Antique English Books

This is an antique 3 volume book set - The Dictionary of English Furniture by Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards. An English, bound antiques A-Z reference guide, dating to the early 2...

This is an antique copy of 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 ti...

This is an antique copy of 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 ti...

Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey, a rare 1st edition of the author's autobiographical classic published by Taylor Hessey London 1822. A dramatic exploration...

"The Travels of Cosmo the Third", Translated in English from the Italian Manuscript in the Laurentian Library at Florence, c.1821 Edition. Printed for London, J. Mawman. This book de...

This is an antique book, Bones & I by George Whyte-Melville. An English language, bound novel, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880. First published in 1868, Bones & I i...

Our Stock # 24247 This is an antique book, Massacre of Glencoe by George W M Reynolds. An English language, bound novel, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860. A prolific writ...

This is an antique novel, A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott. An English, bound book of Scottish interest, dating to the Victorian period, published 1896. A prominent Scottis...

This antique first edition book titled "The Compleat Herbal" or 'The botanical institutions of Mr. Tournefort' was published in 1719 in England on paper and bound in leather in the p...

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...

This is a large vintage book, The Story of British Sporting Prints by Captain Frank Siltzer. An English, hard bound reference book of engravings, dated to 1929. Compiled by Captain ...

This is an antique cased copy of Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire. An English language novel published in the Victorian era, this edition dated 1888. Originally written in 1845...

This is an antique copy of The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster. An English language biographical account of the Victorian author, dating to the late 19th century, published c...

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...

Author: Binns, W. Moore Title: The first century of English porcelain. Publisher: London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd., 1906. 1 volume, small folio, 11-1/2" x 9-1/4", title-page p...

This is an antique novel The Snow Ship by Percy St. John. An English language fiction book with secondary title Merchant of Yakoutsk, dating to the Victorian period, this edition cir...

AUTHOR: SEITZ, Don C. TITLE: Paul Jones, His Exploits In English Seas During 1778 - 1780, Contemporary Accounts Collected From English Newspapers With A Complete Bibliography. PU...

This is a vintage copy of Once a Week by A.A. Milne. An English, Morocco bound book of short stories, dating to the early 20th century. Once a Week is a collection of short stories ...

AUTHOR: BARCLAY, Robert. TITLE: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the Same Is Held Forth, and Preached by the People, Called, in Scorn, Quakers. PUBLISHER: [Aberdeen(...

AUTHOR: MILTON, John. TITLE: A Defence of the People of England, by John Milton: in Answer to Salmasius's Defence of the King. PUBLISHER: n.p., n.p., 1692. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDI...

Essays on the Study of Poetry and a Guide to English Literature By Matthew Arnold. Macmillan Company, 1903. 1st Ed Thus gilt decorated hardcover. "Matthew Arnold was one of the forem...

The 1676 edition has been among the most often reprinted books in English literature. The Compleat Angler remains one of the most important environmental books in history.

The Prescott Collection: Printed Books and Manuscripts, English Furniture, Old Master Paintings.

A biography of William Wordsworth, (1770-1850), he was a major English Romantic poet who helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature.

One of the great 19th-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine.

Founded in 1908 by the London publishers Chatto & Windus and operated by Philip Lee Warner, THE FLORENCE PRESS had as its mission to produce “beautiful books in the choicest types,” ...

The 1676 edition has been among the most often reprinted books in English literature. The Compleat Angler remains one of the most important environmental books in history.

An English bamboo cabinet from the early 20th century, with faux books façade.

This is just a partial offering of what we have, always check in with us as our inventory is constantly changing. All in English although we do have others not in English that are le...

This is just a partial offering of what we have, always check in with us as our inventory is constantly changing. All in English although we do have others not in English that are le...

Albin’s publication stands among the earliest English books to document insects through their full life cycle, combining scientific observation with an elegant, decorative presentati...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare original circa 1880 English Scholars stack of books side or coffee table with large internal storage.

Bibliography: Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660 – 1900 by Edwin Banfield, Baros Books. English Barometers 1680-1860 by Nicholas Goodison, Antique Collectors’ Club.  

His work was commissioned for stained glass windows, bookplates, community centers and Yiddish and English books. He was regarded as a leader in the field of synagogue and religious ...

From the late 1880s he began to show at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon, also exhibiting at the New English Art Club and elsewhere.  He traveled widely in Europe, Africa and Ceylon. 

Etching and engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid paper. 6 3/4 X 9 5/8 inches (170 x 244 mm), margins trimmed, image intact. Rubbing in the lower left image area...

The architectural composition is distinguished by a molded cornice above a crisply carved dentil frieze, centered by a sequence of recessed panels incorporating arched reserves—a ref...

This cresting introduces a strong classical motif derived from ancient Greek ornament and popularised in eighteenth-century English decorative design through pattern books and archit...

Literature: Nickerson, David. 'English Furniture', London: Octopus Books Limited, 1973, fig. 65, p. 44.

Biography: Robert Huish (1777 – April 1850) was a prolific English author of history books, novels, and miscellaneous other works.

Charles March Gere R.A. R.W.S. was an English painter, illustrator of books, and stained glass and embroidery designer associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.

The grander scale of these chairs, coupled also with the beautifully carved front legs and front and side seat rails boldly carved in an egg-and-dart motif, suggests that their cabin...

He illustrated Oliver Wendell Holmes' Last Leaf; Austin Dobson's Sun Dial and Old English Ballads and travel books on London (1921); Paris (1924); Rome (1928) and more.

His piece on Cézanne in Scribner's Magazine (December 1908) was the first serious discussion of the artist to appear in English. Pach also translated several books, among them noted ...

There was certainly an overlap between Irish and English furniture, one can see that Irish cabinet makers used English pattern books but used Irish features such as the carvings as t...

Despite it being midsummer, she immediately begins planning a celebration steeped in old English customs, consulting books by Dickens, Irving, and Brand.

Second English edition of Franz Sales Meyer’s influential compendium of historical ornamental motifs, revised by Hugh Stannus and published in 1894 by B.T. Batsford in London followi...

3 Volumes. Dr. Doran, F.S.A. Annals of The English Stage. Bound in 3/4 green morocco. All edges gilt. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Asprey. Spin...