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Original Art Deco Watercolor by Samuel Mommie Schwarz
By Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Schwarz earned his living by making brochures, book covers, illustrations and advertisement posters. He
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Still life with cauliflower and shallots
By Wilhelm Christian Georg Rueter
Located in Ede, NL
St. Peter’s church in Leiden. He also developed ex-libris labels, postage stamps and book covers
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Samuel L. ‘Mommie’ Schwarz, Art Deco Watercolor 1920s
By Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Schwarz earned his living by making brochures, book covers, illustrations and advertisement posters. He
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Samuel L. ‘Mommie’ Schwarz Art Deco Watercolor
By Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz
Located in Amstelveen, NL
painter and graphic artist. During the Art Deco period Schwarz earned his living by making brochures, book
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Samuel L. "Mommie" Schwarz Art Deco Watercolor of a Whale
By Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz
Located in Amstelveen, NL
period Schwarz earned his living by making brochures, book covers, illustrations and advertisement
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Inspiration by Johannes Joseph Rover (1893-1976)
Located in London, GB
worked as an artist but also as a book cover designer for the De Spaarnestad publishing house in Haarlem
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paint, Watercolor

Original Art Deco Watercolor by Samuel L. ‘Mommie’ Schwarz, 1920s
By Samuel L. (Mommie) Schwarz
Located in Amstelveen, NL
, book covers, illustrations and advertisement posters. He also made this colorful design during this
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Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Antique Book Covers

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Watercolor, Paper, Pen

19th Century, Persian Tabriz with Abrash
Located in Dallas, TX
takes inspiration from ancient Iranian poetry and hand-painted book covers. The turanj of the central
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19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Book Covers

Materials

Wool

Daphne, Paris c1925
By Pierre Legrain
Located in Long Island City, NY
This limited edition large format giclée print of a leather book cover by Pierre Legrain for
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1920s Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Materials

Archival Ink, Digital, Rag Paper

1899 Original Art Nouveau Illustration, Le Mois Avril - Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Montreal, QU
costumes and stage decorations, designs for magazines and book covers, jewellery and furniture and numerous
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

1899 Original Art Nouveau Illustration, Le Mois Fevrier - Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Montreal, QU
costumes and stage decorations, designs for magazines and book covers, jewellery and furniture and numerous
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

1899 Original Art Nouveau Illustration, Le Mois Mars - Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Montreal, QU
costumes and stage decorations, designs for magazines and book covers, jewellery and furniture and numerous
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

1899 Original Art Nouveau Illustration, Le Mois Janvier - Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Montreal, QU
costumes and stage decorations, designs for magazines and book covers, jewellery and furniture and numerous
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

1899 Original Art Nouveau Illustration, Le Mois Juin - Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Montreal, QU
costumes and stage decorations, designs for magazines and book covers, jewellery and furniture and numerous
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Elegant Antique Tabriz Rug, 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
hand-painted book covers. The turanj of the central medallion represents the moon, and the lozenges
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19th Century Persian Tabriz Antique Book Covers

Materials

Wool

Canadian Scenery by N. P. Willis with Engravings after Drawings by Bartlett 1842
Located in Montréal, CA
with minimal browsing of the edges of the pages, as can be seen. The book covers are more worn with
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather, Paper

Dimos 22k Gold Museum Copy Pendant with Chain
Located in Athens, GR
Tampulous. One of the most chosen artifacts for book covers and posters. It’s size and richness of
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15th Century and Earlier Greek Greek Revival Antique Book Covers

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18k Gold, 22k Gold

17th century Vellum Book
Located in London, GB
17th century vellum covered book written in Latin on Natural History of Medcine. Printed 1676
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17th Century Italian Antique Book Covers

Document du Decorateur - Mucha (Plate # 25)
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Montreal, QU
, designs for magazines and book covers, jewellery and furniture and numerous postersMucha's work was
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Early 20th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Reliquary Book Pendant Locket
Located in Chicago, IL
hinged, lid, corded wire surround, and engraved spine. The front cover of the book is set with a plaque
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Mid-17th Century Antique Book Covers

Materials

Gilt Metal

French Book Atlas Universel Quillet, 1923
Located in Austin, TX
An Atlas book with black embossed leather cover and brown leather spine published in 1923 by
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1920s French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather, Paper

Cochin Rex elephante vextus [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the New World, and island to island in the East Indies. The third book covers Florida, the Caribbean
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1630s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Engraving

Virginis Lusitane in India […].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
island to island in the East Indies. The third book covers Florida, the Caribbean, and Brazil
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1630s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Engraving

Indorum casae, villae, et vici circa Goam [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, together with the coasts of the New World, and island to island in the East Indies. The third book covers
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1630s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Engraving

Naves celoces seu biremes […].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
book covers Florida, the Caribbean, and Brazil (Description de l'Amerique ...). The work was first
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1630s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Engraving

Left: Naute Arabes [...] - Arabischer scheepluyden [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
island to island in the East Indies. The third book covers Florida, the Caribbean, and Brazil
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1630s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Engraving

1930 s Chicago Guest Book with over 20 Botanical Paintings
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage 1930's handmade Chicago area guest book. Hand carved wood cover, over 20 beautifully
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Book Covers

Materials

Wood, Paper

Horrendae Idolorum effigies [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the New World, and island to island in the East Indies. The third book covers Florida, the Caribbean
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1630s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Engraving

Scaphe piscatorie Goensium et Cochinensium [...].
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
the New World, and island to island in the East Indies. The third book covers Florida, the Caribbean
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1630s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Engraving

Victorian Silver Book Form Castle-Top Vinaigrette, Burns Monument, 1843
By Taylor Perry
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A good Victorian silver castle-top Vinaigrette made in the form of a book, the 'covers' engraved to
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1840s English Victorian Antique Book Covers

19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Style Vargueno
Located in Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX
style vargueno, serves well as a book case, the front cover lid depicts a pair of spectacular heraldic
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18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Book Covers

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Bronze

Cast Iron Chair
By Coalbrookdale Foundry
Located in Wells, ME
had a wire stretcher like the one on the cover of the book.
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19th Century English Antique Book Covers

Materials

Iron

Limoges, Enamelled Bronze Box
By Limoges
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Bronze, enamel and marble book form box. Cover plaque decorated in polychrome enamel with foliate
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19th Century Antique Book Covers

Original Vintage Posters Quality Books Oscar Wilde Gustave Flaubert Roman Bucher
Located in London, GB
the floor against a large cushion and holding up a book with the covers of three literary classics
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1920s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Birchwood Pier Table with Marble Top
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
Italian neoclassical pier table covered in varnished book-and-end matched deep grained birch veneer
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Book Covers

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Marble

1810 Empire Period Clock Made of Gilded Bronze
Located in Liverpool, GB
feet, the attributes of the other muses, a mask, a tambourine, a scroll of parchment, a book. The dial
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Book Covers

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese 2-Drawer Altar Coffer Cabinet, Shanxi Province, Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
, depicting a pair of Lion Dogs and ribbons with a book on centre, covered overall with the original finish of
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Book Covers

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Elm

MArc Chagall Lithographe III
By Marc Chagall
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Two lithographs front and back covers for the book... Marc Chagall- Lithographe III... 1965 printed
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19th Century Modern Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 1. Art Print Photo by Sinke Van Tongeren
By Sinke Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
complement each scene. Title of this work; ‘JE ME VAIS SACRIFIER’ It’s an old parchment-covered book as
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Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Vicente Rojo, lithograph, abstract.
By Vicente Rojo
Located in MEXICO, DF
is part of the editorial board and as art director. In 1967 he created the mythical cover of the book
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Early 20th Century Abstract Geometric Antique Book Covers

Materials

Lithograph

Kuppenheimer Book Cover
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Clothiers, Chicago, Illinois New York Appeared as cover image in Kuppenheimer Style Book (Kuppenheimer
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1910s American Modern Antique Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Green Morocco Leather Elephant Folio Book Cover Now A Marbleized Paper Lined Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
A green morocco elephant folio leather book cover with a gilt-tooled embossed English coat of arms
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Book Covers

Materials

Leather, Paper

Book Cover for "Resurrection" by Edwin Balmer, 1920
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Information from 1st edition: Probable dust jacket but present frontispiece for book "Resurrection
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1920s Other Art Style Antique Book Covers

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Book Cover to Théophile Alexandre Steinlen s des Chats
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
and we wish we had the entire book.
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Book Cover to Théophile Alexandre Steinlen s des Chats
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
and we wish we had the entire book.
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

1668 Vellum Covered Text Published in Rome
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A real treasure from the annals of history is this 1668 book covered in vellum or parchment. The
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17th Century Italian Antique Book Covers

Collection of French Books
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
Collection of ninety-six 19th Century books. With wonderful blue book covers and a simplistic
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19th Century French Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Pair of Antique Elephant Bookends, Botswanan, Ebonised, Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
elephant presents great character with fine shape to the trunk and ears Faux book covers decorate the end
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Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Book Covers

Materials

Wood

1875 L. Bousselet "L Inde des Rajahs" with 317 Wood Engravings
Located in Marbella, ES
maps. Beautiful restored hardback fabric book cover with golden page edges.  
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1870s Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper

Antique Tabriz Rug, Bookcover Style
Located in New York, NY
field with extended arabesque corner pieces in the Classic "book cover" style. The brown border shows
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1910s Persian Tabriz Antique Book Covers

Materials

Wool

Turkish Oushak Carpet, circa 1910s
Located in New York, NY
This attractive Anatolian room size shows a "book cover" pattern of a red open field centered by a
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Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Antique Book Covers

Antique Album Chinese 12 Gouache Paintings Pith Paper, 1850
Located in Bradenton, FL
was made still intact in the original hand painted book cover. The book is signed in the back page.
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Book Covers

Materials

Other

Antique Haji Jalili Tabriz Rug
Located in New York, NY
"book cover" pattern displays a lightly scalloped cream-straw ogival medallion enclosing radiating
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1890s Persian Antique Book Covers

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Japanese Antique Old Books Art / Wall Decoration / Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
. The book covers of the same color have deteriorated with tears, scuffs, and discoloration, but they
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Book Covers

Materials

Paper, Cedar, Wood

Tibetan Manuscript Book with Painted Cover, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This Tibetan manuscript dates to the early 20th century and is complete with two painted covers and
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Book Covers

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antiquarian Early 19th Century Bible History Miniature Book Cloth Cover
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique miniature hard back, cloth cover book of Bible History, circa 1820s-1830s.
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Early 19th Century Regency Antique Book Covers

Materials

Fabric, Paper

French 17/18th Century Copper Sheet Front Cover of a Book
Located in Buisson, FR
Unique and beautiful front cover that once was placed at a large leather book. Very detailed with
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17th Century French Baroque Antique Book Covers

Materials

Copper

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Antique Book Covers For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique book covers for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique book covers — often made from paper, wood and metal — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique book covers available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique book covers are generally popular furniture pieces, but Art Nouveau, Baroque and Georgian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many antique book covers are appealing in their simplicity, but Alphonse Mucha produced popular antique book covers that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Book Covers?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,500, while they’re typically $65 on the low end and $49,000 highest priced.