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Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection by Pierpont Morgan
Located in valatie, NY
Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection by Pierpont Morgan Library, Colin B Bailey and Richard R Brettell. Publisher Morgan Librar...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Edward S. Curtis by Barry Pritzker, 1993
Located in London, GB
Edward S. Curtis
By Barry Pritzker
Published by JG Press, North Dighton, Massachusetts, 1993. Hard Back in Dust Jacket. First edition. Black boards with gold lettering to spine...
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Late 19th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Books
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David Bailey "The Naked Eye", 1987
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
David Bailey. The Naked Eye. Barrie & Jenkins, London 1987. 1st Edition
A book of nude images from the history of photography brilliantly curated by David Bailey. The images range ...
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Late 20th Century English Modern Books
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Vanishing Africa by Giansanti, Giann Hardcover Photography Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vanishing Africa hardcover book by Giann Giansanti author photographer.
This book represents months of work of planning and in the field, but above all it is a tribute to the eternal beauty of Africa; the photographs and text 'steal' from the peoples of the Omo a fragment of their mystery and truth. But with delicacy and respect. By examining a small region in the heart of the continent, the books attempts to trace the roots of remotest Africa; the cradle of man, where ancestral bonds with nature still exist. It is a place where the link with the dark side of existence is not hidden, as happens in the West, but exhibited. By means of his camera and his pen, in this book the author has encapsulated long years of study of the most interesting peoples...
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21st Century and Contemporary African Tribal Books
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Cecil Beaton: A Biography & Reddish House Christies Catalogue (book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Here we have two items relating to the late Sir Cecil Beaton, a multi talented man who was a celebrated photographer, author, diarist and set designer, to name but a few of his accomplishments. Firstly there is a Christie's sale catalogue which was produced in 1980 for the disposal of the contents of Reddish House in Wiltshire, held over two days with 725 lots which included works of art, furniture, silver, pictures, porcelain and garden effects. The catalogue has 142 illustrations including 14 in colour, the catalogue must have belonged to someone who attended the second day of the sale as there is a price noted in hand against all lots that day. The second book is a Bigraphy of Cecil Beaton by Hugo...
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20th Century Books
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Industrial Sublime Modernism & the Transformation of NY's Rivers, 1900-1940
Located in valatie, NY
Industrial Sublime: Modernism and the Transformation of New York's Rivers, 1900-1940 by Kristen M. Jensen, Bartholomew F. Bland, Katherine E. Manthorne, Wendy Greenhouse, and Ellen E. Roberts. Fordham University Press, 2013. 1st Ed softcover. Co-published with the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers. The exhibition ran from October 12, 2013, through January 17, 2014. It was not until the first decade of the 20th century, as artists like Robert Henri and John Sloan turned their attention to the urban scene, that American art shifted its focus from bucolic landscapes to the cities, the towns, the crowds, especially the raucous urban scene of Manhattan, by then the nation's most important city. This movement away from painting the land to painting the life on the street is often seen as a clean break with the depiction of the landscape, and with landscape painting generally as a mainstay of American art in the face of European Modernism. However, artists continued to paint the Hudson River, as well as its tributaries, the Harlem and East rivers, and the great harbor of New York City. What was different was their approach. Giving way the romantic ideals of earlier painters, artists like Henri and Sloan, and later, Georgia O'Keeffe, George Ault, Edward Hopper, and Preston Dickinson...
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2010s American Books
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1979 The Beauty of Jewelry, Book by Joan Frank
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Beauty of Jewellery Book by Joan Frank.
Crescent Books, 1979 - 93 pages Hardcover 1st Edition.
An appreciation of fine jewelry for the non-expert, with a chapter on the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Title: Beauty of Jewelry Frank, Joan
Publisher: Crescent Books
Publication Date: 1979
Binding: Hardcover
Great table book on high end jewelry.
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Late 20th Century British Early Victorian Books
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3 Volumes Edward Strahan Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Edward Strahan, The Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition. Bound in 3/4 black morocco. Decorative boards with gilt-tooled title on covers. All edges marb...
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19th Century American Antique Books
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Leather
Wang Yan Cheng by Wang Yan Cheng, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Wang Yan Cheng by Wang Yan Cheng. Published by Acquavella Contemporary Art, Inc., New York, 2019. 1st Ed Hardcover Exhibition Catalog with dust jacket. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Contents of Broadhollow, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. Property of Percy Uris
Located in valatie, NY
The Contents of Broadhollow, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. The Property of the Estate of Mrs. Percy Uris, by Christie's (New York). This auction catalog consists of 122 pages with 1,...
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1980s American Vintage Books
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René Gruau (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful book produced by Franco Maria Ricci in a limited edition of only 6,000, this being number 1547. With black silk covers and a presentation clam shell box...
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20th Century Books
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Royal Gardens Roy Strong 1992 Book 1st Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
With glorious color photographs, paintings, prints, and original designs, noted historian and author Sir Roy Strong presents Britain's royal gardens of today and yesterday--magnifice...
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20th Century American Folk Art Books
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Helmut Newton Sleepless Nights First Edition, 1978
Located in London, GB
Helmut Newton
Sleepless Nights
Quartet, London, 1978. English first edition. Hard back black cloth boards with title stamped in white on spine. Color illustrated dust jacket.
P...
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1970s European Vintage Books
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Chateau De Groussay, Sotheby's Sale Catalogues (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a four volume boxed set of the sales catalogues produced by Sotheby's for the contents of this famed collection. The sale took place over 4 days in June 1999 and realized a total of $26.5 million. Many of the contents on the day of the sale had come from another famous home of this renowned collector Carlos de Beistegui...
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20th Century Books
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Eloise at Christmastime, Kay Thompson, 1 of 250, Limited Signed Edition!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: THOMPSON, Kay (Hilary Knight)
Title: Eloise at Christmastime.
Publisher: NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
Description: Limited signed edition...
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1990s American Books
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Scultura III Tomasso by Brothers Fine Art, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Scultura III Tomasso by Brothers Fine Art. Published by Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2010. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 80 pages. The Tomasso Brothers...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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Life on the Edge, A Guide to California's Endangered Natural Resources, Wildlif
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Life on the Edge: A Guide to California's Endangered Natural Resources.
Wildlife Crabtree, Margo.
Title: Life on the Edge:A Guide to California's Endangered Natural Resources.
Publisher: Brand: Heyday Books
Publication Date: 1st edition, 1994
Binding: Soft cover.
568 Pages.
Dimensions ? : ? 9 x 1.5 x 12 inches
Synopsis:
Discusses California's eleven bioregions, describes each endangered species, and covers such topics as butterfly poaching.
This is an extraordinary book, delivering a somber appraisement in an exceptionally attractive and imaginative format. The introduction describes California's 11 bioregions, the impact of development, and conservation legislation. Each phylogenetic section (mammals, birds, fish, etc.) begins with a Native American legend...
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20th Century American Organic Modern Books
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British Textile Design, V&A, London, 1980, Gakken, Tokyo, 3 Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very rare set of three folio size books on the textile collection at the
Victoria and Albert Museum. The books are in linen with gilded letters
in Japanese on the spine, each book in its original slip cover, all in very
good condition. Some minor stains on one slip cover.
The books are printed by Gakken, Tokyo 1980 in English and Japanese.
A fabulous reference set for Textile Designers.
Volume 1, Middle Ages to Rococo (1200 – 1750).
Volume 2, Rococo to Victorian (1750 – 1850).
Volume 3, Victorian to Modern (1850 – 1940).
Each volume contains approx. 285pp and 250 color illustrations. These volumes are an invaluable record of over 700 masterworks of textile design, housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Volume I deals with the gold embroidery for which England was famous
in the middle ages, and which is magnificently represented in the Museum.
Some of the best examples were acquired in the early years at South
Kensington, in the 1860's, but important aquisitions continued in the late
19th and early 20th century and several notable purchases have been made
during the past 50 years.
This section is followed by sections on embroidery from the 16th century
to 1750.
The second volume of the series will deal mainly with woven and printed
textiles from the Rococo to the early Victorian period, 1750 to 1850.
The most significant acquisitions from this period have been made
in the last 25 years. It is only recently that is has become possible to
make and adequate assessment of the development of British textiles...
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Late 20th Century English Books
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The Silverman Collection by Robert Brown, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
The Silverman Collection by Robert Brown. Published London: Richard Nagy Ltd, 2012. 176 pgs w/ 25 color plates and many other color & b&w illustrations. A beautiful collection of Ger...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk, Signed by Susan McDougal, First Edition, 2003
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
McDougal, Susan, with Pat Harris. The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk: Why I Refused to Testify Against the Clintons & What I Learned in Jail. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers, 2003. Si...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Andy Warhol a Retrospective Hard-Cover Coffee Table Book, 1989
Located in New York, NY
An '80s Late-20th century 'Andy Warhol A Retrospective' hard-cover library or coffee table book by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1989...
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1980s American Expressionist Vintage Books
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Stephen Hawking, My Brief History, 1st Ed Signed with Thumb Print of Hawking
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HAWKING, Stephen.
TITLE: My Brief History. A Memoir.
PUBLISHER: London: Bantam Press, 2013.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST LONDON EDITION FIRST PRINTING BEARING THE BLACK INK T...
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2010s British Books
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Set of 3 Cat. in Slipcase, Prescott Collection, Christie's Rare Numbered Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Rare Numbered Edition set of 3 hardcover catalogs in Slipcase. The Prescott Collection: Printed Books and Manuscripts, English Furniture, Old Master Paintings. Christie, Manson & Woo...
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1880s American Antique Books
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Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, by Siegfried Wichmann, 1st
Located in valatie, NY
Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, by Siegfried Wichmann. New York Graphic Society, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1984. !st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. With...
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1980s American Vintage Books
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Van Dyke, John Henry, Blended Worlds, First Edition, 1927
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Van Dyke, John Henry
Title: Blended Worlds.
Publisher: Miami, Arizona: Southern Arizona Publishing Co., 1927.
Description: First edition. 1...
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1920s North American Vintage Books
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Loire Castles Artaud Freres Publication Hardcover Book by Armel De Wismes
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Loire Castles Artaud Freres Publication Hardcover Book by Armel De Wismes.
Beautiful photographs in color of different castles, inside and out, on the Loire River.
Publisher : ...
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1980s French French Provincial Vintage Books
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Rubens a Master in the Making by David Jaffe 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Rubens a master in the making by David Jaffe. Published by The National Gallery, London, 2005. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) was a prodigious art...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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Pablo Picasso Collectible Art Book First Edition, 1955
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage, 1955, first edition, Picasso, S.P.A.D.E.M. Paris, Boeck and Sabartes,
Vintage, Pablo Picasso, First Edition, 1955.
Pablo Picasso, Library or Coffee Table Book,.
Description:...
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20th Century Spanish Modern Books
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John Storrs Machine-Age Modernist by Debra Bricker Balken, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
John Storrs: Machine-Age Modernist by Debra Bricker Balken. Boston Athenaeum, 2010. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 104pp with numerous B&W and color plates. Published to accompan...
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2010s American Books
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Architecture of the Old South: Louisiana by Mills Lane
Located in valatie, NY
Architecture of the Old South: Louisiana by Mills Lane. New York: A Beehive Press book or Abbeville Press, 1990. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 203 pp. The book has chapters on: The Colony, Federal Era...
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1990s American Books
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Diego Giacometti by Christian Boutonnet & Rafael Ortiz (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very good hardback book about the life and work of Diego Giacometti and the works that he did in collaboration with his brother Alberto - much of which was done for Jean-Michel Fra...
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20th Century Books
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Africa Aeterna the Pictorial Chronicle of a Continent Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Africa Aeterna The Pictorial Chronicle of a Continent
New York: International Book Society Time Life Books, 1965.
Henry, Paul Marc; Carmichael, Joel (translator)
Published by Sed...
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Mid-20th Century African Tribal Books
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Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation, Signed and Numbered First Edition #182
Located in valatie, NY
Sulphides The Art of Cameo Incrustation by Paul Jokelson. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1968. Limited Edition, 182/1000, signed. Hardcover with slipcase. Black pebbled leather with...
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20th Century American Books
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John Skelton, Mary Stuart
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. John Skelton. Mary Stuart.Bound in full green morocco by Tapley.
Top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate floral gilt on covers and spines, limited...
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19th Century Antique Books
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Leather
Untitled Film Stills - Cindy Sherman - 1st Edition, Johnathan Cape, 1990
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Jonathan Cape, London 1990.
First edition monograph on Cindy Sherman's iconic early work: The 'Untitled Film Stills' series of 40 photographs, with an in...
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1970s British Modern Vintage Books
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Sotheby's London; The John Gielgud Collection, 2001
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's London; The John Gielgud Collection, 2001. London: Sotheby's, 2001. Soft cover. 216 pp. An auction catalogue for the property of the late Sir Jo...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire
Located in valatie, NY
Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans: Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire by Yanni Petsopoulos. Abbeville Press, 1982. First Edition hardcover no dust jacket. The author analyzes the p...
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1980s American Vintage Books
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Memoirs of a Geisha A Portrait of the Film By Peggy Mulloy 2005 Hardcover Book
By David James
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Memoirs of a Geisha A Portrait of the film by Peggy Mulloy · 2005 hardcover book.
By David James (Photographs by), Peggy Mulloy (Text by), Rob Marshall (Introduction by), Arthur Gol...
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Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Books
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Pair of Sotheby's Catalogues on Antiquities and Islamic Art
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's New York: Antiquities and Islamic Art, 1990. Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Western Asiatic Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art. 230 lots. Sotheby's London: Antiquit...
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Late 20th Century Books
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Vintage Jean-Michel Basquiat Japanese Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Rare vintage Japanese publication from 1997 which chronicles the life of Basquiat and the feature film by Julian Schnabel. Includes great early photos...
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1980s Vintage Books
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English Furniture from Middle Ages to Modern Times by Margaret Taylor, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
English Furniture from the Middle Ages to Modern Times by Margaret Macdonald-Taylor. Published by G.P. Putman's Sons, NY, 1966. Stated 1st Ed hardco...
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1960s American Vintage Books
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Vermeer
Located in New York City, NY
Celebrates one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age with luxurious, large-format images
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is one of the most beloved artists of the Dutch Golden Age. Vermeer's tranquil and meticulously painted interiors, of such subjects as women writing or reading love letters, and men and women drinking...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books
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Fans from the East by Carol Dorington-Ward
Located in valatie, NY
Fans from the East by Carol Dorington-Ward. Published by Debrett's Peerage Limited/Viking, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Companion to the stunning 1978 exhibition at the V...
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1970s English Vintage Books
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Fabergé, Court Jeweler to the Tsars, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Fabergé, Court Jeweler to the Tsars by G. von Habsburg-Lothringen and A. von Solodkoff. New York: Tabard Press, 1979. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 170 pp. A book on the works of Carl Fabergé. For more than 35 years, Peter Carl Fabergé (1846-1920) was a purveyor of exquisite creations in jewels and precious metals to European royalty, most notably Russia and England, and to the wealthy of the world. He was a designer of unsurpassed ingenuity and delicacy. He turned out a profusion of jeweled flowers in rock-crystal pots, enameled cigarette cases, desk sets in multicolored gold, silver and platinum, along with miniature gold sedan chairs and coronation coaches...
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20th Century American Books
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The Art of Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Located in Bradenton, FL
On a Scale That Competes with the World - The Art of Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz by Robert L. Pincus. First edition published in 1990 by The University of California Press. Prin...
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1990s American Books
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English Silver Treasures from the Kremlin: a Loan Exhibition by Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
English Silver Treasures From the Kremlin: A Loan Exhibition by Sotheby's. Exhibition softcover catalog January 1st-28th 1991. "The Armoury Museum in ...
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1990s English Books
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Decorative Vintage Ironwork, a Pictorial History
Located in Bradenton, FL
Decorative Vintage Ironwork, A Pictorial History by Henry Rene D'Allemagne. Softcover book, 413 pages, published in 1968 by Dover Publications, Inc. o...
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1960s Vintage Books
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2 Books Decorating Shops, Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, & Other Retail Spaces, 1st
Located in valatie, NY
The Interiors Book of Shops and Restaurants by Pilar Viladas. Whitney Library Of Design, 1981. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "Enticing a customer to enter and then buy is the pr...
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1980s American Vintage Books
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Set of Old Religious Books circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nic...
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Early 20th Century French Books
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Detroit Revealed Photographs, 2000-2010, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Detroit Revealed: Photographs, 2000-2010 by Carlo McCormick, John Gallagher and Nancy Barr. Detroit Institute of Arts 2011. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This book presents photographic work inspired by Detroit, its people, industry, and diverse culture as found in the first decade of the 21st c. Through their portraits, landscapes, architectural studies, and documentary work, artists and photographers Michelle Andonian, Dawoud Bey...
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2010s American Books
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George Sylvester Viereck, The House of the Vampire, 1907, First Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: VIERECK, George Sylvester.
Title: The House of the Vampire.
Publisher: NY: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1907.
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHORS FIRST NOVEL. 1 vol., publishe...
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Early 1900s American Antique Books
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Renaissance Treasury by Laurie Winters, Stated 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
A Renaissance Treasury by Laurie Winters. Published by Hudson Hill Press, 1999. Stated 1st Ed Hardcover with dust jacket Exhibition Catalog. This carefully researched and richly illu...
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1990s American Books
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Set of Two Bvlgari Brand Book Catalogue Jewellery and Watches 2013
By Bulgari
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of two Bvlgari catalogues, jewelry and watches. Collection of 2013. Hardcover black cloth catalogues of one of the most famous Luxury Jewellery maker in the world. Sotirio Bulgar...
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2010s Italian Expressionist Books
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Faberge Collection of His Late Majesty King Chulalongkorn of Thailand (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautiful and scarce hardback book. In the last decade of the 19th century King Chulalongkorn of Thailand made a number of overseas trips to make contact and diplomatic relations with European nations and the west, one of the key countries on these visits was Russia, where he was warmly received at the Imperial court of the Emperor Nicholas and with whose family he forged close ties and from that sprang many fabulous gifts made by the house of Faberge and from whom the Thai royal...
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Late 19th Century Antique Books
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Jugendstil Art Nouveau Hard Copy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The first edition printed in the US in English. A small tear in the front cover page and a small mark on the book. From a private collector.
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1980s North American Jugendstil Vintage Books
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Southern Interiors of Charleston, Sc, by Samuel & Narcissa Chamberlain 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Southern Interiors of Charleston, SC, by Samuel & Narcissa Chamberlain. Published by Hastings House, New York, 1956. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Southern Interiors will have a...
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1950s American Vintage Books
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Fred Herzog, Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog, Signed Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog. Signed Edition exhibition catalog (Vancouver Art Gallery January 25-May 13, 2007). 160 pages with numerous color photographs throughout. "Iconic and influential color images of Vancouver street life from a master photographer who has spent the past fifty years documenting the city, published to coincide with a major exhibition of his work. His eye dwells on the raw urban underbelly of the city: second-hand shops, vacant lots, barber shops and greasy spoons, crowded with people and their stuttering dreams. Since he arrived in Vancouver from Germany in 1953, Fred Herzog has roamed the city's back streets with his camera. Herzog draws upon documentary traditions while incorporating an outsider's sensitivity to a new environment. His color images of street life in the 1950s and '60s prefigure the "New Color" of photographers such as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston. The text includes essays by Grant Arnold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Books
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1, 773 Milestones of Art A Pictorial Survey of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture
Located in valatie, NY
1,773 Milestones of Art: A Pictorial Survey of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Published by Harrison House, New York, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. Presents the great works...
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1980s American Vintage Books
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Antique and Vintage Books
Antique and vintage books add a sense of culture and style to any room. Displaying these types of books in your living room or reading nook can warm a space with a distinguished feel.
Several factors make antique books highly desirable. Original jackets, ornate binding, illustrations and quality of the print all contribute to making a vintage book special. Rare books are of great interest to collectors in the know and can command high prices at auction. In 2021, an important early artist book by Andy Warhol sold at auction for more than $106,000. Somewhere between all the commercial work he did as an ambitious young graphic designer in the early 1950s and his first real debut as a Pop artist a decade later, Warhol produced a trove of incredibly charming drawings. His illustrated self-published artist books from the 1950s are very rare.
Many collectors seek the first edition of certain books. Fewer copies of a book and higher demand make it a rare find. A book that contains the author’s signature also makes it much more prized than other examples of the same title.
Collectors and designers decorate rooms with vintage books for a cozy feeling in a home. Coffee-table books, such as those featuring photography and design, serve as conversation pieces or offer a relaxing moment when leafed through.
Interior designers look for vintage books when they want to add color or detail. For instance, leather-bound books can create a scholarly air while mid-century titles offer a modern edge. Vintage international books or first editions can provide a sense of history.
No matter the genre, there is a book for you. You can find rare, one-of-a-kind antique books on 1stDibs. Browse by authors, like celebrated architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright and Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as by period, including mid-century modern, Art Deco and Victorian.
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Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
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