Antiquarian books

Turn of the Century Decorative Cloth Publisher Binding Keats

Antiquarian Victorian-era (1850s-1860s) hardcover poetry book Lord Byron The Complete Works. Includes both the suppressed works and a Memoir of Byron's life. Fabulous book has Octavo Moroccan full leather boards and is illustrated with eight (8) steel engravings. Published in Philadelphia, USA by Porter & Coates. Book is 715 pages - note that half of page 93/94 is cut out. Illustrated with eight (8) full-page steel engravings. Condition: In GOOD! antique condition and complete with the…

I spent a week at the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar learning about the rare book trade. Here is the ten takeaways from the seminar.

Curios and collectibles, art, vintage finds and gorgeous antiques spark the imagination at Uncommon Objects in Austin, TX.

1904 JAPANESE ART BY SADAKICHI HARTMANN ILLUSTRATED SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY AMY RICHARDS *** RARE ANTIQUE FIRST EDITION ~ EXQUISITE GILT DECORATED FINE BINDING ~ PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE PLATES ~ CLASSIC FINE ART *** Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1904. Printed by the Colonial Press. • First Edition - "1904" on title page, though copyright page shows "September, 1903" with no additional printings listed - also there is a December, 1903 gift inscription on front endpaper •…

Littledom Castle and other Tales. by Mrs M H Spielmann Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Kate Greenaway, Hugh Thomson, Harry Furniss, C. Wilhelm, Madame Ronner, Rosie Pitman, Jessie M. King, and Phil M…

1911 FIRST EDITION LETTERS THAT LIVE SELECTED BY LAURA E. LOCKWOOD AND MAY R. KELLY SIGNED-BINDING BY BERTHA STUART [BS] *** RARE ANTIQUE FIRST EDITION ~ EMBOSSED GILT FINE BINDING ~ ARTS & CRAFTS STYLE ~ CLASSIC LETTERS *** INCLUDES LETTERS FROM MANY IMPORTANT AUTHORS AND HISTORICAL FIGURES, INCLUDING JANE AUSTEN, CHARLES DARWIN, LEWIS CARROLL, EMILY DICKINSON, CHARLOTTE BRONTE, MATTHEW ARNOLD, JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, CHRISTINA ROSSETTI, ROBERT LOUIS…

Gaius Sallustius CrispusDe coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem de bello Iugurthino... (Venice: in the house of Aldus, and Andrea Torresa

I went up to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair the other week. I’ve collected books since I was a teenager. When I was a little boy I collected birds’ nests. There’s something about collecting that’s connected to childhood — amazement at the world, maybe, generating a desire to possess it…in acts of undercover self-definition. It’s the […]