19th-Century Books

An elegant little Victorian Poe, compact and atmospheric, with marbled boards and the dark music of “The Raven,” “Annabel Lee,” and “The Bells” wit...

Author: Mary Louisa Molesworth. Illustrated by M. Ellen Edwards.Title: The Story of a Spring Morning, and Other Tales.Publisher: London, Longmans, ...

An attractive illustrated edition of Andersen’s fairy tales in a striking pictorial cloth binding, complete with all six full-page colour plates an...

Author: Torquato Tasso. Translated by J. H. Wiffen.Title: Jerusalem Delivered.Publisher: New York, Hurst & Co., 122 Nassau Street, [no date, ci...

An attractive late nineteenth-century edition of Professor Hoffmann’s classic manual of conjuring, extensively illustrated with 140 figures and pre...

Author: Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by W. J. Morgan.Title: Lucky Ducks and Other Stories.Publisher: London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowle...

Author: Emma Marshall.Title: Eaglehurst Towers.Publisher: London, S. W. Partridge & Co., 9 Paternoster Row, [circa 1890]. First Edition.Languag...

Author: Margaret, Queen of Navarre. Illustrated by S. Freudenberg and Dunker.Title: The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre.Publi...

An exceptionally charming late-Victorian fairy book, entirely written, illustrated and designed by Laurence Housman, with some of his finest early ...

An enchanting little Arts and Crafts fairy book, dressed in gilt cloth and tied with burgundy ribbons, where nursery folklore meets the bold black ...

Author: E. Nesbit.Title: Pussy Tales.Publisher: London: Marcus Ward & Co., circa 1895. Scarce First Edition.Language: Text in English.Size: 9 x...

An exceptionally attractive late-Victorian edition of the Arabian Nights, presented in a brilliant pictorial cloth binding and retaining its vivid ...

Author: Edited by A. H. Bullen.Title: Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age.Publisher: London, Lawrence and Bullen, Ltd., 16 Henrietta ...

Author: G. E. Farrow.Title: The Missing Prince.Illustrators: Harry Furniss and Dorothy Furniss.Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co., 34 Paternos...

Author: Laura E. Richards. W. H. W. Bicknell, illustrator, after drawings by Frank T. Merrill.Title: Captain January (Edition de Luxe, Being the Ce...

Author: George MacDonald. Title: Lilith: A Romance.Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898. Early American Edition.Language: Text in Engl...

Author: Amelia Hutchison Stirling. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.Title: The Reign of the Princess Naska.Publisher: London, Blackie & Son, Limited; ...

Author: Mark Lemon. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.Title: The Enchanted Doll: A Fairy Tale for Little People.Publisher: London, Wells Gardner, Darton...

A beautifully executed Zaehnsdorf binding for Hatchards Piccadilly, uniting the timeless fantasy of Lewis Carroll with the elegance of late Victori...

Author: Silas Weir Mitchell.Title: Prince Little Boy and Other Tales Out of Fairy Land.Publisher: New York, The Century Co., 1899.Language: Text in...