Tricia Guild's Country Color
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition, published in 1994 by Rizzoli of New York.
1990s Italian Books
Paper
Tricia Guild's Country Color
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition, published in 1994 by Rizzoli of New York.
Paper
Sir Walter Scott Waverley Novels Centenary Edition, Complete Set of 25 Volumes
Located in Nottingham, GB
Uniform scarlet cloth bindings with elaborate gilt and black tooling distinguish this complete twenty-five volume library set of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. Published in Edin...
Paper
Beyond the Mississippi by Albert D. Richardson, New Edition, 1869
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Richardson had recently traveled over the completed line, making his account a particularly timely record of this landmark achievement. Like the first edition, this revised edition w...
Fabric, Paper
2014 Renaissance du Vieux Metz No. 173, French History Magazine - 2C298
Located in Bordeaux, FR
French-language October 2014 issue of Renaissance du Vieux Metz et des Pays Lorrains, a quarterly bulletin devoted to the history, archaeology and heritage of Metz and Lorraine. Issu...
Paper
Poems of William Wordsworth. 1879 - IN A FINE ASPREY COSWAY BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WORDSWORTH, William. TITLE: Poems of Wordsworth. PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan and Co., 1879. DESCRIPTION: IN A FINE ASPREY COSWAY BINDING. 1 vol., 8" x 5", limited to 750 ...
Leather, Paper
1946 James Oliver Curwood Kazan, French Hachette Illustrated Hardcover - 2C291
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Vintage French-language edition of Kazan by James Oliver Curwood, published by Hachette in 1946. Translated by P. Gruyer and L. Postif, with illustrations credited to Harry Eliott, t...
Paper
2007 Gérard Morel Alice au Pays des Veuves, French Mystery Novel - 2C287
Located in Bordeaux, FR
French-language mystery novel Alice au pays des Veuves — Une enquête policière à Évreux by Gérard Morel. Set in Évreux, the story follows Alice, an unconventional investigator drawn ...
Paper
1815-1829 The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott
By Sir Walter Scott
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition, first issue of the third series, Todd 135Aa.
Paper
DOBSON. The Story of Rosina And others Verses. FIRST ED - IN A KELLIGRAM BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
., 1895. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 7-5/16" x 5-1/8", illustrated with a frontispiece and a further 30 plates by Hugh Thomson.
Leather
The Industrial Heritage of The United States, French Book by Louis Bergeron 2000
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Le Patrimoine Industriel des États-Unis (The Industrial Heritage of the United States), a French book by Louis Bergeron and Maria Teresa Maiullari-Pontois, 2000. Since the creation o...
Paper
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Queen Mab. 1822 - SECOND EDITION - CANCEL ISSUE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. TITLE: Queen Mab. PUBLISHER: London: R. Carlile, 1822, DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION CANCEL ISSUE. 1 vol., 8-9/16" X 5-3/8", 182pp.,(I), title-page ti...
Paper, Leather
1920s Art Deco Salesman Sample Christmas Card Book, 48 Unique Cards & Envelopes
Located in Red Lion, PA
The discovery of an intact, early 20th-century salesman sample book featuring fifty pages of custom-ordered holiday greetings offers a pristine look into the golden age of American s...
Paper
DOBSON. The Ballad of Beau Brocade. FIRST ED - IN A KELLIGRAM BINDING
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
., 1892. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 7-3/8" x 5-1/8", illustrated with a frontispiece and a further 25 plates, and numerous illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson, bound in full...
Leather
Antique American Bird Study Nature Books, 1909-1935, a Group of Four
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of four antique cloth bound Bird and Nature Study Books dating from 1909 to 1935. A nice addition to a home library or for a desktop display. Bound in red or green. “Manual ...
Paper
Sailor's Valentines by John Fondas, With Slipcase
Located in valatie, NY
Sailor's Valentines by John Fondas, With SlipcaseNew York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2002. First Edition, Hardcover. Over 50 examples of octagonal Valentines.
Paper
The Oil Painter’s Color Workbook: Essentials for Color Mixing, Pigments, Palette
Located in New York, NY
The bestselling author of The Oil Painter’s Color Handbook presents 30+ essential exercises designed to take your art to the next level Elevate your painting practice with this coll...
Paper
Joan Miró lithographic cover (from Derrière le miroir)
By Joan Miró
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joan Miró Lithograph cover c. 1963: Lithograph publication cover in colors; 11 x 15 inches (15 x 22 inches open). Very good overall vintage condition. Unsigned from an edition of u...
Paper
Telephone from Yesterday and Today, French Book by Claude Perardel, 1992
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Telephone d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (Telephone from Yesterday and Today), French book by Christian Altier and Claude Perardel, 1992. An illustrated retrospective of telephones in Franc...
Paper
1950 French Fillette Magazine No. 215, Illustrated Adventure Cover - 2C222
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Published on August 31, 1950, this issue of Fillette features a dramatic cover for La Fille du chercheur d’or, depicting figures amid fallen timbers and ruined stone walls. Bright bl...
Paper
Du Maroc aux Indes Voyages en Orient aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles Lynne Thornton
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Publisher: ACR Edition Publication Date: 1st edition 1998 Content: The book features abundant color illustrations and reproductions of paintings detailing travels in the East during ...
Paper
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Books - Jonnés; A. Moreau de - Compendium statistico
Located in Porto, PT
Books - Jonnes; A. Moreau de - Statistical Compendium. Statistical Compendium or summary of the elements of Statistics. Lisbon National Press 1851. Binding with leather spine; XIV+ 2...
Paper
$68Sale Price|50% Off
Books - Les Vingt Codes - Les codes des codes
Located in Porto, PT
Books - Les Vingt Codes - Les codes des codes. Les Codes des Codes or LES VINGT CODES. Complete Edition. Chez Lebigre Frères; Libraries. Paris.1837. In-16 of 856 pages. Full leather ...
Paper
Tiffany and Co. Sterling Silver Bookmark and Magnifying Glass as a Monocle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very handsome Tiffany & Co. sterling silver bookmark incorporating a charming and highly practical magnifying glass. Expertly crafted in sterling silver, the piece combines functi...
Sterling Silver
The Thought That Counts: A Guide to Gifting for Every Occasion
Located in New York, NY
A masterclass in the art of gift-giving, featuring creative tips, insightful anecdotes, and dozens of brilliant gift ideas for every occasion Within the glamorous worlds of design a...
Paper
19th-Century La Morale en Action, Antique French Book, Martial Ardant - 2C275
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Nineteenth-century French edition of La Morale en Action, ou Choix de faits mémorables et d’anecdotes instructives, published by Martial Ardant in Limoges. This collection brings tog...
Paper
1950 French Fillette Magazine No. 213, Illustrated Adventure Cover - 2C216
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Published on August 17, 1950, this issue of Fillette features a colourful cover for La Fille du chercheur d’or, depicting a woman and children in a rustic timber interior. Warm coral...
Paper
The Ultimate Picasso Oversized Illustrated Hardcover Art Monograph
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The Ultimate Picasso — Oversized Illustrated Hardcover Art Monograph, Harry N. Abrams, 2000 An impressive large-format hardcover edition of The Ultimate Picasso, an extensively illu...
Paper
Axel Vervoordt - Wabi Inspirations, Signed and Inscribed Twice to Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions. We offer...
Paper
20th-Century Metal Chef Wall Rack with Three Hooks, Kitchen Décor - 2C261
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Characterful twentieth-century metal wall rack featuring a chef tending a miniature stove. Nuts, bolts, bent rods and shaped sheet metal form the figure, complete with a tall chef’s ...
Metal
Vintage German Cherub Greeting Print in Ornate Gold-Tone Frame - 2C266
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Twentieth-century colour print depicting a mother duck sheltering her ducklings among grasses, reeds and delicate flowering plants. Fine linework captures the patterned plumage and s...
Wood
Vintage Duck and Ducklings Print Signed S. Kuperus, Wooden Frame - 2C265
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Twentieth-century colour print depicting a mother duck sheltering her ducklings among grasses, reeds and delicate flowering plants. Fine linework captures the patterned plumage and s...
Wood
Vintage Signed Boreal Owl II Print in Wooden Frame, 20th Century - 2C264
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Twentieth-century colour print depicting a boreal owl perched on a branch, its rounded face and large eyes rendered with expressive detail. Fine dark lines define the layered feather...
Wood
GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. 1951 - FIRST LONDON RACKHAM EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GRAHAME, Kenneth. (Introduction by A. A. Milne). TITLE: The Wind in the Willows. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co., 1951. DESCRIPTION: FIRST LONDON RACKHAM EDITION. 1 vol.,...
Leather, Paper
Vintage Jeudi-Matin French Comics Annual, Hachette Hardcover - 2C272
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Early French comic album, Zig, Puce et Alfred, written and illustrated by Alain Saint-Ogan and published by Librairie Hachette in Paris. Colour comic strips follow Zig, Puce and thei...
Paper
Jean-Michel Frank by Leopald Diego Sanchez (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a copy of the first edition from 1980 which was produced in a limited edition of only 4,000 copies.
Paper
Antique Belgian Wood Book, 20th Century, Detailed Finish, Collectible
Located in High Point, NC
This book from Belgium, dating to the 20th century, is finished in brown wood with a level of detail that rewards a closer look. The proportions and finish suggest a maker unwilling ...
Wood
1975 Salvador Dalí Art Book, Tout Dalí en un Visage, by Luis Romero - 2C204
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This substantial 1975 volume, Tout Dalí en un visage by Luis Romero, explores Salvador Dalí’s world through French text, archival photographs and colour reproductions of his artwork....
Paper
Vintage Signed Surrealist Landscape Print in Wooden Frame - 2C263
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Vintage black-and-white print depicting an imaginative landscape of angular trees, fragmented ground and stylised figures. Strong horizontal lines divide the composition, while fine ...
Wood
Vintage Shelduck Bird Print in Wooden Frame, 20th Century - 2C262
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Twentieth-century colour print depicting a common shelduck, identified beneath the image by its scientific name, Tadorna tadorna. Shown resting on water among delicate reeds, the bir...
Wood
Antique Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Piano Score, C. F. Peters - 2C269
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Antique German edition of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Lieder ohne Worte, the celebrated collection of lyrical pieces for solo piano. Published by C. F. Peters in Leipzig, this edit...
Paper
$119Sale Price|50% Off
Carita; Helder & Cardoso; Homem Treatise on the grandeur of gardens in Portugal
Located in Porto, PT
Books - Carita; Helder & Cardoso; Homem - Treatise on the Grandeur of Gardens in Portugal. TREATISE ON THE GREATNESS OF GARDENS IN PORTUGAL or on the originality and misfortunes ...
Paper
$170Sale Price / set|50% Off
Books - Pamplona; Fernando de - Dictionary of Portuguese painters and sculptors
Located in Porto, PT
Books - Pamplona; Fernando de - Dictionary of Portuguese Painters and Sculptors. DICTIONARY OF PORTUGUESE PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS OR THOSE WHO WORKED IN PORTUGAL 2nd edition. Preface ...
Paper
$85Sale Price|50% Off
Bonaparte; Napoleon - Collection of authentic pieces on the captive of Ste
Located in Porto, PT
Livros - Bonaparte; Napoleon - Collection of authentic pieces on the captive of Ste. Collection of authentic pieces on the captive of St. Helena; of memoirs and written or dictated d...
Paper
Decorative Metal Powder Flask with Green Glass Star and Woven Strap - 2C259
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Decorative metal powder flask with a circular body, narrow neck and colourful woven carrying strap. The front features a five-pointed star formed from green glass panels, surrounding...
Metal
$273Sale Price / set|50% Off
Livros - Carco; Francis - Set of 4 books
Located in Porto, PT
Livros - Carco; Francis - Set of 4 books. -RUE PIGALLE. Albin Michel Publisher- Paris. 1928. 253-[1] p. - SPANISH SPRING. Albin Publisher - Paris 1929. 294-[1] pp. - VEROTCHKA FOREIG...
Paper
Island Nights' Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson, ILLUSTRATED
Located in Middletown, NY
Hatherell [Illustrators] Island Nights' Entertainments; consisting of The Beach of Falesá, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1893. First Edition. 8vo, ...
Gold Leaf
$102Sale Price|50% Off
Books - Mémoires Pour Servir A L'histoire
Located in Porto, PT
Books - Memoirs To Serve History. Memoirs to serve the history of Napoleon Bonaparte. Manuscript brought from St. Helena in England; by the ship The Heron. Everything from Napoleon's...
Paper
$187Sale Price / set|50% Off
Books - Castro; Ferreira - The artistic wonders of the world
Located in Porto, PT
Books - Castro; Ferreira - The Artistic Wonders of the World. THE ARTISTIC WONDERS OF THE WORLD or the Prodigious Adventure of Man through Art. Empresa Nacional de Publicidade. Lisbo...
Paper
Jean-Michel Basquiat The Paris Review, 1982 (Basquiat Tuxedo)
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Very good overall vintage condition. 1st edition, 1st printing 1982. Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
Paper
Vintage Brass-Toned Metal Wall Plate with Geometric Arabesque Design - 2C243
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This substantial circular metal wall plate features an intricate starburst centre surrounded by interlacing arabesques, pointed petal forms and concentric decorative bands. Fine silv...
Brass
20th-Century Porcelain Boy Doll with Plaid Shirt, Red Vest and Cap - 2C245
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This vintage porcelain boy doll has expressive blue eyes, rosy cheeks and softly curled auburn-coloured hair. A plaid shirt with pearl-like buttons is paired with a bright red waistc...
Porcelain
La Petite Doctoresse, Antique French Illustrated Book, Red Binding - 2C253
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Early twentieth-century French illustrated book, La Petite Doctoresse — Nelly, by Mlle Poitevin, published in Paris by the Société Française d’Imprimerie et de Librairie. The decorat...
Paper
Eadweard Muybridge and the San Francisco Photo Panorama 1850-1880, French Book
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eadweard Muybridge et le Panorama Photographique de San Francisco, 1850-1880 (Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco), Limited Edition, French book by Cent...
Paper
$512Sale Price / set|50% Off
Books - Castro; Ferreira de - The artistic wonders of the world
Located in Porto, PT
Books - Castro; Ferreira de - The Artistic Wonders of the World. THE ARTISTIC WONDERS OF THE WORLD, or the prodigious adventure of man through art. Empresa Nacional de Publicidade. [...
Paper
The Military Maxims of Napoleon, Freemantle & Co London Hardback
Located in Nottingham, GB
Gilt-blocked cover decoration of the Napoleonic imperial eagle and standard surmounts the rich maroon cloth binding of this compact military volume. The spine is similarly ornamented...
Paper
Vintage English Metal Wall Plate with Thistles and Ornate Scrollwork - 2C242
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This decorative English wall plate features a raised central spray of thistles, framed by an elaborate border of scrolling foliage and expressive bearded masks. Its silver-toned surf...
Metal
1938 French Chemistry Textbook by J. Lamirand, Illustrated Hardcover - 2C239
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Published in Paris in 1938, J. Lamirand’s Nouveau cours de chimie élémentaire combines scientific explanations with laboratory diagrams and black-and-white industrial photographs. Il...
Paper
Early 20th-Century Metal Lyre Wall Sconce with Two Candle Holders - 2C246
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This substantial metal wall sconce features a lyre-shaped backplate crowned with a fleur-de-lis and framed by leafy branches. Two scrolling arms extend to candle sockets with scallop...
Metal
Signed Vintage Watermill Landscape Painting in Wooden Frame - 2C244
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This small landscape painting depicts a rustic watermill beside a tranquil river, with a red-tiled roof, a prominent wooden waterwheel and a tiny figure in red standing near the door...
Wood
Joseph Peyré The White Squadron, Vintage French Adventure Paperback - 2C238
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This French-language copy of Joseph Peyré’s L’Escadron blanc (The White Squadron) evokes desert journeys and military life through an atmospheric adventure narrative. Its illustrated...
Paper
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