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Period: 19th Century
2 Volumes. Edmondo de Amicis, Constantinople.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Edmondo de Amicis, Constantinople. Bound in 3/4 brown calf and marbled boards. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooled detailing with green and black morocco...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

English Victorian Painted Book
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian (Dated 1869) painted book with golf scene on edge in wood holder
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Wood

Waverley Novels in 50 Volumes by Sir Walter Scott, Boston, 1857
Located in Southampton, NY
Excellent and complete set of 50 Volumes of The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857; The Household Edition. Finely bo...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

3 Volumes. Richard Muther, The History of Modern Painting.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Richard Muther, The History of Modern Painting. Bound by Sotheran in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards with the covers and raised ban spines gilt-tooled. Top edges gilt w...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

William Wordsworth a Biography by Edwin Paxton Hood, 1856, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
William Wordsworth a Biography by Edwin Paxton Hood, 1856. London: W. & F. G. Cash, 1856. Red Calf leather and cloth bound gilt hardcover with gilt ...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper, Leather

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. ...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper, Leather

"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...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper, Leather

John Ruskin, The Stones Of Venice, Vols. I-II, 1880
Located in Bridgeport, CT
John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1880, illustrated. Tan leather with red, green and gilt spines. Marbled end papers, gilt edges. Volumes 1 and 2. 9 1/4" H x 6 3/8" D x 1 1/4" Conditio...
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American Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

3 Volumes. Reginald Heber, Journey Through the Upper Province of India.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Reginald Heber, The Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay 1824-1825. Second Edition. Bound in full navy morocco. The raised b...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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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...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Volumes. Blanchard Jerrold, The Life of Napoleon III.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Blanchard Jerrold, The Life of Napoleon 111. Bound in 3/4 green morocco, linen boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, illustrated with front...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1 Volume. Richard Henry Stoddard, The Loves and Heroines of the Poets.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Richard Henry Stoddard, The Loves and Heroines of the Poets. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spine displaying ornate gilt and open-tooled detail...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

History of Orange County, New York, Everts & Peck 1881
Located in Savannah, GA
History of Orange County, New York with Illustrations Everts & Peck Philadelphia, 1881, Lippencott & Co. Many plates mostly of prominent gentlemen of Orange County. 9 inches wid...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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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...
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Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

2 Volumes. Edward Dowden, The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Edward Dowden, The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 blue morocco and linen boards with the covers and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooling. All ...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years '2 vol.'
Located in Langweer, NL
Two volumes 'Polynesian Researches, during a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands' by William Ellis. Second edition, 2 engraved maps, o...
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Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

1837 Society in America
By Harriet Martineau
Located in Bath, GB
A complete set of the first edition of Harriet Martineau's nineteenth century study of American society, wonderfully bound in half calf. The first edition. Bound by Period Bookbind...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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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...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1 Volume. Charles C. Perkins, Historical Handbook of Italian Sculpture.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Charles C. Perkins, Historical Handbook of Italian Sculpture. Bound in 3/4 white calf with linen boards. Ornate gilt-tooling and red label on the spine. Top edges gilt. Blu...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1 Volume. John Skelton, Charles I
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. John Skelton, Charles I. Bound in full red morocco. Cover and raised band spine are ornately gilt-tooled. Top edge is gilt. Marbled endpapers. Color portrait frontispiece a...
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European Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Surtees, Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds, First Edition in the Original 12 Parts 1864
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SURTEES, Robert Smith. Title: Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. Publisher: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-65. Description: first edition in the original 12 parts, 24 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Surtees, Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour, First Edition in the Original Parts - 1853
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SURTEES, Robert Smith. TITLE: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour. PUBLISHER: London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 12/13 PARTS, 13 hand-coloured etched plates by John Leech...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

4 Volumes. Oliver Goldsmith, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Oliver Goldsmith, The Works. Edited by Peter Cunningham. Bound in 3/4 vellum, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, red edges, and gilt spines. Published: London: John Murray...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

3 Volumes. G. Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. Second Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco. The covers and raised band spines are gilt tooled. Al...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1882 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.
Located in Bath, GB
A limited edition ten-volume set of the works of Henry Fielding, edited with a biography by Leslie Stephen. A ten-volume set in half morocco bindings. All edges gilt. No. 92 of a t...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Three volumes, Dios y sus obras(…). Barcelona, J. Verdaguer, 1843 and 1841.
Located in Madrid, ES
Three volumes, God and his works (…). Barcelona, J. Verdaguer, 1843 and 1841. Set of three bound volumes matching (with title and numbers 1, 2 and 4 on the spine) the books: -God an...
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Spanish Other Antique 19th Century Books

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Other

3 Volumes. Isaac Disraeli, Curiosities of Literature.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Isaac Disraeli, Curiosities of Literature. Bound in full tan calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with brown and green morocco labels. All edges ar...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1837-52 A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory
By William MacGillivray 1
Located in Bath, GB
A Zaehnsdorf bound set of this impressive work on the birds of Britain, the first edition, illustrated. The first edition. Complete in five volumes. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. A compre...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

1818-1820 Les Vies de Hommes Illustres de Plutarque
By Plutarch
Located in Bath, GB
A new and revised edition of this translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, or Lives of Illustrious Men, in French. French. Complete in thirteen volumes. Part of a larger set of twe...
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French Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Antique Rolland Books in French Language
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
nr. 9 books - owner Rolland - various titles and authors : Les maitres d'autrefois (Eugène Fromentin) - Petit Bob (GyP) - Voyage autour de mon jardin (Alphonse Karr) - Sans famille (...
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French Other Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

2 Volumes. Henry M. Stanley, In Darkest Africa.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Henry M. Stanley, In Darkest Africa. Third Edition. Bound in 3/4 navy morocco and linen boards. The raised band spine is gilt-tooled. The top edges are gilt with marbled e...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1804 The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart large paper edition of Daniel Defoe's important travelogue novel, a nice copy illustrated throughout by Thomas Stothard. The second Stockdale edition, a smart large pape...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

'The Life of Nelson" First Edition books by Robert Southey
By Robert Southey
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
'The Life of Nelson" books by Robert Southey. First edition. Vol 1 and 2 London: Printed for John Murray, Bookseller to the Admiralty and to the Board of Longitude 1813 J. Moyes,...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

1820-1825 Works of Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning full calf fine binding of the first editions of these important works by prolific and renowned writer Sir Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott (177...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with red and green morocc...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1872 The Works of Tobias Smollett With Memoirs of His Life
By Tobias Smollett
Located in Bath, GB
A complete eight volume set of the works of Tobias Smollett, bound in crushed half morocco. The new edition. Eight volume complete set. Bound in cr...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

3 Volumes. Dr. Doran, F.S.A. Annals of The English Stage.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Dr. Doran, F.S.A. Annals of The English Stage. Bound in 3/4 green morocco. All edges gilt. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Asprey. Spin...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1871 The Works of George Berkeley
By George Berkeley
Located in Bath, GB
A smart Morrell bound set of the collected works of Bishop George Berkeley, alongside a life of the Bishop, and a selection of his letters. Complete in four volumes. Bound by Morrell. The collected works of George Berkeley, alongside a short biographical account of his life, and a selection of his letters. George Berkeley was an Anglo-Irish philosopher and Bishop, who advanced the theory of immaterialism through his writings, and also critiqued abstraction. These volumes include the most important writings of Berkeley, such as 'A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge', 'Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous', 'An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision', and 'De Motu', in which he argues against Isaac Newton's theories on absolute space, time, and motion. The views expressed in 'De Motu' were a precursor to the views of Albert Einstein. This edition was collected and edited, with prefaces and annotations, by Alexander Campbell...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

1 Volume. William Shakespeare, Antony & Cleopatra.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. William Shakespeare, Antony & Cleopatra. Illustrations by Paul Avril. Salon edition, limited to 550 copies of which this is 51. Bound in 3/4 green...
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French Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1869-86 The Novels of William Makepeace Thackeray
Located in Bath, GB
A nicely bound fully illustrated collection of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Complete in twenty-four volumes. Volume I, 'Vanity Fair Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, a vignette title page, and nineteen plates. Collated, complete. Volume II, 'Vanity Fair Volume II', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, and eighteen plates. Collated, complete. Volume III, 'The History of Pendennis Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, vignette title page, and twenty-two plates. Collated, complete. Volume IV, 'The History of Pendennis Volume II', published in 1869. Illustrated by the author with a frontispiece, a vignette title page, and twenty-two plates. Collated, complete. Volume V, 'The Newcomers Volume I', published in 1869. Illustrated by Richard Doyle...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

1 Volume. Longus. Daphnis & Chloe.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Longus. Daphnis & Chloe. Illustrated by Raphael Collin. Salon edition. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco with marbled boards. Gilt tooling on covers and raised band spine. Top edge...
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Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

2 Volumes. Samuel Rawson Gardiner, A History of England.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Samuel Rawson Gardiner, A History of England. Bound in 3.4 brown morocco and linen boards. The covers and raised band spines display ornate gilt-tooling. The top edges are...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

3 Volumes. D.B. Warden, Statistical, Political & Historical Account of the USA
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. D.B. Warden, Statistical, Political & Historical Account of the United States of America from the Period of their First Colonization to the Present Day. Bound in 3/4 tan c...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1868 The Moonstone
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful first edition set of Wilkie Collin's important sensation mystery novel, very scarce to see a set of all first editions volumes. The sought after first edition, first sta...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

2 Volumes. Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Personal Government of Charles I.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Personal Government of Charles I. Bound in 3.4 brown morocco and linen boards. The covers and raised band spines display ornate gilt-tooling. T...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1 Volume. Walton & Cotton, The Complete Angler.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Walton & Cotton, The Complete Angler. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 tn calf and marbled boards. The Spine displays raised bands, figurine panel details, bordering, and label lett...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1821 The Works of Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
A new edition of the works of Henry Fielding in ten bright calf leather bound volumes. Henry Fielding was an eighteenth century English novelist known for his satires and comic nove...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Odes and Sonnets Illustrades
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Poetry antique book by unknown author, with Odes and Sonnets illustrades, in a perfect beautiful original binding. I kept it for me for long time:...
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English Other Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

1 Volume. Austen Dobson, Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Austen Dobson, Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems. Bound by Kelliegram in full green morocco. The covers display a gilt-tooled border and a multi-color inlay figure. Th...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

1883-1884 Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville
By Henry Greville
Located in Bath, GB
An extra illustrated first edition of the diaries of Henry Greville, with a signed letter from editor Viscountess Enfield, Greville's niece. The scarce first editions of both the fi...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

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...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Two volumes: Geographical Atlas of Spain (…) and General Dictionary...
Located in Madrid, ES
Two volumes: Geographical Atlas of Spain (…) and General Dictionary of all Peoples. Editors Gaspar y Roig. Spain, Madrid, 1864 and 1862. Two volumes framed in a similar way, with l...
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Spanish Other Antique 19th Century Books

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Other

8 Volumes. Charles C.F. Greville, The Greville Memoirs.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. Charles C.F. Greville, The Greville Memoirs. Bound by Bayntun in full navy morocco with the covers displaying gilt and open-tooling. The spines display raised bands, borde...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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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...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

3 Volumes. G.N. Wright, The People's Gallery of Engravings.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. G.N. Wright, The People's Gallery of Engravings. Bound by John Mylrea in 3/4 red calf and marbled boards bordered in floral open-tooling. The spines display a black morocc...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

19th Century Book Stand
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Regency mahogany book stand with brass gallery sides with scrolled lifting handles, raised on four flat bun feet.
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Irish Regency Antique 19th Century Books

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Brass

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,...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Shepherd's View of & Around Regent's Park : 37 Engravings in Fine Binding
Located in Ilkley, GB
A selection of 37 window-mounted, hand coloured views around Regent’s Park in a super-luxurious bespoke Sotheran’s binding. Chunky square format (25x25cm) bound in crushed red moroc...
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British Regency Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

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...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

1879 The Chronicles of Barsetshire
By Anthony Trollope
Located in Bath, GB
A fine Bayntun-Riviere set of Anthony Trollope's noted series 'The Chronicles of Barsetshire'. With an illustrated frontispiece to all volumes. Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

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