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2 Volumes. The Discourses of Epictetus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. The Discourses of Epictetus, translated by George Long. Bound in 3/4 tan morocco with linen boards. Gilt tooling on the raised band spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpape...
Category
Early 20th Century British Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Cyprien Berard - Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires - 1820 - FIRST FRENCH EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Cyprien Berard and Charles Nodier.
TITLE: Lord Ruthwen, ou Les Vampires.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Chez Ladvocat, Libraire, 1820.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST FRENCH EDITION. 2 vols., 6-3/...
Category
1820s French Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Jonathan Dickenson, God's Protecting Providence, Cannibals of Florida, 1790
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
"inhuman Cannibals of Florida"
AUTHOR: DICKENSON, Jonathan.
TITLE: God's Protecting Providence, Man's Surest Help and Defence, in Times of Greatest Difficulty, and most eminent Danger, evidenced in the remarkable Deliverance of Robert Barrow,.. & the cruel devouring Jaws of the inhuman Cannibals of Florida.
PUBLISHER: London: by James Phillips, 1790.
DESCRIPTION: SEVENTH EDITION. 1 vol., 136pp., 12mo., 6-3/8" x 4-3/16", bound in 1/2 brown morocco, gilt decorated spine, blind stamp to front blank endleaf of "D Hicks & Co. Book Binders...
Category
1790s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Holland and Holland Leather Double Gun Case, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
A beautiful leather on oak double gun case made to house a pair of side by side double barrel 12 bore shotguns. With original felt lined interior and elabora...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Guapo Backgammon
Located in Paris, FR
Backgammon Guapo with solid mahogany and
solid walnut case, with walnut hinge and magnetic
closing with button. Covered with suede leather and
with leather inlaid playing surface.
Ga...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Walnut
Leather Book Box - Ledger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings. Looks perfect on your shelf. Add some classic old English leather ...
Category
1990s English Other Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Decorative Equestrian Leather Saddle
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950s Spanish saddle decoration in leather and nickel plated details.
Measurements:
length: 60.5?
width: 15.75?.
Category
1950s Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Blakiston Edition, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1940. First Blakiston Edition. Rebound in quarter navy leather...
Category
1940s American Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
PH Upright Piano, Natural Undyed Leather with Chrome Metal Parts and Wood Panels
Located in Copenhagen, DK
- All prices are listed ex works.
- 5 year guarantee.
- We regularly crate, ship, and install PH Pianos worldwide with full insurance.
An incredible design piece for all spaces. This new edition of the PH Upright Piano...
Category
2010s Danish Bauhaus Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Chrome
Entretiens Sur Les Vies Et Sur Les Ouvrages Des Plus Excellens Peintres Anciens
Located in Delft, NL
Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes
Title:
Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes
Par Mr. Felibien, Secretaire de l' Academie des Sciences & Historiographe du Roi.
Tome premier, 1705, Nouvelle Edition revue, corrigeer & augmentée des Conferences de l'Academie Royale de Peinture & de Sculpture and Tome second, 1705
A londres, chez David Mortier, Libraire dans le Strand, a l'enseigne d' Erafme
Tome premier 68 pages and on page 69 second entretien till page 248
8 pages with table des martieres, Continues dans le premier Tome
Tome second 165 pages with troisieme entretien and on page 166 quatrième entretien till page 297
5 pages 'table'
Brown leather binding with paper board and 5 spine...
Category
Early 18th Century British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Mozart Legacy Preserved: Vintage German Sheet Music Book - Early 20th c., 2C07
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Dive into a musical journey with our Vintage German Sheet Music Book from the beginning of the 20th century. This heavy book, measuring 31x24x2cm, is a treasure trove of composition...
Category
20th Century Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
12 Volumes. Lord Macaulay, History of England.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. Lord Macaulay, History of England. Albany Edition. Limited to 250 copies of which this is 218. Bound in full red morocco with gilt tooling on the covers and raised band s...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Vintage Sun Lite II Speed Flash and Portable Battery Pack in Brown Leather Case
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Sun Lite II Speed Flash and Portable Battery Pack in Brown Leather Case. Listing includes all the accessories in the photos. The brown leather case alone is very nice. Circa ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England, 6 Vols New Revised Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STRICKLAND, Agnes
Title: Lives of The Queens of England from The Norman Conquest.
Publisher: London: George Bell & Sons, 1908.
NEW REVISED...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
African Moroccan Tribal Tuareg Khoumya Leather Dagger Paper Cutter
Located in North Hollywood, CA
African Moroccan Tuareg tribal Khoumya arm dagger in dark brown leather sheath.
great to use as a paper cutter on desk.
Handcrafted by Artisans in south Morocco, very fine quality craftsmanship with a stamped leather engraved with Moroccan Tuareg geometric tribal designs.
The arm dagger was a weapon widely used by people across Africa in the Sahara and Sudanic Africa, from the central Sahara to North Cameroon, from Nigeria to Somalia.
It was worn in a sheath attached to the inner side of the left forearm by a loop,
Metal steel blade shows some rust, leather in very good condition.
Size: 13 inches length x widest part 1.5 inches. Blade is 1 inch.
Africa, Morocco circa 1940s.
Great Islamic antique Nomadic Tuareg knife dagger...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Portable Ashtray Stand in the Manner of Jacques Adnet, Brass and Leather, 1950s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Very nice proportions.
Height with handle up 69cm and up to top edge of ashtray 60cm.
Wear consistent with use and age.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Metal
Art Deco Kodak Senior Six-16 Folding Camera c.1937-1939
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An Art Deco Kodak Senior Six-16 Folding Camera with a leather wrapped body, chrome and black accents and flip out view finder.
Shown with life size hand. Sold as decorative o...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal, Chrome
MOTHERS A Loving Celebration 1997 Easton Press by Tara Ann McFadden
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tara Ann McFadden MOTHERS: A LOVING CELEBRATION Easton Press.Norwalk, Connecticut: Running Press, 1997. Collectible First Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine, Leather Bound...
Category
Late 20th Century American American Classical Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
"20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship", Signed by Amelia Earhart, 1928
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Earhart, Amelia. 20 Hrs. 40 Min. Our Flight in the Friendship. New York: G. P. Putnam's and Sons, 1928. First trade edition. Signed on the free endpage. Rebound in maroon ¼ leather a...
Category
1920s American Art Nouveau Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
William Godwin, Faulkener, a Tragedy, First Edition, 1807
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GODWIN, William.
TITLE: Faulkener: a Tragedy. London: for Richard Phillips, 1807.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8" x 5-3/16", (ii...
Category
Early 1800s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
6 Volumes. R.S. Surtees, The Works
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. R.S. Surtees, The Works. Titles include "Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tours," "Handley Cross," "Ask Mama." Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 red morocco with red linen boards. Gilt-tooling...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Hand Carved Wood and Leather Chess Set
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Intricately hand-carved wooden chess with leather game board. King piece measures 4.25" high.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
ELIE SAAB Maison Backgammon Tray by Giobagnara in Monogram Leather & Palladium
By Elie Saab, Giobagnara
Located in Mariano Comense, CO
Born from the exclusive collaboration between ELIE SAAB Maison and Giobagnara, this backgammon set is a celebration of refined craftsmanship, contemporary design, and timeless elegan...
Category
2010s Italian Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Steel
Art Deco Era Vintage Brown Stitched Leather Ball, 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco vintage ball from stitched leather, 1920s with beautiful details like stitched leather parts and a beautiful leather patina.
The original condition of the leather punchball...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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
1880s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Books - Pierre Bayle Dictionnaire, 3 Volumes, 1715
Located in Savannah, GA
Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique published in Rotterdam 1715, third edition.
Measured as stacked: 15 ¼ inches wide by 10 ¾ inches deep by 9 ½ inches tall; each boo...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
1920's Gladstone Bag
Located in Eindhoven, NL
1920's Gladstone Bag in perfect condition. The bag closings are in perfect shape and condition and everything works perfectly. The bag has some minor spots but for the age of the bag...
Category
Early 20th Century British Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique 1719 English "The Compleat Herbal" Volume 1 First Edition Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique first edition book titled "The Compleat Herbal" or 'The botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort' was published in 1719 in England on paper and bound in leather in the period George 1...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas, a Lyrical Drama, First Edition 1822 the Huth Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
Title: Hellas. A Lyrical Drama.
Publisher: London: Charles and James Ollier, 1822.
Description: first edition the Huth copy. 1 vol., a large ...
Category
1820s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Ronald Searle, Slightly Foxed, First Deluxe Edition with an Original Drawing
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SEARLE, Ronald.
TITLE: Slightly Foxed - but still desirable Ronald Searle's wicked world of Book Collecting.
PUBLISHER: Great Britain: Souvenir Press, 1989.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST DELUXE EDITION WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED. 1 vol., 12-1/8" x 8-7/8", limited to 10 numbered copies each with an original drawing, this copy #3 with an ink and coloured pencil drawing of a cat...
Category
1980s British Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Ayres, Philip, Emblems of Love, 1750, in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: AYRES, Philip.
Title: Emblems of Love. In Four Languages. Dedicated to the Ladys.
Publisher: London: for John Wren Bookseller & Binder at ye Bible & Crown near Great T...
Category
1750s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Signed Auböck Pipe Holder, 1950 Vienna Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Auböck brass and leather pipe holder, signed, 1950 Vienna Austria.
Category
1950s Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1925 - IN A FINE FULL BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
TITLE: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
PUBLISHER: London: Oxford University Press, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 912pp., 7-1/4" x...
Category
1920s British Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Vintage Canvas Brady Cartridge Bag
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage canvas brady cartridge bag.
A good quality small 'Brady' canvas cartridge bag by Brady, Halesowen. The bag is in good usable condition with bras...
Category
20th Century British Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Canvas
10 Volumes. Jared Sparks, The Works of Benjamin Franklin
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. Jared Sparks, The Works of Benjamin Franklin, with notes and a life of the author. Rebound in full red morocco. Gilt-tooling on the covers and raised band spines. All edg...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Little Dorrit 1857 Chapman & Hall Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st edition book titled Little Dorrit was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1857 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
William Milligan Sloane, Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1896, Complete 4 Vol. Set
Located in Bridgeport, CT
New York The Century Co. 1896. An oversized set in dark brown leather with four spine bands and gilt lettering. Blue gray marbleized papers.
12 1/2" H x 8 7/8" W x 2 1/8" D
Conditi...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1920 ART DECO LEATHER CLAD CASE PLAYiNG CARDS SET BRASS CARDS TOp
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very nice and highly collectable Art Deco brown leather card case with brass cards plaque to the top an...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Gymnastic Leather Pommel Horse, Czechoslovakia, 1950’s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Beautiful early mid-century English gymnastic pommel horse and/or bench vault, made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1950’s.
This vintage pommel horse...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
Mid-Century Era Assorted Medical Doctor's Field Examination Instrument Set
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage medical doctor's instrument set is unsigned, except for a few numbers on several of the pieces, but presumed to have originated from German...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Stainless Steel
King Kong by Delos W. Lovelace, First Photoplay Edition, 1932
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Lovelace, Delos W. King Kong. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. 8vo. Rebound in 1/4 green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a first edition of Delos W. Lovelace’s adaptation of King Kong. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in December of 1932, just months before the March 1933 film premiere of King Kong. The book has been beautifully rebound in handsome ¼ green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching green archival slipcase.
RKO producer Merian Cooper and writer Edgar Wallace originally conceived of the story about a remote island inhabited by a huge silverback gorilla, among other creatures. After Wallace’s untimely death, the thrilling screenplay was finished by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose. Just as the RKO film of King Kong was finishing production, Cooper asked his friend Delos Lovelace to adapt the film's screenplay into a novelization. On the novel’s cover, Lovelace’s name was overshadowed by the phrase, “conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.” The Grosset & Dunlap book was published later that month, on December 27, and served as part of the film’s advance marketing campaign. The book would go on to see numerous reprints, furthering King Kong's status as a cultural phenomenon.
Alexander Grosset and George T...
Category
1930s American Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
19th Century Erotic Meerschaum Pipe & Cheroot Holders of a Woman in Bed
Located in London, GB
Antique Meerschaum Pipe, Erotic Meerschaum Pipe, Erotic Antique, Cabinet of Curiosities, Antique Cheroot Holders, Romantic Antique.
Rare late 19th Century erotic Meerschaum Pipe in the form of a woman laying in a bed decorated diorama case, with her legs forming two Cheroot Holders.
C. 1880.
Austrian.
Exquisitely modelled & beautifully detailed, with lovely period charm & style.
The Meerschaum female body shaped pipe has an Amber mouthpiece, and the Meerschaum Cheroot Holders are shaped as legs with Amber boots.
The pipes leather covered & hinged cardboard case forms the shape of the bed, with dark red satin & velvet coverings, with lace trims.
Very good period condition. All complete. Some signs of age to the lace behind the body, and general wear to the case.
Displays very attractively.
As well as a rare Tobacciana collectible, the piece also evokes an atmosphere of an anatomical wax...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Clay, Fabric
James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, Extra Illustrated 10 Vols, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOSWELL, James.
TITLE: The Life Of Samuel Johnson.
PUBLISHER: London: John Murray, 1835.
DESCRIPTION: EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. 10 vols., 6-1...
Category
1830s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Les Plaideurs by Jean Racine / Les Bibliophiles du Palais
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Les Bibliophiles du Palais, 1932
Illustrations: Jean Bruller (1902 – 1991).
Limited Edition.
8vo, 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches 9260 x 180 mm); (10), 128, (18) pp., printed in black...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Winston, Style Observable in Ancient Glass Paintings, 2 Vols., Finely Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WINSTON, Charles
TITLE: An Inquiry Into The Difference of Style Observable In Ancient Glass Paintings, Especially In England; With Hints On Gl...
Category
1860s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Edward FITZGERALD, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Golden Treasury Series, 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: FITZGERALD, Edward. (Omar Khayyam)
Title: Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The Astronomer Poet of Persia. Rendered into English verse.
Publisher: London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd....
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
SEITZ. Paul Jones, His Exploits In English Seas During 1778-1780. FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SEITZ, Don C.
TITLE: Paul Jones, His Exploits In English Seas During 1778 - 1780, Contemporary Accounts Collected From English Newspapers With A Complete Bibliography.
PU...
Category
1910s American Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
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
1870s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Picasso Leather-Bound and Gilded Book Autographed by Ariana Huffington
Located in San Francisco, CA
Picasso Leather-Bound and Gilded Book Autographed by Ariana Huffington
9.5" x 6.5" x 2"
Category
20th Century Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
18th Century French Louis XVI Marquetry Secretaire or Desk
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French Louis XVI marquetry secretaire, or secretary desk with bookcase. Beautifully made with book matched veneer of mahogany and fine inlay of walnut and mahogany. I...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
The Writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward - AUTOGRAPH EDITION - 16 Vols. - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WARD, Mrs. Humphry [Mary Augusta].
TITLE: The Writings of Mrs. Humphry Ward.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909.
DESCRIPTION: AUTOGRAPH EDITION. 16 vols., ...
Category
Early 1900s North American Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
John RUSKIN - Unto This Last - THE DOVES PRESS - 1907 - JOHN DRINKWATER'S COPY
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RUSKIN, John.
TITLE: Unto This Last. Four essays on the first principles of political economy.
PUBLISHER: Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1907....
Category
Early 2000s British Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Works of Oliver Goldsmith-10 Vols.-Turk's Head Edition-in a Fine Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Goldsmith, Oliver.
Title: The Works Of Oliver Goldsmith.
Publisher: NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908.
Description: The Turk's Head Edition. 10 vols., 9-3/8" x 6-1/2", ...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Signed by Carla Laemmle, Photoplay
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1925]. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne. Signed by actress Carla Laemmle. 8vo. Rebound in black 1/.4 leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a photoplay edition of Gaston Leroux’s best-known novel, The Phantom of the Opera. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1925, to accompany the 1925 Universal Pictures film adaptation starring Lon Channey. It is illustrated throughout with scenes from that production, as well as with illustrations by Andre Castaigne. Additionally, the book is signed on the full title page by actress and prima ballerina Carla Leammle. The book has been beautifully rebound in handsome ¼ black leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching black archival slipcase.
Partly inspired by historical, nineteenth century events that took place at the famous Paris Opera, the novel chronicles the masked Phantom’s obsessive love for a young chorus girl named Christine. The Phantom of the Opera was first published as a serial in the French Magazine Le Gaulois from September 1909 to January 1910. It was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte & Cie. The first American edition was published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1911. Due to its popularity, The Phantom of the Opera became the source for numerous adaptations, including the 1925 Universal Pictures film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning 1986 musical.
Alexander Grosset and George T. Dunlap first met while working for the American Publishers Corporation. In 1898, Grosset & Dunlap formed a new partnership with the goal to shift the focus of the publishing industry from expensive books for the few to inexpensive books for the masses. In order to avoid paying royalties and other publishing fees, Grosset & Dunlap started reprinting books that were already in print. With these profits, the partners purchased paperbound books in bulk to rebind them in cloth and resell. As the company grew, Grosset & Dunlap were able to purchase reprint rights from publishers before publication, including reprint rights from Edward Stratemeyer for the Hardy Boys...
Category
1920s American Vintage Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Boccaccio – Douze nouvelles de Messire Jean Boccace Seigneur Florentin
Located in Middletown, NY
Boccaccio, Giovanni [Jean Boccace]
Douze nouvelles de Messire Jean Boccace Seigneur Florentin; Avec les illustrations en couleurs d'Alfred Le Petit
Paris: René Kieffer, 1925.
Limit...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
John Kidgell, the Card, 1755, First Ed, the Earliest Known Mention of Baseball
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIDGELL (John)
TITLE: The Card.
PUBLISHER: London: for the Maker & sold by J. Newberry, 1755.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 2 vols., 6-5/8" x 4-1/4", hand col...
Category
1750s British Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique 1798 James Colnett A Voyage to the South Atlantic & Round Cape Hope Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique book titled "A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean", and authored by W. Bennett, on the work of James Colnet...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Leather Football 'winner'
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage 12 Panel Leather Soccer Ball.
A great vintage No.5 leather football ball with twelve guaranteed hand sewn leather panels. The ball stencilled 'WINNER' and has a lace-up slit ...
Category
20th Century British Leather Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
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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.
What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.