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Sinbad the Sailor. ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND DULAC - IN A FINE ONLAY BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
dentelles, bookplate to front endpaper, all edges gilt, housed in a blue cloth open ended slipcase, by
Category

1910s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Complete Works Of Benjamin Franklin. LETTER-PRESS EDITION. 10 VOLUMES - 1887
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
previous ownership markings or gift inscription, bookplate to front pastedowns, overall A FINE SET
Category

1880s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

MILNE - When We Were Very Young - 1st ED - 1924 - SIGNED BY MILNE SHEPARD
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
bookplate, ownership markings, or gift inscriptions, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Barnabae Itenerarium, or Barnabee s Journal. 1820 - 2 vols - BOUND BY DE COVERLY
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Coverly & Sons, with the gilt leather bookplate of W. A. Foyle's Library, Beeleigh Abbey. CONDITION
Category

1820s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Johann GOETHE - Faust - LIMITED EDITION - SIGNED BY WILLY POGANY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
doublures and endpapers, gilt dentelles, bookplate to front endpaper, all edges gilt, housed in an red cloth
Category

Early 1900s English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

The Complete Works Of Benjamin Franklin. LETTER-PRESS EDITION. 10 VOLS. 1887
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, gift inscription, or bookplate, overall A FINE SET. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Includes "His private as
Category

1880s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

MILNE. Winnie The Pooh. 1926 - FIRST EDITION - FIRST PRINTING - WITH DUST JACKET
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
endleaf, no previous ownership bookplate, NEAR FINE, the DJ is VERY GOOD+, in a protective mylar jacket
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

FIRST APPEARANCE OF. A Visit from St. Nicholas - Twas the Night Before Christmas
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, leather bookplate of Estelle Doheny to front pastedown. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: First published
Category

1830s English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

MALORY / Rackham, The Romance Of King Arthur, SIGNED IN A FINE ONLAY BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
. CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, no previous ownership ,markings or bookplate, hinges fine, front
Category

1910s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Chinese Export Porcelain Armorial Dish- Morgan impaling Wharton Coat of Arms
Located in Downingtown, PA
bookplate in the Franks Collection (21087) with the name "James Morgan" in manuscript.. (Ref: VM98580-28C)
Category

1770s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Bookplates

Materials

Porcelain

FRAZER - The Golden Bough A Study in Magic Religion - 3rd ED REVISED - 13 vols
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Atkinson. CONDITION: Hinges fine, internally clean and bright, no previous ownership marking or bookplate
Category

1910s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

VARENNES. Les Hommes. 1712 - 1st ED - WITH THE GILT ARMS OF LOUIS XIV s DAUGHTER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, Leather bookplate of Cortland Bishop to the front endleaf. CONDITION: Front hinge starting but firm, head
Category

1710s French Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Charles DICKENS. Memoirs of Grimaldi. 1838 - FIRST EDITION - EXTRA ILLUSTRATED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, inner and outer
Category

1830s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Stevenson - Child s Garden of Verses - 1st Ed - Inscribed by Stevenson s Mother
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
kind wish from M. I. Stevenson, May 1885.", with the leather bookplate of "Doris Louise Benz" to the
Category

1880s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

A. A. MILNE - When We Were Very Young - SIGNED - 1924 - FIRST EDITION !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, no previous ownership markings, bookplate, or
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavelli - SECOND EDITION - 1695
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, engraved heraldic bookplate of Albert R. Graves to front pastedown, internally clean and bright, A FRESH
Category

1690s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Caricature Of George Bernard Shaw
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
commissions for bookplates, stationery and greeting cards. In 1919 he produced the designs for Nigel
Category

Early 1900s Antique Bookplates

Materials

Linocut

"Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter" Signed by Theodore Roosevelt, 1905
By Theodore Roosevelt
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
". Provenance: Charles Henry Deere (inscription to front free endpaper; bookplate to front pastedown). Deere
Category

Early 1900s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

William Timlin. The Ship That Sailed to Mars. 1st Ed of the Author s Only Book
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, no previous ownership markings or bookplates, a very good copy. Additional Information: William
Category

1920s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Dickens, Charles, a Christmas Carol, Third Edition, 1843, in Original Cloth
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
sunning to edges of covers, no previous ownership markings or bookplate, head and foot of spine with the
Category

1840s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Antique Chinese Armorial Reticulated Plate Porcelain Qianlong China 18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
bookplate in the Franks Collection (23390) c.1785 has exactly this coat and crest, but no impalement
Category

18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Bookplates

Materials

Porcelain

Book of Common Prayer / Hymnal, 2 Vols., Elaboratly Leather Bound by Grabau
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
markers, by Grabau. Condition: Blindstamp to title pages, bookplate of Charles Cobb Walker to front
Category

Early 1900s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

DICKENS, Charles (Arthur Rackham). A Christmas Carol. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, slight bowing to covers, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, overall a VERY GOOD
Category

1910s Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

DICKENS, Charles (Arthur Rackham). A Christmas Carol. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, inscriptions, or bookplate, overall a VERY GOOD+ copy often when found in shabby condition. ADDITIONAL
Category

1910s Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

1901-03 The Novels of Jane Austen
Located in Bath, GB
. Bookplate of Henry C. Haldane to the front paste downs. In a half calf binding with cloth to the boards
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

DICKENS, Charles (Arthur Rackham). A Christmas Carol. LIMITED SIGNED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
silk ties have been replaced, engraved bookplate to front blank endleaf, overall a VERY GOOD+ copy
Category

Early 1900s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Charles DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. 1843 - FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE - IN CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, internally clean and right, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions or bookplate, overall a VERY GOOD
Category

1840s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. (1855 - THIRTEENTH EDITION)
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
sharp, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, A FINE BRIGHT COPY. Housed in a
Category

1850s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Sir Dudly Digges, the Compleat Ambassador, First Edition, 1655
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
to front blank endleaf of Thomas Foley dated 1660, with his engraved bookplate to the verso of the
Category

1650s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

John DONNE. Letters to Severall Persons of Honour. 1st ED FIRST ISSUE - 1651
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, largely clean and bright throughout. PROVENANCE: Engraved piscatorial bookplate to front pastedown of
Category

1650s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

Mary SHELLEY. Frankenstein. 1831 THE THIRD EDITION AND FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
lettered maroon morocco spine label, plain pastedowns, endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown. CONDITION
Category

1830s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. 1843 - FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE - IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
and gift inscription to recto of frontis, no previous ownership bookplate, internally clean and bright
Category

1840s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

Mark Twain CLEMENS , Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, HIS COPY, 1896
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
vol., illustrated, original gilt stamped red cloth, bookplate to front pastedown "From The Library of
Category

1890s Antique Bookplates

Materials

Fabric

"Roughing It" by Mark Twain, Later Printing, 1874
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the spine. Gilt top pages. Bookplate on the paste down end paper, “Redmond Conyngham. No. 27.” 592 pp
Category

1870s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

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

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

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris "MF" - 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

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

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Woodcut

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

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Woodcut

Ex Libris - Mantero - Original Etching by M. Fingesten - 1930s
By Michel Fingesten
Located in Roma, IT
". Good conditions Includes passepartout : 49 x 34 cm Ex Libris is a Latin phrase meaning a bookplate
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Etching

Cruikshank s Water Colours - DE-LUXE-ED - IN A LAVISH MORRELL PICTORIAL BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Chaloner Borden, 1842-1912 (bookplate) – American Art Association, 17 Feb 1913, lot 172 - Christie’s East
Category

Early 1900s British Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather

"Surf Glow, " Frederick Judd Waugh, Seascape, Waves on a Sunny Day, Impressionism
By Frederick Judd Waugh
Located in New York, NY
bookplate designer, a designer of silver and copper objects, and a camouflage artist during World War I. He
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Bookplates

Materials

Oil, Board

Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, Illustrated, 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
to spine. Marbled endpapers. Past owner’s bookplate. Some sunning to the spine. New archival cloth
Category

1920s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Christmas with the Poets, Edited by Henry Vizetelly, Third Edition, Illustrated
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
front boards and spine, gilt titles, and raised bands to the spine. Previous owner’s bookplate. The
Category

1850s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

"Life of George Washington" by M. L. Weems, in Period Binding, 1832
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. 6 plates. Previous owner mounted his bookplate to the front pastedown and included 2 relevant
Category

1830s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Set of 9 Framed Art Water Bird Set of Prints 1900s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Set of 9 professionally framed bird prints. The framing is of recent date and the bookplate prints
Category

Early 20th Century American Romantic Antique Bookplates

Materials

Metal, Wire

The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton, Two Volume Set, 1902
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
toning. Numerous etched plates by William Strang and D.Y. Cameron. Past owner’s bookplate. Coigney 215-16
Category

Early 1900s English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Paper

Cinderella, C.S. Evans, Signed by Arthur Rackham, Limited Edition de Luxe, 1919
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, with no marks, save original owner's bookplate on front paste-down end-paper. Illustrated with
Category

1910s Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution by Benson J. Lossing, Two Volumes, 18
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. Kellogg” bookplate pasted on front brown free end paper. Both front fly-leaves inscribed in ink, now
Category

1860s American Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Winnie The Pooh by A. A. Milne, First Edition, 1926 with A. A. Milne Signature
By A.A. Milne
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
blank endleaf, no bookplate. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard throughout. Original illustrated map endpapers
Category

1920s English Antique Bookplates

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Paper

"Figure Study" Rockwell Kent, American Modernism, Work on Paper
By Rockwell Kent
Located in New York, NY
advertisements, bookplates, and Christmas cards. Kent’s satirical drawings, created under the pseudonym “Hogarth
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper, Ink

3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
By Todros Geller
Located in Surfside, FL
commissioned for stained glass windows, bookplates, community centers and Yiddish and English books. He was
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Portrait Painting Oil on Canvas by Joseph Badger
Located in Rome, IT
and painted furniture; engraved maps, music, bookplates, and clock faces; and cut gravestones
Category

18th Century Academic Antique Bookplates

Materials

Oil

Bookplates: St. Helena. St. Angela.
By Eric Gill
Located in Plano, TX
Bookplate. St. Helena. Wood engraving. Physick 204. 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 (sheet 13 1/8 x 9 7/8).Bookplate
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Antique Bookplates

Materials

Engraving, Woodcut

The Story of Alaska Lithograph Bookplate by Dewitt C.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Story of Alaska Lithograph Bookplate by Dewitt C.1940 Beautifully framed bookplate of
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Bookplates

Materials

Lithograph

Beautiful Pair of Antique Silver Framed Green Matted Bookplate Etchings
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Pair of lemon silver framed and hunter green matted French architectural hand-colored bookplate
Category

19th Century German Antique Bookplates

Materials

Paper

Bookplate etchings of the Farnese Hercules and Michelangelo s David, set of two
Located in Vista, CA
Etchings, ca. 19th Century. Book plates.
Category

Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Bookplates

Materials

Glass, Paper, Wood

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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.