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Catalogue of Perfumes, Toiletries and Cosmetics A rare sale catalogue of luxury goods including perfumes, toiletries and soaps from the early years of the twentieth century produced ...

Drawings and Digressions by Larry Rivers. Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1979. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 263 pp. Foreword by John Ashbery with 285 illustrations and ph...

Il Mobile Romano by Goffredo Lizzani. Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1997. Reprint from 1972 edition hardcover with dust jacket. 169 pp. Italian text. One in a series of se...

American Primitive painting by Jean Lipman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1945. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 157 pp. One of the firs...

The Genius of the Garden by Peter Verney and Michael Dunne. Exeter: Webb & Bower Publishers Limited, 1989. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 120 pp. A beautiful book on the ele...

The Definitively Unfinished Marcel Duchamp by Thierry De Duve. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1991. Pre-Publication advance first edition hardcover with dust...

Il Mobile Piemontese (Piedmontese Furniture.) Milan: Görlich Editore, 1997. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 204 pp. Italian text. A beautiful book on the history of carved Piedmont furniture...

Two books in soft covers housed in a brown cloth covered slip case with cream lettering. One volume illustrates Louis Vuitton products through the years, the second illustrates the "...

Van Dongen et le Fauvisme (Van Dongen and Fauvisme.) Paris: La Bibliothèque des Arts Lausanne, 1971. First edition hardcover with dust jacket and slip case. A beautiful book on Kees ...

Antique Silver and Silver Collecting by John Culme and John G. Strang. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1973. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 96 pp. A great resource book on collecting antique silver...

A Personal View: Photography in the Collection of Paul F. Walter by John Pultz. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1985. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 136 pp. with 19 refere...

In Praise of America, American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830 by Wendy A. Cooper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1980. Stated first American edition hardcover with dust jacket. 280 pp. ...

Il Mobile Lombardo by Clelia Alberici. Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1997. Reprint from 1969 edition hardcover with dust jacket. 264 pp. Italian text. One in a series of s...

First Edition, published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1986. With an extensive, in-depth text from Dieter Honisch, this scarce book documents the work of painter, sculptor and perfo...

The Rockwell's Complete Guide to Successful Gardening. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. First edition second printing hardcover with dust jacket. 571 pp. A gardener's st...

Stately Mansions, 18th century Paris Architecture by Michel Gallet. NY: Praeger Publishers,1972. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 196 pp. A...

Mallett Millennium, Fine Antique Furniture and Works of Art, first edition by Lanto Synge. Mallett Milliennium, 2006, Antique Collectors' Club. ...

“The Dunlaps and Their Furniture”. Manchester: The Currior Gallery of Art, 1970. First edition softcover. 310 pp. An exhibition catalogue of Dunlap furniture...

Regency furniture, 1800-1830 by Clifford Musgrave. NY: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Musgrave was curator of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, the ep...

First edition, published by Rizzoli, New York , 1991 Discover the true extent to Rudi Gernbreich deep-rooted influence upon the fashion world. A master of form and shape, comfort ...

Chinese Export Porcelain in North America by Jean McClure Mudge. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Clarkson Potter, 1986, NY. 417 photos 250 in color. Extensively rese...

John Marin by John Marin. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1970. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A look at this important American artist. Edited by Cleve Gray. Includes numero...

18th Century Houses of Williamsburg by Marcus Whiffen. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 4th printing 1970. 223 pp., with 150 B/W illustrations. A comprehensi...

First Edition, published by Trigram Press, London, 1975. A collaborative book of disorientating and ethereal poetry and artworks by Jonathan Williams and Tom Phillips...

Ruth and Skitch Henderson's Seasons in the Country, good food for family and friends. New York: Penguin Books USA, 1990. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 192 pp. Skit...

First edition, published by Thames and Hudson, 1971. Pioneer of Dada and the Experimental Film. This book is both an autobiography of Hans Richter’s life, and an artist monogra...

A very good copy of this photographic social history which was compiled by Brendan Gill from the extraordinary private archive of approximately fifty thousand photographs taken by Jerome Zerbe,. For over forty years , Zerbe has crisscrossed the world in pursuit of festive occasions; here are five hundred of his best pictures - racy, impudent, amused - which amount to a novel composed by a camera and having for plot the playful housrs of the young, the rich, the beautiful, and the celebrated. For many years Zerbe was the official photographer for El Morocco which became for a period the most famous night club in the world where he photographed the rich and famous at play. During his career he also spent time as wartime photographer and captured pictures of the Japanese surrender...

“Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs” book by Charles W. Jacobsen. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company: Publishers, 1972. Third printing hardcover with ...

Great handmade French book cover portraying children playing with kittens.

A unique and sculptural bookstand made almost entirely of long patinated copper-plated steel rods twisted in such a fashion to create an esthetic yet structurally strong frame.

Vintage paperback coffee table book featuring the infamous German art school, The Staatliches Bauhaus. By Hans M. Wingler, published in 1980. Fourth edition, 658 pages. "The Bauhaus...

Hardback coffee table book featuring ideas on wire sculpture and three-dimensional construction, by Gerald F. Brommer, published in 1968. "This is the excitement for the latter half...

Published by Contrejur Paris French text hardback A collection of photographs by French photographer Pierre Boucher (1908-2000). It includes surrealist works by multiple exposure, technical photographs such as solarization, moving photographs that capture nudes and physical movements, and constructivist photographs. A publication from Contrejour, a publisher founded by photographers Bernard Plossu and Claude Nori...

First Edition, published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1989. With a predictably brilliant preface by the writer Tom Wolfe, this large format book contains 150 pictures by 35 of the...

Paperback coffee table book featuring the work of artist, Bridget Riley. By Richard Shiff, published in 2004. First edition, 49 pages. "Bridget Riley is perceptive: observant, sensi...

Decorative Antique Automobile Prints, A portfolio of 6 Self-Matted Full-Color Prints, Clarence P. Hornung 1991 by Dover Publications INC New York ...

The first book on San Francisco’s three-Michelin starred restaurant Benu and its chef Corey Lee, hailed by David Chang as one of the best chefs on earth and voted Best Chef of the Year by Eater Since striking out on his own from Thomas Keller's acclaimed French Laundry...

The Michael Roberts Collection Of Architectural And Garden Ornament By Christie's. Ashurst, Kent, England : Christie's, 2004. 1st Ed softcover...

Entertaining in Style: Nancy Astor and Nancy Lancaster: Table Settings, Recipes, Flower Arrangements, and Decorating Author Jane Churchill and Emily Astor, Foreword by Bob Colacello...

Written by Marion Fasel Creatures from the animal kingdom represented in exquisite jewelry by renowned masters Cartier, Bulgari, Tiffany & Co., JAR, Belperron, David Webb, Schlumberger, Boucheron, and many other brilliant jewelers. Many of the most imaginative designs by the world's great jewelry houses and artisans take inspiration from the animal kingdom. From Cartier's iconic panthers to Bulgari's snakes and JAR's butterflies, these spectacular objects dripping with precious stones are akin to wearable art. Beautiful Creatures depicts some of the most spectacular beasts ever transformed into sparkling treasures and accompanies a forthcoming special exhibition in the American Museum of Natural History's Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals. The 120 pieces featured date from the mid-1800s to the present, representing species from the realms of land, air, and water. Gorgeous studio photography of the jewelry is complemented by images of iconic personalities, including Elizabeth Taylor, Twiggy, and the Duchess of Windsor wearing famous animal- inspired jewels. Guest curator Marion Fasel relays the stories behind the individual pieces through entertaining anecdotes and reveals the colorful histories and fascinating symbolism of these remarkable creatures in precious gems and metals that intrigue and delight and that we never tire of wearing. About the author Marion Fasel is a jewelry historian and author of several books on twentieth-century jewelry. She is the founder of the online jewelry magazine The Adventurine. In 2018 Fasel was the recipient of the GEM Award for Media Excellence and the Jewelry Champion Award from Town & Country magazine. "The subtitle to Beautiful Creatures is Jewelry Inspired by The Animal Kingdom, but prepare yourself to see some of the most spectacular jewelry ever produced whose jumping off point was anything from a simple scallop shell or butterfly to some of the most incredible jungle inhabitants...The images are staggering, with accompanying text that offers you as much as you need to know as well as baiting you to want to see these pieces in the flesh, so to speak... This is a book for the jewelry aficionado as well for those who might have a passing interest in everything from ornithology to entomology to herpetology to batrachology to simple seashells. In other words, there are few creatures that have not been memorialized by these créateurs and incredibly gifted and skilled craftsmen. Get in line, wait for the opening of the exhibit at the Museum of Natural History, and get lost in the grandiosity of it all. In the meantime, you can be teased with the jaw dropping content of this book." - NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS "From Cartier’s iconic panthers to Bulgari’s snakes and JAR’s butterflies, some of the most imaginative designs by the world’s great jewelry houses and artisans take inspiration from the animal kingdom, creating spectacular objects dripping with precious stones to conjure wearable art. Beautiful Creatures: Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom depicts some of the most spectacular beasts ever transformed into sparkling treasures..." - ANTIQUES AND THE ARTS WEEKLY "Beautiful Creatures by Marion Fasel is smaller than the typical coffee table book, which means it’s more portable and affordable too. But still utterly gorgeous: this would make a fantastic gift for a jewelry lover or animal aficionado in your life."  "Beastly Bling: Jewelry in the shape of an animal often comes with extra meanings, writes historian Marion Fasel in her new book “Beautiful Creatures: Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom” (Rizzoli Electa). When Prince Albert got engaged to Queen Victoria in 1839, he gave her a gold engagement ring in the form of a circling snake, to symbolize everlasting love. This set off a snake-jewelry fad, illustrated in the book by a circa-1850 French snake bracelet made of emeralds, diamonds, silver and gold, with pink sapphires for the eyes. Animal jewelry can also carry a political charge. In the early 20th century, American suffragists were nicknamed Iron Butterflies in honor of their determination, and many wore small butterfly pins to signal their support of the movement. More frivolous highlights among the book’s 120 pieces are a starfish designed by Salvador Dalí and a zebra bracelet from American designer David Webb, who also made pieces that look like lions, fish and tortoises. A brooch in the form of a jellyfish, made of moonstones, sapphires, diamonds, gold and platinum, was designed by Tiffany’s Jean...

An invitation to enter the residences of some of the top interior designers in the world--see their style and practicality in action, and adopt some of their winning ways. With pillows fluffed and curtains pulled back, design secrets are revealed. From established masters of the field (Jamie Drake, Stephen Sills, Tom Britt, Jeffrey Bilhuber) to comparatively newer talents, the reader will learn about diverse approaches to decoration and the art of fine living from some of today's most successful interior designers--with wit, candor, and passion. Other featured subjects include Alex Papachristidis, Robert Couturier, Howard Slatkin...

Following up on their much-heralded first volume of interiors, this new publication presents the next evolution of Atelier AM--virtuosos of mixing antiques and museum-quality artworks with pedigreed design. "Alexandra and Michael Misczynski, the wife-and-husband team behind the Los Angeles-based AD100 design firm Atelier AM, are standard-bearers for the...concepts of quality and connoisseurship. In an image-driven culture, where novelty and extravagance so often masquerade as virtues, the Misczynskis remain steadfast in their belief that true style can emerge only from substance." --Architectural Digest Atelier AM has been the go-to designers for true connoisseurs since they opened their office in 2002. Taking on very few projects each year, each Atelier AM home is a complete masterwork--where design and art are fully integrated into the architecture and landscape for a rich and immersive experience. Eight new homes are featured in this new volume, and each features Atelier AM's signature reverence for patina mixed with the new: reclaimed wood beams and well-loved vintage modern furniture pieces mingles comfortably with century-old artifacts and antiques. The projects in this volume show a deep understanding of design history--from Spanish Colonial and English Classicism to contemporary. The mix of modern and ancient acknowledges and celebrates both the past and the future of design. With photography by their long-term collaborator Francois Halard...

Rare 1980s Patti Smith collectible: Vintage 1988 "Gold Mine" magazine (complete edition approximate 50pgs) featuring a frame-able Patti Smith cover that m...

A first edition of the art catalog, The New Icon of Modern: Robert Loughlin. Introduction by Carlo McCormick, USA, 2011. Softcover. Features 47 pages with...

Mobilier Regence, Louis XV by Monica Burckhardt. Editions Charles Massin, Paris, 1976. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 80p photos and text of early 18th century furniture i...

Mobilier Normand by Lucile Oliver. Ch. Massin, Paris, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 84pp illustrated throughout with color photographs and b&w map of French furniture from...