antique books: books & manuscripts
A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A manuscript is any document written by hand, as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way.
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1854 Antique Book Set "Waverley Novels" 25 Volumes Leather Binding 19th Century
gothickrevival, anderson, united kingdom
Listed price includes free UK delivery, international delivery is unavailable for this item. 1854 Antique book set "Waverley Novels" in 25 Volumes. An highly attractive set in full leather binding. Offered in good condition, the...
£180.00
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1869 Tartanware Bound Book 'Scotts Poetical Works' Attractive Antique Leather, 19th Century, Mauc...
gothickrevival, anderson, united kingdom
Listed price includes free UK delivery, international buyers outside the UK please enquire for shipping rates before buying 1869 "The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott". Finished in attractive red leather binding with "Prince Charlie"...
£70.00
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Antique 19th Century Tartanware Bound Book 'Scotts Poetical Works' Victorian Leather Binding, Mau...
gothickrevival, anderson, united kingdom
Listed price includes free UK delivery, international buyers outside the UK please enquire for shipping rates before buying "The Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott". Finished in attractive leather binding with "MacDonald" Tartanware covers and...
£80.00
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M. Nettlau. Book-brochure. Goals and methods of anarchism. Detroit. 1934
sia antion, riga, latvia
M. Nettlau. Rare material on the export of revolutionary ideas and the history of the labor movement in America. Book-brochure Goals and methods of anarchism. Detroit. 1934 Publication of the Federation of Labor Unions of the Powerless of the United States and Canada. 48 pp. From the library of St.Sergius High School. After restoration. Dimensions: 19x13 cm. Width: 13cm, Height: 19cm, Depth: 0.5cm, Weight: 0.05kg, Condition: Earlier restoration, Material: Paper, ID: 8629
£944.94
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Babylonian Talmud, sections Tractate Yevamot and Giphot Alfas. Russia 19th century.
sia antion, riga, latvia
Babylonian Talmud, sections Tractate Yevamot and Giphot Alfas in the original publishers leather cover with gilded embossing. The book is in very good condition with an entrance title page imitating the portal of the Jerusalem Temple, frames and headpieces in the text. 19th century edition printed in Zhitomir in a famous Jewish printing house. Consists of two large sections: Tractat Yevamot and Giphot by Rebbe Issak Alfas. The first work is devoted to the condemnation of celibacy. It postulates the obligation of a childless widow to marry her husbands closest, unmarried relative (levirate marriage). The second part includes interpretations of the treatises of the Babylonian Talmud by Rabbi Issac Alfas. Dimensions of the book: 38 x 25 x 5.5 cm. The book is of great collectible and historical value. Width: 25cm, Height: 38cm, Depth: 5.5cm, Weight: 2.618kg, Condition: Signs of wear commensurate with age, Material: Paper, ID: 8630
£2,405.29
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Collection of poems by Olga Dolmatova (Schmidt). Black grapes. Riga. 1925
sia antion, riga, latvia
Collection of poems by Olga Dolmatova (Schmidt). Black grapes. Riga. 1925 Cover by Dobuzhinsky. Signs of Russian emigration. The second collection of poetry by Olga Zakharovna Dolmatova (-1934), who passed away early, a student of the drama department of the Moscow Philharmonic, a 1st year student at the Faculty of Law of Moscow University, the wife of attorney Yu. Schmidt in Riga. 62 pages. Publication dimensions: 21.5 x17 cm. Width: 17cm, Height: 21.5cm, Depth: 0.5cm, Weight: 0.1kg, Condition: Good, Material: Paper, ID: 8628
£730.18
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Book JUDAICA M. Itkin
sia antion, riga, latvia
The book JUDAICA Jewish ritual objects as objects of collecting (JUDAICA ????????? ????????? ???????? ??? ??????? ??????????????????), language - RussianAuthor Michael Itkin (?????? ?????), Riga, 2015. Width: 22.5cm, Height: 30cm, Depth: 2.5cm, Weight: 1.4kg, Condition: In original, Material: Paper, ID: 3462
£111.67
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J whatman 1882 sketch book for F. shortt
vintage midcentury, seaford, united kingdom
F. Shortt Military topographical drawing sketchbook dated december 1982 The sketch contains the finest J Whatman paper 1882 19 in total size approx W 10.5 x h 8.5 The sketch also contains paper from the...
£65.00
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Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Volumes XVII-XIX: The Decrees Of Memphis And Canopus: Volume I-III, ...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1582 CONDITION Items are in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth covers and spines of the books due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1582 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...
£225.00
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Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Volumes XX-XXII: The Egyptian Heaven And Hell: Volumes I-III, E.A.W....
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1580 CONDITION Items are in used condition with visible wear and tear to the cloth covers and spine of the books due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1580 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...
£225.00
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Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: The Book Of The Dead, E.A.W. Budge, Circa 1925
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1579 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1579 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...
£200.00
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Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Volume I: Egyptian Ideas Of The Future Life, E.A.W. Budge, Circa 189...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1578 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1578 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...
£125.00
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Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Volume III: Easy Lessons In Egyptian Hieroglyphics With Sign List, E...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1577 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1577 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...
£100.00
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Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: The Liturgy Of Funerary Offerings, E.A.W. Budge, Circa 1909
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1576 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1576 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...
£150.00
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Books On Egypt And Chaldaea: Egyptian Literature: Volume I: Legends Of The Gods, E.A.W. Budge, Ci...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1575 CONDITION Item is in good condition although there is visible wear to the cloth cover and spine of the book due to age handling, and usage. ITEM 1575 DESCRIPTION Books On Egypt And...
£100.00
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Two Volumes Of Symphonies And Their Meaning, First Series Ninth Edition & Second Series Fourth Ed...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1573 CONDITION Items are in good condition although red cloth is visibly water-stained at the top of the spine of the First Series. The Second Series is crudely opened on the title page due...
£25.00
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First Edition Two Volumes Of The Iliad Of Homer, Rendered Into English Blank Verse, Edward Earl O...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1572 CONDITION Items are in used condition with the cloth covers very visibly worn and Volume Two has large chips on the spine (held in place with cellophane tape) as well as visible fading...
£25.00
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Second Edition Two Volumes Of The Emperor Charles V, Edward Armstrong, Circa 1910
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1570 CONDITION Items are in good condition although cloth covers are visibly stained and gilt spine lettering is visibly faded due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1570 DESCRIPTION Second Edition Two Volumes Of...
£50.00
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First Edition Two Volumes Of Charters And Documents Relating To The City Of Glasgow 1175-1649 & 1...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1569 CONDITION Items are in good condition although there is visible wear to the red cloth due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1569 DESCRIPTION First Edition Two Volumes Of Charters And Other Documents...
£250.00
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Fourth Edition Three Volumes Of The Stones Of Venice, John Ruskin, Circa 1886
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1568 CONDITION Items are in used condition with visible rubbing and edgewear to the brown cloth as well as severe visible foxing to Volume One. ITEM 1568 DESCRIPTION Fourth Edition Three Volumes Of The...
£300.00
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Fourteen Volumes Of Elizabethan England: Being The History Of This Country 'In Relation To All Fo...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1567 CONDITION Items are in good condition although Volume 3 is visibly stained due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1567 DESCRIPTION Fourteen First Edition Volumes Of Elizabethan England: Being The History Of This...
£400.00
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Fifteen Volumes Of The Cambridge Ancient History, J. B. Bury, S. A. Cook, F. E. Adcock & M. P. Ch...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1566 CONDITION Items are in good condition although some of the cloth bindings on some of the volumes show visible signs of being sunned. All items show light to moderate visible shelf wear, occasional...
£750.00
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Five Volumes Of A History Of The Peace Conference Of Paris, H. W. V. Temperley, Circa 1920-1924
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1565 CONDITION Items are in good condition although there is visible wear to the mixed cloth bindings (vols. 2-5 rebound) and rubbing and some marks to the gilt spine lettering together with other titles...
£300.00
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Three Volumes Of The World's Great Classics: History Of The Popes Revised Edition, Leopold Von Ra...
carvalho abc limited, london, united kingdom
ITEM 1564 CONDITION Items are in used condition with visible signs of damp stained boards to the cloth due to age, handling, and usage. ITEM 1564 DESCRIPTION Limited Edition, Revised English-language Edition three volumes of...
£75.00
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Erotic motifs in the works of Adolf Zardins or the elegant and depraved world of the artist. Auth...
sia antion, riga, latvia
This unique book peers into the pictorial heritage and personal notes of the outstanding Latvian artist Adolfs Zardins (?dolfs Z?rdi?š, 1890-1967). Its pages reveal the concept of a psychological portrait of the artist and the fantastic world in which he created and sought inspiration for his works. The book offers an in-depth understanding of his work, presenting his creative heritage as a projection of his inner world, expressed in the original manner of painting. The reader will find here a detailed analysis of the features of the work of Adolfs Zardins and his attitude to art and artistic creativity. The author also examines events in the art world and possible borrowings that influenced the formation of the artist’s artistic and aesthetic language. The book focuses on the specifics of the artistic heritage of Adolf Zardins and his use of erotic motifs in painting. The book is visually enriched with reproductions of paintings by Adolfs Zardins and other famous artists who also explored erotic themes in their work. Erotic motifs in the works of Adolfs Zardins is not just a book about painting, but also an immersion into the unique world of the artist, who excites and inspires with its originality and talent. Width: 21cm, Height: 30cm, Depth: 2cm, Weight: 1kg, Condition: New, Material: Paper, ID: 8439
£111.67
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