I have a pair of these from a friend of my wife's family in Germany. The old lady was in her late 80s in 1974, when I got them and she told me they were her father's. Her father, Heinrich Schneider, had been a senior financial official for Kaiser Wilhelm II. The family lived in Alsbach a.d.B. in Hessen.

vase, bought by great-aunt, left to my mother in 1979, no idea where purchased or when

Pictures attached, I am curious of the value of the piece..does not have scales and is missing one chandelier piece.

From a British Merchant officer stationed in the Philippines during World War Two. He survived 5 brutal years of Japanese occupied prisoner of war camp and was liberated in 1944.

Could someone who knows about antiques please take a look and tell me what this item is (i.e. type of wood, how old it is, exactly what to call it, value, etc)?
This is actually 2 pieces that stack on each other and go together.
It has dove tail drawers with locks that still work with the original key.

John Halifax Gentleman
Belford Clarke & Co
Caxton Edition

It is a hard cover book with an exquisite design on the cover. Saying on front: May Bles Sings Be uoon the head of CADMUS, the phoenicians or whoever it was that invented books Thos Carlyle. There isn't a copyright or date published.

Stories of Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyles Best Books Vol 1
No publishing date

A Study of Scarlet and other stories
Sherlock Holmes edition P.F. Collier & Son, Publisher
Green hard cover with black engraved design of a man spoking a pipe

Stories of Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyles Best Books Vol 3
Beyond the City
P.F. Collier & Son, Puplisher
No Copy or Publish date

A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Hegan Rice
The century Co. 1912
Hard cover - green with gold writing and detail

Dickens Works Illistrated
Childs History England Miscellaneous
Dickens
Hurst & Co Publishers
Date publishing date

The Treasure Finders by James Otis
A Boy's Adventures in Nicaragua
A.L. Burt, Publisher
No copy date but a note where it was given to someone dated 1905
Green Hard Cover with red and yellow detail

New Chronicles of Rebecca by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Copyright 1906 Published April 1907
Grosset & Dunlop Publisher
Green Hard Cover with black detail

The Bobbsey Twins in the Land of Cotton
by Laura Lee Hope
Published by Grosset & Dunlop
Copyright 1942

Famous Children of Story Book Land by Laura A. Large
by Laura ntoinette Large
Published by The Platte & Munk Co., Inc.
Copyright 1935

Aqua Blue Hard Cover with detailed engraving