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Books For Sale
French Folk Art, First Edition
By Jean Cuisenier
Located in valatie, NY
French Folk Art by Jean Cuisenier. New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1977. Stated First English edition hardcover with dust jacket. 310 pp. A larg...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
Antique Book, Ovid's Art of Love, English, Roman Period, Bound, Regency, C.1824
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is antique copy of Ovid's Art of Love. An English translation of a Roman elegy, dating to the Regency period, dated 1824.
Originally written in Latin in 2 AD, Ars Amatoria - A...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Books
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Paper
KiKi's Paris, Artist and Lovers 1900-1930, Signed by Both Authors, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
KiKi's Paris, Artist and Lovers 1900-1930 by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989. Signed by both authors 1st edition hardcover with dust jacket. 263 ...
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
Antique Legend of Jubal, George Eliot, English, Bound, Poetry Book, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Legend of Jubal by George Eliot. An English language, bound poetry book, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Under the nom de plume George E...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Books
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Paper
Emilio Pucci - Fashion Story -Limited Edition Taschen 2010
By Emilio Pucci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
EMILIO. PUCCI Fashion Story by Armando Chitolina Edition and Vanessa Friedman Tashen 2010.
"Limited Edition of 10,000 Copies.
Each unique copy is bound with one of a selection of lim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Post-Modern Books
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Paper
Elan The Interior Design of Kate Hume
Located in New York, NY
Author Kate Hume and Linda O'Keeffe, Photographs by Frans van der Heijden
The first book from celebrated interior and furniture designer Kate Hume.
Kate ...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books
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Paper
Mobilier Des Provinces Belges et Des Flanders Françaises 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Des Provinces Belges et Des Flanders Françaises by Lucile Olivier. Editions Charles Massin, Paris, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 80p of great color pictures of in...
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1970s French Vintage Books
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Paper
A. A. Milne, a Fine Letter Signed Mentioning Christopher Robin and Pooh, 1931
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A..
TITLE: A fine ALS mentioning Christopher Robin and Pooh.
PUBLISHER: Chelsea, 1931.
DESCRIPTION: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGN...
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1930s British Vintage Books
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Paper
The Book of Household Management '1909 Edition' by Beeton
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique book titled 'The Book of Household Management' by Mrs Isabella Beeton. The book best known as Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs Beeton's Cooker...
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Early 20th Century Books
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Paper
L AVENTURE SALUT LES COPAINS Hardcover French Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
L AVENTURE SALUT LES COPAINS by Christian Gauffre, Michel Brillié, Jean-Marie Perier (Photographer), Daniel Filipacchi (Preface) Language : French.
Dimensions : 10.10 x 1.25 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Folk Art Books
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Paper
Pompeiana; The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii Sir Wm. Gell 1837
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pompeiana The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii by Sir William Gell, complete in two 1/4 leather tall octavo volumes with marbleized boards. 82 full page engraved plates ...
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1830s English Antique Books
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Leather, Paper
Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair With Jewelry 1st Edition Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair With Jewelry 1st Edition Hardcover Book.
Edited by Ruth A. Peltason. 280 illustrations, including 175 color photographs by John Bigelow Taylor.
DIMEN...
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Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Books
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Paper
American Poster Renaissance 1890-1900 by Victor Margolin
Located in Bradenton, FL
American Poster Renaissance, The Great Age of Poster Design, 1890-1900 by Victor Margolin. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first printing, published in 1975 by Castle Books. 2...
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1970s American Vintage Books
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Paper
The Pine Furniture of Early New England by Russell Kettell, 1st Limited Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Pine Furniture of Early New England by Russell Hawes Kettell. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. No Jacket. Exhaustive coverage of the subject; n...
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1920s Vintage Books
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Paper
1884 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully illustrated and very smartly bound, limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works. In a lovely Bickers binding.
Limited edition, numbered 14 of 150 copies printed with pr...
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1880s British Antique Books
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Paper
Collection Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Set / Eighteen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Collection of gilt leather bound library book set of eighteen. Army Life In A Black Regiment By Thomas Went Wentworth Higginson "Collector's Library ...
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1980s Vintage Books
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Paper, Leather
Heaven in a Carpet, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Heaven in a Carpet. Snoeck-Ducaji & Zoon, 2004. Exhibition catalogue of classic rugs: 15th-19th centuries, from a variety of museums and private collections. Exhibited at the Institu...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Books
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Paper
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany Book by Martin, Alice Cooney, Nancy & Lars
By Nancy McClelland
Located in New York, NY
The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany
By: Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy McClelland, and Lars Rachen
Photography by Colin Cooke
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) found inspiration in the gardens of Laurelton Hall, his vast country estate on Long Island’s North Shore. There, Tiffany carefully drew and painted the flowering trees, vines, flowers, and fauna that were the chief ornaments of his prized glass lamps. This sumptuous volume features 70 lamps, photographed by Colin Cooke using his own specially developed techniques that reveal Tiffany’s mastery of glassmaking and metal work. The authors relate the chief decorative themes in Tiffany’s masterpieces...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Awash in Color French and Japanese Prints by Chelsea Foxwell
Located in valatie, NY
Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints by Chelsea Foxwell. University of Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Museum, 2012. 1st Ed softcover catalog. Wh...
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2010s American Books
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Paper
Christie's Important European Furniture, Property from Moillie Wilmot, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics and Carpets in eluding the Property of Moillie Wilmot. First edition auction catalog, 338 lots all in color and fully...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
Andrew ROTH. Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the 20th Century
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: ROTH, Andrew - editor, (Essays by) Richard Benson, May Castleberry, Jeffrey Fraenkel, Daido Moriyama, Shelley Rice, Neville Wakefield, (Contributors) Vince Aletti, David Levi Strauss.
TITLE: The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century.
PUBLISHER: NY: PPP Editions/ Roth Horowitz LLC, 2001.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED DELUXE EDITION. 1 vol., 12" x 10", limited to 500 copies, bound in 1/4 black morocco, spine lettered in blind, illustrated with numerous four-color and black and...
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Early 2000s British Books
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Leather
Erte by Roland Barthes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautifully produced book by Franco Maria Ricci, published in 1972 in a limited edition of only 2,000 copies. Hardback binding in the publishers beautiful black silk covers...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain, First UK Edition, Original Boards, 1883
By Mark Twain
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. With over 300 illustrations. London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First UK Edition. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth boards, embossed in black and le...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Books
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Fabric, Paper
Set Of 6 First Edition Novels by Minette Walters, Signed, English, Hard Bound
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 6 First Edition novels by Minette Walters. An English language, author signed hard-bound collection of crime writing, dating to the turn of the 21st century.
An award-winning author, Minette Walters (September 1949) has written over 15 titles since her first novel The Ice House...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books
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Paper
Directional Designs by Paul McCobb (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A Good working copy of the original McCobb marketing book in black cloth which was published in 1956, the cotton cover is torn to both the top and bottom of the spine. There is a pas...
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Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
Vintage Book, The Story of British Sporting Prints, English, Limited Run, 1929
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage book, The Story of British Sporting Prints by Captain Frank Siltzer. An English, hard bound reference book of engravings, da...
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Early 20th Century British Books
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Paper
"Wedgwood, a Living Tradition" an Exhibition Catalogue from the Brooklyn Museum
Located in valatie, NY
Wedgwood, a Living Tradition by John Meredith Graham II and Hensleigh Cecil Wedgwood. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the Brooklyn Museum, 1948. Limited first e...
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Mid-20th Century American Books
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Paper
The Book of Common Prayer - 1871 - IN A FINE BRASS MOUNTED LEATHER BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
TITLE: The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of The Sacraments, and Other Rites & Ceremonies of The Church,...
PUBLISHER: Oxford: The Univer...
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1870s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Sotheby's Catalogue the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot Du Pont Copeland
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Collection of Mr. & Mrs Lammot Du Pont Copeland: New York, January 19, 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. The Copeland collection has legendary status among the America...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
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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Paper
Fire by Dale Chihuly, Stated 1st Limited Ed, 1/10000
Located in valatie, NY
Fire by Dale Chihuly. Published by Chihuly Workshop, 2006. Stated 1st Limited Ed, 1/10000, hardcover with dust jacket. 75 pp. From Baskets and Seaform to Chandeliers and Towers, this...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
The Louvre Books - Set of 2
Located in Bradenton, FL
A set of two books on The Louvre. One hardcover book with dustjacket, published by Barnes and Noble in 2003, 320 pages. One softcover book, published in 1996 by Reunion des Musees Na...
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Late 20th Century Books
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Paper
1848 History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution
By Archibald Alison
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful copy of the seventh edition of Alison's exhaustive study of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1815. In lovely half calf bindings.
A complete twenty volume 1848 seventh...
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1840s British Antique Books
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Paper
Fine English & French Furniture & Objects Form Private Residence of H F Du Pont
Located in valatie, NY
Fine English and French furniture and objects of Art form the Private Residence of Henry Francis du Pont at Winterthur. New York October 14, 1994. Sa...
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1990s American Books
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Paper
Nicole Wittenberg
Located in New York, NY
The highly anticipated first survey of the work of American painter Nicole Wittenberg
Over the past two decades, Nicole Wittenberg has developed an expressive body of work that incl...
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2010s American Books
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Paper
Eventually Everything Connects
Located in New York, NY
An expansive account of the ever-popular mid-century movement, from the place where it all began
Embark on a surprising and joyful visual tour of American mid-century modernism thro...
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2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Britton: Christie's, New York
Located in valatie, NY
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Britton: Christie's, New York: Saturday 16 January 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Auction catalog of American Furniture and Decorative Arts fro...
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Late 20th Century American Books
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Paper
Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers & Their Work, 1840-1880, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, by David B. Warren and Lonn Taylor. University of Texas Press 1975. Pre-publication first...
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1970s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Rob. Mallet Stevens: Architecture, Furniture, Interior Design (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by J F Pinchon
Rob Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) was one of the more controversial architects of the modern movement and, along with Le Corbusier, the most influential figure in French ...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Drawings of Parmigianino by a. E. Popham, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Drawings of Parmigianino by A. E. Popham. Publisher: New York, The Beechhurst Press 1953. 1st Ed hardcover with Gaylord covered dust jacket. Illustrated with 82 of his drawings. ...
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1950s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Christie's: Important English Furniture, Property from the Estate of Vander Poel
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: April 2004 Important English Furniture including Property from the Estate of Halsted B. Vander Poel. New York, first edition catalog with 298 lots all photo’d in color an...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
How to Create Your Own Painted Lady
Located in Bradenton, FL
How to Create Your Own Painted Lady, a comprehensive guide to beautifying your Victorian home, by Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larson. Stated first editio...
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1980s Victorian Vintage Books
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Paper
World of Comets, Translated by James Glaisher, Leather Bound, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The World of Comets. Translated and Edited by James Glaisher. With Numerous Woodcuts and Chromolithographs, by Amedee Guillemin. 1st Ed Leather Bound hardcover, Published by Sampson ...
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1870s English Antique Books
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Leather, Paper
Facsimile with 30 VOC Nautical Charts, the Treasure of Corpus Christi
Located in Langweer, NL
Facsimile with 30 large format VOC nautical charts in limited and numbered edition. Sjoerd de Meer, Frits Loomeijer (The Treasure of Corpus Christi) - ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Winston Churchill, Marlborough His Life and Times, All First Editions, 1933/8
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston S.
TITLE: Marlborough His Life and Times.
PUBLISHER: London: George G. Harrap, 1933, 34, 36, 38.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 4 vols., 9-1/16...
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1930s British Vintage Books
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Leather
Correct copy of the trial & conviction of Richard Johnson - FIRST EDITION - 1829
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: RICHARD, Johnson - defendant
TITLE: A correct copy of the trial & conviction of Richard Johnson for the murder of Ursula Newman, on the 20th Nov. 1828, by shooting her with ...
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1820s American Antique Books
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Paper
Works of William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories, Tragedies 3 Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century Works of William Shakespeare comedies, histories, tragedies 3 volumes
Each volume is filled with a collection of outstanding highly detailed engravings
Each volume...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Books
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Paper
Painted Ladies, San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians
Located in Bradenton, FL
Painted Ladies, San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians. Photographs by Morley Baer, text by Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larson. Published by E.P. Dutton of New York in 1978, printed...
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1970s Victorian Vintage Books
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Paper
CAPOTE, Truman. A Tree Of Night - 1949 - FIRST EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CAPOTE, Truman.
TITLE: A Tree Of Night and Other Stories.
PUBLISHER: NY: Random House, 1949.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., 8-3/8" x 5-3/8", inscri...
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1940s American Vintage Books
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Fabric
Metallkunst by Karl H. Brohan (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
: Silber, Kupfer, Messing, Zinn: Vom Jugendstil zuer Moderne (1889-1939). (Metal Art: Silver, Copper, Brass, Tin: From Art Nouveau to Modernism (1889-1939).)
The development from the...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Architectural Digest Autobiography of a Magazine, 1920-2010
Located in New York, NY
Written by Paige Rense
The first and authoritative story of the rise of interior design from an intimate trade industry to celebrity decorators of today, as seen through the eyes of Architectural Digest...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Small Houses Contemporary Residential Architecture, by Nicolas Pople
Located in valatie, NY
Small Houses: Contemporary Residential Architecture by Nicholas Pople. Universe Publishing, 2003. Paperback. Small houses are no longer thought of as cheap...
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Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
PALGRAVE. The Golden Treasury - VELLUCENT BINDING - BOUND BY CEDRIC CHIVERS !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PALGRAVE, Francis T.
TITLE: The Golden Treasury.
PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1908.
DESCRIPTION: THE GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES REVISED AND ENLARGED. 1 vol., 6-3/8" x 4-5/8", bound in full vellucent vellum binding, cover...
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Early 1900s British Antique Books
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Leather
Honore Daumier, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Watercolors and Drawings
Located in valatie, NY
Honore Daumier. Catalogue Raisonné of the paintings watercolors and drawings. Published by New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1968. 1st Limited E...
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1960s American Vintage Books
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Paper
Philip Guston Retrospective by Michael Auping, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Philip Guston Retrospective by Michael Auping. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Association with Thames & Hudson, 2003. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. MET October 28, 2003—Ja...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Set 5, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Lost Worlds, Middle Ages, Elizab, World
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 5 Books: Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Lost Worlds, Middle Ages, Elizabethan World. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co. Ancient Rome: in an age when Latin has become ra...
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1960s American Vintage Books
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Paper
The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas. Published by Viking, 1981. The White Hotel is a novel written by the British poet, translator and novelist D. M. Thomas. It was first published in Ja...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Christie's: Fine English Furniture, Including Works of Art from Hartley Place
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Fine English Furniture, including Works of Art from Hartley Place, 20 September 2001, Christie's. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. 495 lots, including properties of: the late Col. Norman Colville, M.C., the executors of the late Sir Emmanuel Kaye, C.B.E., the Lord St. Oswald, Sir Philip Powell...
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21st Century and Contemporary English 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.
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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