Antique and Vintage Books
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Vintage Book Set
Three vintage books with stunning colour plates of flowers - Wayside and Woodland Blossoms
These three beautiful vintage books are a complete set of the Wayside and Woodland Blossoms Series 1, 2 and 3 by Edward Step. This isn’t a matching set as Series 2 is from a 1906 publishing while Series 1 and 3 are from later publishing’s in 1929 and 1933, but it’s still rare to find all three of these gorgeous books together.
Each book includes photos and stunning colour plates throughout:
Series 1 – published in 1933 with 127 colour plates
Series 2 – published in 1906 with 127 colour plates
Series 3 – published in 1929 with 64 colour plates
Each book is 16cm tall and 13cm deep, and together the three books cover a shelf space of 9cm.
This set is a wonderful look at plants and flowers as illustrated a century ago and all three books are in excellent condition!
Antique Book Set
Three vintage green hardback books
These three hardbacks in shades of deep green are readable antique books from the late 19th and early 20th century. The books included are: The Plate Collectors Guide (1908), Tennyson’s Works (1878), John Ploughman’s Talk (1887).
This beautiful old book set will make a classic addition to your bookshelves or coffee table and they’d also be great for wedding décor, home staging, film or TV set decoration and photoshoots. The books in this old book set range from around 18 to 20cm tall and together they make a stack or cover 10cm of shelf-space.
Antique Book Set
Four vintage blue and green books from the early 20th century
These four hardbacks in shades of blue and green are readable antique books from the early and mid 20th century by classic authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, H.W. Longfellow, and Enid Blyton. The books included are: The Song of Hiawatha (1933), The Melody of Death (no date), Treasure Island (1947), Secret Seven Adventure (1952)
This beautiful old book set will make a classic addition to your bookshelves or coffee table and they’d also be great for wedding décor, home staging, film or TV set decoration and photoshoots. The books in this old book set range from around 15 to 20cm tall and together they make a stack or cover 8cm of shelf-space.
Antique Book Set
Four antique books – Macaulay’s History of England from 1856 and 1861
This beautiful set of four antique books from the mid-1800’s are four volumes of Macaulay’s History of England. Volumes 2, 3, and 4 were published in 1856 while Volume 5 was published in 1861.
Brown hardcover with gilt titling. Each vintage book is approx. 24cm tall and 17cm deep and together the four volumes will fill a shelf space of 18cm. Overall good vintage condition with the covers showing minor wear consistent with age. The pages are clean with light age-toning, free of writing or major blemishes.
Antique Book Set
Two antique books by Charles Dickens from the late 1880’s with illustrations
These charming vintage books by Charles Dickens are Nicholas Nickleby and Dombey and Son published by Chapman and Hall in London. Each book includes eight illustrations and although the books are undated, they look to be from around 1880.
Each book is approx. 18cm tall, 14cm wide and 4cm thick. Original red binding with gorgeous gilt spines and embossed front covers. Externally generally smart with a little wear and internally the pages are bright and clean.
Two charming antique books from the late 19th century in beautiful condition.
Antique Book Set
Two antique illustrated editions of the Waverley Novels from 1879
These two leather-bound books with brown spines and charming red marbled covers and page edges are two volumes of Sir Walter Scott’s famed Waverley Novels: Volume 17 - Ivanhoe and Volume 23 - St Ronan’s Well. Both are part of the Illustrated Editions published by Adam and Charles Black (A&C Black) in Edinburgh in 1879 and as such, they have beautiful black and white illustrations throughout each novel.
Each book is around 18cm tall, 12cm deep and 3cm thick. The spines are worn and loose on both books but the pages are all intact and are bright and clean with no foxing.
Antique Book Set
Five vintage red and brown books from the early 1900's
These five hardbacks in shades of red and brown are readable antique books from the early and mid 20th century. The books included are: First Aid and Home Nursing, Ingoldsby Legends, The Boss of Taroomba (1910), The English Middle Classes (1949), English Pottery and Porcelain (1945)
This beautiful old book set will make a classic addition to your bookshelves or coffee table and they’d also be great for wedding décor, home staging, film or TV set decoration and photoshoots. The books in this old book set range from around 17 to 22cm tall and together they make a stack or cover 13cm of shelf-space.
Vintage Book Set
Three matching vintage books – New World Library set from the early 1960’s
This beautiful old book set are three matching volumes of the New World Library (volumes 5, 6 and 7) about Science. Published by the Caxton Publishing Company in 1964, these beautiful vintage books include black and white photos, colour illustrations and sketches throughout and they’ll look gorgeous on your bookshelves or coffee table. They’re a charming snapshot of life in the 1960’s!
The three-book bundle will cover space/make a stack of 10cm/4 inches and they are all around 25cm tall and 20cm deep.
Antique Book Set
Three antique black books in French and English from the early 1800’s and 1900’s
These three black hardbacks are readable vintage books in English and French from the early 19th century and 20th century: Hints on Christian Fellowship (1804), Méditations Poétiques par Alphonse de Lamartine (1835 – in French), Civilization in England Volume 1 (1903).
The two books from the 1800’s are both quite rare and the books in this set are from around 16cm to 19cm tall, 12 cm deep and from 1cm to 3cm thick
Vintage Book Set
Three vintage red books from the early 1900’s
These three red cloth-bound hardbacks are readable antique books in English and French from the early 20th century with titles in both English and French. The books included are: Lettres de Madame de Sévigné (no date – in French), St. Luke, the Revised Edition (1908), The Antiquary (1910).
The books in this old book bundle are all around 18cm tall, 11cm deep and from 1 to 2cm thick. Together they make a stack or cover 6cm of shelf-space.
Antique Book Set
Two antique brown hardback books from 1835 – The Works of William Cowper
These two brown hardbacks are readable vintage books and are Volumes I and III of The Works of William Cowper, his Life and Letters by William Hayley. Both books were published by Saunders and Otley in London in 1835.
Each book is around 18cm tall, 12cm wide and 2cm thick. There is wear and tear to the spines and covers but all the pages are intact and they’re in great condition, given they’re almost 200 years old.
Antique Book Set
Three small antique books in English and French from the mid to late 1800’s
These three pocket-sized hardbacks and softcovers are readable antique books in English and French from the mid 1800’s. The books included are: The Babes in the Basket or Daph and her Charge (1862), Zélie dans le Désert (c. 1860 – in French), Out of the Question (1884).
The books in this old book bundle range from around 11 to 13cm tall, 8 to 10cm deep, and together they make a stack or cover 5cm of shelf-space.
Vintage Book Set
Five vintage blue and green books from the mid-20th century
This beautiful stack of five blue and green vintage books will make a classic addition to your bookshelves or coffee table.
These are readable vintage books dating from around 1948 to 1958: Mettle Dives Deep (no date), Rain on the Wind (1952), A Tale in Everything (1948), These Lovers Fled Away (no date), The Fleet that had to Die (1958). This book stack consists of five books which will cover shelf space/make a stack of 14cm and they are all around 20cm tall. Price is for all five books.
Antique Book Set
Red vintage book bundle from the mid-20th century
This beautiful mid-century book set would be great for your coffee table but would also look great as wedding décor, home staging, set decoration and photoshoots.
These are readable vintage books dating from around 1930 to 1965: The Newcomers Vol. 2 (c. 1930), Round the Bend (1951), Cornet of Horse (1958), The Man in my Chair (1950), Rupert of Hentzau (1965). This book stack consists of five books which will cover shelf space/make a stack of 13cm and range in height from 17cm to 19cm tall. Price is for all five books.
Vintage Book Set
Green vintage book bundle from the late 19th and early 20th century
This stack of five gorgeous vintage books in shades of green will make a classic addition to your bookshelves or coffee table.
These are readable vintage books dating from around 1886 to 1943 and the book bundle includes: The World and it’s People – The British Isles (1906), Beyond the Ocean Rim (1943), High School French Grammar (c. 1910), Ontario High School English Grammar (1925), Rob Roy (1886).
This book stack will cover shelf space/make a stack of 13cm and range in height from 17cm to 19cm tall. Price is for all five books.