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Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
cigarette boxes, book pages and instruction manuals that represent his moods inspired by Shona culture
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
. Isheanesu Dondo’s work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and instruction
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
back. Isheanesu Dondo’s work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
. Isheanesu Dondo’s work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and instruction
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and instruction
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and instruction
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Cuervo Y Sobrinos “Prominent” Stainless Steel Automatic Wristwatch
Located in Bradford, Ontario
Cuervo Y Sobrinos “Prominent” Stainless Steel Automatic Wristwatch with Humidor Box, Book and
Category

1880s Swiss Used Book Boxes

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and instruction
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and instruction
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

14 Karat White Gold Strawberry Quartz and Topaz Ring
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
size. You will receive your ring in a pink box, a book (for jewelry care), a brand certificate
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Used Book Boxes

Materials

Quartz, Topaz, 14k Gold, White Gold

Isheanesu Dondo (Mood drawing with a black marker on a cigarette pack)
By Isheanesu Dondo
Located in Amsterdam, NL
work is marked by small scale pencil drawings on unfolded cigarette boxes, book pages and instruction
Category

2010s Contemporary Used Book Boxes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Colorless Diamond and Multi-Color Fancy Color Diamonds 14 Karat White Gold Ring
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
, Aqua Blue Clarity: SI Total Carat Weight: 0.49 ct You will receive your ring in a pink box, a book
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Used Book Boxes

Materials

Diamond, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold

Chanel Purple Large 2.55 Classic Lambskin Double Flap Handbag GH
By Hermès
Located in New York City, NY
condition, and comes with care book, dustbag, and box. Serial #: 6517329 Payment for any item
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Used Book Boxes

A tiger resting amongst rocks
By Arthur Wardle
Located in London, GB
commercial work – book illustration, postcards and chocolate box lids; whilst his WWI recruitment poster
Category

20th Century Used Book Boxes

Materials

Chalk, Paper

Who Chicago? / I have been waiting! Jim Nutt Print
Located in Chicago, IL
, with custom book box, and special limited edition print "I have been waiting!" by Jim Nutt. Edition of
Category

1980s Used Book Boxes

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph

Charming Book Box
Located in New York, NY
A Danish mahogany, ebonized and fruitwood book box, circa 1900.
Category

Early 1900s Danish Used Book Boxes

Leather Faux Book Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Leather faux book box, large with nice interior.
Category

20th Century French Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

Large Leather Faux Book Box
Located in Napa, CA
A large faux book box, nearly a hundred years old. A perfect way to hide secret treasures and
Category

Early 20th Century Belgian Used Book Boxes

Materials

Metal

19th c. Leather Bound Book/Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th c. Leather Bound Book/Box
Category

18th Century and Earlier French Used Book Boxes

Materials

Silver

Book box
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish stone lidded box in the form of stacked books, Early 19th Century.
Category

19th Century Swedish Used Book Boxes

Materials

Stone, Marble

Vintage 19th Century, Italian Book Boxes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of four vintage 19th century, Italian faux book boxes that open at the cover for ample storage
Category

19th Century Italian Used Book Boxes

An Early 20th Century Faux Book Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An Early 20th Faux Book Box Made from Antique Books with Later Hinge Top Opening to Reveal Interior
Category

Early 20th Century French Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather, Paper

Vintage 19th Century Italian Book Boxes
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tara Shaw Antiques - Set of four vintage to 19th century Italian faux book boxes that open at the
Category

19th Century Italian Used Book Boxes

Antique Carved Walnut Book Box, Circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique book box offers carved walnut construction in the form of a book with carved scroll
Category

Early 20th Century Used Book Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Set of 6 Vintage Leather Bound Book Boxes
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
2 sets of 3 vintage leather-backed book boxes This set consists of two sets of 3 book boxes. One
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Chesterfield Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

Satinwood and Rosewood Book Box with Hidden Compartments
Located in Nantucket, MA
An early 1900s rosewood and satinwood book box with lock and key and intricate interior
Category

Early 20th Century English Used Book Boxes

Materials

Rosewood, Satinwood

Vintage Italian 19C Book Box, Faux Set of Seven
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tara Shaw Antiques - Large vintage to 19th century Italian faux book box with top that lifts open
Category

19th Century Italian Used Book Boxes

Materials

Wood

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 Used Book Boxes

Late 19th Century Small Faux Book Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Small faux book box of well painted tole to look like the leather with the tooling work of a fine
Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Used Book Boxes

Materials

Metal

Maitland Smith Painted Leather False Book Box the Planet Earth and Universe Set
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Maitland Smith painted leather false book box the planet earth and universe set Hand painted
Category

Late 20th Century Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

English Folk Art Book Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A bit of English whimsy rendered in oak: this 20th-century box takes the form of a book, complete
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Used Book Boxes

Materials

Oak

Maitland Smith Tooled Leather Triple Faux False Keepsake Book Box Short Stories
By Maitland Smith
Located in Dayton, OH
Large tooled leather triple book box by Maitland Smith, late 20th century. Features volumes I, II
Category

Late 20th Century Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

Leather Book Box with Iron Base
Located in New Orleans, LA
Beautiful leather book box with iron base. Perfect for your library or den!
Category

20th Century Used Book Boxes

Late 19th/Early 20th Collection of Four French Leather Board Faux Book Boxes
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of four late 19th and early 20th leather, board faux book boxes. French in origins
Category

Late 19th Century French Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather, Pine, Paper

Three Brown Book Boxes from England Circa 1900
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three brown leather book boxes from England circa 1900.
Category

20th Century English Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Blum s Vogue Leather-Bound Book Box Tantalus
Located in Astoria, NY
Blum's Vogue Leather-Bound Book Box Tantalus, interior compartment marked "Made in France / For
Category

20th Century French Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather, Glass, Paper

1950s French Cordial Set in a Book Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s French cordial set in a wood box shaped as a stack of books.
Category

1950s Used Book Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Book Box on Stand, England, 19th Century
Located in Norwalk, CT
" are a series titled "Les Mystères au Paris". Inside the box is a small tray and additional lidded
Category

1890s English Late Victorian Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

French Leather circa 1920 Book Box as a Lamp
Located in Southampton, NY
French Leather Book Box Lamp circa 1920
Category

English Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

20th Century Italian Faux Painted Book Box Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th century Italian faux painted book box stand. Very detailed hand-painted surface with gilt
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Other Used Book Boxes

Materials

Metal, Steel

19th Century French Leather Book Box as a Lamp
Located in Southampton, NY
19th Century French Leather Book Box as a Lamp
Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Used Book Boxes

19th Century English Faux Book Box Table
Located in London, GB
19th century English faux book box table An honest leather four volume faux book box on painted
Category

1850s British Early Victorian Used Book Boxes

Materials

Pine

Paint-decorated, Book-box Style, Folding Backgammon Board
Located in York County, PA
PAINT-DECORATED, BOOK-BOX STYLE, FOLDING BACKGAMMON BOARD IN RED, WHITE, AND BLACK, ca 1885
Category

19th Century Used Book Boxes

Paint-decorated, Book-box Style, Folding Backgammon Board
Located in York County, PA
PAINT-DECORATED, BOOK-BOX STYLE, FOLDING BACKGAMMON BOARD, MUSTARD, PERSIMMON RED, & BLACK WITH
Category

19th Century American Used Book Boxes

An Early 20th Century Faux Book Box with Interior Bar Set
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An Early 20th Century Faux Book Box Opening to Reveal Interior Liquor Carafe and Glasses
Category

Early 20th Century French Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather, Paper, Glass

Original Antique English Leather Faux Book Box on Stand
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Breathtaking antique English leather faux book box on stand. This wonderful box retains it's
Category

19th Century English Used Book Boxes

Materials

Mahogany, Leather

Elegant Antique Leather Wrap Italian Book Box by Atnica Arte Medici
Located in San Diego, CA
Elegant beautiful patinated leather wrap box circa 1970's we don't have the key as found by Arte
Category

20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Bronze Book Box Signed Max Le Verrier
By Max Le Verrier
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This early 20th century French bronze box in the shape of a book features a hinged lid detailed
Category

Early 20th Century French Art Deco Used Book Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Faux Book Box, English, Leather Bound Folio, Sleeve, Secret Safe, C.1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage faux book box. An English, leather-bound folio storage sleeve or secret safe
Category

Mid-20th Century European Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

Four Late 19th to 20th C Zoology Entomology Faux Book Box Specimens Taxidermy
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fantastic collection of four book boxes, containing pinned insect specimens. The book boxes are
Category

Late 19th Century English Used Book Boxes

Materials

Natural Fiber, Pine, Paper

George III Folk Art Treen Secret Book Box Initials J S Country House Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful treen secret book box, with hand carved decoration to the edging and elaborate initials
Category

Late 18th Century English Used Book Boxes

Materials

Softwood

10 Rosewood Book Boxes by Axel Kjaersgaard
Located in London, GB
Flexible Rio Rosewood boxes with Ebony corners made by Axel Kjaersgaard. Each box can be
Category

20th Century Danish Used Book Boxes

Materials

Ebony

OLYMPIA LE TAN Why Worry blue fabric embroidery gold mini book box clutch bag
Located in Hong Kong, NT
OLYMPIA LE TAN Why Worry blue fabric embroidery gold mini book box clutch bag Reference: AAWC
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Used Book Boxes

18th Century French Leather Keepsake, Secret Hiding Book Box
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful secret book. Existing book that after being printed directly has been transformed in a
Category

18th Century French Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

2 Vintage Faux False Leather Book Keepsake Boxes History of England Vol 1 2
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of large Faux book boxes. Made from leather with gold detail. Marked History of England Volume
Category

Late 20th Century Used Book Boxes

Materials

Leather

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Used Book Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of used book boxes available for sale. Each of these unique used book boxes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, animal skin and leather. There are all kinds of used book boxes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of used book boxes to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian, Modern and Georgian used book boxes are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made used book boxes over the years, but those made by Maitland Smith, Miguel Berrocal and Carl Otto Czeschka are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Used Book Boxes?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $962, while they’re typically $80 on the low end and $41,880 highest priced.
Questions About Used Book Boxes
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A book box is a small box that plays a trick on the eye. On the outside, it is painted to look like a book, but on the inside is a carved out interior, meant to store your trinkets and wares. On 1stDibs, find a collection of book boxes from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A book press was used to bind books with pressure. When a book is placed in the center of the press, the platen is lowered to firmly press the book to hold its shape. Today, book presses are a popular home decor choice for collectors and avid book readers alike. Shop a selection of vintage book presses on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A snuff box is a small, decorated box used to store snuff ( scented, powdered tobacco). Snuff boxes come in two sizes: small pocket boxes and larger communal boxes for use at the table. Pocket boxes are often designed to retain a little amount of snuff for immediate use and are designed to hold a day or two's worth of snuff. On 1stDibs, shop a range of antique and vintage snuff boxes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A vinaigrette box was an ornate box with a decorative interior grille, and was used to house a sponge soaked in aromatic vinegars. You can shop a collection of vinaigrette boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    An octagon box was a small ornamental box designed to hold trinkets and jewelry. It’s primary use is storage and functionality. You’ll find a variety of antique and contemporary octagon boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    You can use a wide range of items as a keepsake box. Decorative boxes made of wood, metal, bone, brass and other materials can all hold keepsakes. The size of what you wish to store will help to determine which box is right for your needs. If you plan to stow delicate items inside, consider a box with velvet or satin lining. You'll find a variety of keepsake boxes on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A patch box is a small decorative storage container made out of wood, porcelain, metal or another material. When first made during the 18th century, patch boxes held beauty patches used to cover acne breakouts and other skin imperfections. Today, people use them as small keepsake boxes and decorative objects. On 1stDibs, shop a range of patch boxes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Hat boxes rose to prominence in the 1800s, and they continue to be used today for storing and transporting important headwear. Shop a large collection of vintage and contemporary hat boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    Yes, although whether or not a cigar box can be used as a humidor depends on its design. Only cigar boxes that seal well and are crafted entirely out of wood and lined with cedar should be used as humidors. You will also need to add a humidification device to the box to preserve the freshness of your cigars. On 1stDibs, find a collection of humidors.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A dough box table, also known as a bread table, was designed for making bread. The dough is placed in the wooden box to allow it to rise, then when the dough is ready to be kneaded, it can be finished on the flat top. Shop a collection of vintage dough box tables on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Cartier typically uses red boxes. Older pieces came in dark burgundy boxes with gold trim and lettering. Today, Cartier boxes are a brighter deep red color, but still show the brand name in gold foil. Shop a variety of Cartier jewelry and watches on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 1, 2023
    Omega started using wooden boxes in 1999. Originally, only the luxury watchmaker's Co-Axial timepieces came in the packaging. In 2015, Omega began presenting Seamaster and Aqua Terra Series watches in wood boxes as well. Shop a large collection of Omega watches on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023
    Louis Vuitton stopped using brown boxes in 2016. At that time, the brand began packaging handbags and accessories in saffron yellow boxes with cobalt blue ribbons and handles. Shop a collection of Louis Vuitton from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.