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Skinner's the Fletcher Collection of Imperial Russia
Located in valatie, NY
European Furniture & Decorative Arts Featuring Fine Silver and The Fletcher Collection of Imperial
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Fabergé: Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies by Hermione Waterfield
Located in valatie, NY
Fabergé: Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies by Hermione Waterfield. Published by Charles Scribner's
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Vintage 1970s American Books

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Paper

Porphyry: Red Imperial Porphyry Power and Religion (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautifully presented book which is now out of print and therefore difficult to source. The author starts with a study of the history, art, architecture and historical asso...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Books

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Paper

Porphyry: Red Imperial Porphyry Power and Religion (Book)
Porphyry: Red Imperial Porphyry Power and Religion (Book)
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Set of 3 Books on Grigory Efimovitch "Rasputin, " First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. Brought into the inner circle of the Imperial Family, to minister to their hemophiliac son, Rasputin
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1990s American Books

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Paper

Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske. Published by Prentice Hall, NY, 1990. Stated 1st Ed
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1990s American Books

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Paper

Sotheby's London 2019 Auction Catalog Qing Imperial Porcelain, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's London 2019 Auction Catalog Qing Imperial Porcelain. 1st Ed hardcover. This is a
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books

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Paper

Christie's Imperial Design From Stockholm to St. Petersburg, 25 November 2008
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's Imperial Design From Stockholm to St. Petersburg, 25 November 2008. Auction catalog, 1st
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Paper

4 Vols Antique Folio, Imperial Gallery of British Art, Engravings, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 4 antique volumes of The Imperial Gallery of British Art. An English, illustrated folio of
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Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Books

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Paper

Magnificent Clocks for Chinese Imperial Court from the Nezu Museum, Christie's
Located in valatie, NY
Magnificent Clocks for the Chinese Imperial Court from the Nezu Museum Christie's, Hong Kong, May
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Sotheby's Catalog, An Important Russian Imperial Jewel. Geneva, 2005 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog, An Important Russian Imperial Jewel. Geneva 17 November 2005. 1st Ed hardcover
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Books

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Paper

"Green Frog Service" - Book about an Imperial Russian Dinner Service
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is number 111 from the limited edition of 1,000 copies. The first 25 are special leather bound copies, a further 25 were for collaborators on the publication, the next 350 were ...
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Antique Late 18th Century Books

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Paper

Works of Shakespere Imperial Edition by Charles Knight Vol i with Golden Edges
Located in Doha, QA
This unique book is very rare and terrific edition which goes back to late 19th century, approximately 1870-1875. This is one of two volumes of Complete Works of W. Shakespeare. This...
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Antique Late 19th Century English High Victorian Books

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Gold

Thonet Bentwood & Other Furniture : The 1904 Illustrated Catalogue
Located in valatie, NY
chairs in particular, to the Imperial Family. With added monograph on Thonet. NPT Books a division of
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Paper

Sotheby's Art at Auction 1992-93: the Art Market Review 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Collection, Louis XVI ormolu-mountered sycamore, Faberge Imperial Easter egg (Love Trophy Egg), Rembrandt
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1990s American Books

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Paper

Studio St. Petersburg by Deborah Turbeville 1997 by Bulfinch Press 1st Ed.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Studio St. Petersburg by Deborah Turbeville 1997 by Bulfinch Press 1st Ed. In her previous books on
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Late 20th Century American Expressionist Books

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Paper

Treasures of the Qing Court, a Personal Perspective London 7 Nov. 2012 Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
softcover auction catalog. The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Paper

Treasures of Chinese Glass Workshops, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Emperors by The Imperial Glass Workshop, which functioned within the Imperial Palace Forbidden City Walls
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20th Century American Books

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Paper

Sotheby's: Treasures Aristocratic Heirlooms, London July 2010
Located in valatie, NY
Rothschild family, the Imperial family of Russia, the Princes Carafa of Roccella, the Duke of Urbino, the
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2010s English Books

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Paper

Greece and Rome Metropolitan Museum Of Art, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
, republican taste, and later, imperial needs. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Paper

Winston CHURCHILL. Liberalism And The Social Problem - FIRST EDITION - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
conciliation of South Africa, imperial preference, labor exchanges, and unemployment insurance. REFERENCE
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Antique Early 1900s British Books

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Leather

Peter Carl Fabergé, His Life and Work by Henry Charles Bainbridge
Located in valatie, NY
Peter Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith and Jeweler to the Russian Imperial Court, His Life and Work by Henry
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20th Century English Books

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Paper

Faberge In America, Exhibition Publication 1st Ed
By Geza von Habsburg-Lothringen
Located in valatie, NY
our nation's ongoing fascination with Imperial Russia. NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques
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1990s American Books

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Paper

Marseille Ancienne et Moderne - FIRST ED WITH THE GILT ARMS OF NAPOLEON - 1786
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
-1/8", bound in full tan tree calf, with the imperial arms of Napoleon stamped on both covers, covers
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Antique 1780s French Books

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Leather

Jansen: Decoration (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
books on interior decoration and design. The book covers a period of approximately one hundred years
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20th Century Books

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Other

Jansen: Decoration  (Book)
Jansen: Decoration  (Book)
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H 11 in W 10 in D 1 in
Japanese Garden
Located in New York City, NY
through a series of essays and with 100 featured gardens, ranging from ancient Shinto shrines to imperial
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books

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Paper

Japanese Garden
Japanese Garden
H 1.5 in W 8.13 in D 2 in
Salvador Dali, Dali Edited by Max Gerard 1968
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in London, GB
; Gala; The still life; eroticism; Mysticism; space-time; Oneros; Towards an imperial classicism
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Books

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Paper

Salvador Dali, Dali Edited by Max Gerard 1968
Salvador Dali, Dali Edited by Max Gerard 1968
H 12.21 in W 11.42 in D 1.19 in
Moscow and St. Petersburg 1900–1920 Art, Life and Culture Book by John E. Bowlt
Located in New York, NY
. Bowlt The twilight of Imperial Russia witnessed a sudden renaissance of the visual, literary, and
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Faberge Collection of His Late Majesty King Chulalongkorn of Thailand (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
the Imperial court of the Emperor Nicholas and with whose family he forged close ties and from that
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Antique Late 19th Century Books

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Paper

Moroccan Interiors Tashen Book by Lisa Lovatt-Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
ornamental beauty of the imperial cities. Moroccan Interiors are as endlessly varied as the country itself
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Books

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Paper

Guy De Maupassant, Sur L'eau with Illustrations by A.Le Petit. Kieffer Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
, 1927. 8vo, 7 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (197 x 156 mm); pp. 224, colophon. This is no. 55 of 68 on Japon impérial
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Early 20th Century European Books

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Leather, Paper

The Magnificent Builders and Their Dream Houses by Joseph Thorndike, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Roman imperial villas, a modern cave home, a luxury Pullman railroad car, and even a 1930s yacht. It
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Vintage 1970s American Books

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Paper

Renée Mauperin by the Goncourt Bros., Original Tissot Etching, Signed
Located in Middletown, NY
. 8vo 10 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. (266 x 175 mm). No. 5 of 20 deluxe illustrated copies printed on imperial japon
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Antique Late 19th Century French Books

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Gold Leaf

Baudelaire's Fleurs Du Mal, Beautifully Illustrated and with Original Drawing
By Charles Baudelaire
Located in Middletown, NY
signatures loose. This is copy no. 7 of 80 copies printed on IMPERIAL JAPAN (initialled and numbered by the
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Early 20th Century Books

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Paint, Paper

Sotheby's Important Chinese Ceramics from the J. M. Hu Family Collection, 1985
Located in valatie, NY
), was one of China's great connoisseur/collectors. His collection of the finest of Imperial ceramics
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Paper

The Khmers History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization Art Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
hundred and fifty years ago the representatives of imperial France were astonished to find half-buried
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20th Century Asian Tribal Books

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Paper

Shigaraki the Potters' Valley 1st Edition 1979 Japan Hardcover Book by Louise Al
Located in North Hollywood, CA
of the valley. Imperial bounty Medieval wares Tea-storage jars Tea-ceremony
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Late 20th Century Folk Art Books

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Paper

Frank Lloyd Wright American Architect of the Twentieth Century Book 1st Ed.1993
By (after) Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in North Hollywood, CA
ambitious commercial masterworks as the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, the S.C
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books

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Paper

Mies Van Der Rohe A Critical Biography by Franz Schulze
Located in valatie, NY
drawings. Contents: List of buildings and projects; Aachen: youth in imperial Germany, 1886-1905; Berlin
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Paper

Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor, by Robert Taylor, 1987
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
original paintings can be found in the collections of the Imperial War Museum, the RAF Museum, the Fleet
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Vintage 1980s British Books

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Paper

Gillows Imperial Patent Mahogany Dining Table
By Gillows of Lancaster & London
Located in Folkestone, GB
precisely to a design in the Lancashire pattern books dated 1804. The reeded-edge top consisting of two
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Dining Room Tables

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Mahogany

Medicine Manuscript Koyto Imperial University-Collection Lecture Notebook 1900
Located in Norton, MA
, materia medica, and other medical subjects at the Kyoto Imperial University. [Kyoto, 1900]. 4 volumes
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Scholar's Objects

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Paper

1816, Arabs, Ethnology, Imperial Folio, Huge Early Stone Lithograph
By Brodtmann, K.J.A.
Located in Norwich, GB
lithographs in the post-Linnaean "'Age of Enlightenment" as books illustrations and sets of natural history
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Antique 1810s Swiss Prints

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Paper

Antique Map of India during the height of the Mughal Imperial Expansion, 1713
Located in Langweer, NL
India, made during the height of the Mughal imperial expansion. The map encompasses most of India and
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Antique Early 18th Century Maps

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Paper

A 200 Plus Set of 19 Century Imperial Russian Silver Flatware by Andrei Bragin
By Andrei Bragin
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Imperial History. The subject of one of Mr Smiths most acclaimed and widely read books published in
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Antique Mid-19th Century Russian Other Sterling Silver

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Silver, Vermeil

Large Antique Print of Orchids and Epiphytes in Laos
Located in Langweer, NL
the most beautifully illustrated books on Indo-China. Garnier served with the French navy in the Far
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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Large Antique Print of the Peunom Pyramid, Laos
Located in Langweer, NL
beautifully illustrated books on Indo-China. Garnier served with the French navy in the Far East in 1859, as
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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Large Antique Print of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Siamese Costumes
Located in Langweer, NL
was one of the most beautifully illustrated books on Indo-China. Garnier served with the French navy
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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Large Antique Print with mixed populations of Yunnan, southwestern China
Located in Langweer, NL
-1875. It was one of the most beautifully illustrated books on Indo-China. Garnier served with the
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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Large Antique Print with mixed populations of Yunnan, including Yi People, China
Located in Langweer, NL
was one of the most beautifully illustrated books on Indo-China. Garnier served with the French navy
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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Large Antique Print of a Camp near Mekong River, Laos
Located in Langweer, NL
. Published 1873-1875. It was one of the most beautifully illustrated books on Indo-China. Garnier served
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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Large Antique Print with panoramic views of Khong Island and a Valley, Laos
Located in Langweer, NL
illustrated books on Indo-China. Garnier served with the French navy in the Far East in 1859, as part of
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Antique Late 19th Century Prints

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Paper

Antique Italian Empire cabinet from the early 19th century
Located in Cesena, FC
drawer is curved and the top is slightly inclined so that it can be used as a support for books or
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Sideboards

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Brass

Cherry Blossoms Showa Period Scroll Japan 20c Artist Mataichiro Isoda Nihonga St
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. He studied under Keigetsu Kikuchi and was selected for the first time in the 8th Imperial Exhibition
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20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Chiyoda Castle 19th-20th Century Scroll Painting Japan Artist Taikan Yokoyama
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Imperial Arts Center, and a member of the Imperial Art Academy. Received the Asahi Cultural Award
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

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Silk

Thomas Mercer Chronometer Carriage Timepiece
By Thomas Mercer
Located in Amersham, GB
of the 19th and 20th centuries. Ernest Shakleton used a Mercer chronometer on the 1914 Imperial Trans
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Vintage 1970s British Mid-Century Modern Carriage Clocks and Travel Clocks

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Brass

Baron Von Richthofen Authentic Antique Strand of Hair, 20th Century
Located in Jersey, GB
Manfred Von Richthofen widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial
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20th Century Historical Memorabilia

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Other

Covered Vase with Atlantes, attr. to A. Giroux, France, circa 1880
By Alphonse Giroux et Cie
Located in PARIS, FR
Franco-English military campaign against the imperial army in China in 1860. Napoleon III’s French troops
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Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Archizoom Safari Seating Pod 'Historic' '1967-2022' for Poltronova Srl
By Archizoom Associati
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Safari Imperial sofa, design by Archizoom Associati The famed, ultimate Pop Art sectional pod
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Sectional Sofas

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Upholstery, Faux Fur, Fiberglass

Mellerio Paris, A French Gold, Diamonds, Silver, and Smoky Quartz Carved Horse
By Mellerio
Located in New York, NY
des Tuileries, rue du Coq Saint-Honoré. His well-organized order books give an idea of his high
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20th Century French Mounted Objects

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Jade, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver

Mellerio Paris, A French Gold, Diamond, Silver-Gilt, Rock-Crystal, & Lapis Horse
By Mellerio
Located in New York, NY
opened his at the Palais des Tuileries, rue du Coq Saint-Honoré. His well-organized order books give an
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20th Century French Mounted Objects

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Lapis Lazuli, Rock Crystal, Gold, Silver

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Imperial Books For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of imperial books is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, animal skin and leather, all imperial books available were constructed with great care. Imperial books have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of imperial books to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Victorian imperial books are of considerable interest. Imperial books have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Boris Ometev, Christopher Forbes and Geza von Habsburg-Lothringen are consistently popular.

How Much are Imperial Books?

Imperial books can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $129, while the lowest priced sells for $49 and the highest can go for as much as $7,600.