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Period: 1890s
Antique Royal Book, Sixty Years a Queen, History Reference, Hardcover, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Sixty Years a Queen by Sir Herbert Maxwell Bart, published in 1897 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. This richly detailed royal record chron...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
KIPLING. Jungle Book. Second Jungle Book. JUNGLE BOOK SIGNED WITH A 4 LINE QUOTE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: The Jungle Book - The Second Jungle Book.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1896 / 1895.
DESCRIPTION: THE JUNGLE BOOK SIGNED WITH A 4 LINE...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Victorian Daily Prayer Book in Hebrew "Tephilath of Israel" w/ Carved Bone Cover
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique prayer book in Hebrew ("Tephilath Israel" meaning "Prayer of Israel") published in Vienna in 1894 by Jos. Schlesinger. The book is made with a binding of celluloid over cloth...
Category
Austrian Late Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Brass
$438 Sale Price
35% Off
Herman MELVILLE. Moby Dick. 1892 - SECOND EDITION - BOUND BY JAMIE KAMPH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MELVILLE, Herman.
TITLE: Moby-Dick.
PUBLISHER: New York: United States Book Company, 1892.
DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION. 1 vol., 7-1/2" x 5-3/8", 545pp., complete with the...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Rama: Poeme Dramatique en Trois Actes (Illustrated by Alphonse Mucha)
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this three-act dramatic poem by French poet, novelist, journalist, and editor Paul Vérola (1853-1934). Decorated with five full-page color lithographs by Alphonse M...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
La Plume, Special Issue Devoted to Alphonse Mucha
Located in New York, NY
Re-bound set of six consecutive issues of the renowned French magazine La Plume devoted to the work of Art Nouveau artist and graphic designer Alphonse Mucha. Founded in 1889 by Leon...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt, First Edition, in Original Boards, 1899
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Theodore, The Rough Riders. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Octavo. First Edition. Illustrated with plates throughout. Presented in original olive green cloth boa...
Category
American Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Oscar Wilde, the Sphinx, First Edition, 1894, Illustrated by Charles Rickets
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WILDE, Oscar.
TITLE: The Sphinx.
PUBLISHER: London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane at The Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 7",...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Works Of Edgar Allen Poe. 4 vols. 1899 - STANDARD EDITION IN A FINE CALF BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POE, Edgar Allan.
TITLE: The Works Of Edgar Allen Poe.
PUBLISHER: London: A. & C. Black, 1899.
DESCRIPTION: STANDARD EDITION. 4 vols., 7-1/2" x 5-1/4", engraved frontis p...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Kitton, Frederic G.-Dickens and His Illustrators-in a Fine Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Kitton, Frederic G.
Title: Dickens and His Illustrators.
Publisher: London: George Redway, 1899.
Description: Second edition. 1 vol., small folio, 11-3/8" x 9-3/8", ...
Category
Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Richard BURTON. The Book Of The Thousand Nights. 12 vols. 1897 IN A FINE BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BURTON, Richard.
TITLE: The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night.
PUBLISHER: London: H. S. Nichols, Ltd., 1897.
DESCRIPTION: 12 vols., 1...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by William Milligan Sloan, in Four Volumes, 1896
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sloane, William Milligan. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century Co, 1896. Four volume quarto set. Handsomely bound in half red Moroccan leather and cloth boards, spines r...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Poetry Book, Barrack Room Ballads, Rudyard Kipling, Literary Classic
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling, a highly regarded bound and illustrated song and poetry collection, dating to 1898. Retaining its intact, original...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
c1895-9 La Comédie Humaine
Located in Bath, GB
The complete magnum opus of French novelist Honoré de Balzac 'La Comedie Humaine' in beautiful uniform Riverside Press half crushed morocco bindings.
Undated Paris edition published...
Category
French Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Treasure Island Book, Robert Louis Stevenson, English, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. An English, professionally bound literary classic, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1895 and later.
Origin...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Andrew Lang, the Blue Poetry Book, Publisher
s Presention Copy, 1891
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Lang, Andrew.
Title: The Blue Poetry Book.
Publisher: London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891.
Description: publisher's presention copy. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 5-1/4", blind stamped publisher's presentation to title page, illustrated by H. J. Ford & Lancelot Speed...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Works, Life
Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. ARTISTS ED WITH AN ALS TIPPED IN
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.
TITLE: The Works, Life And Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892.
DESCRIPTION: ARTISTS EDITION W...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
1890 The Nursery "Alice"
Located in Bath, GB
A signed presentation copy of the first edition, second issue of this unique abridgement of Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, illustrated throughout with vibrant chromolithographs. Inscr...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
$12,219
[1896] The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and exceptionally bright leather set of these collected major works of William Hickling Prescott.
Complete in twelve volumes.
A set of the major works of William H. Pr...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
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1889 The Blue Fairy Book
By Andrew Lang
Located in Bath, GB
A superb copy of this sought-after fairy book by Andrew Lang, the first volume in his colourful series.
The sought after first edition, first impression.
...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
$3,757
Vintage "Old Boston Theatre" Blue Transferware Plate, 1899
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a blue-glazed transferware Wedgwood plate, dating to 1898. Made in England, this specific pattern celebrates the Old Boston Theater, at the corner of Federal and Frankli...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
John Addington Symonds, the Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi, 1890, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SYMONDS, John Addington.
TITLE: The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi.
PUBLISHER: London: John C. Nimmo, 1890.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION. 2 vols., 9-1/4" x 7", limite...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
1891-1896 The Novels of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
A handsomely bound set of the novels of George Eliot, as well as a short story collection, with many illustrations.
A seven-volume set, one containing two volumes bound in one, in h...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
1898-1899 The Works of Henry Fielding
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound, limited edition of this complete set of twelve collected works of Henry Fielding, with an introduction by Edmund Gosse.
A Limited Edition set, one of only seven...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
c1890 Works of George John Whyte-Melville
By George Whyte-Melville
Located in Bath, GB
A uniformly bound set of these delightful novels and poetry from George Whyte-Melville.
A uniform set in signed half crushed morocco binding by Bayntun.
Twenty-four volumes of nov...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
1896 The Principles of Light and Color
By Edwin D. Babbitt
Located in Bath, GB
A vibrantly illustrated, second edition of this exceptionally scarce work surrounding colour and the science of chromotherapy, written by American physician Edwin Babbitt.
The secon...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Atlas Manuel Book D
Anatomie 27 Coloured Plaques Eduard Cuyer 1895s Victorian
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare find of the "Atlas Manuel D'Anatomie" by Eduard Cuyer first edition is an antique textbook published in the 1890s with 27 hand coloured plates.
Overall very good ...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Complete Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes. AUTOCRAT EDITION - 13 volumes
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOLMES, Oliver Wendell.
TITLE: The Complete Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892.
DESCRIPTION: THE AUTOCRAT EDITION. 13 vols.,...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Royal Book, Queen Victoria, History Reference, Hardcover, Jubilee, 1897
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Queen Victoria. Written by Richard Holmes, librarian to the Queen, and published in 1897, the year of Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. This richly illustrated h...
Category
British Late Victorian Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Rudyard KIPLING. The Light That Failed. 1891 - FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: The Light That Failed.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1891.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed by Kipling on th...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Louys, Pierre, Les Chansons De Bilitis, with 5 Original Watercolor Illustrations
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LOUYS, Pierre.
TITLE: Les Chansons de Bilitis.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Librairie De L'art Independant, 1895.
DESCRIPTION: WITH 5 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 vol., limited to 480 numbered copies on paper Velin this being copy #127, illustrated with 4 fine full page watercolor illustration and 1 half page (in text) by J. Robaglia, bound in full red morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled and paneled in gilt, covers with blind tooled Greek Key design, spine panels and covers inlaid with multicolor morocco onlays depicting tulips and flowers in an art Deco style, gilt dentelles, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut by Samblanx-Weckesser.
CONDITION: Internally clean and bright, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, overall VERY GOOD+.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This exact volume apparently last appeared at auction in 1919 as lot #207 Sotheby's Kensington "The Property of James Holmes...
Category
French Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Rudyard KIPLING. Plain Tales From The Hills. THIRD EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Plain Tales From The Hills.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1890.
DESCRIPTION: THIRD EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the titl...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
BODE - GROOT. Complete Work of Rembrandt. 8 vols. ALL FIRST EDITIONS - 1897-1906
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BODE (Wilhelm) & DE GROOT (Cornelis Hosfstede).
TITLE: The Complete Work of Rembrandt. History, Description and Heliographic Reproduction of All the Master's Pictures With ...
Category
French Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Rudyard KIPLING. Many Inventions. 1893 - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Many Inventions.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1893.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., signed by Kipling on the title-page under h...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Rudyard KIPLING. Life
s Handicap. 1891 - LEWIS CARROLL - C. L. DODGSONS COPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: KIPLING, Rudyard.
TITLE: Life's Handicap Being Stories Of Mine Own People.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1891.
DESCRIPTION: C. L. DODGSON'S COPY FIRST EDITION 3RD PR...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman
By Francis Parkman, Frederic Remington
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1894. Octavo. Rebound by Benne...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1895 The Works of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
A finely bound set of the collected works of George Eliot, a wonderful presentation of her important novels.
Complete in twenty-one volumes.
The Standard Edition by William Blackwo...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Hayden, J. J.. A Letter to Mars, First and Only Edition, Denver, 1892
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAYDEN, J. J.
TITLE: A Letter To Mars. A Novel.
PUBLISHER: Denver, CO: Baxter Printing Co., n.p., (1892).
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 1 vol., 7-1/4" x 5-3/8...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
1890 Her Majesty
s Navy
By Charles Rathbone Low
Located in Bath, GB
A handsomely bound three volume first edition of Charles Rathbone Low's brilliant history of the Royal Navy, complete with striking chromolithographs.
The first edition.
Complete i...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
$1,605
1894-97 The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly
Located in Bath, GB
A sought after set of all thirteen volumes from the widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical 'The Yellow Book'.
Complete run of all first edition thirteen volume...
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British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Three Of A Kind. The History Of The Murder Of Mrs. Barnaby
Sawtell c.1890
s
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: (ANON) Dr. Graves, Isaac Sawtell, Frank C. Almy.
TITLE: Three Of A Kind. The History Of The Murder Of Mrs. Barnaby - The Sawtell Murder - The Life, Trial, And Confession Of...
Category
American Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Lewis Carroll, Symbolic Logic, Part I Elementary, 2nd Ed Presetation Copy!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles L (Lewis Carroll).
TITLE: Symbolic Logic. Part I Elementary.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1896.
DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION PRESETATION COPY...
Category
British Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Fabric
Equestrian Book, Modern Practical Farriery
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A large late Victorian first edition veterinarian book "Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System Of The veterinary Art" edited by W.J. Miles and published by William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill, London. A very rare, sought after and important publication illustrated with numerous finely executed anatomical and other engravings, possessing high value on the score of utility as well as of ornament, many of which are executed in colour. Not ex-library. Well over five hundred pages, 47 full-page-plates in black and white and colour (all original lithographs and colourful chromolithograph plates) also several illustrations within the text. Large format hardback book, leather corners and spine, gilt title to spine 'Modern Farriery', all page edges marbled. Internally it is very clean and bright, cover rather worn, cloth cover to the rear with tear.
Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System Of The veterinary Art, as at present, Practised at The Royal veterinary College, London. A complete guide to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses - breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming - how to buy...
Category
British Sporting Art Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
Eminent Americans by Benson J. Lossing, Illustrated, 1890
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Lossing, Benson J. Eminent Americans: Comprising Brief Biographies of Leading Statesmen, Patriots, Orators and Others, Men and Women, Who Have Made American History. New York: John W...
Category
American American Classical Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
1 Volume. Sir John Skelton. Charles The First.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Sir John Skelton. Charles The First. Bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt on spines and covers,...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
1891 The Letters of Horace Walpole Fourth Earl of Orford
By Horace Walpole
Located in Bath, GB
An illustrated limited edition collection of the letters of Horace Walpole, totalling over two thousands letters written during his lifetime.
A limited edition, limited to one hundr...
Category
European Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Paper
1 Volume. Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Richard R. Holmes, Queen Victoria. Bound in 3/4 wine morocco and linen boards. The cover displays a crest in gilt. Raised band spine with panels displaying gilt royal detai...
Category
English Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
Sir John Skelton, Charles I.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume
Bound In 3/4 Tan Morocco, Cloth Boards by Bickers & Son, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt on spine, royal crest on front cover. Hand-colored
Frontispiece.
Profusely...
Category
Antique 1890s Books
Materials
Leather
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