Neoclassical Books
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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James Huniford At Home, 2020, Monacelli Press, Brand New Condition
Located in Chicago, IL
Brand new copy of James Huniford At Home, hard cover by Monacelli Press, 2020. Just bought it at a Barnes and Noble closing sale to realize I already have it! Oops. My loss is your g...
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2010s Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Horst Interiors by Barbara Plumb Hardcover Book 1993 First Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Horst Interiors by Barbara Plumb Hardcover Coffee Table Book 1993 First Edition.A beautiful monograph of the photographs of Horst P Horst’s by Barbara Plumb. Featuring the social and...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
First Lady My Thirty Days Upstairs in the White House Hardcover 1964
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage collectible book, First Lady: My Thirty Days Upstairs in the White House Hardcover – January 1, 1964.
Title: First Lady : My Thirty Days Upstairs in the White house.
by Mart...
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Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Period Style by Mary Gilliatt Elizabeth Wilhide Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Period Style by Mary Gilliatt Elizabeth Wilhide Hardcover Book.Demonstrates how to restore or redecorate a home to particular period specifications, including advice on how to recrea...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Corvette Fifty Years by Randy Leffingwell Hardcover Book 2002
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Corvette Fifty Years by Randy Leffingwell.2002, Hardcover, Revised edition.Covering 50 full years of Corvette history, this book features stunning color photographs from master lensm...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Motorcycles by Tod Rafferty
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Motorcycles by Tod Rafferty.
This lavishly illustrated history winds its way through the 20th century by exploring such popular Amer...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
5 Antique Saddle Leather & Gilt Steel Grey Bound Gilt Theatrical Books in Greek
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
5 Antique Saddle Leather and Gilt Steel Grey Bound Gilt Theatrical Books in Greek
European and early 20th-century authors, including Anton Chekhov, et al.
Five enchanting Antique Sa...
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Early 20th Century Greek Neoclassical Books
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Leather, Paper
The Red Houses - Margareta Kjellin 1st Edition 2005
Located in London, GB
Red painted wooden houses have long occupied a special standing in
The Red Houses - Margareta Kjellin 1st Edition 2005
Swedish architectural tradition and have done much to shape t...
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Early 2000s Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Caproni Casts: Masterpieces of Sculpture - 1932 Caproni Brothers Catalogue
Located in Rochester, NY
Caproni Casts: Reproduction of Sculpture - Selected from the Masterpieces of the World - P. P. Caproni and Brother Incorporated - Boston, U.S.A. 1932 catalogue w/ four page price lis...
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1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Books
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Paper
ELVIS The King Le King en devenir French edition Hardcover 1st Edition 2006
Located in North Hollywood, CA
ELvis: A King in the Making Hardcover – 1st Edition 2006 by Alfred Wertheimer (Author), Peter Guralnick (Author).From the Estate of the famous fashion designer Christian Audigier Bev...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator Signed Limited Edition 1970
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator Buechner, Thomas S. Published by Abrams, NY, 1970.
Hardcover. #F/58 of 1000.
Signed by Buechner and Norman Rockwell on the limitation page.
Publisher's full blue leather and marbled paper slipcase.
Large oversized heavy book.
Book is fine, slipcase shows some edge wear, a few dings, and a some tiny spots of loss to the paper, but is otherwise very good.
Title: Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator
Publisher: Abrams, NY
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good
Signed: Signed by Author Buechner and By Norman Rockwell.
“AN ARTIST OF REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS… BELOVED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE”: SIGNED LIMITED NORMAN ROCKWELL: ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR, RICHLY ILLUSTRATED, ONE OF ONLY 100 ARTIST'S PROOF COPIES
BUECHNER, Thomas S. Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1970). Large thick folio, original full navy morocco, tan morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, original slipcase.
Signed limited first edition, one of 1100 copies signed by both Rockwell and Buechner, with over 600 illustrations, including hundreds in color and many folding.
"A lifelong chronicler of personalities and events, Rockwell… was an artist of remarkable accomplishments who possessed an extraordinary eye for detail and was beloved by the American people" (ANB). This comprehensive survey of his career not only showcases his celebrated Saturday Evening Post covers (it includes all 321 of them) but also explores other facets of his work, including advertising, book illustration, patriotic contributions to the United States' effort in World War II, and poignant and challenging portrayals of America's changing postwar society. Buechner, director of the Brooklyn Museum, was the first art who devoted serious attention to Rockwell's work. The hundreds of illustrations in this volume include over 80 color folio images, many of which are two-page or folding. As the signed limitation page explains, Rockwell supervised the pulling of 10 collotypes from his paintings, each in a limited edition of 110 copies, designated with letters A-J and each letter numbered 1-100. Ten Artist's Proofs of each collotype were designated AP-A through AP-J, numbered 1-10 for each, reserved for Rockwell. Rockwell signed...
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Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This late 18th century collection of 55 books, bound in animal hide and vellum, is pleasing to both the eye and the mind. From Dante's divine poetry to Petrarch's sonnets of love, an...
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18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Books
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Animal Skin, Paper
Christopher Wool the Paris Review, 1989
By Christopher Wool
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Christopher Wool The Paris Review:
1989 The Paris Review book, with original cover design by Christopher Wool.
Offset lithograph on double sided art periodical. The full book.
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1980s Vintage Neoclassical Books
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Paper
French America By Arielle De La Tour D'Auvergne and Ron Katz 2005 Hardcover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
French America By Arielle De La Tour D'Auvergne and Ron Katz 2005 Hardcover.
French America: French Architecture from Colonialisation to the Birth of a Nation is a stunning visual j...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Books
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Paper
New York Apartments: Private Views By Jamee Gregory Hardcover 2004
Located in North Hollywood, CA
NEW YORK APARTMENTS Private Views by Jamee Gregory & Charles DaveyNew York: Rizzoli, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover.
New York Apartments: Private Views is a lavishly ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Epic of America by Jt Adams First Edition Re-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A RARE EDITION hardback copy of The Epic of America by James Truslow Adams, Illustrated by M.J. Gallagher, Published by Little, Brown and Company of Boston in 1932.
Con...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
American Impressionism Oversized Hardcover Book by William H. Gerdts
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Impressionism Hardcover Book by William H. Gerdts.
American Impressionism Book by William H. Gerdts Hardcover Book.
Lavishly illustrated with more than 400 paintings by 125 different artists, this volume contains documentary photographs of the artists and quotations from their private letters and journals complementing the text.
Good copy bound in cloth with an equally fine dust wrapper. 336 pages;
Beginning with a brief prelude discussing the roots of Impressionism in America and its relationship to French Impressionism, Gerdts recounts the early adventures of American artists in Claude Monet's village of Giverny, evaluates Impressionism's progress from an avant-garde aesthetic to its triumph during the 1813 Chicago World Fair and its replacement by the radical styles of Cubism and Futurism. Also studies how Impressionism flourished across the United States and includes an exhaustive bibliography. Among the masters reproduced are Childe Hassam, John Twachtman...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Broadway Musical Martin Gottfried Large Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Broadway Musical Martin Gottfried 1984 hardcover book.Large heavy book.
A colorful tribute to the great Broadway shows of our time.
Profusely illustrated in color. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Title Broadway Musicals Author Gottfried, Martin
Format/Binding Hardcover
Binding Hardcover
Publisher Harry N. Abrams
Place Of Publication NY
Date Published 1984
395 illustrations, 112 in full color.
Great oversized heavy coffee table art book.
A true treasure of a book. This is a very large book, and not just width wise. It is very tall too. There are many pictures, a lot of them in color. They have some of the rarest flops featured toward the back of the book, and the classics are all here too. Some high points are the run-through of how they make (made) "Annie" run every night. There is also a synopsis of "Hello Dolly" which helpful since I have only seen the movie. There is a flaw though, and it is not insignificant. The author does not separate fact from opinion. Example: "Sweeney Todd does not hold a place in the theater". This book came out the same year "Sweeney Todd" did(1979), so it might be just a bit early to say that. Obviously, he is a critic, but he should have took that hat off ,and taken on the role of an author who looks at the facts.("Sweeney" is just one of the hows that gets criticized.)
Colorful entertaining masterpiece with many of these Broadway Musicals some of them are THE WIZ...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Vintage 1968 Hardcover Time Life Library of Art the World of Rembrandt Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful and Collectible Vintage 1968 Hardback Time Life Library of Art “The World of Rembrandt” Book.
The World of Rembrandt 1606-1669 by Robert Wallace.
New York, NY, Time Life ...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
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, this collection boasts photographs of restored aircraft and interviews with the men who flew them. The pilots discuss training, missions, and even capture and imprisonment. 115 color and 40 b&w archival...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Moments with Jackie by Jean Mills Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moments with Jackie by Jean Mills hardcover book
Barnes & Noble Books, 1999 - Celebrities - 120 pages.
Stunning black-and-white photography accompanies a close-up portrait of Jacqu...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
New Classic Interiors by Alessandra Branca Hardcover Coffee Table Book
By Alessandra Branca
Located in North Hollywood, CA
New Classic Interiors by Alessandra Branca hardcover coffee table book in Box Sleeve.
Abrams, Dec 15, 2018 - Architecture - 272 pages.
For Alessandra Branca, living means living comfortably. Growing up in Rome, Branca was always surrounded by exquisite art and architecture. She learned early on that beauty is meant to intermingle with everyday life, and to this day her interior designs, while abiding by classical principles, comfortably accommodate her clients’ lifestyles. “You can’t just do something that looks pretty,†? she says. “It has to work.†? In this book, the designer—based in Chicago—generously reveals her step-by-step creative process, offering invaluable guidance to anyone who wants a home that is both gorgeous and livable. Beginning with her own Chicago townhouse and interweaving insights drawn from several other prominent projects, she shows how she assesses each space’s form and function, selects foundation elements, chooses furniture and lighting, and, finally, incorporates decorative elements that reflect the resident’s personality. Illustrated with 200 lush photographs, the book offers a welcomes introduction to Branca’s enchanting and livable interiors.
Great book for inspiring rooms, very knowledgeable and Alessandra Branca gives a wealth of information when it comes to decorating your spaces. Ms. Branca teaches you how she decorates for her clients!! This book is a must for someone who likes to decorate their own spaces.Alessandra Branca is an extremely talented designer. Dressmaking type details abound in the photographs in this book. She is just a cut above many designers out there.
New Classic Interiors starts off in Rome (her birthplace), then on to Chicago, and New York. There are great photos of projects and diagrams. The text is interesting and you will learn why certain things were created the way they were, her opinions on lighting, and general design information that make her rooms just a cut above other designs. If I had to be critical at all, it would be the use of red. This use to be one of my favorite home and clothing colors, but now blue reigns. Alessandra is heavily invested in the color red, and uses it magnificently!
As a passionate collector of interior design books...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Remembering Jackie: a Life in Pictures Hardcover, January 1, 1994
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Remembering Jackie: A Life in Pictures Hardcover – January 1, 1994 by Life Magazine.
Uses photographs to trace the life of the former first lady, including her childhood, marriage, ...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Jamie Drake's New American Glamour, First Edition Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Jamie Drake's New American glamour.
Designer hardcover Coffee table book.
New York: Bulfinch Press, 2005.
Stated first edition hardcover with no dust ja...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Spectacular America Hardcover Book 1994
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Spectacular America Hardcover Book 1994
Large horizontal format - 16 x 12 inches featuring 180 color plates and accompanying text.
Spectacular America conveys all the grandeur of t...
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1990s American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
JFK & Jackie Unseen Archives Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
JFK & Jackie. Unseen Archives by Tim Hill.
London: Parragon, Incorporated, 2003. First edition; first printing. Hardcover.
JFK and Jackie: unseen archives c...
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Early 2000s American Neoclassical Books
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Classic Superbikes from Around the World Coffee Table Book Hardcover 2003
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Classic Superbikes from Around the World Coffee Table Book Hardcover 2003.
by Mac. McDiarmid.
The cool thing about Mac McDiarmid’s book Classic Superbikes from Around the World.
The book not only gives us a look at some rare specimens most will never see, it also includes some classic superbikes that we have probably seen here or there or may even have in the garage. For example, McDiarmid included the still-popular Yamaha RD350, Suzuki GT750, Bridgestone 350 GTR, Kawasaki Z1, Kawasaki 750 H2, Yamaha XS-1, Harley-Davidson Duo-Glide and Honda CB750 and Honda CB450 “Black Bomber.” Less common classics such as the Indian Chief, Velocette Venom Thruxton, Norton 650 SS, BSA 650 Spitfire, Munch Mammoth, Douglas Dragonfly, Sunbeam S7/S8, Ducati 750 SS, Ariel Square Four, and Royal Enfield...
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Books
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Paper
From the Land Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
From the Land: Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects Hardcover Book.
October 8, 2013 by Erhard Pfeiffer (Photographer), Stanley Abercrombie (Afterword), Diane Keaton.
Elegant rustic...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Cadillac 110 Years by Assouline Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Cadillac Limited Edition: 110 Years by Assouline.
Kremer, Esther, Ed.
New York: Assouline Publishing, 2012.
First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover.
In celebration of 110 years of one of the most iconic brands in the world, Assouline presents the first luxury book on America's foremost luxury car. Cadillac takes readers on a visual journey through all the decades of its history. Here are presidents and Hollywood stars, closed-body cars and concept cars, the classic and the cutting-edge. Cadillac enthusiasts and car collectors...
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2010s Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Texas a Salute from Above Fehrenbach, T. R 1985
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Texas a Salute from Above Fehrenbach, T. R 1985.
Title: Texas: A salute from above
Publisher: Brand: Texas Books, World Pub. Services, Inc.
Publication Date: 1st Edition 1985
Language ? : ? English
Hardcover ? : ? 280 pages
Binding: Hardcover large coffee table book.
A birds-eye view of the vast state of Texas: Mountains, cities, stadiums, plains, etc. in full color with text by T.R. Fehrenbach.
Look with new eyes upon Texas. Its sweeping diversity is seen from another perspective--the view from above.
Texas Books, 1985. First Ed.. Hardcover. History; Texas; The Trans-Pecos Region, The Panhandle, West, North, Central and East Texas...
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Books
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The Well-lived Life: One Hundred Years of House & Garden
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Well-lived Life: One Hundred Years of House & Garden by Dominique Browning.
Assouline Publishing, Inc. 2008.
Large hardcover coffee table book.
Size: 12 1/8" x 9 1/2" x 1" 1/4.
House & Home - 238 pages.
Few magazines can lay claim to a century of history or to having published work by some extraordinary and distinguished photographers and writers as House & Garden. Now, straight from the pages of this well-loved periodical, The Well-Lived Life presents a lavish chronicle of a country and a culture coming into its own, documenting America's continuing education in matters of house, home and garden over the course of the 20th century. Selecting high points from the magazine, this book surveys the growing confidence and imagination reflected in American interiors and entertaining over the last century -the dinners, picnics and parties of a country dedicated to welcoming others- and the changing definition of home. It also illuminates the joys -sedentary or sporting- Americans have always found in the out-of-doors. The Well-Lived Life surveys the landscape of our lawns and gardens...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Golden Moments: a Collection of United States 1984 Commemorative Olympic Issues
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Golden Moments: A Collection of United States 1984 Commemorative Olympic Issues
MICHENER, James A. (foreword)
Published by United States Postal Service, Washington, DC, 1984
Numerous color illustrations. A superb, tight first edition of what's really a study of "Paintings and 1984 Olympic postal designs by Robert Peak...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Fabrics The Decorative Art of Textiles Coffee Table Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabrics The Decorative Art of Textiles
Spectacularly illustrated with richly colorful, sumptuously textured photographs, Fabrics is an enthusiastic trip through the history, technol...
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1990s Italian Neoclassical Books
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Paper
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
by C. Edson Armi.
This title provides in-depth examinations of the creative process behind more than 30 c...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a rare book, namely, Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote.
Titled: “Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the principles of a p...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Douglas Kirkland's Light Years Three Decades Photographing Among the Stars
Located in North Hollywood, CA
For thirty years Douglas Kirkland's camera has negotiated our relationship with the stars. Light Years is his photographic autobiography --a brilliant cons...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
The World of Armand Hammer by John Bryson, Hardcover Coffee Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The World of Armand Hammer by John Bryson -
Large hardcover coffee table book.
A photographic journal follows the eighty-seven year old oil executive as he chairs a panel devoted t...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Annuaire connaissance des arts 1968 des ventes publiques en France Hardcover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Annuaire connaissance des arts 1968 des ventes publiques en France Hardcover – January 1, 1968
French Edition by Francis Spar (Author)
Publisher ? : ? Hach...
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Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Books
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The Life of Francis Marion by Simms, 1855
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very rare eleventh edition hardback illustrated copy of The Life of Francis Marion W. Gilmore Simms. J.C. Derby 119 Nassau Street, New York...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Fine Romance Hollywood Broadway: the Magic, the Mayhem, Hardcover Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A Fine Romance Hollywood Broadway: The Magic, The Mayhem, The Musicians
By Denkert, Darcie.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005. 360 pages.
Darcie covers the love/hate rel...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
American Realism A Pictorial Survey from the Early 18th Century to the 1970s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Realism, a pictorial survey from the early 18th century to the 1970s.
Mathey, François
Published by Portland House, 1987
Title: American Realism: A pictorial survey from....
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
H.M. Tomlinson "The Sea and The Jungle" 1st Edition Woodcuts by Clare Leighton
By Tomlinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
H.M. Tomlinson "The Sea and The Jungle" First Edition with woodcuts by Clare Leighton, circa 1930
Rare First Edition. Very good condition. Fantastic woodcuts by noted artist Clare...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Other
Early Panorama Children’s Book Hiawatha Illustrated by Willy Pogany London 1914
By Willy Pogany
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique panorama children’s book illustrated by Willy Pogany and retold by Edith L Elias. A total of 14 panels, one side with illustrations, and the other with text.
Published by George G. Harrap & Company.
This book is part of a children’s series by Willy Pogány of folding panoramas illustrations and text, inspired by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1855 epic, The Song of Hiawatha. Lines from Longfellow run underneath Pogány’s illustrations, which follow the Ojibwe child Hiawatha from his early kinship with the wild animals, through his struggles with Nahma, King of Fishes, and his own estranged father, Mudjekeewis, up to his courtship of Laughing Water (Minnehaha). The prose text by Edith Elias, printed on the verso of the panorama, carries Hiawatha’s story farther, through the death of Minnehaha and the coming of “the Pale-Face Chief.” Pogány’s dynamic frames, with their striking use of negative space, show the influence not only of Golden Age illustrators like Walter Crane, but also the new generation of cartoonists like Winsor McCay...
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1910s English Vintage Neoclassical Books
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Paper
The New Clay Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making, book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The New Clay: Techniques and Approaches to Jewelry Making.
A wonderful book, with over 100 color photos, on making intricate beads and jewelry using modeling clays such as "Fimo" and "Sculpey."
Everything you need to know to work with the new polymer clays is covered clearly in this book. Excellent working diagrams show how easy it is to make the most complex looking designs.
One of the first books...
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20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Compendio Historico De Los Arcabuceros De Madrid, Soler, Isidro, Madrid, 1795
By Isidro Soler
Located in Madrid, ES
Historical summary of the arcabuceros of Madrid ... Soler, Isidro (fl. circa 1795), Madrid, 1795. Original, leather binding. 86 pages perfect state of conservation.
"Historical Comp...
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1790s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Books
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The Life Record of HW Graber Texas Ranger Dedicated First Edition
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very rare first edition hardback copy of The Life Record of H.W. Grabber, A Terry Texas Ranger 1861-1865 Sixty-Two Years in Texas. Copyright ...
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Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Bright Stars American Painting and Sculpture Since 1776 Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Bright stars: American painting and sculpture since 1776 Hardcover - January 1, 1976
by Jean Lipman (Author), Helen M. Franc (Author), John I. H. Baur (Introduction)
Publisher: E. ...
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Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Books
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Paper
Neoclassical books for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical books for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage books created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, wall decorations, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical books made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original books, popular names associated with this style include Assouline Publishing, Alessandra Branca, Douglas Kirkland, and Manolo Blahnik. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for books differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $49 and tops out at $3,500 while the average work can sell for $145.
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