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Ex Musicis Gianni Mantero - Original Etching by M. Fingesten - Early 1900
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
was famous particularly for his extraordinary production of Ex Libris (bookplates). After studying at
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Etching

Ex Libris et Musicis - Original Etching by M. Fingesten - Early 1900
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
Libris (bookplates). After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and in Monaco with Franz von
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Etching

Ex Libris et Musicis Mantero - Original Etching by M. Fingesten - Early 1900
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
extraordinary production of Ex Libris (bookplates). After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and in
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Etching

Ex Libris Mantero - Original Etching by M. Fingesten - Early 1900
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
production of Ex Libris (bookplates). After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and in Monaco
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Etching

Invitation to Your Excellency to the Exhibition of the last Artworks
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
production of Ex Libris (bookplates). After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, and in Monaco
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Etching

19th Century Heraldic Hand Coloured Italian Family Coat of Arms Bookplates
Located in York, GB
Fantastic huge collection of 19th century hand coloured bookplates of various family coats of arms
Category

19th Century Antique Bookplates

Materials

Black and White

Rare Reynolds After-War Atlas and Gazetteer of the World 1919
Located in Mississauga, CA
firmly attached. A period bookplate and the penned name of a previous owner appear on the front free
Category

Early 20th Century American Edwardian Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

"Songs of the Road, " Three Volume Boo
Located in Leeds, GB
. The front endpapers include a bookplate of The Attic Sale 2010 and also the bookplate of George Evelyn
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Bookplates

One Thousand and One Nights - The Jewelry Box
By Raphael Kirchner
Located in Minneapolis, MN
as a bookplate for a German translation of the One Thousand and One Nights stories. The 18 volume
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

Materials

Charcoal

One Thousand and One Nights - The Harem
By Raphael Kirchner
Located in Minneapolis, MN
alluring presentation. This is the original illustration; it was reproduced in heliogravure as a bookplate
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

Materials

Charcoal

One Thousand and One Nights - The Presentation
By Raphael Kirchner
Located in Minneapolis, MN
original illustration and it was reproduced in heliogravure as a bookplate for a German translation of the
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

Materials

Charcoal

One Thousand and One Nights - The Plot
By Raphael Kirchner
Located in Minneapolis, MN
illustration; it was reproduced in heliogravure as a bookplate for a German translation of the One Thousand and
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

Materials

Charcoal, Gouache

One Thousand and One Nights - The Surprise
By Raphael Kirchner
Located in Minneapolis, MN
a beauty. This is the original illustration; it was reproduced in heliogravure as a bookplate for a
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

Materials

Charcoal

The Storyteller
By Harrison Fisher
Located in Minneapolis, MN
home, office, art gallery or museum. The bookplate from the hardcover book is included in the sale
Category

Early 1900s American Realist Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

School of Jean-Antoine Watteau Fête Champêtre dans un Parc
Located in Vancouver, BC
. Canvas stretcher bears the bookplate of "Henry Lord Langdale M.R., Roehampton", Henry Bickersteth, 1st
Category

Early 1700s Rococo Antique Bookplates

Materials

Oil

6 hunting drawings - 19th century watercolours of horses and dogs by Henry Alken
By Henry Alken
Located in London, GB
titled in gilt lettering 'Countess of Beauchamp', with a gilt double border and Joel Spitz's bookplate
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique Bookplates

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Hexham Abbey Bible - 1629 King James Cambridge 1st Ed. BCP/NT w/ 115 Engravings
By Gerard de Jode
Located in Albany, OR
last known being Rev. Robert Clarke c.1840 (bookplate). The Bible was likely "shelved" in early 1662
Category

Early 17th Century Renaissance Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Laid Paper

Mr Pollitt s Bookplate
By Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Aubrey Beardsley (British, 1872-1898) "Mr. Pollitt's Bookplate", c. 1896, blockprint, initialed
Category

1890s Antique Bookplates

Materials

Lithograph

Bookplate Sketch Signed by Anders Zorn
By Anders Zorn
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm. This signed etched matted bookplate depicts a woman playing pool.
Category

Early 20th Century Swedish Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Bookplate Sketch Signed by Artist Anders Zorn
By Anders Zorn
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Signed by artist Anders Zorn, an etched matted bookplate.
Category

Early 20th Century Swedish Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Five Art Deco Maxfield Parrish Bookplates, Framed, C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Five Art Deco Maxfield Parrish Bookplates, Framed, C1920 Measures - 12"H x 9.5"W x .5"D
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Viennese secessionist bookplate Koloman Moser embossed print ca. 1900
By Koloman Moser
Located in Klosterneuburg, AT
Bookplate, Koloman Moser, embossed print with gold ink on linen, ca. 1900 Koloman Moser designed
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Bookplates

Materials

Gold

Impressive Collection of 12 Antique Framed and Hand Colored Bookplate Engravings
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A rare set of 14 French 19th century hand colored architectural bookplate engravings of various
Category

19th Century French Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE - 1843 - IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Internally fine, neat ownership signature to upper edge of half-title, no bookplate, overall a VERY GOOD
Category

1840s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Ireland and Her People Five Volumes by Thomas Fitzgerald Leather-Bound
Located in San Francisco, CA
Book Company, Chicago. Marbleized endpapers, bookplates.
Category

Early 20th Century Irish Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

Moliere s Works in Five Volumes in Blue Leather with Gilt Tooled Spine
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Bookplates.
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1870s Scottish Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

Fishing Book, "The Natural Trout Fly and Its Imitation"
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
colour, 163 pages in total. Inside the front cover there is a bookplate of Maurice Riesco. A bookplate
Category

1920s British Sporting Art Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Regency Library Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Regency Period low library table with rectangular four inch solid top covered in bookplate flame
Category

19th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Mahogany, Satinwood

Fishing Book "By Hook and By Crook" by Fraser Sandeman
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
bookplate. Frontispiece photograph of a Thames trout (9 ½ lbs) found in a skiff at Henley Regatta 1887, he
Category

1890s British Antique Bookplates

Memoirs of History of France During Reign of Napoleon
By Napoleon le Grand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Company London and Martin Bossange and Company, 1823. In English, second edition. Bookplates.
Category

Early 19th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Works of Voltaire, 22 Volumes, Arouet Ltd. Edition, Blue Leather Bindings
By Voltaire
Located in San Francisco, CA
which this is number 37, published N.Y. Dingwall-Rock, Ltd. 1927. In English. Bookplates of former owner
Category

Early 20th Century American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

Fine Full Calf Bindings, 20 Volumes, The Queens of England and Scotland
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Blackwood & Sons,1852-1859. Period bookplates.
Category

19th Century British Antique Bookplates

Wharton, Edith, The Custom Of The Country, First Edition - 1913
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
bookplate, internally clean and bright, A PARTICULARLY SHARP BRIGHT COPY.
Category

1910s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Wharton, Edith, Fighting France. First Edition - 1915 - A Bright Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
ownership markings gift inscriptions or bookplate, internally clean and bright, A PARTICULARLY SHARP BRIGHT
Category

1910s Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Golf Courses of the British Isles by Bernard Darwin
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
there is a bookplate of E. W. Swanton with his signature. E. W. Swanton (Ernest William) was an English
Category

1910s English Sporting Art Antique Bookplates

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Dish with the Coat of Arms of Skinner
Located in Downingtown, PA
arms are identical to three bookplates in the Franks collection.
Category

Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Bookplates

Materials

Porcelain

Life of Cardinal Wolsey in 4 Full Calf Bound Volumes by J. Grove London 1748
Located in San Francisco, CA
well-illustrated example of an 18th century historical biography. Small bookplate of former owner.
Category

Mid-18th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

A Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
arms are identical to three bookplates in the Franks collection.
Category

18th Century and Earlier Chinese George II Antique Bookplates

Materials

Porcelain

Albert J. BEVERIDGE. The Life Of John Marshall. 4 vols IN A FINE LEATHER BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, A
Category

1910s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

CHURCHILL, Winston S. Lord Randolph Churchill. (1906 - FIRST EDITION)
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
previous ownership markings, gilt inscriptions, or bookplate, hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, A
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Elegant Five Volumes Memoirs of Tallyrand Printed by the Grolier Society
Located in San Francisco, CA
condition, the spines with raised bands and gilt letters and tooling, the contents sound. Bookplates in each
Category

Early 20th Century English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Churchill, Winston Spencer, Lord Randolph Churchill, First Edition, 1906
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
. Condition: Hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, no previous ownership marking or bookplate, A VERY
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

California and Its Gold Regions by Fayette Robinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
with marbleized end papers. Contains a replaced map of the United States. Bookplate of former owner
Category

Mid-19th Century American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

Jules VERNE - The Chase Of The Golden Meteor - FIRST ENGLISH EDITION - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
bookplate, spine ever so slightly sunned, A VERY GOOD COPY.
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

John MORLEY. The Life Of William Ewart Gladstone - 3 vols. - IN A FINE BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, inner and outer
Category

Early 1900s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

CLOUGH - Plutarch s Lives. The Translation Called Dryden s. 5 vols. FINELY BOUND
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, A FINE SET.
Category

1870s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

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

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Woodcut

California Illustrated by J. M. Letts
Located in San Francisco, CA
spine, top edges gilt. This edition has 11 plates; (the first edition has 48). Bookplate of prior owner
Category

Mid-19th Century American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

A. A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh, First London Edition, 1928, in Original Cloth
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
loss, back corners still square, no previous ownership markings or bookplate, much better than average
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Letters And Other Writings Of James Madison. 4 VOLUMES - 1865 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
hinges fine, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, gift inscription, or bookplate
Category

1860s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

SMOLLETT, Tobias. The Works Of Tobias Smollett. (12 VOLUMES - 1899
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
. Gilt leather bookplate of W. A. Foyle - Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns. CONDITION: Inner and outer
Category

1890s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Winston Churchill s Copy of "India Under Ripon: A Private Diary" by Blunt, 1909
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Churchill. Winston Churchill and Randolph S. Churchill’s private copy, with respective bookplates. Blue
Category

Early 1900s English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

MILNE. Winnie The Pooh. FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING 1926 SIGNED BY SHEPHARD
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
clean and bright, minute ownership signature to upper edge of front blank endleaf, no bookplate, back
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

MILNE, A. A.. Now We Are Six. 1927 - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED BY MILNE SHEPHARD
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
foot of spine fine, engraved bookplate of John Needels Chester to front pastedown, overall VERY GOOD.
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Fabric

THIERS. History Of The Consulate The Empire Of France Under Napoleon. 1845
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
edges, engraved bookplate of Richard Fothergill (member of Parliament) to front pastedown. CONDITION
Category

1840s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

A. A. MILNE. The House At Pooh Corner. 1928 - FIRST EDITION - IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, no bookplate, ownership markings, or gift inscriptions
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh, First London Edition, First Printing, 1926
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
without loss, back corners still square, no previous ownership markings or bookplate, a much much better
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

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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.