First Edition Books
Price
Shipping Options
Sort By
Landscape Wallcoverings, 1st Edition
Landscape Wallcoverings. London: Scala Publishishers Ltd., 2001. 1st Ed softcover. 111 pages. A beautiful book on the history of landscape wallcoverings from the Cooper-Hewitt, Natio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Books
Materials
Paper
H 9 in. W 9 in. D .5 in.
Diane Arbus Revelations 1st Edition
Diane Arbus. Revelations. Published by Schirmer Mosel, Munich, 2003.
Extensive survey of photographs by Diane Arbus spanning her entire career, many of them never before published....
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
H 13 in. W 10.24 in. D 1.58 in.
Willard Metcalf, Yankee Impressionist, 1st Edition
Willard Metcalf, Yankee Impressionist. New York: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 2003. 1st Ed hardcover with no dust jacket as issued. 151 pp. Exhibition catalogue on the work of Willard Me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.75 in. W 9.75 in. D .75 in.
David Hockney, Cameraworks, 1st Edition 1984
First edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
Cameraworks is a spectacular assemblage of David Hockney's photographic works. From the lively and intimate photo collages of frie...
Category
Vintage 1980s British Books
Materials
Paper
H 13.78 in. W 13.78 in. D 1.97 in.
Jeans, Levi's Story 1st Edition 1990
First edition, published by Editions Minerva, 1990.
The Levi story, from Bavaria to New York; from work clothes to clothing icon with an Introduction by Emmeric Hannouille. Levi S...
Category
1990s French Books
Materials
Paper
H 13 in. W 9.25 in. D 0.5 in.
"Pucci - A Renaissance in Fashion" 1st Edition
"Pucci - A Renaissance in Fashion" by Shirley Kennedy, 1st edition, printed in Japan in 1991. All excellent near perfect condition. Cloth cover. First white page is written on in bl...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Books
H 12 in. W 9.25 in. D 1.125 in.
Mallett's Great English Furniture 1st Edition
Mallett's Great English Furniture by Lanto Synge. Boston: Bulfinch Press Little, Brown & Co., 1991. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A history of English interiors from the ...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12 in. W 9.5 in. D 1 in.
History of Postmodern Architecture 1st Edition
The history of Postmodern Architecture by Heinrich Klotz. Cambridge MA; The MIT Press, 1988. This first standard work on the past 25 years in postmodern architecture documents the ri...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.75 in. W 9 in. D 1 in.
Decorative Wedgwood by Alison Kelly, 1st Edition
Decorative Wedgwood by Alison Kelly. Country Life Limited, 1965. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. The book covers: Josiah Wedgwood and the Taste of His Time, Ideas for Interio...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10 in. W 7.75 in. D .75 in.
Interiors for Contemporary Living 1st Edition, 1960
Published by The Architectural Press Co. 1st Edition, 1960
This beautiful book is a comprehensive survey of modern European ideas on interior decoration.
More than 220 photograph...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.25 in. W 9.5 in. D 1 in.
John Claridge - East End, Signed 1st Edition
Signed First edition, published by Spitalfields Life Books Ltd, 2016
'Perhaps no-one took more photographs in the East End in the sixties than John Claridge? The outcome was a insid...
Category
Late 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
H 7.88 in. W 5.91 in. D 1.58 in.
Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1st Edition
Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1989. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 160 pp. A beautiful book that showcases Tiffany's brillian...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12 in. W 9.5 in. D 1 in.
Sargent Paintings Out-of-doors 1st Edition
Sargent paintings out-of-doors by John Esten. New York: Universe Publishing, 2000. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 79 pp. A portfolio of work done by John Singer Sargent du...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.25 in. W 8.5 in. D 0.5 in.
Classical Furniture by David Linley, 1st Edition
Classical Furniture by David Linley. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1993. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 192 pp. A book on classical furniture by the 2nd Ear...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.5 in. W 10.5 in. D 1 in.
Lost Chicago by David Lowe, 1st Edition
Lost Chicago by David Lowe. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1975. 1st edition hardcover with dust jacket. 'The City of Big Shoulders' has always been our most quintessentially American, an...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in. W 9.5 in. D 1 in.
Mobilier Savoyard & Dauphinois by Edith Mannoni, 1st Edition
Mobilier Savoyard & Dauphinois by Edith Mannoni. Massin, Paris, 1994. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. Examines Savoyard and Dauphin period antique furniture. Text in French.
Category
1990s French Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in. W 8.5 in. D .25 in.
Sheffield Plate by H.N. Veitch, 1908, 1st Edition
Sheffield plate by Henry Newton Veitch. London: George Bell and Sons, 1908. 1st edition hardcover with no dust jacket. 359 pp. An fascinating antique book on the history, manufacture...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in. W 8.25 in. D 1.5 in.
Sam Haskins - November Girl - Signed 1st Edition 1967
Sam Haskins. November Girl.
Signed First Edition. Published by Madison Square Press, New York 1967.
Arguably his greatest single work, ‘November Girl’ continues to exert a powerfu...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 14.38 in. W 10.63 in. D 0.6 in.
Norman Hartnell Silver and Gold 1st Edition, 1955
First Edition, published by Evans Brothers Limited, 1955.
Dressmaker by Appointment to The Queen, and The Queen Mother, Norman Hartnell’s fruitful career in fashion all sparked fr...
Category
Vintage 1950s British Books
H 10.04 in. W 7.29 in. D 0.99 in.
35000 Days in Texas by Acheson 1st Edition
Presenting A Rare Texas Book, namely: “35,000 Days in Texas, A History of the Dallas News and It’s Forbears” by Sam Acheson 1st Edition.
The MacMillan Company, New York, 1938 Firs...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Classical Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.5 in. W 6.25 in. D 1.3 in.
Domestic Architecture of H.T. Lindeberg, Ltd 1st Edition
Domestic Architecture of H.T. Lindeberg by H. T. Lindeberg. NY: Wm Helburn, 1940. Limited (1/1000) first edition hardcover, 1/4 maroon morocco over red cloth, no dust jacket as issue...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 14.5 in. W 11.5 in. D 1.5 in.
Mario Testino, in Your Face 1st Edition 2012
First edition, published by Taschen, 2012
A collection of stunning photographs chosen by Testino from the span of his 30-year career. Larger than life, brightly lit and highly col...
Category
Late 20th Century German Books
Materials
Paper
H 1.19 in. W 14.57 in. D 11.03 in.
Don McCullin, Sleeping with Ghosts 1st Edition 1994
First edition, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1994.
208 pp with numerous b&w illustrations throughout
In this volume, Donald McCullin has gathered what he considers to be 200 of h...
Category
Late 20th Century British Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.42 in. W 12.21 in. D 0.79 in.
Gilles Peress, Telex Persan Book 1st edition 1984
First edition, soft cover, published by Contrejour, 1st edition 1984.
This incredibly important and beautifully designed publication presents a photo essay built up of photographs t...
Category
Late 20th Century French Books
Materials
Paper
H 14.97 in. W 10.63 in. D 0.52 in.
American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry, 1st Edition
American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry by Helen McKearin and Kenneth M. Wilson. Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Helen McKearin, co-aut...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in. W 9 in. D 2 in.
'World Chronicle', 1st Edition, by Schedel & Wolgemut, Nurnberg, 1493
'World Chronicle' 1st edition, by Schedel, Nurnberg, 1493
Original woodcut, one page with seven illustrations and Latin text
By Hartmann Schedel, originally published: July 12, 149...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Renaissance Books
Materials
Paper
H 21 in. W 14.5 in. D .5 in.
Charles Warren Eaton, an American Tonalist Rediscovered, 1st Edition
Charles Warren Eaton, An American Tonalist Rediscovered. New York: Spanierman Gallery, LLC, 2003. 1st Ed hardcover with no dust jacket. 104 pp. Exhibition catalogue on the work of Ch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.75 in. W 9.75 in. D .5 in.
American Neo-Classic Sculpture: The Marble Resurrection, 1st Edition
American neoclassic sculpture, the Marble Resurrection by William H. Gerdts. New York: The Viking Press, 1973. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 160 pp. Overview of American neoclas...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.25 in. W 8 in. D 1 in.
Pair of 1st Edition Poetry Books By Robert Frost
#1. A Further Range, Book Six by Robert Frost. Henry Holt, New York, 1936. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A Further Range won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1937. The dust jack...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9 in. W 5.75 in. D .50 in.
L'art Brut de Jean Dubuffet 1st Edition 1953
First edition, published by Pierre Matisse, New York, 1953.
One of 1000 numbered copies, this being n°
The dustjacket is an original lithograph by Dubuffet. This catalogue, creat...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.85 in. W 7.88 in. D 0.6 in.
Wonders of the Stereoscope, by John Jones, 1st Edition
Wonders of the Stereoscope, by John Jones. Afred A. Knopf, New York, 1976. 1st Edition hardcover with original slip-case containing two Volumes with Stereoscopic Viewer and 48 Stereo...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.5 in. W 10 in. D 2.25 in.
Signed Bruce Davidson Central Park Book 'Signed 1st Edition'
Hand signed Bruce Davidson Central Park book:
Bruce Davidson, Central Park published by Aperture Foundation, 1st edition 1995 hardcover cloth bound with dust cover, 125 pages. Minor...
Category
1990s Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.5 in. W 12 in. D 1.25 in.
House in the Country by Mary Gilliatt, 1st Edition
A House in the Country, The Second Home from Cottages to Castles by Mary Gilliat. London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers LTD. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1973. 160 pp. A r...
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
H 12 in. W 8.5 in. D 1 in.
Architecture of Georgia by Frederick Nichols Signed 1st Edition
The Architecture of Georgia by Frederick Nichols signed 1st Edition. The Beehive Press, Savannah, 1976, hardcover. "This is the first complete survey of Georgia architecture between ...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.5 in. W 10.25 in. D 1.25 in.
Architecture of Silence, Cistercian Abbeys of France, 1st Edition
Architecture of Silence: Cistercian Abbeys of France by Terryl. N. Kinder. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 2000. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. The early Cistercian abbeys of Fra...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.25 in. W 10 in. D .75 in.
Lo Stile Luigi XV by Philippe Siguret 1st Edition
Lo Stile Luigi XV by Philippe Siguret. Gorlich, Milano, 1965. 1st Edition hardcover no dust jacket as issued. Italian book on the Louis XV style. Italian text.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.5 in. W 9 in. D .25 in.
London Tony Armstrong Jones (Lord Snowdon) 1st edition 1958
Scarce first edition, published by Tony Armstrong Jones, (Lord Snowdon) 1958.
'London' is Tony Armstrong Jones (Lord Snowdon) first ever photography book A remarkable archive of i...
Category
Vintage 1950s British Books
H 11.82 in. W 9.45 in. D 0.79 in.
The Colonial Silversmith, His Techniques & His Products, 1st Edition
The Colonial Silversmith, His Techniques & His Products by Henry J. Kauffman. New York: Galahad Books, 1969. 1st editon hardcover with dust jacket. 176 pp. An overview of Colonial si...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.25 in. W 7.5 in. D 1 in.
Régence Louis XV by Claude-Paule Wiegandt, 1st Edition
Régence Louis XV by Claude-Paule Wiegandt. Editions Massin, Paris, France, 1994. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket book that explores the influences in French furniture design t...
Category
1990s French Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in. W 8.5 in. D .5 in.
Adam Silver 1765-1795 by Robert Rowe, 1st Edition
Adam Silver 1765-1795 by Robert Rowe. New York: Tapliger Publishing Co., Inc. 1965. First American edition hardcover with no dust jacket. 94 pages of text and additional pages with 9...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10 in. W 6.5 in. D .75 in.
Studies in Art, Architecture and Design, 2 Volumes, 1st Edition
Studies in Art, Architecture and Design, volume 1 from Mannerism to Romanticism, Volume 2 Victorian and after by Nickolaus Pevsner. New York: Walker and Company. First edition hardco...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.5 in. W 9.5 in. D 2.5 in.
Masterpieces of English Furniture, The Gerstenfeld Collection, 1st Edition
Masterpieces of English Furniture: The Gerstenfeld Collection by Edward Lennox-Boyd. Christies books, 1998 1st Edition thus hardcover with dust jacket. A unique collection of 18th ce...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12 in. W 9 in. D 1.25 in.
Meubles et Ensembles Picards by Stany Gauthier, 1st Edition
Meubles et Ensembles Picards by Stany Gauthier. Paris, Editions Charles Massin, 1960. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 12 pages of text in French, 36 pages with 90 b/w photos.
Category
Vintage 1960s French Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in. W 8.5 in. D .75 in.
Mobilier Vendeen Aunis-Saintonge by Lucile Oliver, 1st Edition
Mobilier Vendeen Aunis-Saintonge by Lucile Oliver. Edition Charles Massin, Paris, 1980. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. Regional furniture pictured and described. French text.
Category
Vintage 1980s French Books
Materials
Paper
H 10 in. W 8 in. D .25 in.
Restauration, Louis-Philippe by Janine Leris-Laffargue, 1st Edition
Restauration, Louis-Philippe by Janine Leris-Laffargue. Editions Massin, Paris, France, 1994. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. French furniture of the Louis-Philippe restoration pe...
Category
1990s French Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in. W 8.5 in. D .25 in.
Blaske Collection American Historical Flasks by Norman C. Heckler, 1st Edition
Blaske Collection American Historical flasks by Norman C. Heckler. Robert W. Skinner, Inc, Bolton, Massachusetts, 1983. The former Blaske Collection is "amazing not only for its quan...
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.5 in. W 9 in. D 1.5 in.
Color and Light Luminous Atmospheres for Painted Rooms, 1st Edition
Color and light: Luminous atmospheres for painted rooms by Donald Kaufman. Clarkson Potter, New York, New York, 1999. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Examining the unique characte...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.25 in. W 9.5 in. D .75 in.
Nan Goldin, I’ll Be Your Mirror 1st edition 1997
Nan Goldin. I’ll be Your Mirror. Published by Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1997.
This book presents the first 25 years of the artist's work, beginning in the early 1970...
Category
1990s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.03 in. W 8.27 in. D 1.58 in.
Fatal Interview, Sonnets, by Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1st Edition
Fatal Interview, Sonnets, by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1931. (C-F date code for March 1931.) Stated 1st Ed with remnants of the original dust j...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 8.5 in. W 5.75 in. D .50 in.
The Roosevelts and the Royals Signed and Inscribed 1st Edition
The Roosevelts and the Royals: Franklin and Eleanor, the King and Queen of England, and the Friendship That Changed History, by Will Swift. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United States, 20...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.25 in. W 6.5 in. D 1.25 in.
Sir Edwin Landseer R.A. by James Alexander Manson, 1st Edition
Sir Edwin Landseer R.A., by James Alexander Manson. London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ld., and Charles Scribner's and Sons, New York, 1902. Twenty-one engraved plates and a photog...
Category
Early 20th Century European Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 7 in. W 5.25 in. D 1.5 in.
David Hockney – That's The Way I See It, 1st Edition 1993
First edition, published by Thames and Hudson, 1993
“That’s The Way I See It” is David Hockney’s second autobiographical monograph. Published in the early 1990s, this great book d...
Category
1990s British Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.24 in. W 8.51 in. D 0.75 in.
The Color Treasury of 18th Century Porcelain, 1st Edition
The Color Treasury of 18th Century Porcelain. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1971. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 138 pp. A reference book that illustrates the beauty ...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12 in. W 8.5 in. D .75 in.
Candleholders in America by Joseph T. Butler 1650-1900, 1st Edition
Candleholders in America, 1650-1900 by Joseph T. Butler. NY: Bonanza Books, 1967. First edition thus hardcover with dust jacket. 178 pp. 136 full-page photos of candlesticks, candela...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.25 in. W 7.5 in. D 0.5 in.
Wooden Churches Columbia County Legacy by Arthur A Baker, 1st Edition
Wooden Churches: Columbia County Legacy by Arthur A Baker. Columbia County Historical Society, 2003. 1st Ed softcover. Columbia County, NY has a rich heritage of wooden church archit...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.5 in. W 9.5 in. D .25 in.
In Her Own Image by Daniele Knafo, Signed 1st Edition
In her own image by Daniele Knafo. Cranbury: Rosemont Publishing and Printing Co., 2009. Signed and inscribed 1st edition hardcover with dust jacket. 201 pp. An examination of the li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in. W 9 in. D 0.75 in.
Dada, Art and Anti-Art by Hans Richter, 1st Edition
Dada, Art and Anti-Art by Hans Richter. McGraw-Hill, 1965. Hardcover. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 246 pp.; 179 plates and figures, 8 color and 171 b/w. An examination of how, ...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 8.25 in. W 6 in. D 1 in.
Portrait of Venice, Italian Architecture & Venetian Art Book Rizzoli 1st Edition
A cultural tour of over 100 residences, churches, and civic buildings that form the core of Venetian architectural history. More than 450 color photographs depict the works of great ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Grand Tour Books
Materials
Paper
H 1.5 in. W 11 in. D 13 in.
White Ironstone Ceramics Reference Book by Dawn Stoltzfus 1st Edition Paperback
White ironstone, a survey of its many forms: Undecorated, flow blue, mulberry, copper lustre by Dawn Stoltzfus and Jeffrey Snyder
1st Edition Paperback 1997,
A collectors' re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American International Style Books
Materials
Paper
H 1.0 in. W 8.5 in. D 11 in.
"John Heartfield", First Edition
“John Heartfield”. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1992. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 342 pp. Exhibition catalogue published for the exhibition of Heartfiel...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.75 in. W 10.25 in. D 1.25 in.
Questions about First Edition Books
Are prices for first edition books negotiable on 1stdibs?
Prices for most first edition books on 1stdibs are negotiable. You’ll see a "Make an Offer" button on the item details page, indicating that the seller is willing to consider a lower price. It’s not uncommon for customers to get 15–25% off the list price after negotiating. See our tips for negotiating like a pro.
Who sells first edition books online at 1stdibs?
Only experienced, professional sellers who have applied and been thoroughly vetted by our team of experts can sell first edition books and other quality items on our site. Learn more about becoming a 1stdibs seller.
What is the Buyer Protection Guarantee?
The 1stdibs Buyer Protection Guarantee provides coverage for qualified purchases in the unlikely event that the item arrives not as described or is damaged. We’ll work with you and the seller to find a resolution, ensuring your satisfaction. View details
How does global shipping work on 1stdibs?
We have partnerships with the world's best shipping providers to facilitate seamless and fully-insured delivery from the seller's location directly to you, wherever you are in the world. Our logistics team is comprised of dedicated members who arrange all the details with our partners, servicing and supporting all shipments. Learn more about shipping on 1stdibs.
What payment methods are accepted on 1stdibs?
For your convenience, we offer multiple payment methods, including all major credit cards and PayPal. For many purchases we also offer financing options or wire transfer. Learn more about payment options on 1stdibs.