Echoes of Ownership
Where the beauty of the book is deepened by the legacy of its keepers.
$2,250.00
An evocative and beautifully curated 19th-century friendship album, likely created collaboratively across generations. This richly layered volume features a blend of original manuscript poetry, hand-colored fashion and botanical plates, and...
1904 - The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children| Gifted as School Prize
$165.00
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By Charles Kingsley Illustrated By Author Published 1904Macmillan and Co., Limited, London The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children (1856) by Charles Kingsley offers a captivating retelling of...
The Poetical and Prose Works of Oliver Goldsmith| With Embroidered Rose Embellishment
$225.00
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**This 19th-century poetry book holds provenance which features an embroidered textile insert to front board.. Undated, c.mid-late 19th centuryGall & Ingalls, Edinburgh & London Decorative Victorian binding. Richly bound in...
$88.00
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“Designed to be a guide to true happiness in this life, and to glory in the life which is to come.” By Rev. Daniel Wise, A.M. Published 1851Carlton & Porter,...
$225.00
An extraordinary set of four antique herbarium sheets, each bearing a distinct wildflower hand-collected and pressed in 1908 by Edith Hammar in Finland. Preserved under the title Suomen Kasveja (“Plants...
1886 - Caps and Bells, First Edition| Inscribed With 19th-Century Love Poem to “Miss Ethel”
$85.00
**Provenance – This copy bears a poignant 1887 inscription: a handwritten poem addressed to “Miss Ethel, most beautiful and most bewitching,” penned in brown ink across two pages. The intimate...
Five Little Peppers, Five-Volume Set|With Gift Inscription From Grandmother to Granddaughter
$475.00
By Margaret Sidney Lothrop Publishing Company/ Boston Incomplete Set/Five out of Ten Gilt victorian bindings/ Beautifully preserved 5-volume set from Margaret Sidney’s beloved Five Little Peppers series. Each book is...
1907 - Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson|Gifted As School Prize
$250.00
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Published 1907Macmillan and Co., Limited, Publishers/ London Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) was a British poet and one of the most celebrated figures of the Victorian era. Appointed Poet Laureate in...
1894 - Because I Love You; Poems of Love, First Edition|With Gift Inscription
$140.00
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Selected and Arranged By Anna E. Mack Published 1894, First EditionLee and Shepard, Publisher A heartfelt anthology capturing love and friendships enduring essence. A poetic treasure from the Victorian era. ...
1892 - Henry Drummond’s- Beautiful Thoughts|Hand-painted Illumination & Hoyt Family Provenance
$225.00
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By Henry Drummond Arranged By Elizabeth Cureton Published 1892James Pott & Co., Publishers/ New York A book of daily thoughts/ wisdom for each day of the year. Henry Drummond (1851–1897)...
Set of 2 Signed Postcards By Maria von Trapp| Trapp Family Lodge, Autographed Ephemera
$200.00
A charming pair of original postcards signed by Maria von Trapp, matriarch of the famed Trapp Family Singers whose story inspired The Sound of Music. Both cards originate from the...
1890 - Tom Brown’s School Days|Gifted as School Prize
$135.00
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By An Old Boy Illustrated By Arthur Hughes and Sydney Prior Hall Published 1890Macmillan and Co., Publishers Hardcover. Full blue calf leather. Gilt detail/school crest to front board with gilt...
1913 - The Writings of John Burroughs| With Obituary/Biography Newspaper Clipping
$195.00
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Published 1913 Houghton Mifflin Company, Publishers/ Boston and New York Riverby Edition With Portraits and Illustrations First 15 Volumes out of 23 Volumes. **Included with the set is an original early...
$525.00
Published 1906Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press/ LondonPrinted in Edinburgh Complete Copyright Edition **Paste-down with printed inscription “XMAS, 1907.” Miss E. Bridge From Their Royal Highnesses/ The Prince & Princesses of...
1875 - Child Life in Prose - Edited By John Greenleaf Whittier| With 19th-Century Calling Card
$125.00
Published 1875James R. Osgood and Company, Publisher/Boston A charming and evocative 1875 edition of Child Life in Prose, edited by the beloved American poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Richly illustrated and...
1907 - The Works of William Shakespeare | Gifted as School Prize
$185.00
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Edited By William George Clark and William Aldis Weight Published 1907Macmillan and Co., Limited/ London The Globe Edition A richly full blue leather bound 1907 Globe Edition of Shakespeare’s complete...