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Four 18th Century Vellum Covered Latin Books
Located in Hudson, NY
These four books printed in Latin are covered in beautiful old vellum covers and spines. Each book
Category
Antique 18th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Hand-colored 16th century copy of the famous Moerentorf Bible
By Henry Moret
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
(colored by a contemporary hand with extensive use of gold) showing Moses on the left, David on the right
Category
Antique 16th Century Belgian Baroque Books
Materials
Wood, Paper
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H 13 in W 10.63 in D 4.34 in
36 Hand Colored and Gilded Plates, 1891-Folio Sevres Porcelaine Vases
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in San Francisco, CA
plates by Gillot, colored and decorated in raised gold by hand.
The sevres porcelain factory produced
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's Sale Catalog, James Naismith's Founding Rules of Basketball, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
written down by James Naismith, the originator of the game. Detailed essay with sepia-colored vintage
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.63 in W 8.25 in D 0.13 in
A Rare Folio of Swiss Civil & Military Costumes after Hans Holbein the Younger
Located in Middletown, NY
magnificently-colored plates, the third part of a series of 4 comprising Holbein's oeuvre published in Basel by
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swiss Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 14.18 in W 10.36 in D 0.4 in
The Birds and Beasts of Shakespeare - an illustrated portfolio
Located in Middletown, NY
portraits of the Bard: one etching and one wood-engraving; text printed in black with caramel-colored rule
Category
Late 20th Century American Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
William Brice, Notations 1982, Twelvetrees Press, First Edition
Located in New York, NY
. Hardcover with book box.
During 1982 William Brice completed a series of brilliantly colored drawings on
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Books
Materials
Paper, Linen
Lady JACKSON. The French Court & Society. 2 VOLS. 1881 IN A FINE COSWAY BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
insertion of numerous additional tipped plates, some hand colored from contemporary sources, bound in full
Category
Antique 1880s British Books
Materials
Leather
H 8 in W 5.88 in D 1.5 in
Bristol and Other Coloured Glass by John Bedford
By John Bedford
Located in valatie, NY
various collectables. This one is about Bristol and other colored glass published for the collector and
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Audrey: a Life in Pictures Hardcover Book by Carol Krenz 1997
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Audrey: A Life in Pictures Carol Krenz Metrobooks, 1997.
Beautiful colored pictures of Audrey that
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Books
Materials
Paper
Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea / Ackermann, First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the great 19th-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 13.5 in W 11 in D 1 in
Flora Conspicua by Richard Morris
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the most desirable of all nineteenth century color plate books. RARE.
Morris, Richard
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Cottage English Country Style, First Edition
By Elizabeth Hilliard
Located in valatie, NY
. One of a series of source books on Classic ethnic styles. This one is about cottages in the English
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
The Greta Garbo Collection Auction Catalog - 1990 Sotheby's - 1st Edition
Located in Rochester, NY
cover book w/ dust wrapper and slipcase. Colored photographic illustrations of Impressionist & modern
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 8.75 in D 1 in
The Compleat Angler + The Lives of Donne.... by Izaak WALTON, illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
-line blocks, water-colored with stencils. Monotype Poliphilius on Pannekoek mould-made paper. All edges
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 8.25 in W 5.13 in D 1.13 in
The English Dance of Death - by Wm. Combe - Th. Rowlandson illustr.
Located in Middletown, NY
); Vol. 1: vii, 293, v. Vol. 2: i., 299, iv. Vol. 1: hand-colored frontispiece, hand colored illustrated
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Niki de Saint Phalle - Traces: An Autobiography Remembering 1930-1949
Located in London, GB
, hand drawn art, and hand-colored found photographs and prints
Condition: Very good/ Very good
Category
1990s Books
Materials
Paper
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H 10.24 in W 8.86 in D 0.99 in
Henry Moore Sculptures in Landscape - 1978 Clarkson N. Potter - 1st Edition
By Henry Moore
Located in Rochester, NY
Edition - Hardcover brown cloth book w/ gilt lettering and dustjacket - 129 pages w/ 80 colored plates of
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams - Mauries, 1991 Bullfinch Press - 1st Edition
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rochester, NY
jacket w/ protective covering. 116 colored plates / 484 black and white photo illustrations showing the
Category
1990s Books
Materials
Paper
Peter Halley Maintain Speed by Susan Kandel, New First Edition
By Peter Halley
Located in valatie, NY
"Neo-Geo" scene, Halley soon became known for his aggressively colored Day-Glo paintings of square
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
The Book Of Common Prayer - 1960 - IN A SCARCE EARLY BINDING BY PHILIP SMITH !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
ended multi colored felt lined slipcase, Philip Smith's binders stamp to upper edge of front pastedown
Category
Vintage 1960s British Books
Materials
Leather
H 5.88 in W 3.88 in D 1 in
Claude & Francoise - Xavier Lalanne: 2006 Krakoff, Kasmin, Brown - 1st Edition
By Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne
Located in Rochester, NY
in French and English. 113 pages filled w/ black white and colored photographic illustrations of
Category
Early 2000s Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.75 in W 10 in D 0.75 in
The Microcosm of London; or London in Miniature
Located in Middletown, NY
brilliantly-colored acquaint plates.
London: 1808-1810, Large 4to; 13 x 10 7/16 in. (330 x 267mm
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Monsieur Tonson by J. Taylor, illustrations by Robert CRUIKSHANK
Located in Middletown, NY
is hand-colored.
London: Alfred Miller, 1830; Second Edition.
Small 8vo, 6 x 3 7/8 inches (153 x 98
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
Located in Middletown, NY
to whom the volume is dedicated, and 81 hand-colored plates comprising 64 aquatint views by Bluck
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Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
H 13 in W 10.63 in D 2.5 in
"The Second World War, " Chartwell Edition by Winston Churchill
By Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Located in Austin, TX
attractive yellow gold and blue cloth and with additional colored maps and photographs not available in the
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
The Dance of Life a Poem; by Wm. Combe, Th. Rowlandson illustr. - FIRST ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
pp. + advertisement, with 26 richly colored aquatint plates including the engraved title page by
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 9.25 in W 5.75 in D 1.25 in
William Henry Pyne and His Microcosm, Pre-Publication, First Edition
By Harris Myers
Located in valatie, NY
c. He was a leading illustrator and writer in England's golden age of the "colored book." Pyne also
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
Iliad & the Odyssey of Homer. 8 Vols. Large Paper Edition 1905 Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, frontis in each volume in 2 states colored and un-colored, with Flaxman's illustrations, limited to 600
Category
Antique Early 1900s Books
Materials
Leather
H 10.69 in W 7.75 in D 2 in
Lure of the Exotic: Gauguin in New York Collections, 1st Ed Exhibition Cat
Located in valatie, NY
arts of ancient and tribal cultures, he began to create curiously abstract, vibrantly colored paintings
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.5 in W 8.75 in D 0.75 in
Malerische Ansichten / Picturesque Views (of first railway lines in Slovenia)
Located in Middletown, NY
12 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches (315 x 435 mm). Chromolithographic title, 2 text leaves, 10 hand-colored
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Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.75 in W 17.38 in D 0.75 in
Seminal guide to the East and West Indies, with 42 coloured maps and plates
By Jan Huygen van Linschoten
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
plates are colored by a contemporary hand. Near contemporary mottled calf, gold-tooled spine. [8], 206 pp
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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Books
Materials
Paper
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H 12.6 in W 8.27 in D 1.58 in
Synthesis: Lost & Found in America: the Art of Vesna Kittelson Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
racial diversity of our country. The American quilt with multi-colored and multi-textured patches of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.75 in W 9.75 in D 0.5 in
SIX ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF YOSEMITE SAM - Signed By Virgil Ross
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, untrimmed, in graphite and colored pencil, signed at the bottom in pencil "Virgil Ross", featuring Yosemite
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
SEVEN ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF SILVESTER THE CAT - Signed By Virgil Ross
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
animation paper, untrimmed, in graphite and colored pencil, signed at the bottom in pencil "Virgil Ross
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
Gilpin, Wm: Observations... on Great Britain, and High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vols
Located in Middletown, NY
34 aquatints (tinted aquatints and soft ground etchings, most plates oval) and 6 hand-colored maps
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Antique Late 18th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8.75 in W 5.25 in D 1.75 in
Sotheby's Catalog, An Important Russian Imperial Jewel. Geneva, 2005 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
increasing by purchase and by gifts, including diamonds, colored stones, pearls, Chinese filigree and Indian
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in W 8.5 in D 0.5 in
Island Hopping Amanda Lindroth Design Book by Amanda Lindroth
By Lindroth
Located in New York, NY
by Aldous Bertram
NOW WITH 16 NEW PAGES
White duck, boldly colored fabrics in solids, stripes, and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
Ross, Virgil. K-9 Martian Dog, 'Six Original Drawings, circa 1990s'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
paper, untrimmed, in graphite and colored pencil, signed at the bottom in pencil "Virgil ross
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
Toulouse Lautrec, French Book by Gerard Durozoi, 1992
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Atlanta, GA
. The circumstances of Toulouse-Lautrec's life have often colored interpretations of his career within
Category
1990s French Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
Schneider Glass, French-English Book by Edith Mannoni, 1992
By Verreries Schneider
Located in Atlanta, GA
.
Illustrated with more than 300 colored images.
192 pages.
Dimensions: 9.88 in x 12.82 in (25 x 32.5 cm
Category
1990s French Art Nouveau Books
Materials
Paper
Book, A Fine Binding, Road Scrapings, Coaches, and Coaching
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
London, 1882, illustrated. Fine tooled leather with exterior.
The illustrations are colored.
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Antique Late 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
John Addington Symonds, the Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi, 1890, Leather Bound
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
copies this being copy #93, illustrated with six original etchings by Adolphe Lalauze and 11 hand colored
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Antique 1890s British Books
Materials
Leather
H 9.25 in W 7 in D 2 in
Charles DICKENS. A Christmas Carol - FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE - 1843
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
the first chapter heading, title-page printed in red and blue, hand colored frontispiece & 3 plates by
Category
Antique 1840s British Books
Materials
Leather
North American Indians by George Catlin, Two Volumes, First Grant Edition, 1926
By George Catlin
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
frontispiece in each volume, three maps one of which is a folding map. The cream colored dust jackets for these
Category
Vintage 1920s Scottish Books
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Paper
H 10.63 in W 7 in D 4.75 in
The River War by Winston S. Churchill, First Edition, Two Volume Set, 1899
By Winston Churchill
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
book had twenty-six chapters, five appendixes, dozens of illustrations, and colored maps. A relatively
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Antique 1890s British Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 9.5 in W 6.75 in D 4.5 in
Tom, Jerry, and Logic or Life in London by Pierce Egan
Located in Middletown, NY
. Illustrated with 12 hand-colored plates including frontispiece, unattributed, in the style of George
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Antique Early 19th Century Scottish Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
M. Tinnayre, La Maison Du Péché, with H. Jourdain Etchings, Mylander Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
); pp. [6], iv, 355, ii, [6]; 67 colored etchings by Henri Jourdain; original blue paper wrappers bound
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Early 20th Century French Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 10.5 in W 7.75 in D 1.5 in
Book, A Fine Binding The Life of John Mytton, Esq.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine 19th century London sporting book, 4th edition
with colored prints of hunting, racing
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Antique 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Original Ladislav Sutnar Catalog Design Progress
By Ladislav Sutnar
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
covers black with transparent, citrus colored plastic sheet endpaper. Modern title page design in silver
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Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Christmastide: Its History, Festivities and Carols, by William Syndys, 1852
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, [nd, 1852]. Illustrated with hand-colored engravings. Octavo. Bound in full brown polished calf with
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Antique 1850s English Books
Materials
Paper
H 8.5 in W 5.75 in D 1.38 in
Guy De Maupassant, Sur L'eau with Illustrations by A.Le Petit. Kieffer Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
pochoir-colored illustrations by Alfred Le Petit (1841-1909), a French painter, photographer, cartoonist
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Early 20th Century European Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 7.75 in W 6.13 in D 1 in
PLANCHE - The Vampire; or Bride of the isles - 1820 - FIRST AND ONLY EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
ONLY EDITION. 1 vol., 6-7/8" x 4" (i)24pp., complete with the hand colored frontis, internally clean
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Antique 1820s British Books
Materials
Leather
H 6.88 in W 4 in D 0.5 in
John Kidgell, the Card, 1755, First Ed, the Earliest Known Mention of Baseball
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
. Newberry, 1755.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 2 vols., 6-5/8" x 4-1/4", hand colored engraved
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Antique 1750s British Books
Materials
Leather
H 6.63 in W 4.25 in D 1 in
Barovier e Toso Book 184 Illustrations from 1866-1972
By Marina Barovier
Located in Sacile, PN
Barovier e Toso book by Marina Barovier 1993.
212 pages with 184 colored illustractions from
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1990s Italian Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Rudolf Grossmann. Frauen, 'Limited to 50 Copies, 1920'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
].
Description: 1 vol., oblong folio 19-1/4" x 14-1/2", 15 original hand colored Lithographic plates by Grossmann
Category
Vintage 1920s Books
Materials
Paper
Japan, the Place and the People by G.W. Browne, '1904'
Located in Langweer, NL
'Japan, The Place and the People' by G.W. Browne. Illustrated with over 300 colored plates and half
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Schmetterlinge 'Butterflies' by Carl Gustav Jablonsky & J.F.W. Herbst
Located in Middletown, NY
Joachim Pauli, 1783. First Edition.
Oblong 4to, 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (211 x 260 mm), 117 fine hand-colored
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Antique Late 18th Century German Books
Materials
Paper
America's Glorious Quilts by Dennis Duke, Hardcover Book
By Beaux Arts Press
Located in North Hollywood, CA
coffee table book
Full color dust jacket and brilliantly colored photos throughout
Condition: Excellent
Category
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Books
Materials
Paper
Johannes Balbus. Catholicon, 1469, Original Leaf Printed by PETER SCHOEFFER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
colored stone having blood red veins. If placed in a silver dish filled with water and exposed to the rays
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Books
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Paper
H 13.88 in W 11 in D 0.01 in
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