Antique and Vintage Books
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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
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
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.
