Dealer Showcase: Books, Manuscripts

Personal library effects of the Honorable Hannibal Hamlin of Bangor Maine, the 15th Vice President of the United States. In office March 4, 1861-March 4, 1865 Under President Abraham Lincoln, preceded by John C Breckinridge & Succeeded by Andrew Johnson. He was the 26th Governor ...

A fabulous 5 volume set of antique books, The History Of American People by Woodrow Wilson. Perfect for displaying in a great room or an elegant Great Gatsby style Library! Each volume is leather bound and highly decoratively embossed with a gold embossed shield on ...

A Chronicle of England B.C.55-A.D.1485Written & Illustrated by James E Doyle in 1864The designs Engraved & Printed in Colors by Edmund EvansThis book is a great beauty in full green leather with gold tooling by the world class book binders Baynton Riviera with all three ...

A serious book about the history of the printed book, with the origin & development of the book, A must have.  Edited by Lawrence C, Wroth. With over 190 illus, 507pages N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1938. The Condition is Very Good measuring 12 ¼"x9"x1 ...

Big & beautiful, this 19th century full Calf leather book with very heavy gilt gilt end leafs, large folio size. The title is “The Chinese Empire” Historical & Descriptive, Illustrating the manners & customs of the Chinese, in a series of Steel engravings from the ...

M. Barrows & Company, Inc., NY, 1937. First Edition; Two Volumes; Quarto; tan cloth; Illustrated. Edgar Miller's renowned and massive two-volume reference work, fashioned well beyond the level of the amateur, carefully describing in detail the varieties of styles and ornament for American antique chairs, ...

This winter I was lucky enough to acquire some personal library effects of the Honorable Hannibal Hamlin of Bangor Maine .He was the 15th Vice President of the United States. In office March 4, 1861-March 4, 1865 Under President Abraham Lincoln .he was preceded by ...

The life James Addams Beaver,by Frank A. Burr of the philadelphia press.Illustrated 1st edition.James Beaver a union General commanded the one hundred and fourty eighth pennsylvania volunteers then became the Governer of pennsylvania 1187-1891.Frank A Burr wrote this book while James Beaver was alive and ...

This is a rare and exciting 12 volume full chocolate brown morocco leather set with a 13th volume all of engraved plates.  It is Sir John Froissart’s Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the latter part of the reign of Edward ...