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Manor Houses of England by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Manor Houses of England by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and Christopher Simon Sykes. Published by Vendome Press, 2001. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 256 pp. with 300 color illus....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Inside Yucatán Hidden Mérida and Beyond Book by Susana Ordovás
Located in New York, NY
Inside Yucatán
Hidden Mérida and Beyond
By: Susana Ordovás
Photography by Guido Taroni
Foreword by Martina Mondadori
Exploring forgotten regions of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Vintage "Pictures" Book by Herb Ritts
By Herb Ritts
Located in San Diego, CA
The quintessential distillation of American Pop culture in the eighties, "Pictures" by Herb Ritts, circa 1988. The book is in very good vintage condition and measures 11.25" x 14.5". A must have! #4282
Herb Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek sculpture. Consequently some of his more famous pieces are of male and female nudes in what can be called glamour photography.
Ritts was born in Los Angeles, California to a prosperous family. His parents, Herb and Shirley Ritts, owned a successful furniture business. He received an economics degree from Bard College in upstate New York in 1974 and soon after returned to Los Angeles to work as a sales representative for his family's business. He came out as gay to his parents while in college; they were accepting and supportive.
However, Ritts started taking night classes in photography and decided to dedicate himself to the art in the late 1970s. His first break into the business occurred as a result of taking portraits of his actor friend Richard Gere. These photos gained national exposure on the covers of many magazines.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he worked with magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue on portraits of famous people and artistic photos of models.
Subjects of his black-and-white celebrity portraits included Kofi Annan, Cindy Crawford, Tenzin Gyatso (the Dalai Lama), Madonna, Jack Nicholson and Elizabeth Taylor.
In 1981, Ritts took photos for the album cover of Olivia Newton-John's Physical. He started his long term collaboration with Madonna in 1984, when he shot the ad for her movie Desperately Seeking Susan.
In 1984, he photographed Eagles drummer and vocalist Don Henley for his second solo album Building the Perfect Beast.
In 1986, Ritts shot the cover photo of Madonna's True Blue album. He later ventured into the world of music video at a suggestion of Madonna and filmed her video "Cherish". In 1988, he photographed Steve Winwood for his Roll With It album. In 1989, he photographed Belinda Carlisle...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Books
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Paper
$275 / set
Edgar Allan Poe, 'Edmund Dulac', The Bells & Other Poems. 1ST TRADE EDITION 1912
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: POE, Edgar Allan ( Edmund Dulac ).
Title: The Bells and Other Poems.
Publisher: London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d., (1912).
FIRST TRADE ...
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1910s British Vintage Books
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Leather
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Zapolya, a Christmas Tale" in Fine Leather Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Zapolya: A Christmas Tale; in Two Parts: The Prelude entitled "The Usurper's Fortune;" and The Sequel, entitled "The Usurper's Fate."
London: Rest Fenner, ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Books
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Gold Leaf
Essential History of Art
Located in Bradenton, FL
Essential History of Art hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 2002 by Parragon Publishing of Bath, England. Illustrated, 256 pages.
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
17th Century Dutch Book, Oost-Indien, 1694
Located in Delft, NL
17th Century Dutch Book, Oost-Indien, 1694 by Frikius, Hesse and Schweitzer, Simon de Vries
Dutch translation by Simon de Vries of the accounts of three Ge...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Books
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Paper
Great Houses of N. England by Roderic Blackburn & Geoffrey Gross, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Great Houses of New England by Roderic Blackburn, Text and Geoffrey Gross, Photography. Rizzoli, NY, 2008. Signed by the author 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In the tradition of Rizzoli's Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley and The Houses of McKim, Mead & White, Great Houses of New England features a stunning array of newly photographed houses that range over four centuries and are distinctive examples of the architecture of the region--from the mid-17th-c New England Colonial Judge Corwin House (Witches...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
Set of Five David Hicks Design Books (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very good set of five classic interior design books by David Hicks, the much sought after and highly regarded English designer and decorator. L...
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Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
$2,500 / set
Jansen Furniture Book
Located in New York, NY
Monograph on the renowned Paris-based interior decoration office Maison Jansen, founded in 1880 by Jean Henri Jansen. Published in 2007 by Acanthus Press with text by James Archer Ab...
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Early 2000s American Hollywood Regency Books
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Paper
Plain and Ornamental, Delaware Furniture 1740-1890, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Plain and Ornamental: Delaware Furniture 1740-1890. Wilmington: The Historical Society of Delaware, 1984. First edition soft cover. 60 pp. A catalog...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 Volumes, Numbered Limited Edition #483/1000
Located in valatie, NY
The Decameron of Boccaccio, 2 Volumes, Numbered Limited Edition #483/1000. Published by: Lawrence & Bullen, London. Illustrated with 15 plates from paintings by Louis Chalon reproduc...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Books
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Paper
Pablo Picasso Toros y Toreros 1st Edition 1961
Located in CA, CA
First true edition, published by Cercle D'art Paris 1961. Lithographs by Mourlot
A scarce first edition copy in original slipcase of Pablo Picasso's seminal "Toros y Toreros" artist...
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Mid-20th Century American Books
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Paper
Novogratz Design Fix Chic and Stylish Tips for Every Decorating Scenario
Located in New York, NY
Design darlings Cortney and Robert Novogratz tackle a long list of design dilemmas and offer scores of smart tips on how to solve them.
Well known to their fans through their seve...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Wendell Castle: Rockin' (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Exhibition Catalogue with Barry Friedman.
Wendell Castle was at the forefront and cutting edge of American furniture design for half a century, known for his sophisticated use of mat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Sotheby's: Americana the Collection of M. Austin & Jill R. Fine, 1/1987
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog: Americana from the Collection of M. Austin and Jill R. Fine, January 30, 1987. First edition softcover with 196 lots photographed in color and B&W and fully descri...
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1980s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Classical Furniture by David Linley, 1st Edition
By David Linley
Located in valatie, NY
Classical Furniture by David Linley. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1993. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 192 pp. A book on classical furniture by the 2nd Ear...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
SOUTHEY. Selected Works Of The British Poets. 1st ED - INSCRIBED TO HIS DAUGHTER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SOUTHEY, Robert.
TITLE: Selected Works Of The British Poets, From Chaucer To Jonson, with Biographical Sketches by Robert Southey.
PUBLISHER: London: for Longman, Rees, Or...
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1830s British Antique Books
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Fabric
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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Paper
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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Paper
Christie's English Furniture Including Private Collection of Julia Lowenthal
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Fine English Furniture Including the Private Collection of Miss Julia Lowenthal, London 3/10/05. Softcover, 198 pages, 327 lots, full color illustrations. With results.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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Paper
2 Vols. Count Lyof N. Tolstoi.Anna Karenina
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Count Lyof N. Tolstoi. Anna Karenina. Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco, linen boards, top edges gilt, raised bands. Published: London: Walter S...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
$1,200 / set
Christie's Imperial Design From Stockholm to St. Petersburg, 25 November 2008
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's Imperial Design From Stockholm to St. Petersburg, 25 November 2008. Auction catalog, 1st Ed consists of 190 pages with 134 lots illustrated ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books
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Paper
Design-For-Today, Rare Modernist Magazine, Complete Bound Set, 1933 to 1935, UK
Located in London, Fitzrovia
Design-For-Today, a short lived modernist avant-garde magazine, 1933 to 1935, UK.
A rare and hard to come by complete bound set.
Articles, images, designs by British architects and designers, as well as emigres ones .
Gerald Summers, Wells Coates, Marcel Breuer, Alvar and Aino Aalto, Walter Gropius, László Moholy-Nagy, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Betty Joel, Serge Chermayeff, Keith Murray, Charles Boyton, Ronald Grierson...
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20th Century British International Style Books
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Paper
An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces, 1st Ed
By Roy Strong
Located in valatie, NY
An Early Victorian Album: The Photographic Masterpieces (1843-1847) of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson by Roy Strong. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. ...
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1970s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Garden: Elements and Styles Classic Format
Located in New York, NY
The definitive reference guide to garden design, its rich history, and the creative art of gardening – a luxuriously illustrated A-Z compendium of more than 200 garden elements, styles, features, and ornaments for gardeners around the globe
With its easy-to-use A-Z format, The Garden examines over 200 modern and historical garden styles, features, types and ornaments, with definitions and informative descriptions and more than 500 spectacular images. This accessible, inspirational book is perfect for both amateur gardeners and specialists alike.
Its entries, written by garden expert and historian Toby Musgrave – author of Phaidon's bestselling book The Gardener's Garden – range from Allée, Borrowed Landscape and Coastal Garden, to Minimalism, New Perennial Planting, Pool, Vista and Xeriscape Garden and form a unique, illustrated 'glossary' for gardeners, featuring more than 400 gardens, both public and private, iconic and lesser known.
Examples include spaces such as the Baroque gardens of Versailles...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books
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Paper
Christie's London: a Private European Collection 'J M Frank'
Located in New York, NY
Catalog of a Christie’s London sale held on Wednesday, May 10, 2000 dispersing an important collection of French 20th century decorative arts, featuring al...
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Early 2000s English Art Deco Books
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Paper
Pair of Early 20th Century Gardening Books
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
One need not have a green thumb to appreciate the beautiful floral illustrations within this two-volume set of Amateur Gardening newsletters from 1907. Published in England from the ...
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20th Century English Other Books
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Paper
Normandie, The Epic of the Giant of the Seas, French Book by Bruno Foucart, 1985
Located in Atlanta, GA
Normandie, L'Epopé du Géant des Mers, (The Normandie, the Epic of the Giant of Seas). A French book by Bruno Foucart, 1985.
The Normandie, that French quality liner, also named Float...
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1980s French Modern Vintage Books
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Paper
Andy Warhol (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Rare Swedish Exhibition Catalogue
This book was published on the occasion of the Andy Warhol exhibition at Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1968, it was edited by Andy Warhol, Kasper K...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
$1,600
Sotheby's Art at Auction 1992-93: the Art Market Review 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Art at Auction 1992-93: The Art Market Review. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Highlights: ...
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1990s American Books
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Paper
Ephemeral Decorations in Paris French Book by André Granet Original 1948 Edition
By General Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
Décors éphémères: Les Expositions Jeux d'Eau et de Lumière, (Ephemeral decorations: water and light games exhibitions,) French book by André Granet, Original edition 1948, Preface by...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Books
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Paper
Sonomama Sonomama
Located in Richmond, VA
ESCRIPTION
Oversized paperback photography book by Taishi Hirokawa, published in 1987. 84 pages. Text in English and Japanese.
A surreal and charming portrait of rural Japan in the ...
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1980s Vintage Books
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Paper
Going Solo, Signed by Roald Dahl, First Edition in Original Dust Jacket, 1986
By Roald Dahl
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Dahl, Roald. Going Solo. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition. Octavo. Signed "Roald Dahl" in black ink on the half title page. In the publisher's original hardcover navy cloth...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Books
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Paper
DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. SECOND EDITION - 1843 - IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles.
TITLE: A Christmas Carol In Prose Being A Ghost Story of Christmas.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION. 1 vol., 6-5/...
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1840s British Antique Books
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Fabric
Basquiat a Cuneo (rare 2001 Basquiat exhibition catalog)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat a Cuneo 2001 catalog:
Rare vintage 2001 Italian Basquiat exhibition catalog, published on the occasion of: “Basquiat a Cuneo”: Galeria d'Arte Il Prisma, 2001. B...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
The Return of Tarzan First Edition
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gloriously rare book …. The Return of Tarzan First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition.
First edition. Il...
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
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Paper
Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s by Cara Greenberg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Whether it's a lipstick-red love seat shaped like Marilyn Monroe's lips, an anthropomorphic "man" chaise, a bean bag chair, or a "domestic capsule unit," 1960s furniture still has the power to startle and delight.
In Op to Pop, Cara Greenberg...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
American Victorian, 1st Ed
By Lawrence Grow and Dina Von zweck 1
Located in valatie, NY
American Victorian by Lawrence Grow and Dina Von Aweck. NY: Harper and Row, publishers, 1984. First edition hardcover, no dust jacket. 223 pp. A fully-illustrated source book of the ...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
Some Poems by Robert Browning - ERAGNY PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith: Eragny Press, 1903.
First, Limited Edition.
Octavo, 8 x 5.25 in (203 x 133 mm), pp.64 [2] + contents + colophon + blank + press-mark, Limited Edition. One of 215 copie...
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Early 20th Century English Books
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Paper
John Bull Original Annuals from 1820-1829
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a set of 9 volumes, leather bound John Bull yearly annuals.
All the weekly newspaper publications of John Bull for the years 1820-1829 (Inclusi...
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Early 19th Century English George III Antique Books
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Paper
$9,800 / set
Jean Prouvé Serge Mouille Mid-Century Modern Two Master Metal Workers Book
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Edited for the occasion of the May 1985, New York. Exhibition and the fall of 1985 Paris exhibition.
Jean Prouvé (8 April 1901-23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructer, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring manufacturing technology from industry to architecture, without losing aesthetic qualities. His design skills...
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1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
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Paper
$855 Sale Price
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Gaetano Pesce, the Complete Incoherence
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
In a category, all his own, Gaetano Pesce is widely considered one of the most important and elusive creative figures of the last half-century.
Bridging numerous key art and desig...
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2010s Chinese Books
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Paper
$90 / item
Potter, Beatrix, The Tale of Pigling Bland, Presentation Copy, 1918
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POTTER, Beatrix.
TITLE: The Tale of Pigling Bland.
PUBLISHER: London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, [after 1918],
DESCRIPTION: PRESENTATION COPY LATER EDITION. 1 vol., inscribed on the half-title by the author 'with kind regards from Beatrix Potter', and with additional ink inscription 'To Peggy, from Mrs Postlethwaite & Mary, Sept. 8th 1933', 15 colour plates (including frontispiece), black & white illustrations to text, pictorial endpapers, original pale green pictorial boards.
CONDITION: Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, spine slightly darkened, internally clean and bright, a VERY GOOD coy seldom seen inscribed.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Postlethwaite family lived at High Green Gate...
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1910s British Vintage Books
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Paper
The Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Retrospective Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Retrospective Book and DVD by Ileen Sheppard-Gallagher100 year anniversary celebration of the Harley Davidson motorcycle company.
The Harley-Dav...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Classical Books
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Paper
First Edition Jacques Adnet Book by Gaelle Millet & Alain-Rene Hardy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
First Edition Jacques Adnet Book by Gaelle Millet & Alain-Rene Hardy.
260 Page book on the life and legacy of one of the most prolific French designers of the 20th century, Jacques...
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Early 2000s French Books
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Paper
3 Antique Badminton Library Books, English, Boating, Driving, Cricket, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 3 antique Badminton Library Books. An English language, hard bound reference title on sporting topics, dating to the late Victorian ...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Books
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Paper
Gloria Garfinkel Works 1961-2018 by Andrew Kelly, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Gloria Garfinkel Works 1961-2018 by Andrew Kelly. Gloria Garfinkel Foundation, 2019. 1st Ed hardcover with. dust jacket. During her prolific career as...
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2010s American Books
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Paper
Flower Exploring the World in Bloom
Located in New York, NY
A comprehensive and sumptuous survey that celebrates the beauty and appeal of flowers throughout art, history, and culture
The latest installment in the bestselling Explorer Serie...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
$60 / item
The Hermitage, Selected Treasures from a Great Museum
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Hermitage, Selected Treasures from a Great Museum. Softcover book, first edition, published in 1990. Printed in Japan, illustrated, 164 pages.
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1990s Japanese Books
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Paper
San Francisco Directory 1856
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Directory 1856
Complete in 138 numbered pages,
Spine covered in leather with gold letters covers are board in original boards,
decorated with commercial advertisements ...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
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Leather, Paper
Paul Laszlo Catalog from 1947
By Paul Laszlo
Located in New York, NY
Scarce, self-published, 102-page catalog with laminated boards showcasing Paul Laszlo's work in and around Beverly Hills between 1937-1947. The Hungarian born and Vienna-educated Las...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
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Wire
Small Endearments, 19th Century Quilts for Children, Signed
By Sandi Fox
Located in valatie, NY
Small Endearments, 19th century quilts for children by Sandi Fox. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. Signed and inscribed hardcover with dust jacket. 164 pp. An overview of the...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
All The Year Round by James Riley Woodcuts by Gustave Baumann
Located in San Francisco, CA
All the Year Round by James Whitcomb Riley with Woodcuts by Gustave Baumann. Published by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis 1912. Nice copy including 12 lovely woodcuts by American painter...
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Early 20th Century American Books
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Paper
EC Comics Library. Weird Science. Vol. 1. Limited Collector's Edition Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The definitive collection of EC’s seminal science fiction magazine.
When Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics from his father, the legendary publisher M. C. Gaines, at just 25 years old...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
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Aluminum, Foil
Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932 Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932.
Anne Whiston Spirn, David Gilson De Long
Thames and Hudson, 1996 - Organic architecture - 207 pages. Hardcover book.
During the 1920s Frank Lloyd Wright designed five projects, none of which were ever built, but which were architectural prototypes...
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20th Century American Bauhaus Books
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Paper
LaChapelle Land Photographs by David LaChapelle (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The marriage of LaChapelle's vivid, high-octane images with graphic artist Tadanori Yokoo's supersaturated designs make for an astonishing physical object. 'There's a tradition of celebrity portraiture that attempts to uncover the 'real person' behind the trappings of their celebrity. I am more interested in those trappings,' says LaChapelle. Indeed, he exaggerates the artificiality of fame and Hollywood culture in a head on collision of color, plastic, and whimsy. His photographs confront our visual taste and challenge our ideas of celebrity, all the while taking us on a roller coaster ride through his hyper-sensationalized galaxy. Lil' Kim becomes the ultimate status symbol, tattooed in the Louis Vuitton pattern. Madonna rises from pink waters as a mystical dragon princess. Pamela Anderson hatches out of an egg; and Alexander McQueen burns down the castle dressed as the Queen of Hearts. David LaChapelle's uncompromising originality is legendary in the worlds of fashion, film, and advertising. His images, both bizarre and gorgeous, have appeared on and in between the covers of Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Vibe and more. LaChapelle Land is fun park America gone surrealistically wrong - but in such an attractive way. David LaChapelle's photos have appeared in Vanity Fair, Details, French Vogue, The Face, Detour, The New York Times Magazine, Arena, and on MTV. The images LaChapelle creates are part sex, part satire, part fantasy--in a word, outrageous. This 'mind-blowingly lavish compilation' features portraits of Drew Barrymore, Leonardo DiCaprio, Faye Dunaway, Andy Warhol, Tupac Shakur, Smashing Pumpkins, and many more. Packaged in a beautiful box designed by the legendary Japanese graphic...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
2 Antique Books, The Lives of Scottish Poets, English, Biographical, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a 2 volume antique book set, The Lives of Scottish Poets. An English language biographical work, dating to the Regency period, published 1821....
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Books
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Paper
Antique 3vol Book Set, Dictionary of English Furniture, Macquoid, Reference, A-Z
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 3 volume book set - The Dictionary of English Furniture by Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards. An English, bound antiques A-Z reference guide, dating to the early 2...
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Jewels in Her Crown Treasures From Special Collections of Columbia's Libraries
Located in valatie, NY
Jewels in her crown treasures from the Special Collections of Columbia's Libraries, Introduction by Jean Ashton. Columbia University, 2004. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. ewels...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
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.
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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.
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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.
Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane
This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.
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