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Period: 19th Century
A Tillyloss Scandal by J. M. Barrie, creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
\New York: Lovell, Coryell and Company, 1893. First Edition, Second Issue. Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. 270. Beautifully bound by Root & Son in red calf with go...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Gold Leaf

1850 Two-Volume Set of Lord Byron s Illustrated Works
By Lord Byron, William Anderson
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1850 two volume set of Byron's Works, printed by A. Fullerton, Edinburgh. Scarlet Morocco leather & gilt bound set filled with superb steel engravings of Italy, etc. Lord Byron's hom...
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Scottish Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

Large Antique Book of Baronial Halls Volume 1, Reference, English, Mid Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique book, The Baronial Halls of England Volume 1. An English language reference guide, dated to the mid Victorian period, published 1858. Full title: The Baronia...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Italian Sketches and New Italian Sketches by John Addington Symonds
Located in valatie, NY
This set of antique books were published in England by Leipzig Gernhard Tauchnitz in 1883 and 1884. The two volumns contain Italian sketches by a ...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Flora Conspicua by Richard Morris
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the most desirable of all nineteenth century color plate books. RARE. Morris, Richard. Flora Conspicua; A Selection of the most ornamental flowering, hard, exotic and indig...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord M.DCCC.XXXII 1832 – John Goldsmith
Located in Middletown, NY
Goldsmith, John An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord M.DCCC.XXXII 1832 London: Company of Stationers, 1831. 24mo; 4 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (107 x 60 mm); pp. 64 + 12 blank sheets front and...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Gold Leaf

Vanity Fair by Wm.Thackeray, Cosway Style Binding, First Edition, First Issue
Located in Middletown, NY
Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 / Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On ...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

12 Vol. Jane Austen, Jane Austen’s Works
Located in New York, NY
12 Vol. Jane Austen, Jane Austen’s Works. Very Early Edition. Illustrated frontispiece. Marbled endpapers. 3/4 brown Morocco leather, marbled boards. Top edges gilt. Raised bands. Gi...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

The Works of Thomas Babington Macaulay - 11 vols. - IN A FULL CALF BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MACAULAY, Thomas Babington. TITLE: The Works of Thomas Babington Macaulay. The History of England - Critical And Historical Essays - Speeches - Miscellaneous Writings. PUB...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Rare Gothic Revival Embossed Brass Eagle Sculpture Church Altar Bible Stand
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and sculptural, Arts & Crafts era, church bible or book stand. This late 1800s bible stand has beautiful details and it is in remarkably good condition. The stunning overal...
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European Gothic Revival Antique 19th Century Books

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Brass

Antiquities of Norfolk by John S. Cotman – 1818, with THREE additional etchings
Located in Middletown, NY
Antiquities of Norfolk; A Series of Etchings Illustrative of the Architectural Antiquities of Norfolk, with References to the Authors who have Described or Figured them. London: Lon...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paint, Paper

France Under Louis XIV Le Grand Siecle , Its Arts, Its Ideas, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
France Under Louis XIV [Le Grand Siecle], Its Arts, Its Ideas by Mrs. Cashel Huey. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1897. First Edition hardcover. 470 p...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Book OF COMMON PRAYER - 1852 - IN A FINE BRASS MOUNTED BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: (BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER). TITLE: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of The Sacraments, and Other Rites & Ceremonies of The Church,.... PUBLISHER: Oxford: The Uni...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Fabric

The Republican Court of American Society in the Day of Washington Rufus Griswold
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lovely embossed red leather 4to size copy of Rufus Wilmot Griswold's account of the American Republican court during the presidency of George Washington. The exquisite embossed re...
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American Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

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...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Finden s Illustrations for the Life and Works of Lord Byron
Located in Middletown, NY
Brockedon, William, William Finden, and George Gordon, Lord Byron Finden's Illustrations for the Life and Works of Lord Byron; With Original and Selected Information on the Subjects ...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paint, Paper

Percy Bysshe SHELLEY. The Masque of Anarchy. 1832 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. TITLE: The Masque of Anarchy. Now First Published, with a Preface by Leigh Hunt. PUBLISHER: London: Edward Moxon, 1832. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION....
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Antique 1883 Original Etchings by American Artists HB Folio Art Book 18"
Located in Dayton, OH
2 Available - "Original Etchings by American Artists" - Published by Cassell and company, Limited - Copyright 1883 by O.M. Dunham - Press of J.J. Little & Co. Contains 20 plates with...
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Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

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...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are entitled « La France Protestante » (Protestant France...
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French Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

Antique Equestrian Reference Book, Modern Practical Farriery, English, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique reference title - Modern Practical Farriery, by W.J. Miles et al. An English language, hard bound non-fiction book, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Full title, as follows: Modern practical farriery - a complete guide to all that relates to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses; breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming; how to buy, keep and treat a horse in health and disease, etc.; forming a complete system of the veterinary art, as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London / by W.J. Miles, M.R.C.V.S.L.; with numerous illustrations and a series of anatomical plates, engraved from original drawings from nature, by Benjamin Herring, Esq.; to which is added an essay on the diseases and management of cattle, sheep, and pigs by J.L. Lupton, M.R.C.V.S. Intact order, with some light marks but remarkably presentable for age and intended use Superb frontispiece in colour, redolent of contemporary William Morris print...
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British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Christopher Dresser "Studies in Design"
Located in Sharon, CT
This is the original and complete edition of the Classic. Contains all 60 plates.
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English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Poems of Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE, Third Edition, 1803
Located in Middletown, NY
London: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803. Third Edition. 12mo, 6 1/4 x 4 inches (160 x 114 mm); pp. xii + 202. Half-bound in tan calf with raised bands and gilt decorations, black l...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Gold Leaf

Joseph TAYLOR. Apparitions; Or, the Mystery of Ghosts. FIRST EDITION - 1814
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TAYLOR, Joseph. TITLE: Apparitions; Or, the Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed. Being a collection of entertaining stories founded on fact; and sel...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

County Seats of the Noblemen Gentlemen of Great Britain Ireland (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A set of seven beautifully bound volumes in morocco red leather with gilt decorations and crest to front and rear. A stunning collection of this pictorial work of British and Irish c...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald transl. – 1889 – Petrus Ruban binding
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the first McCarthy translation of this popular text by the Persian polymath. London: David Nutt / Chiswick Press, 1889. 12mo, 6 3/4 x 4 1/8 in (170 x 105 mm) pp. lxii + clv...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

Antique Book, The Pilgrim s Progress, John Bunyan, English, Novel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book 'The Pilgrim's Progress' by John Bunyan. An English, bound and illustrated novel, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860. A Christian allegory - and never out of print - The Pilgrim's Progress was written in the 17th century and is considered as the first novel written in English. Initially written when John Bunyan (1628 - 1688) was in prison for holding mass outside of the Church of England's purview, it was finished in two volumes and later translated into over 200 languages, including Dutch, German and Swedish. Victorian period reprint of the original 17th century volumes Displaying a desirable aged patina and in lightly time-worn, intact order Tastefully bound in dark green Morocco with gilt lettering and textured fore edge...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Geometrical and Graphical Essays by George Adams (1750-1795)
Located in Middletown, NY
Geometrical and Graphical Essays [and] Plates to the Geometrical and Graphical Essays.; By the late George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to his Majesty, & c. London: W. & S. Jones, 1813. Fourth Edition. Two volumes, 8vo, 9 x 5 3/4 in. (228 x 145 mm). Text volume: pp. frontispiece, xii, 534, [16] ads; Plates vol.: pp. title page and 34 folding plates. Previous owner's name penned on the first free flyleaf. Uniform contemporary paper-covered boards, untrimmed, housed in a felt-lined custom clamshell box, 9 x 5 1/2 in. Occasional browning to the edges of some of the plates in Vol. 2, 1/2 inch tear to fold of Pl. VIII and 1 inch tear to the edge of Pl XIV, none of these minor flaws affecting the images. Frontispiece "The Great Theodolite, by Ramsden, Used by the late Gen.l Roy &c. in the great English Trigonometrical Operations." This is the "Fourth Edition, corrected and enlarged by William Jones, F. Am. P. S. [ESTC T88416, 1791 edition]. The last chapter of these fascinating volumes includes conversion tables to various standard national measure ranging from the Paris foot to the Russian archine, to the Venice braccio, the Egyptian stadium to 'The mathematical foot of China'. GEORGE ADAMS the younger (1750–1795) was an English scientist, optician and scientific writer. In politics Adams was a Tory, and as such was received with favour at court by George III, who made him his official mathematical instrument maker, succeeding his father George Adams in the post. George III was personally interested in instruments and had Adams produce items for him exclusively, many in silver. These instruments now form a collection which is housed in London's Science Museum Royal collection Adams was also known for making globes, and for inventing the lucernal microscope, a type of projection microscope where the image is projected on a screen by a large oil lamp...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Gold Leaf

Antique Punch Book, Almanac Compendium, English, Humour, Illustrated, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Punch's almanac compendium for 1848-1887. An English, bound illustrated annual set, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. Established in 1841, Punch ma...
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British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Textile, Paper

Costumes of Spain – ILLUSTRATED by Antonio Rodríguez, 1803
Located in Middletown, NY
Colección General de los Trajes que en la actualidad se usan en España: principiada en el año 1801 Madrid: Librarias de Castillo, 1801. First Edition 8vo (12mo?); 6 1/2 4 1/8 inche...
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Spanish Antique 19th Century Books

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Gold Leaf

The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, with His Life, Written by Himself, 1835
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Franklin, Benjamin. The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary, with His Life, Written by Himself. Exeter: J & B Williams, 1835. In origi...
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American Federal Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Fabric, Paper

4 Vols Antique Folio, Imperial Gallery of British Art, Engravings, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 4 antique volumes of The Imperial Gallery of British Art. An English, illustrated folio of steel engravings, dating to the Victorian period, published by Cassell & Company in...
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European Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Set of 4 Antique Distressed Books for Decoration, C.1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderfully distressed books with a lovely color of boards and equally beautiful fore edges. They are random volumes of The Encyclopedia Britannica...
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English Georgian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

De Indische Archipel by C.W. Mieling, 1865-1876
Located in Langweer, NL
'De Indische Archipel: Tafereelen uit de natuur en het volksleven in Indië' by C.W. Mieling. This is a very rare first edition (only 1 copy in Nederlandse Centrale Catalogus – NCC and only 1 copy in JAP, sold in 1974) of a sumptuous work originally published in 12 instalments (started in 1865 by C.W. Mieling and completed in 1876 by J.M. van ‘t Haaff, both in The Hague). It was in January 1862 that a Prospectus was issued by C. W. Mieling, The Hague, announcing the publication of what is the most spectacular of the plate works of Indonesia, De Indische Archipel, which commenced publication in The Hague in 1865. The work contains 24 large chromolithograph plates which are among the largest published on Indonesia. From both a topographical and artistic point of view the plates are of considerable interest as they present a comprehensive series of views in the archipelago, ranging through Java. Borneo, Sumatra and Minahasa, after drawings by virtually all the prominent mid-19th century artists of Indonesia: Raden Saleh...
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Antique 19th Century Books

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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...
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British Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

PLANCHE - The Vampire; or Bride of the isles - 1820 - FIRST AND ONLY EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PLANCHE, James Robinson: Pierre-Frederic-Adolphe Carmouche. TITLE: The Vampire; or, Bride of the isles, A Tale, founded on the popular superstition of Caledonia.... From wh...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

New Shipment of over 200 Leather Bound Books in English, Photo s Are of Sets
Located in Buchanan, MI
New shipment of over 200 leather bound books in English, photo's are of sets. Preconditioned as we fully condition all of our books before they go out. Also have an extensive collect...
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American George III Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

Astronomie Populaire, Description Générale Du Ciel by Camille Flammarion, 1880
Located in Langweer, NL
'Astronomie populaire, description générale du ciel' by Camille Flammarion. Published in Paris, 1880. First edition of this pleasant work of scienti...
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Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Little Dorrit 1857 Chapman Hall Book
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st edition book titled Little Dorrit was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1857 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
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English Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

BLAIR - Blake. The Grave. 1808 FIRST EDITION A SUBSCRIBERS COPY UNCUT IN BOARDS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BLAIR, Robert (William Blake). TITLE: The Grave, A Poem. PUBLISHER: London, T. Bensley, 1808. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION AND A SUBSCRIBERS COPY UNCUT IN BOARDS. 1 vol., f...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Antique 4 Vols, Waverley Novels, Walter Scott, Scottish, Literary Set, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 4 volume set of The Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott. A Scottish, bound collection of literary interest, dating to the Victorian period, published 1868. A pro...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

SHELLEY/COOKE Presumption Or The Fate of Frankenstein. 1833 AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PEAKE, Richard Brinsley (Mary W. Shelley). TITLE: Presumption! Or The Fate of Frankenstein. Last Night... Of Mr. T. P. Cooke. This Present Evening, Saturday, March 9, 1833, will be performed the Celebrated Romance... Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh. PUBLISHER: Edinburgh, 1833. DESCRIPTION: THE LAST PERFORMANCE BY COOKE AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL EDINBURGH FOR 1833. Printed letterpress playbill/broadside, 11-3/16" x 7-5/8", laid down on early cardstock. CONDITION: Toning heaver around edges, all broadsides mentioning Cooke playing the Monster are scarce. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The play's author, Richard Brinsley Peake (1792-1847), was a prolific dramatist of the London popular theatre from 1818 until the time of his death. Presumption! appeared at the Lyceum (the English Opera House) in the late summer of 1823. During the autumn of the same year, other serious adaptations of Frankenstein appeared at the Royalty and the Coburg. The part of the Monster was taken by Thomas Potter...
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Samuel Taylor Coleridge s "Zapolya, a Christmas Tale" in Fine Leather Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Zapolya: A Christmas Tale; in Two Parts: The Prelude entitled "The Usurper's Fortune;" and The Sequel, entitled "The Usurper's Fate." London: Rest Fenner, ...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Gold Leaf

Recollections of the Table Talk of Samuel Rogers to which is added, Porsoniana;
Located in Middletown, NY
RARE, LIMITED TO 5 COPIES, SIGNED BY ROGERS, EXTRAVAGANTLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, FINELY-BOUND BY FAZAKERLEY. New Southgate: John Bale and Sons for H.A. Rogers, 1887. Extra Illustrated Limited Edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, 9 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (225 x 140mm) Half-titles, titles printed in red and black. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the limitation page "Five copies were (only) printed on this hand-made paper for sale. S. A. Rogers, 1887." EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 150 engraved, etched and lithographic 18th- and 19th-century portraits and views by various artists after Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Lawrence, Joshua Reynolds, George Romney and others, 10-page MANUSCRIPT INDEX of illustrations bound in at the end of volume II. Where captions are not included in the plate, they are neatly hand-written on the page margin in ink. Contemporary straight-grained tan morocco gilt by Fazakerley of Liverpool, the covers with gilt floral designs, the stems and leaves outlined in gilt, the flowers depicted with dark brown morocco inlays, the border of 4 gilt fillets with stepped corners enclosed within an outer single gilt fillet, the spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in gilt in 2 and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated with fleurons surrounded by foliate cornerpieces, turn-ins ruled in gilt, top edges gilt, others trimmed; extremities lightly rubbed, unobtrusive small marks on spines; occasional light foxing and offsetting. Provenance: F.E. Dinshaw (armorial bookplates and pressmark labels); William Robinson (bookplates bound in after front free endpapers), and W.A. Foyle Beeleigh Abbey library bookplate in red morocco pasted into front cover, in both volumes. AN EXTRAVAGANTLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY OF TABLE-TALK, FINELY-BOUND BY FAZAKERLEY AND LIMITED TO FIVE COPIES, inscribed on the verso of volume I half-title: 'five copies were (only) printed on this hand-made paper for sale H.A. Rogers. 1887'. The 145 portraits depict a broad range of the poet Samuel Rogers' contemporaries, friends and literary influences, and include Lord Byron, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Sydney Smith...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue Complete Edition with Illustrations
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a rare first edition hardback copy of The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue, Complete Edition IN ONE VOLUME with Illustrations by GAVARNI and GIRARDET, published by George Routl...
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English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Saumel Roger s Italy, a Poem Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb set of poetical works by Samuel Rogers (1763 – 1855) from the esteemed library of bookseller/collector William A. Foyle. The verses in "Italy" were the fruit of Rogers' trav...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather, Paper

Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 Volumes, Numbered Limited Edition #483/1000
Located in valatie, NY
The Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 Volumes, Numbered Limited Edition #483/1000. Published by: Lawrence & Bullen, London. Illustrated with 15 plates from paintings by Louis Chalon reproduc...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Antique Carpentry Book, Architecture Reference, Peter Nicholson, Victorian, 1846
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique carpentry book. An English language, bound reference guide by Peter Nicholson, dating to the Victorian period, published 1846. Fu...
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British Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Set of Antique Books Dating From the 19th Century France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of antique books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are "encyclopedias of relig...
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French Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Textile Sample Book Shima Cho
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a rare example of a "Shima-cho", which is a Japanese kimono textile fabric swatch book dating from the late 19th century. The book has fifte...
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Antique 19th Century Books

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Textile

Malerische Ansichten / Picturesque Views (of first railway lines in Slovenia)
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST EDITION Sandmann, František Xaver (1805-1856) Malerische Ansichten / Picturesque Views (of first railway lines in Slovenia); To commemorate the opening of the railway line from...
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Austrian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Danish 19th Century Wooden Folk Art Bible Box "Forget Me Not"
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-19th century wooden box designed to look like a Bible. Text engraved with monogramme. The four words in the corners are quite cute and charming: Danish: "FOR - GLEM - MIG - EJ"...
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Danish Folk Art Antique 19th Century Books

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Wood

Trial of Moses Parker.... for the Murder of David R. Lambert. NY 1825
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PARKER, Moses. TITLE: Trial of Moses Parker, James Buckland, Joseph Wade, William Walker, Cornelius Holly, Abra Ham Potts and Noah Doremus,... for the Murder of David R. La...
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American Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Sentimental Tommy, The Story of His Boyhood – J. M. Barrie, creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Cassell and Co., 1896. First Edition. Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. viii + 452 + 4 of publisher's advertising. Red calf binding by Root & Son (stamp on f...
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English Antique 19th Century Books

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Gold Leaf

Trollope, Paul the Pope Paul the Friar, First Edition 1861 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: TROLLOPE, T. Adolphus. Title: Paul The Pope and Paul The Friar. A Story of An Interdict. Publisher: London: Chapman & Hall, 1861. Description: First edition. 1 vol....
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British Antique 19th Century Books

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Leather

Antique Poetry Book, The Lady Of The Lake, Walter Scott, Early Edition, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Lady of the Lake, the celebrated narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1811, a year after the initial release. A leather-bound volume, illus...
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British Georgian Antique 19th Century Books

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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...
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French Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac by William Swinton, Revised Edition, 1882
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Swinton, William. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. A Critical History of the Operations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania from the Commencement to the Close of the War, 186...
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American Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Antique Book, Ovid s Art of Love, English, Roman Period, Bound, Regency, C.1824
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is antique copy of Ovid's Art of Love. An English translation of a Roman elegy, dating to the Regency period, dated 1824. Originally written in Latin in 2 AD, Ars Amatoria - A...
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British Regency Antique 19th Century Books

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Paper

Antique Botanical Book Printing / Engraving Plate, Walnut Frame, 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique book printing / engraving plate - featuring stems of Geranium and Currant plants with titles - unsigned - walnut frame - country of origin unknown - 19th century. Excellent antique condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - oxidation of the metal plate in areas - signs of age and use. Printing plate...
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Unknown Victorian Antique 19th Century Books

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Lead

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