1768 Instructive Bibliography Guillaume Debure RARE BOOK Collecting French 2v

1768 Instructive Bibliography Guillaume Debure RARE BOOK Collecting French 2v Guillaume-François Debure was an 18th-century French bibliographer best known for his book Instructive Bibliography. In

1858 Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert French Literature Realism SCANDAL Affairs 2v “Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in o

1697 French Ballet & Opera Isaac Benserade Pelee et Thetis Triumph of Love 2v Isaac de Benserade was a 17th-century French poet known for his extensive collection of ballets in verse as well as sonnet

1877 John MILTON Paradise Lost Sonnets Psalms English Poems 2v ART ILLUSTRATED “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ? John Milton, Paradise L

Blue color variation. Made by A.T.C. (Asahi Toy Company). Featured in Dale Kelley's book "Collecting the Tin Toy Car" on page 49. One of the most sought after Japanese post war cars. Some scratching a

1840 RARE Edgar Allan Poe 1ed Fall of House Usher Literature Bentley Miscellany “I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as

1856 History of BUCCANEERS America PIRATES Freebooters Sir Henry Morgan Maritime “The History of the Buccaneers of America” is a detailed chronicle of 17th-century piracy and the audacious fre

1977 JRR Tolkien 1st ed 1st Printing Silmarillion Lord of the Rings + MAP + DJ “The Silmarillion,” written by J.R.R. Tolkien, is a collection of interconnected mythological and historical stor

1893 BRONTE Novels Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Shirley Feminism Villette 10v “Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.” ? Charlotte Brontë Famous novels of

1861 William Wilberforce Enormity of SLAVE TRADE Abolition Bill America RARE William Wilberforce was an 18th-century British politician who is best remembered for his role in helping abolish slave tra

1920 The Sleeping Beauty Illustrated Rackham ART Fantasy Fairy Perrault Disney “Like the sundial, my paint box counts no hours but sunny ones.” ? Arthur Rackham A beautiful and famed printing

1900 Richard Wagner FOLIO Rhinegold Valkyrie Ring of Niblung Opera Piano MUSIC “Joy is not in things; it is in us” ? Richard Wagner Richard Wagners “Der Ring des Nibelungen” (or “The

1859 Life George Washington by Irving Revolutionary War 5v + Confederate Money “It is better to be alone than in bad company.” – George Washington Late in Washington Irvings literary career,

1828 DIET & Health Medicine Prevention Cure Diseases Digestive Functions Stomach “A Treatise on Diet” by John Ayrton Paris is an early 19th-century work that scrutinizes the impact of diet on

Birds of Asia. John Gould (1804-1881). London: Taylor and Francis for the Author, 1850-83. Physical Description: 7 volumes. Folio (21 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches). 530 hand-colored lithographs after John Goul

Rare French mahogany cased chronograph signed "Rieussec Chronographe" with porcelain dial 19th c. all in leather case. 3"h.x5"w.

A very rare French Renaissance gilt brass circular horizontal tambour timepiece B. Bouchas, Valence, dated 1558 The circular gilt brass movement with three slender square section Classical column pill

A rare French silver cased double singing bird musical box, boar's head poincons, attributed to Blaise Bontems, circa 1880, brass framed movement with double bellows and paddlewheel governor, movement

Unusual Design with 3 Front Posts and 4 Rear Posts. Spring Loaded Lift Gate with 6 Side Screws. Extended Sole Plate and Original Turned Wooden Handle. Size 5 1/4" x 5 3/4"

This exceptional and rare French antique fountain is authentic from France, signed "Durenne".Best foundry for iron art work, all art work is seen all over the city of Paris, France. It was made in the

Extremely Rare French Industrial Animated Cyclist Mantle Clock. The rouge marble case has a bronze sculpture on top depicting a man standing beside and walking his penny-farthing (high wheel bicycle);

"Le Lioret No. 3" Phonograph, 1897 Rare French weight-driven phonograph for celluloid cylinders. Inventor and manufacturer was the Parisian clockmaker Henri Lioret (1848-1938). Nickel-plated brass cas

Exceptionally Rare French Carved Walnut "Maquette Francaise" of an Equestrian, second half 19th century, the rider and horse stamped "Maquette Francaise sur Armature Articulee/Brevetee S.G.D.G/Paris B

Rare French Bronze Dore et Patine Surtout de Table first quarter 20th century, in the rococo taste, the surround molded with pierced scrollwork and rocaille work, accented with chased details, and dec