. Calf and cloth bound hardcover with gilt edge. 508 pp. William...
Category

English Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Antique Sheet Music 'Drums & Trumpets or a Parade in Broadway', circa 1865
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique sheet music 'Drums & Trumpets or a Parade in Broadway' by F.B. Helmsmüller. Color front cover illustration of band instruments arrayed on g...
Category

Antique 19th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Read More

Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors

The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.

Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier

Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.

Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure

Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.

Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch

Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.

The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time

A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.

Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane

This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.

Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect

From Spanish-style courtyards to fanciful fountains, these acclaimed structures abound in surprising and elegant details.

A Heady Group of Industry Insiders Pick the World’s Top Interior Designers

With a vast range of styles and perspectives, this global roster of talents represents the best of design.

Recently Viewed

View All