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Rare Wedgwood Mounted Book Slide
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Coromander Book Slide Made By Charles Asprey #166 Bond Street LONDON Hand Engrave
Category
Antique 19th Century English Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century English Oak Book Slide
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely 19th century English oak book slide from circa 1880.
Two carved acanthus
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English High Victorian Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Oak
Antique Victorian Betjemann
s Self Closing Coromandel Book Slide
Located in Norwood, NJ
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel self closing adjustable book slide, circa 1860
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Bookends
Materials
Bronze
Victorian Coromandel Wood and Brass Book Slide
By George Bentjemann
Located in New York, NY
BOOK SLIDE 4620". Can expand to 24" in length.
Category
Antique 1840s Great Britain (UK) William IV More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Edwardian Book Slides Set of Three
Located in Hudson, NY
A set of three incredibly beautiful and well patented tabletop book slides. These are well carved
Category
Antique 1890s Unknown Edwardian Books
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
$2,200 / set
Book Slide, English Rosewood Brass, Bookends, Betjemann, Victorian, circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book slide. English, rosewood and brass bookends. Betjemann's patented book rack
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Owl Motif Book Slide
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Nouveau c.1895 owl motif book slide, solid cast brass ends. Marked 9776 on rods. English
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Art Nouveau More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Betjemann
s Coromandel
Wedgewood Book Slide, 19th Century
By Betjemanns
Sons
Located in London, GB
No 3764.
The sides bear the following engraving:
SELF CLOSING BOOK SLIDE/ No 3764
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Bookends
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
19th Century Victorian Ormolu Book Slide Asprey
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful 19th century Victorian Gothic Revival ormolu self closing book slide with
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Ormolu
Antique Victorian Betjemann
s Coromandel Book Slide, 19th Century
By Betjemanns
Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel adjustable book slide, circa 1860 in date.
It
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Antique Executive Desk Book Slide, English, Walnut Extending Bookrest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique executive desk book slide. An English, walnut and burr extending bookrest
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Desk Sets
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Victorian Coromandel Brass Book Slide
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Victorian brass mounted coromandel extendable book slide in Gothic
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Betjemann
s Porcelain Coromandel Book Slide, 19th Century
By Betjemanns
Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a high quality antique Victorian coromandel porcelain inset adjustable book slide, by
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Betjemann
s Pietra Dura Coromandel Book Slide 19th C
By Betjemanns
Sons
Located in London, GB
This is a high quality antique Victorian Coromandel Pietra Dura adjustable book slide, by
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Mahogany Brass Book Slide, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Victorian brass-mounted mahogany book slide, circa 1880, which can
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Bookends
Materials
Brass
Metamorphic Sorrento Ware Olivewood Book Slide
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality piece of Sorrento ware.
Pierced fretwork book ends. Three inlaid panels of a rural
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Edwardian Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Olive
Irish Carved Bog Oak Book Slide Harp Shamrock Cornelius Goggin Dublin Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An extremely rare Irish hand carved bog oak book slide of good size proportions, mid-19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Books
Materials
Bog Wood
Irish Carved Bog Oak Book Slide Case Harp Shamrock Welsh Feathers Dublin Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An extremely rare irish hand carved bog oak and arbutus wood book slide of good size proportions
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Books
Materials
Bog Wood
Antique Keystone View Stereoscope Library Book Slides Images World War
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Keystone View Co Sterographic Library index photo cards / slides and Stereoscope. Features
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Plastic
Antique Victorian Mahogany Inlaid Book Slide Bookcase Holder Nineteenth Century
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Extremely well-constructed English Victorian Bookslide of good size proportions, mid Nineteenth Century, of outstanding quality and condition. The adjustable base raised on a plai...
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Victorian Books
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Irish Killarney Lakes Killarneyware Arbutus Wood Desk Book Slide Holder
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Extremely Rare Irish Inlaid Killarneyware Arbutus Wood Desk Book Holder, mid to late Nineteenth
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Irish Victorian Desk Sets
Materials
Mahogany
Ebonised Display Cabinet, England, circa 1920
Located in Culver City, CA
two pull out book slides.
Category
Vintage 1920s English Cabinets
Materials
Wood
20th Century Chinoiserie Secretary Bookcase
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
a selection of drawers, pigeon holes and book slides, above the fall are candles slides, when the
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Carved Bookslide, Continental, Fruitwood, Extending Book Rest, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Distinctive appearance to this charming book slide
Displays a desirable aged
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Bookends
Materials
Fruitwood
Early 20th century French Sarreguemines Elephant Barbotine Pitcher, 1900s
By Sarreguemines
Located in LEGNY, FR
. Dating from 1900. It is referenced in Maryse Bottero's book "sliding pitchers".
There is a hollow mark
Category
Early 20th Century French Pitchers
Materials
Ceramic
Regency Style Bookcase Cabinet with Glazed Upper Case
Located in San Francisco, CA
book slide, the base with two raised panel cupboard doors concealing shelves, supported on ogee bracket
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Important Italian Neopolitan Neogothic Carved Walnut Libreria
Located in Atlanta, GA
doors, the top doors housing glass, all with working locks, with four book slides at the midsection
Category
Antique 19th Century Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
Large Napoleon III Ebonized Partners’ Desk, circa 1860
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
stringing and a matching book slide at either end, each side with one long and two short drawers above two
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ebony
French 19th Century Walnut Three Door Bibliotheque
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
each column. Below the glass doors are three book slides, creating a flat surface for a book or to
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
Antique Victorian Coromandel Writing Personal Book Holder, 19th C
Located in London, GB
, and the International Exposition of 1867 in Paris. They took the art of cabinet, box and book slide
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Wood
French Faux Book Cabinet with Tambour Slide
Located in Milford, NH
Marble-top French book cabinet circa 1900-1910 with book bindings encased in glass in upper door
Category
Early 20th Century French Cabinets
Materials
Marble
Georgian Style Dutch Mahogany Cabinet with Sliding Faux Book Safe
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 20th century Georgian style English or Dutch mahogany cabinet with sliding faux book safe
Category
20th Century Dutch Georgian Bookcases
Materials
Bronze
Antique Gothic Revival Novel Slide, Scottish Oak, Extending Book Rest, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Gothic revival novel slide. A Scottish, oak and silvered brass extending book
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Bookends
Materials
Oak
Mid-Century Modern Bookcase Magazine Book Rack Sliding Tambour Doors Library
Located in West Hartford, CT
Large mid century modern oak magazine rack with sliding tambour door that moves north to south
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Oak
Antique Brass Wood and Malachite Telescoping Book Rack Slide Holder, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Victorian brass-mounted Coromandel wood sliding book rack with inset malachite plaques
Category
Antique 1860s English Victorian Bookends
Materials
Malachite, Brass
George I Period Book-Matched Walnut Chest of Four Drawers with Brushing Slide
Located in Middleburg, VA
Fine quality George I period walnut chest of drawers. Made of highly figured book-matched walnut
Category
Antique 18th Century English George I Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Irish Carved Bog Oakwood Walking Stick Cane Shamrock Killarney Dublin Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
such as small furniture, writing slopes book slides and ladies jewellery, always with distinctive hand
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bog Wood
Irish Carved Bog Oakwood Walking Stick Cane Shamrock Killarney Dublin Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
later many decorative items such as small furniture, Writing Slopes Book Slides and Ladies Jewellery
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bog Wood
Antique Vintage Irish Bog Oak Wooden Walking Cane Swagger Stick Sterling Silver
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Nineteenth Century and later many decorative items such as small furniture, Writing Slopes, Book Slides and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Irish Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Hardwood, Ebony
Irish Carved Bog Oakwood Walking Stick Cane Shamrock Killarney Dublin Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
decorative items such as small furniture, Writing Slopes Book Slides and Ladies Jewellery, always with
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bog Wood
Antique Art Deco Sterling Silver Mounted Malachite Casket 1925s
Located in London, GB
cabinet, box and book slide making to new heights. They specialised in designs for operating the way that
Category
Vintage 1920s Desk Sets
Materials
Silver
Antique English Victorian Betjemans Oak
Brass Tantalus
Humidor 19th Century
By Betjemanns
Sons
Located in London, GB
Pentonville Road, London, George Betjemann amd his two sons took the art of cabinet, box and book slide making
Category
Antique 1890s English Victorian Glass
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Antique Vintage Irish Bog Oak Wooden Walking Cane Swagger Stick Harp Shamrocks
Located in Dublin, Ireland
furniture, Writing Slopes, Book Slides and Ladies Jewellery were produced, always with distinctive hand
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Irish Victorian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Hardwood, Ebony
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Three Bottle Tantalus Betjemann, circa 1870
Located in London, GB
book slide making to new heights. They specialised in designs for operating the way that different
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Book Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Book Cabinet w/ Sliding Doors
Category
Vintage 1940s Bookcases
Materials
Walnut
$8,000
Swedish rootwood book box
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish rootwood box in the form of a book, with a sliding dovetail opening top.
Category
20th Century Swedish Boxes
Danish Teak Sideboard with Sliding Doors
By Dyrlund
Located in Oakland, CA
Danish teak cabinet by Dyrulnd, Denmark. Cabinet crafted of teak with book-matched sliding doors
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Credenzas
Materials
Teak
Irish Carved Bog Wood Oak Bookcase Harp Shamrock Cornelius Goggin Dublin Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An extremely rare Irish hand carved bog oak book slide of good size proportions, mid-19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Books
Materials
Bog Wood
Irish Carved Bog Wood Oak Bookcase Harp Shamrock Cornelius Goggin Dublin Ireland
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An extremely rare Irish hand carved Bog oak book slide of good size proportions, mid Nineteenth
Category
Antique 19th Century Irish Books
Materials
Bog Wood
Antique Betjemann’s Coromandel Crystal Decanter Tantalus Hallmarked 20th Century
By George Betjeman
Sons
Located in London, GB
took the art of cabinet, box and book slide making to new heights. They specialised in designs for
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Crystal Serveware
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Antique Betjemann’s Oak Three Cut Crystal Decanter Tantalus 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Exposition of 1867 in Paris. They took the art of cabinet, box and book slide making to new heights. They
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Quality Antique Victorian Walnut
Brass Mounted Sliding Bookends
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian walnut & brass mounted sliding bookends, having quality sliding walnut
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Victorian Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Danish Teak Credenza with Sliding Doors and Drawers
Located in Oakland, CA
Mid-century Teak credenza designed by Omann Jun with three sliding doors with book-matched grain
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Credenzas
Materials
Teak
19th Century Coromandel Writing Slope by Betjemann
Sons
By George Betjemann
Sons
Located in London, GB
took the art of cabinet, box and book slide making to new heights. They specialised in designs for
Category
Antique 1870s English Victorian More Desk Accessories
Materials
Brass
19th Century book shaped inlaid olive box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
currently has no key, but it does have a feature where the bottom of the box slides back and the middle book
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Olive
Antique Lady
s Vanity Case Howell James
Co 1878
Located in London, GB
, George Betjemann amd his two sons took the art of cabinet, box and book slide making to new heights. They
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English More Furniture and Collectibles
Pair of Very Large Open Bookcases with Twin Book Sorting Slip Shelves Must See
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of large, open bookcases with book shorting
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Bookcases
Materials
Birch
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Book Slide For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal book slide for your home. Each book slide for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and brass. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer book slide, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each book slide bearing Victorian or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one book slide that is appealing in its simplicity, but Betjemanns
Sons, Aldo Tura and George Bentjemann produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Book Slide?
Prices for a book slide can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $319 and can go as high as $5,800, while the average can fetch as much as $1,111.
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