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Period: Mid-20th Century
The Secret Paris of The 30’s - Brassaï - 1st Edition, Pantheon, 1976
By Brassaï
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Pantheon, New York, 1976.
Translated from the French by Richard Miller the book tells through photographs and written reminiscence Brassai’s first hand e...
Category
French Modern Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Pre-Columbian Art by Hasso Von Winning
Located in London, GB
Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America by Hasso Von Winning. Published by Abrams, New York, 1968. First edition.
First major study to elevate t...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Contemporary Shops in the United States - E. Nicholson & George Nelson - 1946
Located in London, GB
Published by the Architectural Book Publishing Company, second printing, revised and enlarged edition, 1946.
With text by Emrich Nicholson and a fore...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People - Horst, Vreeland, Lawford - 1st, 1968
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by the Viking Press, New York in 1968.
A collection of interior photos and portraits featuring the opulent houses and affluent people of the 1960s, photogra...
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American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Modigliani the Sculptor, Book
By Amedeo Modigliani, Alfred Werner
Located in London, GB
Published by Art, Inc, New York, first edition, 1962.
This was the first book published on Modigliani's sculpture, the book is filled with beautifully printed black and white imag...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Araki Meets Hokusai - Nobuyoshi Araki, Hokusai - 1st Edition, Kehrer, 2008
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Kehrer Verlag & Kestnergesellschaft, Germany, 2008.
With two volumes, one for each artist, housed jointly in a slipcase, this is a brilliant pictorial di...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Modern Furniture, its Design and Construction by Mario Dal Fabbro, 1950
Located in London, GB
First edition, second printing, published by Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1950.
A guide to the design and production of modern furniture, published contemporary to the era. Wi...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Leather Collection of 20 Book Set, 1909-1959
Located in New York, NY
Nordic Family Book Encyclopedia set on Film (1909-1959). Published by Stenström & Bartelson, Malmö, 1959.
MISSING 12, 14 but look beautiful on the sh...
Category
Swedish Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Petits Appartements by Michele Lenoir Editions Du Jour
Located in London, GB
Petits Appartements
By Michele Lenoir
Editions Du Jour, Paris, circa 1960. Hardback in color illustrated dust Jacket. First edition. Text in French. Illustrated with over 100 black & white photographs of interiors, furniture and objects. Designers include Bahut Troeds, Schneider, Mobilier International, M. Flachet, Cesam, Meubles Oscar...
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Picasso in Antibes by Dor De La Souchère, 1960
By Romuald Dor de la Souchère 1
Located in London, GB
Picasso in Antibes by Dor De La Souchère.
Published by Perry Lund, Humphries & Company Ltd. 1960.
First edition.
Photographs by Marianne Greenwood, ...
Category
British Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
November Girl - Sam Haskins - Signed 1st Edition, Madison Square Press, 1967
By Sam Haskins
Located in London, GB
Signed First Edition, Published by Madison Square Press, New York, 1967.
Arguably his greatest single work, ‘November Girl’ continues to exert a powerful and widespread influence on...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Madame Carven Grand Couturier book Signed by Madame Carven
By Madame Carven
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Paris-Muse´es association, 2002.
Signed copy by Madame Carven to a friend.
A catalogue for an exhibition held at Musee Galleria in 2002, tracing the his...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Books
Danske Stole Danish Chairs, 1954
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Høst & Søns Forlag København, 1954
An important document of Danish chair design during the early 1950s, showing many of the aesthetic and technological...
Category
Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Maxime Old Architecte-Decorateur
By Maxime Old
Located in London, GB
Maxime Old Architecte-Decorateur. Published by Norma Editions, Paris, 2000.
Maxime Old was one of the leading furniture makers and designers in France from the mid-1930s-the 1980s. He was born into a long line of cabinet makers and as a young man he joined the famed workshop of Jacques Emile...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
"The New Museum, Architecture and Display - Michael Brawne, " 1965
By Michael Brawne
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Praeger, New York in 1965.
A worldwide survey of museum design and architecture; Brawne offers 50 examples of seminal museum designs from New York's Gu...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Jean Puiforcat by Francoise De Bonneville (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A now out of print book which is the catalogue raisonne of the great deco silversmith Jean Puiforcat. 339 pages with bilingual text in French and English and illustrated throughout w...
Category
Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Other
London Scene – J. Suess, G. Dommermuth & H. Maier - 1st Edition, 1968
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Büchergilde Gutenberg, Frankfurt, 1968-1969. Text in German.
From the same creators as ‘Beat in Liverpool’, this incredibly scarce first edition of London Scene...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
"English Style" Mary Gilliatt & Michael Boys, 1967
By Michael Boys, Mary Gilliatt
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by The Bodley Head, London, 1967
‘English Style’, a survey of domestic decoration between the years 1951 and 1967, compiled by one of the world’s leading design and interior journalists, Mary Gilliatt. The book showcases the homes of many prominent designers and socialites, from Terence Conran, Robin and Lucienne Day...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Studio Yearbook: Decorative Art, 1943-1948
By The Studio Publications, London 1
Located in London, GB
Published by The Studio, London.
By Rathbone Holme and Kathleen M. Frost.
A selection of leading architectural projects, interior designs, furniture and household items present...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Mademoiselle 1 + 1: Marcel Veronese & Jean-Claude Peretz First Edition 1968
Located in London, GB
First edition, The Bodley Head, 1968.
One of the seminal 1960s photo books. An illustrated narrative following a girl named Zoe who runs an inn frequented by mysterious 'horsemen', ...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Selden Rodman – Conversations with Artists First Edition, 1957 'Scarce'
By Selden Rodman
Located in London, GB
First edition, very scarce hardback, published by The Devin-Adair Co., 1957
35 American painters, sculptors and architects discuss their work and one another with Selden Rodman, d...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Virginia House Tour Mainly in the Locale Known as Mr. Jefferson's Country 1st Ed
By William Stevens
Located in valatie, NY
Virginia House Tour: Mainly in the Locale Known as Mr. Jefferson's Country: Historical and Plantation Legends, First edition by William Stevens. Stevens...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
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