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Books For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Akiba's Children by Geoffrey H. Hartman, Signed, Limited & Numbered 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Akiba's Children by Geoffrey H. Hartman, Signed, Limited & Numbered (#187/350) 1st Edition. Published by Iron Mountain Press, Virginia. Four wood engravings tipped in by Robert Llewe...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Of Gardens; Four Books by Rene Rapin & John Evelyn the Younger
Located in Middletown, NY
RARE: John Evelyn the Younger's first book, rare first issue with title date 1672.
Rapin, René (1621-1687) and Evelyn, John (the Younger 1655 -1699), translator
Of Gardens; Four Boo...
Category
17th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Great Georgian Houses of America, Volumes 1 & 2
Located in valatie, NY
Great Georgian Houses of America; Volumes 1 & 2 by Architects Emergency Committee, William Bottomley chair. Dover Publications, Inc., 1970. First Edi...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Shakespeare. The Comedy of Errors - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 81-82.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The Comedy of Errors) - page 81-82.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentle...
Category
1680s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
The Telephone Book
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Telephone Book - Bell, Watson, Vail and American Life 1876-1976. Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition, published in 1977 by Riverwood Publishers Limited of Croton-on-Hud...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Nature & Animals Posing in Still Life Art, European & Italian Coffee Table Book
Located in New York, NY
Nature Posing the Grand Season of Still Life of Europe and Italy; A large (grand) coffee table or library book, 1977, Milano, Italy. Translation of Title in Italian: Natura In Posa, ...
Category
1970s Italian Rustic Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso – Elegant French 18th C "pocket" edition
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Prault, 1768
2 vols, 12mo, 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (136 x 80 mm). Vol. 1: front. title, 2nd frontispiece, iii, 326; Vol. 2: title, 333 pp. Text in Italian. Frontispiece by Godefr...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Art Now From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism by Edward Smith, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art Now: From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism by Edward Smith. Published by William Morrow & Co, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "The author as noted in the introduct...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Handmade Houses A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art by Art Boericke
Located in valatie, NY
Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art by Art Boericke. Scrimshaw Press, California, 1973. 3rd printing hardcover with dust jacket. The book is a photo-journey through the...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem by John Skelton
Located in Middletown, NY
Skelton, John
The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem
London: Printed for Isaac Dalton, and sold by W. Boreham at the Angel in Pater-Noster-Row, 1718. Second Edition. Octavo, 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (194 x 117 mm). pp. [8], 31, [1]. From the title page: by Skelton Laureat. Original unbound, rebound in modern pink paper over boards, leather spine label with gilt title. Some toning to last few leaves.boards All text is legible, some spot tanning throughout. In near fine condition. Rare.
[ESTC N46064 ]
ESTC shows two U.S. copies only: Henry E. Huntington Library and Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; and two British Isles copies only: Oxford University Bodleian Library (both copies). This poem was printed multiple times in the 16th century, including by William Caxton's successor, Wynken de Worde. Rare as a separate volume. John Skelton (c.1463 - 1529) was a remarkable, unusual poet and priest, who had been the tutor of the Tudors, Prince Arthur...
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
La femme demasquée ou l'amour peint selon l'usage nouveau – Quesnot de La Chênée
Located in Middletown, NY
Quesnot de La Chênée, Jean-Jacques
La femme démasquée ou l'amour peint selon l'usage nouveau
la Haye (The Hague): Jacob van Ellinckhuysen, 1698.
First Edition.
12mo, 5 x 2 3/4 inc...
Category
17th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jacques Callot "Misères Et Malheurs De La Guerre" Collection of Engraving 17th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
“Les Misères Et Les Malheurs De La Guerre” (“The misfortunes of war”) more commonly called “the great miseries of war” (“The great miseries of war”) is a major work by the 17th centu...
Category
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Petrarch — Phisicke against Fortune
Located in Middletown, NY
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca). Thomas Twyne, translator.
Phisicke against Fortune, as well prosperous, as adverse, contained in two Bookes [History of Gain and Fortune]
London: Ric...
Category
16th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Miracle in the Wilderness by Paul Gallico - WHITTINGTON PRESS - deluxe signed ed
Located in Middletown, NY
Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone
Copy 48 of 250 copies, number and signed in pen by the author on the limitation page and one of 85 specially bound in hard grain morocco...
Category
1970s English Vintage Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Le Corbusier Der Modulor Book, 1956
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The ...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Johannes Balbus. Catholicon, 1469, Original Leaf Printed by PETER SCHOEFFER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author:: Balbus, Johannes.
Title: Catholicon. (An original leaf).
Publisher: Mainz: [Peter Schoeffer], 1469.
Description: An Original Catholicon Leaf Printed By Peter Schoeffer. 36.5 cm x 28.5 cm, printed in double columns with 66 lines to the page, rubricated 15 on recto and 38 on verso, printed on Galliziani paper, the half of the sheet without the watermark, but with the characteristic shadows at wire-line intervals of ca. 5 mm..
Condition: Mild toning to edges of leaf, otherwise invery good condition
Additional Information.: The first nonreligious book ever printed by the first printer. Below is an interesting translation mentioning Africa from Verso: column 2: 11th item: line 34 - "Heliotrope: A green colored stone having blood red veins. If placed in a silver dish filled with water and exposed to the rays of the sun, the water will turn blood red, and the sun will go dark. It is most brilliant when at the rising and setting of the sun it changes color. It is found in Africa."
Aside from a leaf from the Gutenberg bible this is one of the earliest possible obtainable pieces of printing associated with Johann Gutenberg.
Provenance: 1) Sir Hans Sloane...
Category
15th Century and Earlier German Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Art in Seventeenth Century Holland : the National Gallery, a Loan Exhibition
Located in valatie, NY
Art in Seventeenth Century Holland : the National Gallery, 30th September to 12th December 1976 : by Christopher Brown National Gallery London. Published by Order of the Trustees, Pu...
Category
1970s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Rider's British Merlin 1774 + The Court and City Register
Located in Middletown, NY
Rider, Cardanus
Rider's British Merlin 1774 + The Court and City Register
London: R. and M. Brown / Company of Stationers & J. Jolliffe, G. Woodfall, an...
Category
18th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Les Moeurs des Israelites by Claude Fleury
Located in Middletown, NY
A third edition in an attractive 19th-century binding of the influential work by the eminent French priest, historian and jurist Claude Fleury (1640 – 1723). It is an account of the ...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oriental Art at Auction, 1st Ed Presentation Copy, Eldred 1973
Located in valatie, NY
Oriental Art at Auction, 1st Ed Presentation Copy, Robert Eldred August 1973. Red leather bound with gilt highlights. Presented to the consignor with a...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
A History of Ballet and Dance
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardback coffee table book discussing the history of ballet and dance in the western world. By Alexander Bland, published in 1976. Second edition, 191 pages.
"Dance is universal and...
Category
1970s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Baroque and Rococo Architecture and Decoration Great Large Heavy Art Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Baroque and Rococo Architecture and Decoration
Book by Alastair Laing, Anthony Blunt, and Christopher Ernest Tadgell.
A study of a period in art ...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Greene, Graham - a Sort of Life - First Edition - Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Greene, Graham.
Title: A Sort of Life.
Publisher: London: The Bodley Head, 1971.
Description: first edition presentation copy. 1 vol., inscribed on the front blank endleaf "For George Barker...
Category
1970s Vintage Books
Materials
Fabric
Marseille Ancienne et Moderne - FIRST ED WITH THE GILT ARMS OF NAPOLEON - 1786
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: M. Guys [Pierre-Augustin].
TITLE: Marseille Ancienne et Moderne.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Veuve Duchesne, 1786.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION WITH THE GILT ARMS OF NAPOLEON. 1 vol....
Category
1780s French Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Mary Robinson, Hubert De Sevrac a Romance of the Eighteenth Century, 1st Ed 1796
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Robinson, Mary.
Title: Hubert de Sevrac, a Romance of the Eighteenth Century.
Publisher: London: for the Author by Hookham and Carpenter, 1796.
Description: First edition. 3 vols., 6-13/16" x 4-7/16", errata at the end of each vol., advertisement leaf at the end of vol. 3, vol. 2 M6 with early repaired tear at foot, without the half-titles, bound in fine contemporary full speckled calf, floral gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and green spine labels, covers ruled in gilt.
Condition: Internally clean and bright, armorial bookplate of Sir John Eden to front pastedowns, extremely minor foxing to first and last leaves, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spines fine, a handsom set.
Additional information: An exceedingly rare gothic novel by Robinson (known as "the English Sappho") set during the French Revolution. In her lifetime Robinson was better known as an actress and lady of fashion as well as for a string of prominent affairs, including with George IV whilst he was still Prince of Wales whose portrait she wore encrusted with diamonds throughout her life but who she did not hesitate to blackmail for £5000 pounds when he cast her off. Her literary output, though derided at the time, has since been reassessed and Robinson herself now seen as a proto-feminist.
Mary Robinson was one of those independent 'viragos' who upset so many conventional men at the end of the eighteenth century. She was admired by Mary Wollstonecraft...
Category
1790s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Edmund BOLTON. Nero Caesar, or Monarchie Depraved - FIRST EDITION - 1624
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOLTON, Edmund.
TITLE: Nero Caesar, or Monarchie Depraved. An Historical Worke.... By the Translator of Lucius Florus.
PUBLISHER: London: by T. S. for Thomas Walkly, 1624....
Category
1620s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Archaeology by Glyn Edmund Daniel, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Archaeology by Glyn Edmund Daniel. Published by Thomas Y. Crowell, 1977, NY. 1st Ed BCE hardcover with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Thi...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Early Architecture in Ulster County, New York
Located in Bradenton, FL
Early Architecture in Ulster County, New York. Softcover book published in 1974 by the Junior League of Kingston. Illustrated, 222 pages.
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Book of Takes, by Paul Zelevansky, Signed Ltd 1st ED
Located in valatie, NY
The Book of Takes, by Paul Zelevansky, Signed and Ltd 1st Ed. From the Preface, by Lynn Hurwitz "The Book of Takes is a personal account of the process of extracting art from life. T...
Category
1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Venetian Lacquers from the 18th Century by Saul Levy (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Set of 2 Books
Laques Venitiennes du Dix-Huitieme Siecle" by Saul Levy. This is a scholarly and lavishly illustrated account of Venetian 18th century lacquer furniture published in 1968 in two volumes, with 496 color illustrations - text is in French. Both volumes have their original dust jackets.
Volume 1 includes an introduction of 26 pages and plates showing: armchairs, sofas, seats and benches...
Category
18th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Rings for the Finger by George Frederick Kunz
Located in valatie, NY
Rings for the Finger by George Frederick Kunz. Softcover, Published by Dover, New York, 1974. There is probably no item that is so common to almost all cultures and ages of man, yet so frequently overlooked, as rings. Nearly everyone wears (or has worn) rings; yet what person today could tell you anything about their origins, original uses, history, or even the customs behind modern engagement, wedding, and graduation rings...
Category
1970s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Large Set of Old Dutch Books about the Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1782
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Vaderlandsche historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen der nu Vereenigde Nederlanden, inzonderheid die van Holland, van de vroegste tyden af [...].
21 vol., 8vo (1 sm. tear in map in vol. II; normal minor browning or spotting). - Reissue of the 2nd Tirion ed. (1770, 1st 1749-1759) of the account of the rise of the Dutch Republic with historical notes and references by the Dutch historian J. Wagenaar (1709-1773), until the year 1751. Engr. ill. by J. Folkema, P. Tanjé, J.C. Philips, J. Houbraken, S. Fokke, etc.: front. by J. Punt, 5 large folding maps (e.g. "Naaukeurige kaart van het Oude Nederland en eenige aangrenzende gewesten", "Oude kaart der nu Vereenigde Nederlanden", "Nieuwe kaart van het oostelijkste deel der weereld diendende tot aanwijzing van de scheepstogten der Nederlanderen naar Oostindië"), 1 city-plan of Leiden, 105 full-page portraits (e.g. of Erasmus, Philips of Marnix of St Aldegonde, Prince Maurice, Albert & Isabella, Kenau, Hugo De Groot, Piet Hein, Michiel de Ruyter...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Books
Materials
Paper
American Art
Located in Bradenton, FL
American Art, first edition, hardcover, published in 1972 by Octopus Books Limited of London, printed in Italy. General editor Francesco Abbate, translat...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, Set of 2 (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two brown cloth covered volumes in similar slipcase with gilt titles which was published to mark the bicentennial of Thomas Chippendale's death.
Volume 1 is the text and covers - Chi...
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18th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay by Annamaria Giusti (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The art of decorative stone work - known as Pietre Dure, or polychrome hardstone inlay resurfaced in Rome in the sixteenth century with the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. Tabl...
Category
16th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Il pastor fido, tragicommedia pastorale - by G. B. Guarini - 1597
Located in Middletown, NY
Guarini, Giovanni Battista
Il pastor fido; Tragicomedia pastorale
Tours: Giametto Metaieri, 1592
12mo5 1/2 x 3 inches (140 x 76 mm); 146 pp. including a sonnet in French by R. Briss...
Category
16th Century European Antique Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
D. Ioannis Chrysostomi Archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani 1556
Located in Bilzen, BE
D. Ioannis Chrysostomi archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani Enarrationes in divi Pauli epistolas, ad Timotheum II., Titum, Philemonem, & HebræosD.IOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMI ARCHEPISCOPI CONSTA...
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16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Books
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Paper
Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977-1978
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction: The Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet 1977-1978. Sotheby Park Bernet Publication, London, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annua...
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1970s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Books - Pierre Bayle Dictionnaire, 3 Volumes, 1715
Located in Savannah, GA
Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique published in Rotterdam 1715, third edition.
Measured as stacked: 15 ¼ inches wide by 10 ¾ inches deep by 9 ½ inches tall; each boo...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
A Monograph of the Work of McKim, Mead and White, 1879-1915
Located in valatie, NY
A Monograph of the Work of McKim, mead and white, 1879-1915; new edition, four volumes in one with an essay by Leland Roth. Arno Press NY, 1977. The firm, headed by Charles Follen McKim, William Rutherford Mead, and Stanford White are responsible for a number of America's iconic buildings including Pennsylvania Station...
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1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
The Pennsylvania Journal and The Weekly Advertiser, Issued June 16, 1787
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an June 16, 1787 issue of Philadelphia's "The Pennsylvania Journal, and The Weekly Advertiser," containing coverage of the Constitutional Convention. The magazine period...
Category
1780s American Federal Antique Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Nepal Where the gods are young Paperback Book by Pratapaditya Pal 1975
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nepal Where the gods are young Paperback January 1, 1975 by Pratapaditya Pal.
Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Publication Date: 1975.
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher...
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1970s Nepalese Tibetan Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Architectural Treasures of Early America Complete 8 Volume Set, by Robert Milner
Located in valatie, NY
Architectural Treasures of Early America Complete 8 Volume Set, by Robert Milner. Arno Press, 1977. Complete set of 8 volumes:
Vol. 1 Early Homes of Massachusetts
Vol. 2 Colonial Ar...
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1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1970 A History of Magic and Experimental Science
By Lynn Thorndike
Located in Bath, GB
The scarce eight volume 1970 edition of Lynn Thorndike's fascinating history of 'Magic and Experimental Science', with five volumes retaining the exceptionally scarce original glassi...
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1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
MILNE, A. A.. Now We Are Six. 1977 - LIMITED SIGNED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.
TITLE: Now We Are Six.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen Children's Books, 1977.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED SIGNED EDITION. 1 vol., 7-9/16" x 5-3/16", limited to 300 numb...
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1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Leather
Richard Neutra
Located in Richmond, VA
Rare hardback coffee table book featuring works of Richard Neutra, by the Library of Contemporary Architects, published in 1971. First edition, 136 pages.
"The reputation of Richard...
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1970s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Histoire De Russie Published 1797 with 36 Engraved Plates by E.A. David
Located in San Francisco, CA
The History of Russia in 2 volumes published 1797, in French.
A lovely 2 volume first edition titled "Histoire de Russie" by Blin de Sainmore, French poet, playwright and historian (...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Books
Materials
Leather, 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...
Category
Late 17th Century Dutch Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Shakespeare. The London Prodigal - FOURTH FOLIO - 1685 - page 219-220.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, William.
TITLE: The Works of William Shakespeare. (The London Prodigal) - page 219-220.
PUBLISHER: London: Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster and R. Bentl...
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1680s British Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Horace WALPOLE. The Castle Of Otranto, A Gothic Story. SECOND EDITION - 1765
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WALPOLE, Horace.
TITLE: The Castle Of Otranto, A Gothic Story.
PUBLISHER: London: for William Bathoe and Thomas Lownds, 1765.
DESCRIPTION: SECOND EDITION. 1 vol., 7-1/8" ...
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1760s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
Frank Lloyd Wright by Marco Dezzi Bardeschi
Located in valatie, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright (20th Century Masters Series) by MarCo Dezzi Bardeschi. Hardcover with dust jacket. 94 pp. 44 color illustrations on double sided plates and 33 b/w illustrations. ...
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1970s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
1986 Antoni Tàpies Book: 'Tapies i la Nova Cultura'
Located in Barcelona, ES
Explore the artistic genius of Antoni Tàpies with this remarkable 1986 book, titled 'Tapies i la Nova Cultura,' edited by Polígrafa. This is a special illustrated edition, encapsulat...
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15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Books
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
1970s English Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Ikebana for Everybody
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback book discussing Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. By Houn OHara, published in 1975. First edition, 96 pages.
"To capture the natural beauty of the fiel...
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1970s Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Terra: Miquel Arnal's Stunning Photo Book
Located in Barcelona, ES
Immerse yourself in the world's natural wonders with "Terra," a captivating photo book by the renowned photographer Miquel Arnal. This exquisite collection showcases the timeless bea...
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15th Century and Earlier Spanish Antique Books
Materials
Paper
(NIVARDUS) - The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox - 1706
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: [NIVARDUS, Hartmann Schopper].
TITLE: The Crafty Courtier: Or the fable of Reinard the Fox: Newly done into English Verse, from the Antient Latin Iambics of Hartm. Schopper...
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Early 1700s British Antique Books
Materials
Leather
How to Detect Damaged, Altered & Repaired Stamps 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
How to Detect Damaged, Altered and Repaired Stamps by Paul W. Schmid. Published by Palm Press Huntington, NY, 1979. Avoid costly mistakes. Paul Schmid explains how to detect alterati...
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1970s American Vintage Books
Materials
Paper
Arcimboldo by Roland Barthes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully produced book by Franco Maria Ricci, one of a limited edition of 3,000 numbered copies, this being 388. 175 pages with tipped in color plates with additional drawings and sketches, the text is in English. Arcimboldo has become best known for his portraits of human heads made up from vegetables, plants, fruits, sea creatures and tree roots, which were greatly admired by his contemporaries and remain of great fascination to this day. each was carefully constructed and as can be seen with the main image, the Librarian...
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16th Century Antique 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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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.
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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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