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"The Second World War, " by Winston Churchill
By Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Located in Austin, TX
The Second World War by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston.
A vintage edition
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Books
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"The Second World War, " Chartwell Edition by Winston Churchill
By Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Located in Austin, TX
The Second World War (Chartwell Edition-United States) by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
The Second World War by Winston Churchill, First Edition, Original Dust Jackets
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Churchill, Winston, The Second World War. London, 1948-1953: Cassell & Co. Ltd. All first editions
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Mid-20th Century Books
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Making of an American Army: the World War II Artwork of Frederick Counsel
Located in valatie, NY
The Making of an American Army: The World War II Artwork of Frederick Counsel (A G.I. View of Army
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Classics : U. S. Aircraft of World War II by Walter J. Boyne, Mark Meyer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Classics : U. S. Aircraft of World War II by Walter J. Boyne, Mark Meyer.
A must for any WWII buff
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20th Century American American Classical Books
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Paper
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Turner's Modern World
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
to be a modern artist.
Turner's career spanned the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of the British Empire
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2010s North American Books
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Paper
Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century by Arne Karlsen (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
main designers covered are Kaare Klint in volume 1 and in volume 2 the period after the Second World
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Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
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Christie's Since The War, by Denys Sutton First Edition
By Denys Sutton
Located in valatie, NY
patronage for the years since World War II through 1958 written by the great British auction house
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Vintage 1950s English Books
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Paper
Set of 2 Taschen Great Escape Books From the Estate of Christian Audigier
Located in Waxahachie, TX
clothing lines.
These are from his Los Angeles estate.
TASCHEN Books: Great Escapes Around the World. The
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Early 2000s German Post-Modern Books
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Paper
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100 Interiors Around the World Hardcover, Tashen 2012 Series
Located in North Hollywood, CA
100 Interiors Around the World, large format by Tashen
2 large heavy books, 100 Interiors Around
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20th Century German Expressionist Books
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Paper
Major-General Abner Doubleday & Major-General John Robinson in the Civil War
Located in valatie, NY
Major-General Abner Doubleday and Brevet Major-General John C. Robinson in the Civil War [In
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Vintage 1910s American Books
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Paper
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The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 Hardcover Book by Ken Burns
Located in North Hollywood, CA
war that shaped our world.
Title: The War: An Intimate History 1941-1945.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Missonologia: The World of Missoni - Isa Tutino Vercelloni - 1st edition, 1995
Located in London, GB
out of the post-war rubbles and gloom in Italy, rays of vibrantly coloured knitwear and effortlessly
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1990s Books
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Paper
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National Geographic The Photo Ark The Quest to Document the World's Animals
Located in North Hollywood, CA
National Geographic The Photo Ark: One Man's Quest to Document the World's Animals.
Animal Ark
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Folk Art Books
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Paper
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Picasso and the War Years, 1937-1945 Exhibition Catalog by Steven Nash 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
World War II and the Nazi occupation of France. This span of years is marked by some of the most
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1990s American Books
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Paper
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Stalingrad to Berlin The German Defeat in the East by Earl Ziemke, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
completed of 3 projected books covering military operations on the Eastern Front of World War II in Europe
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Vintage 1960s American Books
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1935 Seven Pillars of Wisdom
By T. E. Lawrence
Located in Bath, GB
the First World War. He’s alleged to have embellished a lot of details in ‘Pillars’, though it still
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Vintage 1930s British Books
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Paper
Line Vautrin: Miroirs by Patrick Mauries (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Arts in the years after the Second World War. She created highly individual pieces including jewelry
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20th Century Books
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Paper
1966 I Go By Sea, I Go By Land
By P. L. Travers
Located in Bath, GB
of World War Two.
Written by P. L. Travers, who is best known for creating the character Mary
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Vintage 1960s British Books
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Paper
Buddha & Shiva, Lotus & Dragon: Masterworks, John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection
Located in valatie, NY
cultural understanding and cooperation between Asia and America after the Second World War. The collection
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
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c1936 One-Hundred and Forty-Four Postcards of Military Uniforms
Located in Bath, GB
Frohlich, both of whom are dressed in military costume, and remained neutral in the Second World War.
The
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Vintage 1930s British Books
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Paper
1965 The Spectacle of Tokyo Olympics
Located in Bath, GB
the country had made since the end of World War Two. Yoshinori Sakai, who lit the Olympic flame at
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Books
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Paper
Hidden Treasures Revealed: Impressionist Masterpieces by Albert G. Kostenevich
Located in North Hollywood, CA
. Kostenevich.Shows and describes French paintings that were taken from Germany to Russia at the end of World War II
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Late 20th Century French Expressionist Books
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Paper
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Times To Remember by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Michael Paul was a violinist who joined the Russian Army at age 15 and fought in World War I. He migrated
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Vintage 1970s American Books
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Paper
Vintage Book, Once A Week, AA Milne, English, Morocco Bound, Short Stories, 1926
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
World War for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and as a captain in the Home Guard during WW2.
Petite and
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
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Cornell Capa: Photographs, Signed First Edition by Cornell Capa
By Cornell Capa
Located in valatie, NY
was killed by a landmine while covering the final years of the First Indochina War.
NPT Books, a
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1990s American Books
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Paper
Dior - Françoise Giroud - 1st U. S. edition, New York, 1987
Located in London, GB
the Second World War, brought a breath of fresh air and classic femininity into the ‘50s fashion
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Vintage 1980s Books
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Paper
Property The Estate of the Late J.P. Morgan, Complete Set of Catalogs from 1944
Located in valatie, NY
brokered a deal that positioned his company as the sole munitions and supplies purchaser during World War I
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Vintage 1940s Books
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Paper
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Architecture of William McCall, Jr., Designer in the Classical Tradition
Located in valatie, NY
. After a tour of duty with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the South Pacific during World War II
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Vintage 1980s American Books
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Paper
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Leather Bound Volume of the San Francisco News, 1940-41
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather bound volume of San Francisco news, 1940-41 (World War II period) with hundreds of
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Vintage 1940s American Other Books
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Animal Skin, Paper
A History of Textile Art by Agnes Geijer
Located in valatie, NY
Textilkonstens Historia and surveys the world history of textiles from ancient times to the twentieth century
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Vintage 1980s English Books
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Paper
Christie's: Godmersham Park Kent, Auction June 6th to 9th 1983, 1st Ed Hardcover
Located in valatie, NY
designs by William Burn, which were swept away in the 1930s by Robert Tritton. During the First World War
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Vintage 1980s English Books
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Paper
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History of The American People, French Book in 2 Volumes by André Maurois, 1955
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
birth of a nation.
Volume II: Growing Pains - The Golden Age - World Power
Author's foreword:
In this
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Vintage 1950s French Modern Books
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Paper
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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Trade Edition, in Dust Jacket
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Gatsby in its collectibility.
Set during World War I, A Farewell to Arms tells the story of a young
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Vintage 1920s American Modern Books
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Paper
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The Century by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster Published by Doubleday 1998
Located in North Hollywood, CA
cower in the ghastly trenches of Europe during World War I? To lose everything in the stock-market crash
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Fishing Book, Golden Days by Romilly Fedden
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
First World War in 1919, the second edition soon after the Second World War in 1949. Golden Days was
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Vintage 1940s English Sporting Art Books
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Paper
The United States 1898 to 1933, French Book by Y.H. Nouailhat, 1973
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
world politics.
After the great crisis of the Civil War, the industry took off remarkably, and
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Books
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Paper
Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope, Signed by Harry Truman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the Second World War coming to a high point, especially in the Pacific Theater, Truman explains his
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
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Art of Collecting, The Spaulding Brothers and Their Legacy, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
, Cézanne, Van Gogh, Matisse, American Masters, World War I propaganda posters and Japanese prints.
NPT
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Banksy Graffitied Walls and Wasn’t Sorry Book
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
A clever, quirky biography of a leading contemporary artist, for children
Banksy is a world-famous
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books
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Paper
John RUSKIN - Unto This Last - THE DOVES PRESS - 1907 - JOHN DRINKWATER'S COPY
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
(June 1, 1882 - March 25, 1937) was an English poet and dramatist. He was known before World War I as
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Early 2000s British Books
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Leather
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British Art Pottery by A.W. Coysh, First Edition
By A.W. Coysh
Located in valatie, NY
to the outbreak of World War II. Many Illustrations, the book also lists the pottery firm, artists it
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20th Century English Books
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Paper
Kurt Schwitters by John Elderfield, First Edition
By John Elderfield
Located in valatie, NY
the two World Wars.
NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used and
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Vintage 1980s American Books
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Paper
Mad Square: Modernity in German Art 1910-1937 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
the country's march to war, the book then follows the nihilist movement as it recorded-and attempted
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Above Yosemite by Robert Cameron
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Register in the 1930's. Cameron learned the art of aerial photography during World War II, while shooting
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20th Century American Expressionist Books
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Paper
Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life 1928-1945 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
paintings within the cultural and political context of Europe during World War II. Reproduced in vivid color
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
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"The Roosevelts and the Royals", Signed First Ed by Will Swift
Located in valatie, NY
Second World War, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth paid a visit to the United States, the first time a
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
Above Las Vegas by Robert Cameron
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moines Register in the 1930's. Cameron learned the art of aerial photography during World War II, while
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20th Century American Expressionist Books
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Paper
Matisse Picasso, From the Estate of Herbert Kasper, Thank You Letter From MOMA
Located in valatie, NY
Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After World War II he enrolled
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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Paper
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Harley Davidson Rolling Sculpture Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
known the world over. But the company can also be heralded as a survivor.Two world wars, the Great
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Don McCullin, First Edition, Hardcover, 2001 , Art Photography Book
By Don McCullin
Located in Brugge, BE
the battlefields of war-torn regions to the remote corners of the world, McCullin's lens skillfully
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Early 2000s English Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Paris 1919 - 1929 Art and Culture, French Book by Vincent Bouvet, 2009
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
-garde and faithful to the best of tradition. In the period between the two World Wars, France maintained
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Early 2000s French Modern Books
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Paper
Master Drawings Rediscovered Treasures from Prewar German Collections
Located in North Hollywood, CA
World War II, these masterworks had not been seen since and were generally thought to have been lost or
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Late 20th Century American Expressionist Books
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Paper
Symbolism Paperback Book 1st Ed. 1995 by Michael Gibson
By TASCHEN
Located in North Hollywood, CA
movement, which emerged in the mid to late 19th century and expired during World War I. Introductory essay
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Books
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Paper
American Runway 75 Years of Fashion and the Front Row by Booth Moore, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
center of the American fashion world. During World War II, Fashion Week challenged the dominance of
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2010s American Books
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Paper
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Great Escapes Africa, the Hotel Book Taschen
By TASCHEN, Angelika Taschen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
pink at the end of the First World War and host to many meditators since; to the moving Serengeti
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21st Century and Contemporary African Expressionist Books
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Paper
The Terror The Return of Dr Palfrey by John Creasey
Located in valatie, NY
hardcover. The story of the near-panic that strikes the world's governments when an unidentified object
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Vintage 1960s American Books
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Paper
The Furniture of Versailles, 17th and 18th Centuries '2 Volume Box Set' (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
abandoned and the furniture dispersed, it was not until after the second world war that a huge effort was
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Antique 18th Century Books
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Paper
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The Art Deco Poster Book by William Crouse
Located in New York, NY
between the World Wars to include in this definitive volume. Organized thematically (aviation
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Marvel Comics Library, Fantastic 4, Vol. 1. 1961–1963, Famous First Edition Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The First Family of the Marvel Age.
The ultimate collection of the world’s greatest comic magazine
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2010s Books
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Paper
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2023Opinions on which World War II propaganda poster is the most famous differ. However, two posters introduced characters that would go on to become iconic. The first is "We Can Do It," featuring Rosie Riveter, who has become synonymous with women's equality. Another influential design is " I Want YOU For U.S. Army," with its bearded figure wearing a star-spangled top hat. The image gave birth to Uncle Sam, the well-known symbol of the U.S. On 1stDibs, find a range of WWII posters from some of the world's top galleries.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2023More than 200,000 propaganda posters were made during World War II. The Office of War Information (OWI) was responsible for hiring artists to design the artwork. Famous posters include “I Want You” for the U.S. Army, featuring the well-known Uncle Sam character, while the popular “We Can Do It!” design depicts Rosie the Riveter. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of World War II posters and other vintage and antique posters.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The easily recognizable poster created during World War I in 1917 is I Want You for U.S. Army. James Montgomery Flagg designed the poster, which shows Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Find a collection of James Montgomery Flagg art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022During World War II, the American flag was the 48-star flag used from 1912 (incorporation of New Mexico and Arizona) to 1959 (incorporation of Alaska). The rows and columns of stars were arranged in a regular pattern, unlike the offset rows of the modern American flag. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique American flags from some of the world’s top sellers.
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