All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1900 item #1489132
DAVID ROBERTS - Holy Land / Syria / Egypt etc. 3 x Folio Volumes 1849 Very Rare! ROBERTS, David (1796 1864). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. Published by London: F. G. Moon, 1842-1849. (1849). This three volume set is in very good condition, bound in maroon half calf with maroon pebbled buckram boards, edges a little rubbed, text block very good clean and tight...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1800 item #1484797 (stock #4126)
Watch Company
$9,000.00
Albert H Potter Pocket Chronometer 18k GOLD Hunting Case 1875. 90 grams, total weight. 56mm diameter; 17mm thick. Original case only. Mint condition, THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. BUY SOMETHING PROVEN IN TIME.

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All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1351871 (stock #BKS-001)
JJ Oriental
$3,600.00
A very rare and limited edition of six complete jade books in Chinese. Each volume features large and clear, beautiful color photos of rare jades that represent each period in Chinese history. The back pages of each book contain detailed descriptions of each jade. Excellent reference books for study and enjoyment. Vol. 1) Earliest Jades Vol. 2) Shang / Western Zhou Vol. 3) Spring & Autumn Period / Warring States Vol. 4) Qin/Han/Southern & Northern Dynasties Vol...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : Religious : Pre 1700 item #1489135
JACOBUS BASAGNE c1710 Theological History Numerous Engravings by De Hooghe Rare! Basnage, Jacobus (Jacques). (1653-1723) :T GROOT WAERELDS TAFEREEL, WAAR IN DE HEILIGE EN WAERELDSCHE GESCHIEDENISSEN EN VERANDERINGEN ZEDERT DE SCHEPPING DES WAERELDS, TOT HET UITEINDE VAN DE OPENBARING VAN JOANNES, WORDEN AFGEMAALT, EN IEDER KONST-PRENT DOOR GODS-GELEERDE WYSGEERIGE EN WAERELD Published in Amsterdam in 1710, ,1st Edition. ,14" x 9.5". Published by J. Lindenberg...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Contemporary item #1426946
Sold as a lot of 66 titles, (89 total pieces due to some duplicates), an impressive collection of virtually all hard cover books, with dust jacket, all signed and some also inscribed by the authors, the majority of them familiar and household names...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Contemporary item #1426911
Sold together as one large lot, 49 separate titles, 57 books in total, ALL SIGNED by author, some inscribed to a friend or fan, generally dating from the late 1970's through the present day, but a George Burns book of 1955 also included. Among the books are autobiographies, memoirs, and tell-alls, most by notable, easily recognized names from show biz, pop culture, literature, music, modeling, television. Some, even most, are first editions, and most have dust jackets...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1800 item #1489138
WILLIAM ROY Rare Navigation Book c1797 Trigonometry Between Paris & Greenwich Roy, Major General William :AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIGONOMETRICAL OPERATION WHEREBY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE MERIDIANS OF THE OBSERVATORIES OF GREENWICH AND PARIS HAS BEEN DETERMINED Published in 1790, ,1st Edition. Measures 10.5" x 9"...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #787934 (stock #9767)
Augustus John: Fifty-Two Drawings

Signed, limited edition, with an introduction by Lord David Cecil. Published by George Rainbird, London (1957). Hardcover folio, 16.5 x 11.75 inches. Limited to 150 copies of which this is Number 107 with slipcase...

All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Contemporary item #1426955
Offered as a lot of 30 titles, ****Not all shown in the photos***, an eclectic group of hard cover books covering a wide range of subject matter--I would call "general interest"---most with dust jacket, the earliest 1956, the bulk of the titles dating from the mid 1990's on to the present day. All or signed or signed and inscribed by their authors, many of them well-known figures. The titles: BAKKER, JIM "I Was Wrong", 1996 (disgraced evangelical preacher); BARAK, EHUD "My Country, My Life...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1980 item #1423673 (stock #JB05125)
A hard cover book with dust jacket, "HANS ERNI", 1979, Zurich, by Walter Ruegg, edited by Ernst Scheidegger, featuring a comprehensive look at the life and work of the only recently deceased important Swiss modernist artist, HANS ERNI (1909-2015). The book contains an original soft pencil drawing of a young nude female, dedicated by the artist "Cordially to Lennye", dated 14 Juillet 2002, and signed Erni. A second original pencil drawing on a separate sheet tucked into the book, of one of Erni...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : History : Pre 1900 item #1302813
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$795.00
MESSAGES AND DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE 1862 printed WASHINGTON, GOVERNMENT printing office 1862 Message of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES to the TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS at the COMMENCEMENT OF THE THIRD SESSION of THE THIRTY -SEVENTH CONGRESS This book contains copies of all the letters to and from other Governments for the end of 1861-1862 including the opening of Japan to trade as well as the 21 page address Lincoln gave to Congress That included trade , population, revenue as well as the Ci...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : Religious : Pre 1700 item #1489147
OFFER VAN ABRAHAM Book Of Genesis in Engravings c1700 Amsterdam Very rare! Abraham, Offer Van :LIBER GENESIS - 52 ENGRAVINGS Published in Amsterdam c1700, Measures 7.5" x 6". Published by Isaac Greve. Bound in c18th buff hand decorated paper wraps. Between the wraps are 52 (ex 60? ? ) engravings illustrating scenes from the Book Of Genesis. The engravings measure 82mm x 125mm (4.5" x 3") picture size, overall size 7.5" x 6". A very scarce publication only represented in the British Muse...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1900 item #1313276 (stock #4741)
Galerie Hafner
$650.00
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Not complete. A very rare document on Chinese porcelain in French, published by A. Morel in 1881, first edition. Reference book with 227 pages and 30 heliogravures and chromolithographs and more than 120 illustrations in the text. Large quarto pages loose in portfolio, pages uncut. Condition: not complete, the Nos. XXXI and XXXII of the heliogravures and chromolithographs are missing, so are the text pages 113 to 120. Some foxing on pages. Dimension: c. 38 cm x 29 cm.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 2000 item #1483791 (stock #7300)
Complete set of 16 volumes set. These sell for between $1000USD and $2000.USD online my price $600 Excellent condition. These will have to be sent in two shipments since combined weight exceeds the 30kg limit allowed by most countries- so EU countries only allow 20kg. Surface post would be aroubd $300. Depending where you live. ISBN: 9787030202550 This unparalleled reference work offers an overview of ceramics from China. The 16 volumes are arranged by region and contain high quality i...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1800 item #1489161
MARTINET / DE VRIES Catechism of Nature 4 Vol. Set c1788 Engravings Rare! Vries, J. De :NATUURKUNDIGE EN OPHELDERENDE AANMERKINGEN OVER HET EERSTE DEEL VAN DEN KATECHISMUS DER NATUUR (2 VOLUME SET) Published in Amsterdam in 1778/9, 1st Edition. Measures 9" x 5". Published by Joannes Van Selm. Bound in marbled papered boards with black cloth spine, paper titles, top edges of free endpaper replaced, a lovely clean tight copy. Dutch language publication in four volumes. Two volumes have ...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1800 item #1489210
JAN VAN DER DESYATER c1732 First Edition Thoughts On Sleepless Nights Rare! Desyster, Jan Van Der :GEDACHTEN OP SLAPELOOSE NACHTEN WAAR INNE DE DEUGD VAN-HERBERG-EN MEDEDEYLFAAMHEYT AAN NOOTDRUHSTIGEN ETC. ETC. (THOUGHTS ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS) Published in Amsterdam in 1732, 1st Edition. Measures 7" x 4.25". Published by Koornbrugsteeg. Bound in brown half calf with grained papered boards, edges a little rubbed, six raised panels with gilt floral decoration within panels, lacks label, cont...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : Religious : Pre AD 1000 item #1481509 (stock #LS202306)
Rare copper mask hammered and decorated with a human face in repousse. From the peninsula of Santa Elena, Ecuador. It dates to 300-500AD. In the style of Manteno Huancavilca. About 3.4" square. It weighs 10.3 grams. A choice piece! From the collection of Michael Robbins, purchased in 1989.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1960 item #934002 (stock #10582)
Osvald Siren: Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles. Part I; The First Millennium (3 vols.), London: Lund Humphries/New York: Ronald Press, 1956.
Vol.I: Early Chinese Paintings (xi+235pp., colored frontispiece and b/w ills.)
Vol.II: The Sung Period (vi+189pp. and annotated lists 95pp., colored frontispiece and b/w ills.)
Vol.III: Plates (xviii pp., 372 b/w plates).
Bound with red cloth, gilt title to front board and spine. With slip cases. 28.5x23cm.
Books very g...