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Period: 19th Century
Missionary to the New Hebrides, an Autobiography by John G. Paton, '1889'
Located in Langweer, NL
'Missionary to the New Hebrides, an Autobiography' by John G. Paton. Edited by his brother. ibid., 1889, frontisp. portrait, map, orig. cl.
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Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
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
Materials
Paper
Set of 3 French Books
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th century
Set of 3 French books
Books:
AM Thierry - N'ouveaux Recits ( De L' Histoire Romaine )
AM Thierry - Recits ( De L' Histoire Romaine )
AM Thierry - Tableau (...
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Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Life of Andrew Jackson by James Parton 3-Volume Leather Set, 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Parton, James. Life of Andrew Jackson. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. Three volume set, later printing. Rebound in ¼ calf and matching blue cloth boards with gilt titles, stamps, and raised bands to spine. With matching archival blue cloth slip case with ribbon and inlaid portrait of Jackson on the cover.
Presented is an 1876 printing of James Parton’s three volume biography of President Andrew Jackson. First published in 1859-60 by Mason Brothers of New York, this is a later printing by Boston-based James R. Osgood and Company. James Parton's biography of the life of Andrew Jackson is one of the most important and best accounts on the early American president. In fact, Bunn and Williams call this work "the first serious biography of the [Jackson]" (Bunn).
Parton’s biography appeared in print amid the escalating political crisis of 1860, providing readers and pundits with a historical lens through which to view current events. Born in England and raised primarily in the United States, James Parton (1822-1891) was among the leading biographers of the mid-nineteenth century. His Life of Horace Greeley (1855) and Life and Times of Aaron Burr (1857) garnered widespread acclaim, and he would later publish books on Benjamin Butler...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Rudyard KIPLING, Captains Courageous; A Story of the Great Banks - FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
London: MacMillan & Co., 1897. FIRST EDITION
Small 8vo. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 (185 x 121 mm); half-title, frontispiece, title, viii, 245, [2 advertisements]; 22 engraved plates, including f...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
Spanish Other Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Other
1887-98 Complete Peerage of Great Britain
By George Edward Cokayne
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound first edition set of this important authorativie reference work on the peerage of Britain, by George Edward Cokayne.
The first edition of this work.
Complete in...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
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
Materials
Leather
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...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
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
Materials
Leather
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
Materials
Leather
The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Edited by Harris Nicolas
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Walton, Izaak, with Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation… Edited by Sir Harris Nicolas. London: Nattali and Bond, 1860. Second Nicolas Edition. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. Presented in modern half red Moroccan leather and cloth bindings with raised bands, gilt titles, tooling, and stamps to the spine. Illustrated throughout.
Presented is a 1860 printing of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton’s famous treatise on fishing, The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Published by Nattali and Bond in London, this beautifully bound two volume set was the second edition to be edited by Sir Harris Nicolas. The volumes are beautifully bound in modern half red Moroccan leather boards with gilt titles and illustrated throughout with engravings from 27 of the most prominent artists of the time.
The Complete Angler was first published in 1653 by Richard Marriot of St Dunstan-in-the-West out of London, UK. Izaak Walton continued to add to the original book for a quarter of a century. A significantly enlarged edition appeared in 1655, and the last edition supervised by Walton, published in 1676, included additional fly-fishing material written by his friend Charles Cotton. The 1676 edition has been among the most often reprinted books in English literature.
The Compleat Angler...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1804 The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
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
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Trollope, T. Adolphus, Filippo Strozzi, First Edition, 1860 Leather Bound !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TROLLOPE, T. Adolphus.
TITLE: Filippo Strozzi. A History of the Last Days of The Old Italian Liberty.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1860.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST ED...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
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...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Joseph Hatton, Henry Irving's Impressions of America.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Joseph Hatton, Henry Irving's Impressions of America. Bound in 3/4 green calf with marbled boards. Ornate gilt-tooling on raised band spines. Marbled endpapers. Top edge g...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
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 ...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
European Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Framed Watercolor By Illustrator John Leech
Located in Essex, MA
A famous illustrator and caricaturist best known for his illustrations for Punch magazine. He died at age 47 in 1864. Titled " Master George and The Dragon Flies". "A Caution to Youn...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Glass, 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...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
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...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Poems.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Poems. Bound in full red morocco with the covers and raised band spines gilt-tooled. All edges gilt. New York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1853.
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes, Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal Portraits
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes, Thomas Archer, Pictures and Royal Portraits Illustrative of English and Scottish History. Bound in the publisher's pezux binding in full red morocco with the covers displa...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
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 (...
Category
French Other Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Buffon Books
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage Buffon books from France circa 1825 with original red covers and labels. "Natural History Encyclopedia" & "Traveling Encyclopedia".
Buffon Books: $100
Non Buffon Books: $7...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper, Ink
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...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
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...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Regulations for Artillery Inventories, Turin 1848
Located in Torino, IT
Regulations for the inventories of artillery material - Part I.
Approved by General Villamarina, dedicated to Count Carlo Maffei di Boglio.
F.lli Catellazzo typography.
Turin, 184...
Category
Italian Antique 19th Century Books
1 Volume. Gideon Welles, Lincoln & Seward.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Gideon Welles, Lincoln & Seward. Bound in 3/4 blue calf with marbled boards and gilt-tooling on the covers and raised band spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. New York...
Category
American Antique 19th Century 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 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
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...
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Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Pair of Old Books « National Biographies » from the 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pair of old books dating from the 19th century. These two volumes are National Biographies. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect ...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Boys of '76 by Charles Carleton Coffin, 1876
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Coffin, Charles Carleton. The Boys of ‘76. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1876. First Edition. Illustrated. Octavo. Rebound in ¼ burgundy leather and cloth boards with raised bands, gi...
Category
American American Colonial Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, 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:...
Category
English Other Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Regency Brass Mounted Country House Library Long Arm or Book Reach, circa 1830
Located in Central England, GB
This beautifully engineered and constructed library accessory is in good working condition. It is a rare piece and would have originated from a lar...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Mahogany
Series of Small French Books
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Series of nr. 15 small French books, with many stories and cute illustrations: pleasant to read , small and tidy in a library.
nr. O/4561.
Category
French Other Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Collection of Books From1833 , From "L'Histoire Universelle, Ancienne et Moderne
Located in Marbella, ES
Coleccion de libros del 1833, de "L'Histoire Universelle, Ancienne et moderne; A L'usage de la Jeunesse; Par M. Le Compte de Segur, Histoire de France"
Category
French Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
2 Volumes. W. Fraser Rae, Sheridan: A Bibliography
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. W. Fraser Rae, Sheridan: A Bibliography. Extra-Illustrated Edition. Bound by Bayntun in full blue morocco with the covers displaying an intricate gilt-tooled border. The s...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume, Sir John Skelton, Charles I.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Sir John Skelton, Charles I. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards double-bordered in gilt tooling. Raised bands, dotted in gilt tooling wit...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
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