Old Books & Things..

A blog of old books and interesting items we have / had in our antiquarian bookshop in Whitehaven, Cumbria. We have been finding new homes for old books since 1970. Photos are of our own old books maps and prints, all of which are for sale [unless sold]

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Engraving from Millan’s Universal Register 1751

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old 19th century books

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from a 19th century bookplate..

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19th century leather bound books with marbled page edges

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19th century steel engraved illustration

c1839

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Attractive art nouveau Illustration from a late 19th century advert

Carl Hentschel & Co Photo Engravers, London

F V Poole 1898

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beautiful finely detailed wood engraving 

Printed in Hamburg 1719

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Beautiful ornate and very intricate gilt detailed book cover c1885 

Little Songs for Me to Sing - composed by Henry Leslie 

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beautiful book cover c1905 with gilt spider and bird design

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as has been noted by quite a few followers.. a spider catching a bird in a web does seem a slightly curious choice of design for a book on insects..

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The Moon; published in 1778 the details quote observations from 1773 Plate XLII [42] from Encyclopaedia Britannica or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences &c Edinburgh 1778 - Second Edition greatly improves and enlarged.

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An optical illusion - a picture of an open hand with elongated printed text IF I OFFER IT on the palm and at right angles WILL YOU ACCEPT the printed text appears much more clearly when viewed at an angle which appears to shorten the letters

19th century? the reverse is blank - measures 84mm x 54mm

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Nature’s Pageant the story of the seasons - The Rambler Nature Books

Attractive art nouveau covers c1910

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Queen Mab’s Fairy Realm

London George Newnes 1901 

Illustrators include Arthur Rackham

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A bound volume of original botanic illustrations including flowers plants and funghi

83 pencil sketches highlighted with water colour - bound c1823 

Unknown artist

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The Moon Her Motions Aspect Scenery and Physical Condition by Richard A Proctor  B.A. Cambridge. Hon Sec Royal Astronomical Society with three Lunar photographs by Rutherfurd [Enlarged by Brothers and many plates charts etc. London Longmans, Green and Co. 1873 First Edition

Real photos of the moon taken 143 years ago..

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1984

George Orwell