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Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, Later Printing, 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition, Later printing. Octavo, Rebound in quarter leather an...
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1920s American Vintage Books

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Earth to Sky: Among Africa's Elephants, a Species in Crisis by Michael Nichols
Located in valatie, NY
Earth to Sky: Among Africa's Elephants, A Species in Crisis by Michael Nichols. Published by Aperture Foundation, Incorporated, 2013. 1st Ed hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Elephants are among the earth's most sentient beings. They remember, they experience grief and joy, fear and love. Indeed, as our knowledge of these extraordinary creatures increases, the more they transcend all preconceptions of animal behavior. Michael "Nick" Nichols, longtime photographer for National Geographic as well as the magazine's editor-at-large for photography, has been working with African elephants for more than twenty years. In Earth to Sky he tells their story through poignant images that bring us directly into their habitat the lush forests and open savannas, or stark landscapes ravaged by human intervention-to observe the animals' daily engagements and activities. Nichols's photographs are accompanied here by the words of such celebrated figures in the field of conservation as Lain Douglas-Hamilton, J. Michael Fay, Peter Matthiessen, Cynthia Moss, David Quammen, and many others. In addition, Nichols engages us in his photographic journey with personal and informative introductions to each of the book's four chapters-exploring life in the wild, the ivory trade, family interactions, and programs for orphaned elephants. The survival of elephants is under dire threat from humankind, most immediately from the market for ivory. More than twenty-five thousand elephants are slaughtered each year, and their ivory is sold at astronomically high prices to countries such as China, Japan, the Philippines, and Singapore. African elephant refuges are under siege; many park rangers...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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1979 The Beauty of Jewelry, Book by Joan Frank
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Beauty of Jewellery Book by Joan Frank. Crescent Books, 1979 - 93 pages Hardcover 1st Edition. An appreciation of fine jewelry for the non-expert, with a chapter on the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Title: Beauty of Jewelry Frank, Joan Publisher: Crescent Books Publication Date: 1979 Binding: Hardcover Great table book on high end jewelry.
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Late 20th Century British Early Victorian Books

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John Skelton, Mary Stuart
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. John Skelton. Mary Stuart.Bound in full green morocco by Tapley. Top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate floral gilt on covers and spines, limited...
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19th Century Antique Books

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Understanding Caricature
Located in New York City, NY
A truly comprehensive and laser-focused examination of a really wonderful, expressive art form. Understanding caricature offers artists, aspiring artists, students, journalists, bloggers, etc... a lively guide to an old and respected art form. A great caricature is one that not only captures the subject's look and personality but amplifies them significantly. They are almost always funny and very often (but not always) mean spirited. Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hairline, cheeks, eyebrows, teeth, chin: There’s no facial feature (or any other body part, for that matter) that can escape the sardonic scrutiny of caricaturist and illustrator Greg Houston. But though he cleverly twists, exaggerates, and distorts each subject’s image, he always makes sure the person remains recognizable—an absolute must for successful caricature. Whether on assignment or simply drawing for his own perverse pleasure, Houston loves skewering the high and mighty—movie stars, moguls, politicians, and assorted other VIPs—especially when they misbehave. Caricature, says Houston, is a very sharp weapon for the powerless to use against the powerful, and he can teach you to wield it, too. After defining caricature, differentiating it from other forms of portraiture, and delving into its centuries-long history, Houston gets down to the nitty-gritty of how to do it. He focuses sequentially on the face, the hair, the body, and what he calls “accoutrements”—distinctive items of clothing that help viewers immediately identify celebrities. You yourself will learn to poke artistic fun at the famous through a series of demonstrations that let you follow Houston as he constructs caricatures of Jake Gyllenhaal, Masie Williams, Dwayne Johnson...
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2010s Chinese Books

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Norman Adams Auction Catalogue from Sotheby's London
Located in valatie, NY
The Norman Adams Legacy 1923-2009 auction catalogue from Sotheby's London of Classic English Furniture London held 21 April 2009. London: Sotheby's, 2009....
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Home Farm Cooking Book
Located in New York City, NY
A long-awaited second cookbook from celebrated architectural designer John Pawson and his wife Catherine Home Farm is the Pawson family's base in the heart of the English countrys...
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2010s Chinese Books

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Christo & Jeanne-Claude, The Gates, Limited Signed Book & Original Fabric Square
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Saffron in the City A colossal installation in New York’s Central Park February 2005 marked the ephemeral installation of a monumental work of art by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in N...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Pavlovsk: The Palace and the Park and the Collections (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very nice set of books in a very good clamshell box which were privately published with the support of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin. Volume 1 - The Collect...
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19th Century Antique Books

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Christies 2004 Chirk Castle Wales 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Christies 2004 Chirk Castle Wales. 1st Ed auction catalog. 656 lots on 296pp. color photos and fully described, with results. The construction of Chirk Castle began around 1295 durin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Welsh Books

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Softbound Program, 1966 Man Ray Los Angeles County Museum of Art Exhibition
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice softbound program from Man Ray"s 1966 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ray was a key figure of Dada and Surrealism, one of the few Americans associated with either movement. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, the artist adopted his pseudonym in 1909 and—while he also worked across painting, sculpture, video, and printmaking—became renowned for his striking, sensual black-and-white photographs. A number of his portraits—such as Larmes (Tears) (ca. 1932), which features a woman “crying...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books

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Regency Furniture Designs 1803-1826 by John Harris 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Regency Furniture Designs (from Contemporary Source books) 1803-1826 by John Harris. Published by London / Alec Tiranti, 1961. 1st Ed hardcover with slipca...
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1960s English Vintage Books

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Ida, A Novel by Gertrude Stein, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Ida A Novel by Gertrude Stein. New York: Random House, 1941. Stated 1st Ed hardcover. Gertrude Stein wanted Ida to be known in two ways: as a novel about a woman in the age of celebr...
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1940s Vintage Books

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James Huniford At Home
Located in New York City, NY
An in-depth look at the design process of James Huniford, who is renowned for his skill in juxtaposing opposites-contemporary with traditional, rustic w...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Gio Ponti, Una Collezione Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 2005, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Gio Ponti, Una Collezione Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 2005 in Milano. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. Sotheby's auction catalogue of a sale of works by the influential and one of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Veronese's Drawings, A Catalogue Raisonné by Richard Cocke, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Veronese's Drawings. A Catalogue Raisonné by Richard Cocke. Published in London: Sotheby's Publications, 1984. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Paolo Spezapreda, known as 'Veronese...
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1980s English Vintage Books

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Richard Meier
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring the Weishaupt project designed by Richard Meier. By Werner Blaser, published in 1993. 1st edition, 95 pag...
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1990s Modern Books

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La Bauhaus y el México Moderno, EL Diseño de Van beuren Book by Ana Elena Mallet
Located in San Diego, CA
2014 Ana Elena Mallet BAUHAUS & MODERN MEXICO Design by Michael Van Beuren Book. (Spanish). First edition.  
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2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Books

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Where Architects Sleep
Located in New York City, NY
In the tradition of the bestselling Where Chefs Eat: the definitive global hotel guide by the real experts who know - architects No one appreciates a building quite like an archit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books

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Philip Johnson
Located in New York City, NY
A spectacular visual biography of one of the most celebrated architects and cultural icons of the twentieth century With his elegant suits and trademark round black glasses, Phili...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Sotheby's Kennedy Family Homes Hyannis Port, Martha's Vineyard, NJ, NY, VA
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Property From Kennedy Family Homes Hyannis Port, Martha's Vineyard, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. Published by Sotheby's, New York, 2005. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Matthew Weiner, 'Mad Men', Art Edition A 'Script Edition'
By Matthew Weiner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With its brilliant writing, spot-on acting, faultless art direction, and impeccable costume design, Mad Men is a landmark for cable television. Never before has a period series offered such compelling plotlines alongside such painstaking attention to detail and accuracy. As the show’s personal and professional machinations evolve, so too are the minutiae and the milestones of history in motion, from the shifting height of hemlines to the struggles of the civil rights movement. This book is Taschen’s tribute to Mad Men’s television art. Volume 1 chronicles the show’s seven seasons with sequential stills alongside key script excerpts. From a sideways glance to a cavorting office Christmas party, each frame captivates in its masterful visual storytelling, its choreography of people, places, and situations down to the most discrete, dynamic detail. Volume 2 brings a wealth of behind-the-scenes insights with on-set photographs, production ephemera, costume designs, notes from the writers’ room, as well as extensive and candid interviews with the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner; the “Writers’ Room” (Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jonathan Igla, Andre & Maria Jacquemetton, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tom Smuts, Carly Wray); Scott Hornbacher (executive producer and director); Phil Abraham (cinematographer and director); Chris Manley (director of photography); Dan Bishop (production and set designer); Janie Bryant (costume designer); and Jon Hamm (actor and director). From the plot twists that took our breath away to the unforgettable outfits, from the shapes and textures of ’60s decor...
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2010s European Books

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Della Robbia Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence, Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence by Marietta Cambareri. MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2016. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. For exhibition August 9–December 4, 2016. The glazed terra-cotta technique invented by Luca della Robbia...
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Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840 by Susan E. Stuart (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A two volume set of books in as very good condition, which will be an essential addition to any collector or dealers library who specialises in English Furniture. They will help owne...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Set of Old Bound Books from 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may v...
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19th Century French Antique Books

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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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Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hellas, a Lyrical Drama, First Edition 1822 the Huth Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. Title: Hellas. A Lyrical Drama. Publisher: London: Charles and James Ollier, 1822. Description: first edition the Huth copy. 1 vol., a large ...
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1820s British Antique Books

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Nobuyoshi Araki, Limited Edition, Signed Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“This book reveals everything about me. It’s been a 60-year contract. Photography is love and death—that’ll be my epitaph.” —Araki The first title in our new TASCHEN limited seri...
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20th Century Books

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Dickens-Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby-1st Ed Bound from the Parts
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Dickens, Charles Title: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Publisher: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1839. Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 v...
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1830s British Antique Books

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Matisse Picasso, From the Estate of Herbert Kasper, Thank You Letter From MOMA
Located in valatie, NY
Matisse Picasso by Anne Baldassari, Elizabeth Cowling, John Elderfield, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine and Kirk Varnedoe. Published by Tate Gallery Publishing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Turkish Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts from the Collection of Edwin Binney
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Turkish Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts from the Collection of Edwin Binney, Binney, Edwin (1973) Examples of the Turkish pictorial a...
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20th Century Turkish Moorish Books

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Hollywood: A Celebration Book by David Thomson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hollywood: A Celebration by David Thomson DK Pub., 2001 - Performing Arts - 640 pages. From the birth of the film industry in the dusty village of Hollywood 1905, to the computer-ge...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Books

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Agnes Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England, 6 Vols New Revised Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STRICKLAND, Agnes Title: Lives of The Queens of England from The Norman Conquest. Publisher: London: George Bell & Sons, 1908. NEW REVISED...
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Early 1900s British Antique Books

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Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, 1st Ed 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, Portraits and Glass 1929. Published by American Art Galleries, New York, 1929. 1st Ed s...
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1920s American Vintage Books

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Christmastide: Its History, Festivities and Carols, by William Syndys, 1852
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Syndys, William. Christmastide: Its History, Festivities and Carols. London: John Russell Smith, [nd, 1852]. Illustrated with hand-colored engravings. Oc...
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1850s English Antique Books

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24 Volumes, Joseph Conrad, The Works of Joseph Conrad
Located in New York, NY
24 Volumes. Joseph Conrad, The Works of Joseph Conrad. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco. Linen boards. Raised bands. Top edges gilt. Decorative gilt emblems on...
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20th Century American Books

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Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Art Edition "Me and My Shadow"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fiber-based gelatin silver print, 21.8 x 28.8 cm on 22.9 x 33 cm paper (8.6 x 11.8 in. on 9 x 13 in. paper); hardcover volume in a slipcase, letterpress-printed text, two different paper stocks, and tip-ins, 24 x 34 cm (9.4 x 13.4 in.), 356 pages. In 1964, famed writer Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters set off across America on a “Transcontinental Bus Tour,” headed for the New York World’s Fair. Kesey’s journey, in the company of his Merry Pranksters, lies at the heart of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, an as-if-first-hand account of the group’s antics and ethos by Tom Wolfe, wunderkind of the New Journalism movement. This Art Edition presents Wolfe’s era-defining text in letterpress, along with facsimile reproductions of his manuscript pages, ephemera of the period, and photographs of the acid scene by Lawrence Schiller and Ted Streshinsky. The accompanying print, Me and My Shadow, by Lawrence Schiller, was photographed at the Hollywood Acid Test on February 25, 1966. As the first photojournalist to capture the acid scene from the inside, Schiller began with a single contact in Berkeley, California, and built a large network of young, receptive subjects who allowed him to document their experiences with LSD starting in late 1965. At first, he was a fly on the wall as groups of friends tripped in the privacy of their homes. By early 1966 he had met the Merry Pranksters and was invited to the Acid Test in Hollywood. During the Test, Kool-Aid laced with a heavy dose of LSD was served up from an industrial-sized pot. Participants turned on the Grateful Dead’s music and tuned in to the burgeoning psychedelic scene. Schiller’s image of a tripster “freaking freely” with his own shadow—long believed to be Neal Cassady—appeared in Life magazine in March 1966 in a photo essay which served to introduce the nation to the sweeping new LSD epidemic. For Flaming Lips lead singer Wayne Coyne...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books

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Complete Writings of Bret Harte, 19 Volumes, 1899, In A Fine Leather Binding!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: HARTE, Bret. Title: The Complete Writings of Bret Harte. Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1899. THE RIVERSIDE EDITION. 19 vols., 7-5/8" x 5-1/4", engraved f...
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1890s American Antique Books

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1 Volume, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night. Bound in green morocco. Linen boards. Top edges gilt. Raised bands. Cork endpapers. Floral gilt symbols on ...
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20th Century English Books

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Let It Come Down by Paul Bowles, 1st Ed, Stated 1st Printing
Located in valatie, NY
Let It Come Down by Paul Bowles. Publisher Random House, 1952. 1st Ed, Stated 1st Printing hardcover with dust jacket. Let It Come Down, with its title from Macbeth, tells the story...
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1950s American Vintage Books

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Michael Muller, Sharks, Limited Edition Signed Photography Book. In Metal Cage
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover volume with 2 fold-outs in a metal cage, 33 x 44 cm (13 x 17.3 in.), 334 pages. Michael Muller has carved a career out of impressive encounters. Famed for his portraits of the world’s most elite actors, musicians and sports stars, he has in the last decade built up one of the most spectacular portfolios of underwater shark...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Books

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Fans from the East by Carol Dorington-Ward
Located in valatie, NY
Fans from the East by Carol Dorington-Ward. Published by Debrett's Peerage Limited/Viking, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Companion to the stunning 1978 exhibition at the V...
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1970s English Vintage Books

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Lot of Old Books from the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Many books on various subjects such as the church of Scoltand or the history of Israel. Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Books

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Pair of Catalogs of Highly Important English Silver, Property of Fay Plohn, NY
Located in valatie, NY
Pair of catalogs of highly important English Silver, the Property of Mrs. Fay Plohn. Parts One and Two, by Sotheby's & Co. Includes two separate catalogs, parts 1 and 2. 1st Ed hardc...
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1970s English Vintage Books

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Above Chicago by Robert Cameron
Located in North Hollywood, CA
ABOVE CHICAGO. A New Collection of Historical and Original Aerial Photographs of Chicago. Above Chicago book by Robert Cameron Hardcover Book. Robert Cameron, Tim Samuelson, Cheryl Kent Cameron, 1992 - Photography - 159 pages The newest Above volume tells the story of Chicago from the Loop to the Stockyards, from its incomparable golf courses to the tallest pinnacles in the world. Here is the most exciting architectural display...
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20th Century American Expressionist Books

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X Years Of COLL & CORTÉS
Located in valatie, NY
X Years Of COLL & CORTÉS. Published by Coll & Cortes, 2014, Spain. 1st Ed exhibit catalog. "To our surprise, it dawned on us that Coll & Cortes was rapidly approaching its tenth birthday. In ten years, a small office staffed by Nicolas, myself, and his six dogs, became prominent premises in the heart of Madrid and London, fourteen employees and - despite all the pessimists saying that the market in Spanish old masters...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Books

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Set of Old Bound Books 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of old religious books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These beautiful books are perfect to fill a nice library. Sizes may v...
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19th Century French Antique Books

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Old English Furniture Its True Value & Function with Important Bookplate, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Old English Furniture its true value and function, by H. Avray Tipping With an Important Bookplate of The Right Honorable Malcolm John MacDonald PC OM, (1901 – 1981) who was a British politician and diplomat. He was born to future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald...
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1920s Vintage Books

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Leonardo Da Vinci The Complete Paintings Hardcover Coffee Table Book
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings. Book by Pietro Marani Da Vinci in detail: Leonardo's life and work all paintings. One of the most fully ac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Books

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The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: Catalogue of Exhibition Held at the Met in 1909
Located in valatie, NY
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Two volumes), by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1909. 1st Ed 2 volume set, hardcovers. Volume I: Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings by Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century by W. R. Valentiner, 149 paintings are described and illustrated on 162 pages; Volume II: Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Other Objects of Art, 1625--1825 by Henry Watson...
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Early 1900s American Antique Books

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French Paintings Collectible Art Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
French Painting Hardcover collectible art book by Charles Stuckey– January 1, 1997 by Charles Stuckey (Author) Hardcover · 320 page Stuckey examines...
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20th Century French French Provincial Books

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Vintage Jean-Michel Basquiat Japanese Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Rare vintage Japanese publication from 1997 which chronicles the life of Basquiat and the feature film by Julian Schnabel. Includes great early photos...
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1980s Vintage Books

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Croquis de Ruhlmann (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hard covered folio with 54 loose plates which show the wonderful sketches, ideas and designs of Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann for the furniture that he designed and produced from the earl...
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Early 20th Century Books

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The Complete Quincy Jones My Journey & Passions Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journey & Passions: Photos, Letters, Memories & More from Q’s Personal Collection by Quincy Jones, Maya Angelou (Preface), ...
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20th Century American Folk Art Books

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Picasso's Vollard Suite Book by Pablo Picasso
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Picasso's Vollard Suite Book by Pablo Picasso. Soft cover, Paperback "Picasso's most memorable etchings an extremely important as well as moving group of pictures." --"Art Review"...
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20th Century European Folk Art Books

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The Figurative Artist’s Handbook
Located in New York City, NY
An authoritative, comprehensive guide for contemporary figurative artists. At a time when renewed interest in figurative art is surging throughout the art world, author Robert Ze...
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2010s Chinese Books

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The Timeline History of New York City Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Timeline History of New York City Book Playne Books Ltd; Worth Press Ltd; Hardcover book. A hands-on presentation of New York's history feat...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Books

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Private Gardens of the Bay Area
Located in New York City, NY
Seasoned garden writers Susan Lowry and Nancy Berner, along with leading landscape photographer Marion Brenner, tour more than thirty-five private gardens in the San Francisco Bay Ar...
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2010s Chinese Books

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Antique and Vintage Books

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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.

The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time

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