CA. 1880 COMMON OBJECTS OF THE MICROSCOPE BY REV. J. G. WOOD ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND EVANS

CA. 1880

COMMON OBJECTS OF THE MICROSCOPE
BY THE REV. J. G. WOOD

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED IN COLOURS BY EDMUND EVANS

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ LITHOGRAPH COLORED PLATES ~ CLASSIC SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY ***

London: George Routledge and Sons, no date, circa 1880.

• measures about 7.25'' x 5''
• beautiful yellow cloth Victorian fine binding
• beveled edges to boards
• embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• coated yellow endpapers
• frontispiece
• illustrated with full-page lithograph color plates of microscopic objects and organisms
• further illustrated with engravings

1863 MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK, OR THE WHOLE ART OF CONJURING - Victorian Fine Binding

1863

THE MAGICIAN'S OWN BOOK,

OR THE WHOLE ART OF CONJURING

BEING A COMPLETE HAND-BOOK OF PARLOR MAGIC,

AND CONTAINING OVER 1,000 OPTICAL, CHEMICAL, MECHANICAL, MAGNETICAL, AND MAGICAL EXPERIMENTS,

AMUSING TRANSMUTATIONS, ASTONISHING SLEIGHTS AND SUBTLETIES,

CELEBRATED CARD DECEPTIONS, INGENIOUS TRICKS WITH NUMBERS,

CURIOUS AND ENTERTAINING PUZZLES, TOGETHER WITH

ALL THE MOST NOTED TRICKS OF MODERN PERFORMERS.

THE WHOLE EMBELLISHED WITH OVER 500 WOOD CUTS,

AND INTENDED AS A SOURCE OF AMUSEMENT FOR ONE THOUSAND AND ONE EVENINGS

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ BEAUTIFUL EARLY VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC MAGIC BOOK *** 

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''

• beautiful publisher's decorative slate green cloth Victorian fine binding

• ornate embossed gold gilt stamping and blind stamping

• pale yellow endpapers with book catalog

• illustrated with many part-page wood engravings

1930 SERGEANT ALVIN C. YORK, LAST OF THE LONG HUNTERS - PICTORIAL BINDING BY THE DECORATIVE DESIGNERS FIRM

1930

SERGEANT ALVIN C. YORK, LAST OF THE LONG HUNTERS
BY TOM SKEYHILL

BINDING BY THE DECORATIVE DESIGNERS FIRM

*** BIG GAME HUNTING ~ RIFLES, SHOOTING ~ MOUNTAINEERS, PIONEERS, SETTLERS, AMERICAN FRONTIER ~ DANIEL BOONE, DAVY CROCKETT, SAM HOUSTON ~ INDIAN WARS ~ NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ***

*** RARE EDITION ~ HANDSOME PICTORIAL BINDING ~ CLASSIC ***

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1930.

• measures about 7.75" x 5.5"
• beautiful decorative green cloth pictorial binding with black stamping
• binding designed by the Decorative Designers firm, and marked with its monogram
• color frontispiece
• illustrated with many monochrome plates

1885 DARING ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON AND JOHN FREMONT - Victorian Fine Binding

1885

THE DARING ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON AND FREMONT,
AMONG BUFFALOES, GRIZZLIES AND INDIANS,

BEING A SPIRITED DIARY OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND WONDERFUL EXPLORATIONS EVER MADE
OPENING, THROUGH YAWNING CHASMS AND OVER PERILOUS PEAKS, THE GREAT PATHWAY TO THE PACIFIC

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ HANDSOME VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ WILD OLD WEST ~ NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ~ SIOUX ~ CHINOOK ~ PAWNEE ~ SHOSHONEE ~ ARAPAHO ~ CHEYENNE ~ SNAKE TRIBES ~ AMERICAN FRONTIER EXPLORATION ~ CALIFORNIA ~ OREGON ~ ROCKY MOUNTAINS ~ GREAT BASIN ~ BIG GAME HUNTING ~ ELK, DEER, ANTELOPE, GRIZZLY BEAR, BUFFALO, MOUNTAIN SHEEP ~ FRONTIERSMAN, PIONEER, FUR TRAPPER, MOUNTAIN MAN, SCOUT, GUIDE ***

New York: Hurst & Co., 1885.

• measures about 7.5'' x 5''
• beautiful publisher's decorative brown cloth Victorian fine binding
• embossed stamping in black and gold gilt
• yellow coated endpapers
• frontispiece with tissue-guard

CA. 1886 THEORY OF THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC GAME OF WHIST - VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

CA. 1886

THE THEORY OF THE MODERN SCIENTIFIC
GAME OF WHIST
BY WILLIAM POLE, F.R.S.

TO WHICH IS ADDED THE LAWS OF WHIST,
AS REVISED BY THE PORTLAND AND ARLINGTON CLUBS

*** RARE ANTIQUE BOOK ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC ***


Publisher:
New York: John W. Lovell Company, no date, circa 1886.

Features:
measures about 4.75'' x 6.75''
beautiful decorative green cloth Victorian fine binding
embossed gold gilt and black stamping to front and spine
blind-stamped vignette to rear board

CA. 1900 POEMS BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW - Binding Design by Sarah Wyman Whitman

CA. 1900

POEMS BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ HANDSOME GILT STAMPED FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***

Publisher Information:
New York: Hurst & Company, no date, ca. 1900.

Features:
• measures about 7.75" x 5.5"
• beautiful decorative deep red cloth fine binding - designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman
• ornate embossed gold gilt stamping
• frontispiece

1882 POEMS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE - RARE WHITE JAPAN VELLUM BINDING

1882

THE POEMS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE
(CURRER BELL)

*** RARE ANTIQUE BOOK ~ JAPAN VELLUM BINDING ~ CLASSIC POETRY ***

Publisher:
New York: White & Stokes, 1882.

Features:
• measures about 6.5'' x 4.5''
• soft cover - bound in white japan vellum paper with blue titling and vignette
• deckle edge pages
• title page printed in blue ink

1911 THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, OR MIRTH AND MARVELS - ILLUSTRATED BY H. G. THEAKER

1911

THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
OR MIRTH AND MARVELS

ILLUSTRATED BY H. G. THEAKER

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ GILT BINDING ~ COLOR PLATES ~ CLASSIC ***

London: Macmillan and Co., 1911.

• measures about 8.5'' x 6''
• beautiful publisher's cloth fine binding
• embossed gold gilt stamping
• textblock all edges dyed blue
• illustrated with 16 full-page color plates including frontispiece

1906 The Blessed Damosel By Dante Gabriel Rosseti - Art Nouveau Fine Binding

1906

The Blessed Damosel
By Dante Gabriel Rossetti

London: Dent.

Rare Art Nouveau Fine Binding.

1873 WALDEN BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU - Rare Antique Victorian Fine Binding

1873

WALDEN

BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ FINE BINDING ~ CLASSIC ***

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873.

Printed by the University Press: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., Cambridge

• measures about 7.25'' x 5''

• beautiful decorative red-orange cloth Victorian fine binding

• embossed gold gilt stamping to spine and blind stamping to boards 

• coated yellow endpapers

• vignette title page

1917 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (THE TOUR OF THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS) BY JULES VERNE - RARE ILLUSTRATED FINE BINDING

1917

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
(THE TOUR OF THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS)
BY JULES VERNE

ILLUSTRATED

*** RARE EDITION ~ EMBOSSED GILT FINE BINDING ~ ENGRAVINGS ~ CLASSIC ***

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917.

• measures about 8'' x 5.75''
• beautiful bright red-orange cloth fine binding
• ornate embossed gold gilt and black stamping
• frontispiece with tissue-guard
• illustrated with many full-page plates of engravings

CA. 1860 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS BY JOHN BUNYAN - RARE ILLUSTRATED VICTORIAN FINE BINDING

CA. 1860

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
BY JOHN BUNYAN

ILLUSTRATED

*** RARE EDITION ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING ~ BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS ~ CLASSIC CHRISTIAN ALLEGORY ***

New York: American Tract Society, no date, circa 1860.

• measures about 8'' x 5''
• beautiful decorative red cloth Victorian fine binding
• embossed gold gilt stamping and blind-stamping
• textblock all edges gilt
• coated yellow endpapers
• frontispiece engraving with tissue-guard
• illustrated with full-page engravings, each with tissue-guard