Does your #Valentine love #PrettyBooks? We have this #scarce 1840 #TreeCalf binding of #Disraeli 's #MiscellaniesofLiterature! Five #RaisedBands. #Marbled #endpapers and edges. $300. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/4051... #Booksky #gift #literature #oldbooks #leather #gilt #ValentinesDay

This 1905 edition of #WilliamThackeray 's #HistoryofHenryEsmond has all the #BellsandWhistles: #leather #binding with #raisedbands, #alledgesgilt, #silkribbonmarker. It would look lovely on your #mom 's #bookshelf! $30. #Booksky #literature #prettybooks #littlebooks #oldbooks #historicalfiction

This partial set of 1844 #books about #England 's #Queens since the #NormanConquest would look lovely on your shelf! #ElizabethI is the last one profiled. $300. #Booksky #royalty #biography #history #AgnesStrickland #raisedbands #alledgesgilt #oldbooks #prettybooks

This handsome ca.1890 set of #ThomasCarlyle's #FrenchRevolution would look lovely on your shelf! Three-quarter #leather with #marbledboards, #raisedbands, and #topedgesgilt. #Illustrated with #engravings. $60. #Booksky #history #France #LouisXIV #MarieAntoinette #revolt

This #scarce ca.1890 #book was given as a #SchoolPrize for "Practical #Navigation" on the #SchoolShipConway in #England. #Leather binding with #gilt decoration, five #raisedbands, #marbled #endpapers and page edges, and #dentelled boards. $200. #Booksky #oldbooks #prettybooks #biography

Another chance to own a really #oldbook for not much money! This 1799 #book is the 9th edition of a #satirical #poem about #literature by #ThomasJMathias (there were 16 editions done). $150. #Booksky #prettybooks #suede #leather #raisedbands #poetry

Lovely #TooledLeather cover on this 1857 #illustrated #sacred #poetry #book. Also features #SteelEngravings, #RaisedBands, #AllEdgesGilt, and #MarbledEndpapers. Front endpaper/first plate separated, but present. Only $25. #asis #booksky