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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. 10 vols. 4TH ED REVISED FINELY BOUND
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
blind, blind tooled dentelles, marbled pastedowns, endpapers, and edges, engraved bookplate to front
Category

1880s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

A Polish Metal Printing Block for a Printing Press
Located in New York, NY
materials, such as religious texts, bookplates, or decorative borders. The block is made of metal, possibly
Category

19th Century Polish Antique Bookplates

Materials

Metal, Lead

1868 The Moonstone
By Wilkie Collins
Located in Bath, GB
first serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine 'All the Year Round'. Bookplate of W. A. Foyle of
Category

1860s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

1877 The Moonstone: A Dramatic Story, in Three Acts
By Wilkie Collins
Located in Bath, GB
bookplate of W.A. Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. Immensely popularly when first published, 'The Moonstone' was a
Category

19th Century British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

A View of the House of Commons /// George II English Parliament London England
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
bookplates, after works by contemporary artists.
Category

1750s Old Masters Antique Bookplates

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving, Etching

Novels of The Sisters Bronte. THORNTON EDITION - 12 vols. 1924 - LEATHER BOUND !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
bright, no previous ownership markings, gift inscription, or bookplate, a VERY GOOD set.
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Charles DICKENS - The Chimes: A Goblin Story - 1845 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
contemporary gift inscription to half-title, internally clean and bright, no bookplate to front pastedown
Category

1840s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald translation, Club Bindery
Located in Middletown, NY
. Pictorial bookplate of John A. Spoor 1921 on inside front cover by Emery Walker. Elegantly printed with text
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1925 - IN A FINE FULL BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of
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1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

La Mouche by Alfred de Musset – Illustrations by Adolphe Lalauze
Located in Middletown, NY
in; green and gold headbands, t.e.g. Armorial bookplate of Soldati-Hubbard de Veaux pasted inside
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Lady JACKSON. The French Court Society. 2 VOLS. 1881 IN A FINE COSWAY BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, internally clean and bright, gilt leather bookplate of W. A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey to front endpaper, FINE
Category

1880s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Winston CHURCHILL. Lord Randolph Churchill - 2 VOLS. - FIRST EDITION - 1906
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
and bright, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, inner and outer hinges fine
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

1889 The Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
the rear. Bookplate of Gregory Paul Franks to the front paste down. Gift inscription to the recto of
Category

1890s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

SYMONDS - The Life Of Benvenuto Cellini - 2 vols. - IN A FINE FULL CALF BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, inscriptions, or bookplates, A VERY GOOD COPY.
Category

1920s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

1887-98 Complete Peerage of Great Britain
By George Edward Cokayne
Located in Bath, GB
. Bookplate of Henry Lloyd Gibbs to the front paste downs. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards
Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

1771 Choir Gaur; the Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids
By John Smith
Located in Bath, GB
. Bookplate of Robert Cotton Trefusis Esquire to the front paste down. In a half morocco binding with marbled
Category

1770s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer
Located in Middletown, NY
strengthened, contemporary calf, recased. Front pastedown with the engraved armorial bookplate G. W. Wentworth
Category

Early 17th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Novels Works of Jane Austen. Winchester Edition, 10 Vols, 1906 Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
ownership markings or inscriptions, no bookplates, A VERY GOOD SET of a desirable edition.
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

The Lord s Song: A Sermon by Eric Gill – GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Eric Gill. Original ivory buckram gilt, one or two faint spots, bookplate of Betty Clark. LIMITED
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Winston CHURCHILL. Liberalism And The Social Problem - FIRST EDITION - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, inner and outer
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Ireland House of Commons 1753 Vol. III and Statutes at Large 1703-1719 Vol. IV
Located in Morristown, NJ
some water staining to pages. The text is readable and mostly clean. There are no bookplates or writing
Category

1750s Irish Georgian Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: POEMS on Various Subjects
Located in Middletown, NY
clean and unmarked. Bookseller ticket, dedicatory note in ink and Bookplate tipped in on f.f.e
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Late 18th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

Antique 1798 James Colnett A Voyage to the South Atlantic Round Cape Hope Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
has the Thomas Lumisden Strange bookplate, and the American Antiquerian stamp.
Category

Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
Located in Middletown, NY
moiré-silk doublures. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION Bookplate of Erving & Joyce
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Ex Libris - PF - Woodcut by M. Fingesten - Early 1900
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
passepartout : 49 x 34 cm Ex Libris is a Latin phrase meaning a bookplate that identifies the owner of the
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Woodcut

Rare Antique 18C Chinese Porcelain Erotic Rooster Encre de Chine Tea Caddy
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
process so readily duplicated the engraved bookplates supplied to the decorators as source materials. The
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Bookplates

Materials

Porcelain

MALORY, (Arthur Rackham). The Romance Of King Arthur - SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
bookplate, A VERY GOOD COPY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Rackham received his commission for this superbly
Category

1910s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Charles Baudelaire: Souvenirs, Correspondances, Bibliographie, pièces inédites
Located in Middletown, NY
Baudelaire; tissue guards. Engraved bookplates of André Barrier and Serge Barrier inside the front endpaper
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Late 19th Century French Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Il pastor fido, tragicommedia pastorale - by G. B. Guarini - 1597
Located in Middletown, NY
binder's stamp, marbled endpapers, Armorial bookplate of Soldati-Hubbard de Veaux pasted inside front cover
Category

16th Century European Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Carroll, Rackham, Alice s Adventures in Wonderland, Limited Edition, 1907
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
bookplate, A VERY GOOD COPY.
Category

Early 1900s Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Le moyen de parvenir by François Béroalde de Verville, (1556-1626)
Located in Middletown, NY
at top of spine, otherwise immaculate. Armorial bookplate of Soldati-Hubbard de Veaux pasted inside
Category

17th Century French Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Lady in a Feathered Hat, Portrait, Figure, Charcoal Drawing, Austrian
Located in Wiscasset, ME
paintings, still lifes, etchings and bookplates.
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Antique Bookplates

Materials

Charcoal

Joseph GLANVILL. The Vanity of Dogmatizing. FIRST EDITION - 1661 - HIS 1st BOOK!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
stain to gutter of the first few pages, engraved bookplate of Christ's College Cambridge to verso of
Category

1660s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Emmanuel College, Cambridge engraving by Samuel Sparrow after John Baldrey
Located in London, GB
engraver of landscapes and architectural scenes after his fellow artists, often published as bookplates
Category

19th Century Antique Bookplates

Materials

Engraving

Les Moeurs des Israelites by Claude Fleury
Located in Middletown, NY
, binding tight and square. Armorial bookplate of Soldati-Hubbard de Veaux pasted inside front cover
Category

Late 17th Century Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso – Elegant French 18th C "pocket" edition
Located in Middletown, NY
. Armorial bookplates of John Samuel Graves and of Soldati-Hubbard de Veaux pasted inside front cover of both
Category

Late 18th Century French Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

1892-1901 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Located in Bath, GB
. Retaining the original half-titles. With the illustrated bookplate of American industrialist and
Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

The Life of Napoleon; A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos - ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
bookplate of Richard Holmden. [Tooley 151; Cohn 153; Rosenbach, Cruikshank/Widener, p. 38]. By 1815
Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paint, Paper

Beatrix Potter, Tailor of Gloucester, Privately Printed, First Edition, 1902
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
boards. Condition: No previous ownership markings or bookplate, inner and outer hinges fine, head and
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Some Poems by Robert Browning - ERAGNY PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
. 2 bookplates pasted inside front cover: William & Helena M. Hand and Albert Sperisen. [Ransom p
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

The Forest of Hermits / t Bosh der Ermyten by Abraham Bloemaert
Located in Middletown, NY
; bookplate of Buijnsters Smets pasted inside front cover. [De Backer/ Sommervogel VII, 194-5; Hollstein 355
Category

17th Century Dutch Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

1820-1825 Works of Sir Walter Scott
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
Auckland (1774-1844); containing his bookplate. 'The Abbot' (1820) is complete in three volumes. It is a
Category

1820s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Miscellaneous Poems of Jonathan Swift / Golden Cokerell Press
Located in Middletown, NY
of 375, Bookplate of G. & N. Ingleton on inside cover, and Ingleton library number on green ink stamp
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper, Parchment Paper

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas, a Lyrical Drama, First Edition 1822 the Huth Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
textblock measuring 8-11/16" x 5-3/8", with the half-title, gilt white leather bookplate of Henry Huth to
Category

1820s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

1823 The British Essayists with Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical
Located in Bath, GB
few pages. Light age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of
Category

1820s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Ex Libris - Felicitas - Original Woodcut by M. Fingesten - Early 1900
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris is a Latin phrase meaning a bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Woodcut

A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its Vicinity by James Merigot
Located in Middletown, NY
foxing; armorial bookplate of John Evan Davies [Franks 8108] on front pastedown. Originally published in
Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Novels Works Letters of Jane Austen, Winchester Edition, 12 Volumes
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
edges of pages, hinges fine, no previous ownership markings or bookplate, An excellent set handsomely
Category

1910s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Ex Libris - PF - Original Woodcut by M. Fingesten - Early 1900
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
passepartout: 30 x 24 cm Ex Libris is a Latin phrase meaning a bookplate that identifies the owner of the book
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris Heinz Lehmann - Original Woodcut by M. Fingesten - Early 1900
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
passepartout 30 x 24 cm Ex Libris is a Latin phrase meaning a bookplate that identifies the owner of the book
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Woodcut

Mémoires et Observations Géographiques et Critiques by Samuel Engel (1702–1784))
Located in Middletown, NY
), marbled end papers, extra gilt spine. Bookplate of James Strohn Copley. Contents including the two folding
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Mid-18th Century Swiss Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Casey s Infantry Tactics by Brig. Gen. Silas Casey, Three Volume Set, 1862
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
College. Library donation pasted bookplates, books donated in honor of "Myra H. Stern." Stamped with
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1860s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric, Paper

John Ruskin, OF QUEENS GARDENS
Located in Middletown, NY
tight, vellum very slightly curled, which is typical. Bookplate of Olga Casdagli pasted inside front
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

Figure of Man - Original Pencil Drawing by Augustin de Saint-Aubin- 19th Century
By Augustin de Saint-Aubin
Located in Roma, IT
the required reception pieces. He took many commissions for commercial purposes like bookplates
Category

Late 18th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Pencil

An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare by Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth)
Located in Middletown, NY
bookplate of T. Gaitsford, S.T.P. on the front pastedown. [Franks 11572] [Allibone p. 1341; Lowndes p. 1587
Category

Mid-18th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold Leaf

1778-84 Present State of Husbandry in Scotland
Located in Bath, GB
removal of an ownership bookplate. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd
Category

Late 18th Century European Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

1882 The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq.
By Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
copies of this edition printed for sale in Europe. Bookplate of Daniel Drew to the front paste downs
Category

1880s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

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Antique Bookplates For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique bookplates available for sale. The range of distinct antique bookplates — often made from paper, wood and glass — can elevate any home. Antique bookplates have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of antique bookplates to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Modern and Neoclassical antique bookplates are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made antique bookplates over the years, but those made by Anders Zorn and Pierre Bonnard are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Antique Bookplates?

Prices for antique bookplates start at $60 and top out at $4,000 with the average selling for $1,190.