Books & Ephemera

Our collection of antique and curious books, along with notable ephemera we collect on the way.  Sometime the odd treasure map is added too.  Antiquarian Collectable Books, Ephemera, Photos and Maps

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Amelia E Barr Friend Olivia Dodd, Mead 1st Ed Antique Hardcover Book 1890

Amelia E Barr Friend Olivia Dodd, Mead 1st Ed Antique Hardcover Book 1890

$22.00
An attractive late-19th century antique volume of Friend Olivia by Amelia E. Barr, published by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York. This Victorian-era hardcover features an embossed decorative cloth binding...
The Private Life of Galileo  Sister Maria Celeste Hardcover Antique Book 1883

The Private Life of Galileo Sister Maria Celeste Hardcover Antique Book 1883

$54.00
Offered is an attractive antique hardcover edition of The Private Life of Galileo, compiled principally from correspondence and letters of Sister Maria Celeste and published by John E. Potter &...
Louisa M. Alcott Eight Cousins HC Little Brown Boston Antique Book 1919

Louisa M. Alcott Eight Cousins HC Little Brown Boston Antique Book 1919

$40.00
Offered is a charming antique hardcover copy of Eight Cousins; or The Aunt-Hill by Louisa M. Alcott, published by Little, Brown and Company in 1919. This attractive brown cloth edition...
Extra Large Antique Invoice Ledger Book 20" x 16" H.W.L. Co. Leather Bound 1912

Extra Large Antique Invoice Ledger Book 20" x 16" H.W.L. Co. Leather Bound 1912

$299.00
This is a substantial, early-20th-century business invoice ledger, an impressive survivor from 1912. Bound in red leather over boards with green cloth panels and gilt-stamped spine, it is labeled “INVOICES...
The Temptation of Saint Anthony Gustave Flaubert Modern Library Antique 1918

The Temptation of Saint Anthony Gustave Flaubert Modern Library Antique 1918

$24.00
The Temptation of Saint Anthony Gustave Flaubert 1918 Modern LibraryTitle: The Temptation of Saint Anthor: Gustave FlaubertTranslated by Lafcadio HearnPublisher: Boni and Liveright, New YorkPublished: 1918Edition: Modern Library Language: EnglishSubject:...
Life & Services of General Winfield Scott Mansfield 1st Ed HC Antique Book 1852 9278

Life & Services of General Winfield Scott Mansfield 1st Ed HC Antique Book 1852

$85.00
This is an original 1852 biography titled Life and Services of General Winfield Scott by Edward D. Mansfield, published by A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. The book is...
Lives of Harrison & Morton Lew Wallace Hubbard Bros 1st Ed Antique Book 1888 9277

Lives of Harrison & Morton Lew Wallace Hubbard Bros 1st Ed Antique Book 1888

$85.00
This antique 1888 political biography volume, Lives of Harrison and Morton, documents the lives of Gen. Benjamin Harrison and Hon. Levi P. Morton, who were elected President and Vice President...
The Land Magazine Vol II & IV Antique Agricultural Journal 1898–1900 8887.2 and 4

The Land Magazine Vol II & IV Antique Agricultural Journal 1898–1900

$85.00
This is a rare pair of bound volumes of The Land Magazine, an agricultural and estate management periodical published in London in the late Victorian era. Volume II (1898) and...
Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil Felix Darley 1868  1st Ed Hardcover Book 6201.18

Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil Felix Darley 1868 1st Ed Hardcover Book

$62.00
1868 Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil Felix Darley 1st Edition Titles: Sketches AbroadAuthor: Felix O.C. DarleyPublisher: Cambridge Riverside Press, New YorkPublished: 1868Engravings by J. Augustus Bogert and James L....
Whitney’s Choice of Emblemes Facsimile Reprint 1866 Antique Book 7866

Whitney’s Choice of Emblemes Facsimile Reprint 1866 Antique Book

$225.00
This is a scarce 1866 facsimile reprint of Geoffrey Whitney’s Choice of Emblemes, originally published in 1586 and considered one of the foundational emblem books of English literature. Edited by...