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Period: 19th Century
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
Julia PARDOE. The Court And Reign Of Francis - 3 vols - 1887 - IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PARDOE, Julia.
TITLE: The Court And Reign Of Francis The First King Of France.
PUBLISHER: London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1887
DESCRIPTION: 3 vols., 8-3/4" x 5-7/8", num...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Works of Robert Burns 1834
Located in San Francisco, CA
The works of Robert Burns in 8 volumes bound in full blue calf and printed in Waterloo, 1834. One volume as is. Spines sun faded to green
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$475 / set
Pflanzenbuch mit Farbigen Bildern by Dr. Max Dalitzsch, 1897
Located in Langweer, NL
'Pflanzenbuch mit farbigen bildern' by Dr. Max Dalitzsch. Original antique book with numerous illustrations of plants and flowers. Published 1897. Original binding. 250 p.
Category
Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
$141 Sale Price
20% Off
Cricketing Reminiscences by W.G. Grace, 1899
Located in Langweer, NL
'Cricketing Reminiscences' by W.G. Grace. London, James Bowden, 1899, XX,524,31,(1)p., photo-engr. Frontisp. Portrait of the author, 49 (photogr.) plates, orig. Blindst. cl. w. Mount...
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Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$567 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Set of Plays by Casimir Delavigne Dating 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 3 books are the set of different plays by Casimir Delavigne of the French Academy...
Category
French 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
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
1890-93 Her Majesty's Navy
By Charles Rathbone Low
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound first edition set of this brilliant history of the Royal Navy, complete with striking chromolithographs.
The first edition.
Complete in three volumes.
An expansive...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Journal of Voyages and Travels '2 Vol.' by Tyerman & George Bennet, '1831'
Located in Langweer, NL
Two volumes 'Journal of Voyages and Travels (..)' by Tyerman (Rev. Daniel) & George Bennet. First edition, engraved portrait frontispieces and 12 plates, tissue guards, lacking adver...
Category
Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
$614 Sale Price
20% Off
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
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 19th Century Books
Materials
Fabric
4 Volumes. William Powell Frith, John Leech: His Life and Work.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. William Powell Frith, John Leech: His Life and Work. Bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with ornate gilt-tooled borders and inlay illustration on covers. Gilt-tooling on...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Thomas Hardy, Return of the Native, First Edition First Issue, 1878, 3 Vols
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HARDY, Thomas.
TITLE: The Return of the Native.
PUBLISHER: London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1878.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. 3 vols., 7-1/4" x 4-15/16", (without the quotation marks...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Izaak Walton, Complete Angler & Lives of John Donne - First John Major Editions
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WALTON, Izaak.
TITLE: The Complete Angler - WITH - The Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert, and Robert Sanderson.
...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
19th Century German Baronship Document, Archduke Ludwig III of Hessen
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century German Baronship Document, Archduke Ludwig III of Hessen
Outstanding document bound with threaded rope in crimson red leather with burnished 24-carat gold embossed. A...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Parchment Paper
Large Antique Reference Book, Public Records, English, Parliament, William IV
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, General Report on the Public Records. Printed in English, a later bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published 18...
Category
British William IV Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Rare Bookends, Humanized Ravens Carved in Wood Glass Eyes Enigmatic & Original
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Antique enigmatic Bookends, Humanized Ravens, Carved in Wood with Glass Eyes
It has a cylinder-shaped iron counterweight inside the books, to guarantee its stability.
Very special, they could be unique pieces or very difficult to find. They are old.19th century or earlier
Bookends. Humanized ravens, carved in wood with glass eyes
An iron cylinder is embedded inside the book as a counterweight.
They are exceptional pieces, they could be unique
They have the magnetism, of the mystery, of the enigmatic. They are very special
Anthropomorphic figures in the shape of a Raven, leaning on a stack of old books also carved in wood and polychrome
Enigmatic and overwhelming figures. They retain the smell of old books and wood.
I can imagine them in any old library...
Category
English Other Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Wood
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
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
Eminent Americans by Benson J. Lossing, Illustrated, 1890
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Lossing, Benson J. Eminent Americans: Comprising Brief Biographies of Leading Statesmen, Patriots, Orators and Others, Men and Women, Who Have Made American History. New York: John W...
Category
American American Classical Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, 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
1853-88 The Sporting Novels of Robert Smith Surtees
By Robert Smith Surtees
Located in Bath, GB
A smart set of the sporting novels of Surtees, a set of eight volumes including three first edition, colourfully illustrated by hand throughout.
The collected sporting novels of Rob...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Mary Brunton, Discipline, First Edition, 1814, 3 Volumes
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BRUNTON, Mary.
TITLE: Discipline: A Novel. By The Author Of "Self Control".
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh: By George Ramsay & Co., for many, 1814.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION...
Category
British 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
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 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
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
"The Annals of San Francisco" Leather Bound Book, 1855
Located in San Francisco, CA
"The Annals of San Francisco" Leather Bound Book, 1855
Published by Appleton & Co, NY First Edition
By Frank Soule, John H. Giron, MD, and James Nisbet
Category
Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Life and Liberty in America by Charles Mackay, 1859
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mackay, Charles. Life and Liberty in America: or, Sketches of a Tour in the United States and Canada, in 1857-8. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859. Octavo. Illustrated with ten engra...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
3 Volumes. John Addington Symonds, Sketches & Studies in Italy.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. John Addington Symonds, Sketches & Studies in Italy. Bound in 3/4 white calf with linen boards. Gilt-tooling and red calf label on spine. Top edges gilt. Illustrated front...
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
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
1896 The Principles of Light and Color
By Edwin D. Babbitt
Located in Bath, GB
A vibrantly illustrated, second edition of this exceptionally scarce work surrounding colour and the science of chromotherapy, written by American physician Edwin Babbitt.
The secon...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam 3 Volumes Leatherbound
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hallam's View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, complete in 3 leather bound octavo volumes with marbleized boards. The volumes contain the bookplate of former owner, Cha...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Volume VI Standard Natural History 1885
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fascinating Antique Volume, "Natural History of Man" edited by John Sterling Kingsley and featuring 275 Woodcuts and 53 full page illustrations. Published by S.E. Cassino and Company...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
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
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
Set of Old Books from 19th Century
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
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...
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British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
San Francisco Directory 1856
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Directory 1856
Complete in 138 numbered pages,
Spine covered in leather with gold letters covers are board in original boards,
decorated with commercial advertisements ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
California and Its Gold Regions by Fayette Robinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
California and Its Gold Regions
by Fayette Robinson
137 pages, small octavo
Published New York: Stringer & Townsend 222 Broadway. 1849. First Edition
Beautifully rebound in gilt-tool...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Annals of San Francisco, California Its Great City
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Annals of San Francisco, California Its Great City
by Frank Soule, John H. Gihon, M.D. and James Nisbet
Published New York: D. Appleton & Company 346 Broadway
San Francisco: Mont...
Category
Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
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
Casey's Infantry Tactics by Brig. Gen. Silas Casey, Three Volume Set, 1862
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Casey, Brig. Gen. Silas. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise, and Maneuvers of the Soldier, A company, line of Skirmishers, Battalion, Brigade, or Corps d'Armee. New York:...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
1st Edition of ‘Rural & Domestic Life of Germany’ by W Howitt -1842
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION hardback copy of ‘The Rural and Domestic Life of Germany with Characteristic Sketches of its Cities and Scenery, Collected in a General To...
Category
English Country Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
19th-Early 20th Century S.F Bay Area Leather Bound Business Journals
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th-early 20th century S.F Bay Area Leather Bound Business Journals
One journal is mostly filled in. The other is mostly empty.
The dates are circa 1880s-1910s
An interesti...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
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...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Leather
$1,200 / set
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
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...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Paper
$1,020
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
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
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
Antique Handmade Qajar Persian Lacquer Photo Album Silver on Leather
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Late 19th century Middle Eastern photo album book, Qajar period, hand painted lacquer enamel with silver on leather large photo album. Painted enamel central plaque depicting a Mosqu...
Category
Persian Islamic Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Silver, Enamel
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
The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide by Edward C. Barber, 1868
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Barber, Edward C. The Crack Shot; or, Young Rifleman's Complete Guide: Being a Treatise on the Use of the Rifle, With Rudimentary and Finishing Lessons; Including a Full Description ...
Category
American Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
English Victorian Painted Book
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian (Dated 1869) painted book with golf scene on edge in wood holder
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Wood
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
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