Antiquarian books

Turn of the Century Decorative Cloth Publisher Binding Keats

I spent a week at the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar learning about the rare book trade. Here is the ten takeaways from the seminar.

Curios and collectibles, art, vintage finds and gorgeous antiques spark the imagination at Uncommon Objects in Austin, TX.

1904 JAPANESE ART BY SADAKICHI HARTMANN ILLUSTRATED SIGNED-BINDING DESIGNED BY AMY RICHARDS *** RARE ANTIQUE FIRST EDITION ~ EXQUISITE GILT DECORATED FINE BINDING ~ PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH FULL-PAGE PLATES ~ CLASSIC FINE ART *** Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1904. Printed by the Colonial Press. • First Edition - "1904" on title page, though copyright page shows "September, 1903" with no additional printings listed - also there is a December, 1903 gift inscription on front endpaper •…

Littledom Castle and other Tales. by Mrs M H Spielmann Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Kate Greenaway, Hugh Thomson, Harry Furniss, C. Wilhelm, Madame Ronner, Rosie Pitman, Jessie M. King, and Phil M…

Gaius Sallustius CrispusDe coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem de bello Iugurthino... (Venice: in the house of Aldus, and Andrea Torresa

I went up to the New York Antiquarian Book Fair the other week. I’ve collected books since I was a teenager. When I was a little boy I collected birds’ nests. There’s something about collecting that’s connected to childhood — amazement at the world, maybe, generating a desire to possess it…in acts of undercover self-definition. It’s the […]

Heart of Oak Books edited by Charles Eliot Norton, Vol.2 published by D.C. Heath & Co, Boston, Mass, 1906. Nursery rhymes, Fairy tales .