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John Nicholas Antiques Ltd
Collection of Leather Bound Books, Series 105
Offered By John Nicholas Antiques Ltd
Collection of Leather Bound Books, Series 105
Early 20th Century Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper, Leather
This beautiful collection of leather-bound Swedish Literature books contains 34 books, in warm rich tones of brick and dark red with gold leaf embossing. Aside from a few books that are...
John Nicholas Antiques Ltd
Collection of Leather Bound Books, Series 104
Offered By John Nicholas Antiques Ltd
Collection of Leather Bound Books, Series 104
Early 20th Century Swedish Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper, Leather
This beautiful collection of leather-bound Swedish Literature books contains 33 books, in warm rich tones of brick and dark red with gold leaf embossing. Aside from a few books that are...
Gio Ponti - in Praise of Architecture 1960 1st ed....
20th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
First edition, published by F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1960.
Gio Ponti said 'This book could also have been called: Peroration on Architecture, Ideas on Architecture, Architecture is a C...
Jean Prouve Book
Late 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Rare Jean Prouve book, Jousse /Seguin-Enrico Navarra, 1998.
Perfect condition.
The Great Republic
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain in Rare Blue Boards, 1885
Offered By The Great Republic
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain in Ra...
Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. Octavo, original gilt and black stamped blue pictorial cloth. Housed in a custom ...
"The Collection of Patricia Kluge: Sotheby's" Cata...
Unknown
Early 2000s Unknown Regency Revival Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Philanthropist and vintner Patricia Kluge devoted herself to the creation of Albemarle House, a showpiece of architecture, design and antiques located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Toge...
Annie Leibovitz: Portraits 2005-2016 Gift Edition
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
The perfect gift - this edition is presented in a beautiful and elegant slipcase.
In this new collection from Annie Leibovitz, one of the most influential photographers of our time, ico...
Las Venus by Kenneth Clark
"In Time We Shall Know Ourselves" by Raymond Smith
By Raymond Smith
Offered By Las Venus by Kenneth Clark
"In Time We Shall Know Ourselves" by Raymond Smith...
Raymond Smith
2010s American Expressionist Collectibles and Curiosities
We are very pleased to be collaborating with Fine Arts photographer Raymond Smith and his new publication In Time We Shall Know Ourselves.
Raymond Smiths powerful photography follows ...
Jean Prouve/Serge Mouille Book
Antique 19th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
DeLorenzo 1950, Jean Prouve/Serge Mouille, 1985 exhibition catalog.
Robert Mapplethorpe Flora The Complete Flowers Boo...
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe's flower photographs.
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) is one of the 20th century's most important artists, known for his groundbreaki...
Roomscapes, The Decorative Architecture of Renzo M...
20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Roomscapes, The Decorative Architecture of Renzo Mongiardino. New York: Rizzoli, 1993. Hardcover with dust jacket. 208 pp. A book on Milan-based architect Renzo Mongiardino and his dram...
Jean Royere Book with "Eiffel Tower" Cover
Jean Royère
1990s American Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Scarce soft cover book, in English, showcasing the work of renowned French designer Jean Royere. 144 pages, many with full-color illustrations of Royere works divided into four sections...
Phaidon Classics Collection 'Rembrandt Vermeer Rap...
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
This collection includes:
Raphael: A luxurious publication of the works of Raphaello Sanzio, one of the greatest painters of the Italian High Renaissance. Raphael’s extraordinary...
Global Cookbook Collection
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
These big and bold culinary bibles celebrate the world's most popular cuisines. Packed with hundreds of authentic home cooking recipes, these books are beautifully packaged and filled w...
Modern Living Supplies
Animalia, Collector's Edition by Henry Horenstein
Offered By Modern Living Supplies
Animalia, Collector's Edition by Henry Horenstein
Pond Press
21st Century and Contemporary American Collectibles and Curiosities
Linen, Paper
The limited edition is published in a single edition of 35 copies. Each comes with a photographic print signed and numbered, a choice of one of the three prints presented in slide two o...
Big Book of Dick and Jane for Beginning Readers, c...
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Big Book of Dick and Jane for beginning readers, circa 1950s. Twenty-four pages printed both sides with those classic illustrations from the early Baby Boomer years. Cover is missing bu...
Phaidon's Essential Art Book Collection
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Who better to curate a collection of art book essentials than Phaidon, the publisher credited with having "invented the art book"? These stunningly produced, meticulously edited and exq...
Robert James Walsh & Co
Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, 1st Edition of Enoch Arden, Etc, 1864, Leather
By Alfred Tennyson
Offered By Robert James Walsh & Co
Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate, 1st Edition of Eno...
Alfred Tennyson
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Leather, Paper
This first edition of Alfred Tennyson's (1809-1892) famous narrative poem was published in London by Edward Moxon and Co, of Dover Street. in 1864. It was printed by Bradley and Evans, ...
Grace Coddington Book Collection
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Grace Coddington's extraordinary talent and fierce dedication to her work have made her a global icon. Known through much of her career only to the fashion set, the 2009 documentary fil...
Agnes Martin Book
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
The first and only complete career retrospective publication of the visionary painter, Agnes Martin
Though a major influence on Minimalist painters, Martin saw her own work, more...
“Provence The Art of Living” Book, First Edition...
20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Provence The Art of Living. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1996. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 207 pp. A beautiful book that illustrates thirty-one private homes ...
Steven Holl Book
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Comprehensive monograph on one of America's greatest living architects by award-winning author and architecture critic Robert McCarter.
Robert McCarter has known and taught with Holl...
Le Corbusier Ideas and Forms Book
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
It is impossible to understand the architecture of the 20th century and of our own time without first coming to terms with Le Corbusier (1887-1965). His buildings can be found from Pa...
Reproducing Scholten and Baijings
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings established their Amsterdam-based studio Scholten & Baijings in 2000, and are now widely regarded as one of the most exciting, innovative and dynamic...
Beatles a Hard Day's Night
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
In March of 1964 director Richard Lester began shooting A Hard Day's Night, a black-and-white feature film starring the Beatles. With slapstick humor and a fantastic soundtrack, the mov...
Ettore Sottsass New Edition Book
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
"I love everything about Sottsass's work - it's modern, optimistic, humorous, functional, and intelligent. The designs in this book make me feel proud to be Italian." —Donatella Versace...
Contemporary Houses Book Collection Jutaku Latin A...
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
The collection includes:
Twenty Houses by Twenty Architects: Critic and historian Mercedes Daguerre presents 20 innovative houses by 20 leading contemporary architects and explores ...
The Noguchi Museum A Portrait Stephen Shore Tina B...
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
The celebrated New York museum captured by two of today’s most respected photographers, Tina Barney and Stephen Shore.
Isamu Noguchi, the influential 20th century artist, founded and...
The Great Republic
British Golf Links by Horace Hutchinson First Edition, circa 1897
Offered By The Great Republic
British Golf Links by Horace Hutchinson First Edit...
Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
First edition of Horace Hutchinson’s British Golf Links, 1897, with hundreds of photographic views
First trade edition of this illustrated survey of 54 “leading golf links of the Uni...
Great Homes by Nigel Nicolson, First Edition
Nigel Nicolson
20th Century English Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Great homes by Nigel Nicolson. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968. 1st Ed Hardcover with no dust jacket. 320 pp. A great vintage book that is an architectural anthology that illustrate...
Anthony Caro
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Regarded as the greatest British artist of his generation and represented in museum collections all over the world, Anthony Caro revolutionized sculpture in the 1960s, by taking the rad...
elBulli 2005–2011 by Ferran Adrià, Juli Soler, Al...
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
elBulli 2005-2011 is the catalogue raisonné of elBulli, which was widely regarded as the world's best restaurant until its closure in 2011. Having held three Michelin stars from 1997 t...
Shiro Kuramata Book
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Shiro Kuramata (1934–91) was a truly exceptional designer of furniture and interiors. Many of his poetic, precise and unique pieces, like the expanded-metal-mesh How High the Moon Armch...
The High Line Book
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
The first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of the creative inspiration behind the High Line, the transformative public ‘park in the sky’ that has reshaped global perceptions of urban spa...
Patina NYC
New York Interior Design, 1935-1985, Vol. 1: Inventors of Tradition
By Judith Gura
Offered By Patina NYC
New York Interior Design, 1935-1985, Vol. 1: Inven...
Judith Gura
Late 20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Over 600 photographs, Judith Gura present a visual biography of over 100 of New York City’s most important interior design innovators, including celebrated tastemakers Billy Baldwin, Ma...
Breuer Monograph book
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
"Breuer's tough, Brutalist designs were sculptural and expressive, and their ambition and scale has come back into fashion. This is a serious study." —Financial Times.
"It is truly a m...
Wallpaper City Guide Collection 40 books
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
A tightly edited, discreetly packaged selection of city highlights for the design-conscious visitor. Each Wallpaper* City Guide unearths the most happening restaurants and nightlife, th...
Peter Marino Art Architecture Luxury Edition
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
A profile of architect Peter Marino’s extensive, collaborative process of commissioning art for luxury brand spaces and private clients worldwide.
Dubbed 'The Leather Daddy of Luxu...
NPT Books
Antique French Furniture by F. Lewis Hinckley, First Edition
By F. Lewis Hinckley
Offered By NPT Books
Antique French Furniture by F. Lewis Hinckley, Fir...
F. Lewis Hinckley
Mid-20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Antique French furniture by F. Lewis Hinckley. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1967. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 214 pp. A handsome illustrated directory of antique French furn...
Pools by Kelly Klein Architecture Book, circa 1992...
1990s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Pools by Kelly Klein. One of Kelly’s frequent points of reference, this inspired book by Kelly Klein features iconic and unique photographs of swimming pools in all their forms from aro...
The Anatomy of Fashion - Why We Dress the Way We D...
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Fashion is about the body. The first book to reflect this truism, The Anatomy of Fashion is the ultimate guide to how we dress, why we look the way we do and how this has changed over t...
The Great Republic
Complete Angler by Isaak Walton, Period Leather Binding, circa 1856
Offered By The Great Republic
Complete Angler by Isaak Walton, Period Leather Bi...
Antique 1850s Collectibles and Curiosities
First Edward Jesse Edition of Isaak Walton's "The Complete Angler" with Seven Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings. Published in London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856. Small octavo, contemporary three-q...
Sotheby's: The Garbisch Collection, Vol. 2
Vintage 1980s American Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Sotheby's: The Garbisch Collection, Vol. 2, May 17, 1980, important French furniture, European porcelain Vertu, and rugs. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 588 lots of important...
The Great Republic
Memoirs of My Life by John Fremont, First Edition with Fremont Inscription, 1887
Offered By The Great Republic
Memoirs of My Life by John Fremont, First Edition ...
Antique 1880s Collectibles and Curiosities
Striking first edition copy of Fremont's autobiography Memoirs of My Life, including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-1844, 1845-1846, ...
Antique Swan
"The Second World War," Chartwell Edition by Winston Churchill
By Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Offered By Antique Swan
"The Second World War," Chartwell Edition by Winst...
Houghton Mifflin & Co.
20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
The Second World War (Chartwell Edition-United States) by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston.
A deluxe edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Seco...
Olhares
"Brazilian Modern Design" Book
By Marcelo Vasconcellos, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, Alberto Vicente
Offered By Olhares
"Brazilian Modern Design" Book
Marcelo Vasconcellos, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, Alberto Vicente
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Collectibles and Curiosities
The book extensively classifies the work of 15 of the most representative Brazilian furniture designers in the modern period, between the 1940s and 1970s, including: Lina Bo Bardi, Joaq...
Robert James Walsh & Co
Waverley Novels, Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford Edition
By Sir Walter Scott
Offered By Robert James Walsh & Co
Waverley Novels, Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford Edit...
Sir Walter Scott
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Collectibles and Curiosities
Steel, Wood, Leather, Paper
12-volume complete set of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels in a heavily-illustrated special edition published in 1847, with later 19th century green morocco leather bindings. The bind...
The Great Republic
Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming, One-of-a-kind First Presentation, 1965
Offered By The Great Republic
Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming, One-of-a-k...
Vintage 1960s Collectibles and Curiosities
Fleming, Ian. The Man with the Golden Gun. London: Jonathan Cape, (1965).
First edition, first printing octavo, in full, custom leather binding with decorative gilt spine. Presented...
T. Reggiardo Antiques
Animated Pair of Austrian Art Deco Bronze Squirrel Bookends, circa 1925
By Franz Gruber
Offered By T. Reggiardo Antiques
Animated Pair of Austrian Art Deco Bronze Squirrel...
Franz Gruber
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Collectibles and Curiosities
Bronze
An animated pair of Austrian Art Deco bronze squirrel bookends, circa 1925.
Both with Austrian foundry marka and signed by F Gruber. The foundry mark is a triangle with an M inside and...
Domestic Architecture of H.T. Lindeberg, Ltd first...
Unknown
20th Century American Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
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 issued. ...
Modernist Cuisine the Art and Science of Cooking B...
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
Modernist Cuisine is an interdisciplinary team in Bellevue, Washington, founded and led by Nathan Myhrvold. The group includes scientists, research and development chefs and a full ed...
Mid-Century Modern Gilt and Iron Bookends Arthur U...
Unknown, Carl Auböck
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Iron, Giltwood
For your consideration a set of iron bookends in gilt.
Unmarked, no information on the maker.
Sculptural shape in solid iron.
Dimensions: 5 5/8" W x 5" D x 5" H.
"Desenho da Utopia" Book
Ruy Teixeira, Jayme Vargas
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Collectibles and Curiosities
Book with texts in Portuguese and English.
With a dynamic photo essay by photographer Ruy Teixeira and texts curated by historian Jayme Vargas, the book The Design of Utopia revisits...
Idealforms
July 1961 Playboy Magazine f/t Masters of Mid-Century Design Eames Saarinen
By Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia
Offered By Idealforms
July 1961 Playboy Magazine f/t Masters of Mid-Cen...
Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Ever laugh when someone said, “I only read Playboy for the articles”? You won’t anymore.
Up for sale is the July 1961 edition of Playboy Magazine. The Centerfold is nice, but the mag...
The Great Republic
"The Admirable Chrichton" by J. M. Barrie, Limited Edition Vellum 89 of 500
Offered By The Great Republic
"The Admirable Chrichton" by J. M. Barrie, Limited...
Early 20th Century British Collectibles and Curiosities
This is a full vellum copy of J. M. Barrie's "The Admirable Chrichton" publish in London by Hodder & Stoughton in 1914.
The volume is illustrated with 21 tipped-in color plates by H...
Richard Sapper, Edited by Jonathan Olivares Book
21st Century and Contemporary Collectibles and Curiosities
An in-depth study of the work of German-born Industrial designer Richard Sapper, most famous for designs such as the Tizio lamp and the Brionvega radio.
Richard Sapper (1932-2015) a ...
Weinberg Modern
Line Vautrin Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician Book
Line Vautrin
1990s British Mid-Century Modern Collectibles and Curiosities
Paper
Lin Vautrin: Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician. First American edition, hardcover in dustjacket, published by Thames and Hudson in 1992. 112 pages, featuring 76 pages of illustrations, 72 ...
"Modern Furniture in Brazil" Book
Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Collectibles and Curiosities
Reference Book by Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, first edited in Brazil in 1995. Texts in Portuguese and English.
This history of Brazilian furniture is an important milestone i...