Books

This is an antique copy of Grandeur des Romains by Montesquieu. An Anglo-German book printed in French, depicting the rise and fall of the Roman empire, dating to the Victorian perio...

Vintage "Business Traveler Record & Atlas" Book by Crane's - New Old Stock, circa 1980s. The soft leather cover book is in new condition and has never been written in; it measures 4...

James Shore's Daughter by Stephen Vincent Benét. Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Garden City, New York 1934. Stated 1st numbered Ed (#3/307) Signed by the author with sli...

Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati, esistenti nella Imperial Regia Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia Venice: Tipografia di Gius...

"Pablo Picasso Retrospective" Paperback Book - Museum of Modern Art, New York, circa 1980s. The book is in good condition with no torn or missing pages and is 464 pages with hundreds...

Baseball An Illustrated History Book by Geoffrey C. Ward Hardcover 1994. First edition. Measuring approximately 11" x 9.5" with 486 numbered pages. This book is in good condition.Dus...

A very attractive collection of works from popular Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, edited by his friend and literary executor, Robert Ross. A lovely selection of the plays, ...

This is a beautiful hard backed book which celebrates the legendary Hermes shop windows designed by Leila Menchari who is the chief stylist for the flag...

Living tribes by Colin Prior Indigenous peoples - 191 pages. Published by published by Constable & Robinson Ltd., 3 The Lanchesters, 162 Fulham Palac...

Antique enigmatic Bookends, Humanized Ravens, Carved in Wood with Glass Eyes It has a cylinder-shaped iron counterweight inside the books, to guarantee its stability. Very special, they could be unique pieces or very difficult to find. They are old.19th century or earlier Bookends. Humanized ravens, carved in wood with glass eyes An iron cylinder is embedded inside the book as a counterweight. They are exceptional pieces, they could be unique They have the magnetism, of the mystery, of the enigmatic. They are very special Anthropomorphic figures in the shape of a Raven, leaning on a stack of old books also carved in wood and polychrome Enigmatic and overwhelming figures. They retain the smell of old books and wood. I can imagine them in any old library...

A hardback book in cloth covers with dustjacket in very good condition. A unique collection of more than 700 pieces of British and European silver with each object being catalogued and specially photographed for this publication, making it a significant work of reference. Great names from Paul Storr and the royal goldsmiths Robert Garrard, Philip Rundell and Benjamin Pyne to leading Heugenots John Hugh le Sage, David Willaume...

- artist: Tomas Salamon - newly framed, limited edition - (silk-)screen printing, serigraphy jr

A smart early edition of one of Ernest Hemingway's best known novels, a brilliant leather bound example of the great American novel. An early printing, published the year following the first, with 'stopped' spelt correctly to page 181 line 26, 'down-staris' to page 169 line 34, and 'BOOK THREE' to page 235, rather than 'Book III'. A popular work, this went through three printings in 1926, and an additional four printings in 1927, two each in January and February, and one printing in March. The printings were stated to the spine of the dust wrapper, not seen in this smartly rebound copy. Smartly rebound in a half morocco binding, with the original cloth boards restored. 'The Sun Also Rises...

Martyn Green's Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan by Martyn Green. Simon & Shuster, New York, 1961. Stated 1st printing hardcover with Gaylord dust ...

Pair of signed Mel Roberts first edition photography books. From 2000 and 2001. Both books are hand signed. In great condition.

Collectors reference book showing many Art Deco and Art Nouveau lamps from the period. In good condition. Private art dealers collection.

Keith Haring Cover Art 1982-1989: A set of 3 1980s books featuring original (offset) cover design by Keith Haring during his lifetime: Keith Haring 1982 for The Paris Review. Keith Haring 1986 for Brion Gysin The Last Museum. Keith Haring for AIDS: TRADING FEARS FOR FACTS (Hein). Medium: Set of 3 individual vintage books with offset illustrated cover art. 1982-1989. Measuring approximately: 4 x 7 inches each; soft cover books; the full edition of each; bound. Each in good to very good overall vintage condition. Minor age related wear. Each, unsigned from an edition of unknown. Highly collectible. _ Keith Haring (b. 1958 Reading, PA): Keith Haring’s first major works were his subway drawings. Haring produced a large number of these public works between 1980 and 1985, integrating his motifs outlined figures into everyday public space in a way that directly engaged its viewers. Haring's 1st solo exhibition was held at Westbeth Painters Space in 1981 and a celebrated show debuted at the historic Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York the following year. Throughout the 1980s, Haring was committed to democratizing the art experience and along with paintings, he also created theater sets, billboards, murals, advertising campaigns and even a line of Swatch watches. In 1986 he opened the Pop Shop in SoHo, selling apparel, posters and toys bearing his drawings. This was a controversial move, as many galleries criticized Haring for “de-valuing” the art object while others, such as Andy Warhol, championed Haring’s insistence on making art accessible and affordable. Pop Shop was highly influential to contemporary crossovers of art and merchandise that are now so dominant, as in the work of Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, KAWS and Takashi Murakami. In addition to this ideology of accessibility, Haring was also very socially engaged and used his striking imagery to promote awareness of various political and social campaigns. His many notable public works included a mural on the western side of the Berlin Wall, the Crack is Wack mural in New York, and a mural for the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty in 1986. Haring was diagnosed with AIDS in 1988 and used his presence in the arts community to raise awareness of the crisis. In 1989, a year before his death, he established the Keith Haring Foundation, whose mission is to raise funds for AIDS organizations and children’s literacy and arts programs. Since his death in 1990, Haring has become one of the most widely-recognized and celebrated artists of the 20th century. Related categories: Keith Haring 1982. Keith Haring book...

Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light MOMA Mar 10–Jun 24, 2013 Exhibition Catalog. New York Museum of Modern Art 2012. Signed by the author, Barry Bergdoll, 1st Ed hardcover wi...

This is a beautiful portfolio with 48 loose plates showing designs (probably dating from the mid-late 1920s) for Art Deco lighting by such as - Edgar Brandt, Schenk and Sons, Jean Pe...

Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns by Stacey Sell, Hugo Chapman and Kimberly Schenck. With gift card from the curator at National Gallery of Art, Washington. Publis...

Pair of Christie's Catalogs, The Exceptional Sales 2010 and 2013 London. 1st Ed auction catalog. Since 2008 this unique sale platform has provided collectors with the opportunity to ...

AUTHOR: JACKSON, Lady Catherine Charlotte. TITLE: The French Court and Society, Reign of Louis XVI and First Empire. PUBLISHER: London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1881. DESCRIPTION: EXTRA ILLUSTRATED COSWAY BINDING. 2 vols., 8" x 5-7/8", title pages printed in red and black, extra illustrated with the insertion of numerous additional tipped plates, some hand colored from contemporary sources, bound in full tan crushed morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, covers ruled and paneled with interlocking panels of gilt fillets, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, green silk morie endpapers, green morocco doublures, volume 1 doublure with a fine inset oval watercolor miniature of a lady of court signed...

An illustrated limited edition collection of the letters of Horace Walpole, totalling over two thousands letters written during his lifetime. A limited edition, limited to one hundr...

Lives In Transition: LGBTQ Serbia, by Slobodan Randjelovic. The New Press, United Kingdom, 2019. First edition softcover. Photographer Slobodan Randjelovic captures the struggles and...

A set of seven beautifully bound volumes in morocco red leather with gilt decorations and crest to front and rear. A stunning collection of this pictorial work of British and Irish c...

Made in the U.S.A: American Art from The Phillips Collection, 1850-1970. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014. 1st Ed softcover exhibition ca...

The Leverhulme Collection: Thornton Manor, Wirral Merseyside - Volume One 26, 27, 28 June 2001. London: Sotheby's, 2001. Softcover. 431 pp. Fine art and antiques collected by the Lever family, one of Britain’s most prominent and philanthropic dynasties of industrialists. Includes highly important English Furniture and part of his celebrated collection of 19th century British Paintings. Also includes Old Master and early British Pictures...

Getaways: Carefree Retreats for All Seasons by Chris Casson Madden.Published by Clarkson N. Potter , member of the Crown Publishing Group, New York, 2000. Profusely illustrated with over 200 color photographs."A haven, a retreat, a special place that offers a sense of sanctuary - this is a getaway. And as Chris Casson Madden discovers in her beautiful new book, a getaway can be found in myriad forms and in varied locations. Whether it's a log cabin in the mountains, an elegant villa by the sea, or even a cozy suburban house lived in year-round, a true getaway encourages family gatherings and personal renewal. In [the book], Chris celebrates the easygoing spirit that creates such havens. She uncovers a harbor hideaway on a New England island, a one -room cottage by the race tracks of Saratoga Springs, a sleek farmhouse in the Malibu hills, and a Hudson Valley tree-house built for two little girls by their father. Other delightful retreats include a fragrant garden arbor...

A scarce example of one of the 29 privately circulated lettered copies. The entire run consisted of 529 copies, 500 of these being the numbered ones available to purchase. Paz, Octavio. BLANCO. Mexico City: Joaquín Mortiz, 1967. First, Limited Edition. 8vo., 9 x 6 3/4 in. (229 x 173 mm); printed in black and red, Bodoni type on Antique RLCH paper, joined to create a continuous 'concertina' of 32 pages (joined every 4) and printed on one side only. LEPORELLO BINDING with printed boards and cream cloth spine, title in black, slipcase. The binding is very faintly thumbed and slipcase has a closed tear to the base and some rubbing at corners but overall this delicate book is in wonderful condition. One of the 29 lettered and privately circulated copies, as stated on the limitation page, from a run of 529 (500 copies numbered). EXTRAS: "Aviso al lector" sheet printed on yellow paper. Very good. Octavio Paz wrote this poem in New Delhi between July and September of 1966, while he was serving as Mexico's Ambassador to India. As outlined in the "Aviso al lector", separately printed and included in this copy of the work, «Octavio Paz conceives the long poem as a different form and governed by its own logic, not as an expansion or extension of the short poem.» He begins experimenting with "poetry of movement, signs in rotation" culminating in Blanco. «Appearance, disappearance and reappearance of certain themes, presences, words, obsessions, the shape of Blanco is that of the spiral. There are two main currents—word and eroticism—that come together, separate and come together again. The text allows multiple readings: it is a cluster of meanings, a poem that contains several poems. ... The same poetic requirement governs the visual conception of the page and explains the particularities of this edition. Typesetting is one aspect of verbal composition. On the one hand, it is a kind of punctuation, not orthographic but rhythmic; on the other, it is the space where the written sign...

Window to the World. David Hockney’s artist’s book in an unlimited XL-edition. When David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibi...

Christie's: Bernard Blondeel and Armand Deroyan Important Tapestries and Carpets London 4/2/03 Sale #6752. The catalog consists of 152 pages with 73 lots illustrated in color and des...

AUTHOR: MONTHERLANT, Henry de. TITLE: La Reine Morte. PUBLISHER: Paris: Aux depens d'un groupe de bibliophiles, 1944. DESCRIPTION: BOUND BY JACQUES BLANCHET. 1 vol., 12-3/4" x 9-...

Family Houses in the Country by Gilles De Chabaneix and Alexandra D'Arnoux. Clarkson Potter, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dus...

Sotheby's New York Auction Catalog: Fowler Museum February 1985. 1st Ed softcover. The Fowler Museum at UCLA, or more commonly, The Fowler, is a museum on the campus of the Universit...

Antique sheet music 'Paul Revere's Ride, March-Two Step'. Composed and published by E.T. Paull (1858-1924) Lithographed by A. Hoen & Co. (active 18...

The first and only survey of Japanese design as seen through the lens of Japan’s traditional color spectrum – an exquisitely packaged fresh take on a universally popular topic The...

Mobilier Bourguignon by Lucile Oliver. Editions Ch. Massin, Paris, 1980. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A great collection of full color photos of antique furniture...

365: Aiga Year In Design 22 by AIGA. New York, U.S.A.: American Institution of Graphic Arts, 2002. First edition, 1st printing softcover. Each year, AIGA celebrates the best design w...

Mr. Punch's Motor Book, London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1931. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket as issued. 99 pp. A humorous book of comics taken from Punch; or The London Ch...

The Jingguantang Collection Part III fine and important Chinese ceramics and Works of Art, Christie’s; New York September 18, 1997. First edition soft...

Sotheby's Property from the Estate of the Late Richard C. von Hess. NY June 1998. Beautifully illustrated with full-color and B&W reproductions and photos. Including Property from th...

Samson Young: Silver Moon or Golden Star, Which Will You Buy Of Me? by Orianna Cacchione, G. Douglas Barrett and Seth Kim Cohen. Smart Museum of Art, Unive...

Les Styles Français, de Louis XII a Napoléon III. Paris: Hachette Réalités. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1975. 223 pp. A French coffee table book...

Cocteau a Biography Hardcover by Francis Steegmuller 1970. Title: Cocteau, A Biography Publisher: Little, Brown, Boston Publication Date: 1970 Binding: Hardcover English 538 pages Ed...

AUTHOR: WAUGH, Evelyn. TITLE: The Ordeal Of Gilbert Pinford A Conversation Piece. PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1957. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the front blank endleaf "Dear Miss. Case with respectful sentiments from Evelyn Waugh...

This is an antique arts book, Royal Academy - An Artistic Joke by Harry Furniss. An English language, bound gallery exhibition catalogue, dating to the late Victorian period, 1888. ...

American Churches by Roger G Kennedy. Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1982. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 296 pp. 235 illustrations from 188 color photographs. Beautifully produc...

Designs for Shop Windows An hardcovered ribbon tied portfolio with 60 photogravure reproductions showing examples of New Shop fronts and Shop fittings in the Art Deco style by some ...

The Chessplayer & Other Essays by Edward Thomas, with an introduction by R. George Thomas and with two wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1981. Limited Edition. Royal 8vo, 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (250 x 155mm); pp. viii +28 + colophon. Two small wood engravings...

Complete collection set of gilt leather bound library book set of one hundred twenty nine volumes. PURDON'S Pennsylvania Statutes & Consolidated Statutes Annotated. Copyright 2003 by...

Christie's: 22 Juin 2005-Collection d'un Grand Amateur Européen. First Edition softcover 175 pp., with 3 fold outs, 177 lots all photographed in color and fully described, with resul...

Flat out, Spring 2017. 1st Ed softcover. Flat Out is an independent print magazine that enacts multiple genres of architectural criticism through fifteen recurring, fictitious charac...

This sought after and scarce book is an important reference on the work of one of the 20th centuries most influential designers. Gio Ponti worked in many areas of design and this boo...

Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones, Altamont, and the End of the Sixties Book by Ethan Russell and Gerard Van der Leun. 1st edition. 239 pages. LET IT BLEED takes you where no Rolling ...

The definitive monograph of Sam Gilliam one of the great innovators in post-war American painting An African American artist in the nation’s capital at the height of the Civil Right...

Author: bukowski, charles. Title: mockingbird wish me luck. Publisher: los angeles: black sparrow press, 1972. Description: presentation copy first paperb...

London Stereotype Edition. Complete 16 vol. edition 1824. Black and gilt embossed leatherbound with marbled end papers and edges. The set comprised of 10 volumes with Humes on spine...

AUTHOR: BROOMHEAD, Frank. TITLE: The Zaehnsdorfs (1842-1947). PUBLISHER: Ravelston: Private Libraries Association / Zaehnsdorf Limited, 1986 DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 1...