Skip to main content

Books

to
170
4,352
1,237
3,963
971
723
5,106
2,030
5,657
5,629
5,648
Books For Sale
Tony Duquette by Wendy Goodman, Hutton Wilkinson and Dominick Dunne
Located in valatie, NY
Tony Duquette by Wendy Goodman, Hutton Wilkinson and Dominick Dunne. Harry N. Abrams, 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. American artist and design legen...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

Simon Barker, Punk's Dead, Signed
By Simon Barker
Located in CA, CA
Signed published by Divus, 2013. From 1976-1978, the young photographer Simon Barker was a member of the Bromley Contingent. This compilation of previously unseen photographs by B...
Category

Late 20th Century British Books

Materials

Paper

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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Books

Materials

Paper

“The Paris Salons”, 1895-1914 Furniture ‘Book’
Located in Montelabbate, PU
This is the third in a multi-volume collection providing a visual catalogue record of the decorative arts of the Paris Salons. Included in this volume are reproductions of the catalogue illustrations of furniture at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the annual Salons du Mobilier, and the celebrated 1903 and 1904 expositions of the Ecole de Nancy in the French capital. This chronological record clearly shows the revolution in furniture design that transpired in France at the turn of the century. The illustrations trace precisely the emergence of the art nouveau style in the 1890s, its high point between the 1900 Exposition Universelle and the 1903 Salons, its demise between 1905-1909, the return to period revivalism and the transitional art nouveau - art deco style of 1910-1912 with the proto - art deco style of the immediate pre-war years (1911-1914). Many examples of non-art nouveau works from the period are also included. Hundreds of these contemporary illustrations...
Category

Early 20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Tom Wesselmann: New Metal Paintings (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Catalog accompanying an exhibition of Tom Wesselmann paintings held at New York’s Sidney Janis Gallery from October 15th to November 14th, 1992. Horizontal 8vo (10.25” x 8.25”), prin...
Category

1990s American Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Sotheby's, Hunt Collection Highly Important Greek Vases Roman & Etruscan Bronzes
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's, the nelson bunker hunt collection highly important Greek vases and the William Herbert hunt collection highly important Greek, roman and Etr...
Category

1990s American Books

Materials

Paper

3 Vol Set Catalog Of The Byzantine & Early Mediaeval Antiquities Dumbarton Oaks
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 3 Catalogues Of The Byzantine And Early Mediaeval Antiquities In The Dumbarton Oaks Collection. 1st Ed hardcovers with dust jackets in various conditions. Published by Dumbarton Oaks Center for Byzantine Studies Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, DC. Volume 1 and 2 signed by the authors with owner's bookplate of 'Nasli Heeramaneck' and his wife Alice. The Heeramaneck's were Parsian American art dealers, specializing in Asian and Pre-Columbian art. Born in Bombay, they moved to New York in the 1920s, and lived and worked there until their deaths. Works collected by them, are now held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum of New Delhi, and Yale University. Volume I focuses on Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, Glyptics, and Painting. Volume II focuses on Jewelry, Enamels, and the Art of the Migration Period...
Category

Mid-20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Drawings and Digressions by Larry Rivers, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Drawings and Digressions by Larry Rivers. Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1979. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 263 pp. Foreword by John Ashbery with 285 illustrations and ph...
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Collection of Books From1833 , From "L'Histoire Universelle, Ancienne et Moderne
Located in Marbella, ES
Coleccion de libros del 1833, de "L'Histoire Universelle, Ancienne et moderne; A L'usage de la Jeunesse; Par M. Le Compte de Segur, Histoire de France"
Category

Early 19th Century French Antique Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Work of William Lawrence Bottomley in Richmond, Signed First Edition
By Christopher Weeks, William B. O'Neal
Located in valatie, NY
The Work of William Lawrence Bottomley in Richmond. Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1985. Signed by the author, first edition hardcover...
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Coming Home: Modern Rustic: Creative Living in Dutch Interiors
Located in New York, NY
Coming Home: Modern Rustic: creative living in Dutch Interiors Author Barbara de Vries, Introduction by Lidewij Edelkoort A celebration of the innovative, artisanal, and sustainable living exemplified by contemporary Dutch interiors. With a carefully curated collection of interiors, including historic canal houses, restored farms, and green homes, belonging to interior designers, product designers, architects, and artists, this book showcases creative and resourceful living. These properties have been created or renovated and brought into the twenty-first century with typical Dutch style and sensibility—environmentally friendly, imaginative uses of space filled with color and charm and never to be taken too seriously. Each home in the book reflects the personality and spirit of the people who inhabit it. From furniture designer Valentin Loellman’s handcrafted interiors in a traditional worker’s cottage on the Maas river to fiber artist Claudy Jongstra’s farmhouse in Friesland where indigo dye plants grow in the biodynamic garden, Coming Home illustrates fun ideas and easy ways to incorporate individual style into your surroundings. Whether it’s the traditional “lowlands” aesthetic of combining old and new, faded and inviting, into a casual chic or a quirky reinvention of a space that reveals a touch of eccentricity, this book illustrates why the Netherlands is truly loved by so many and can be an inspiration to us all. About the author Barbara de Vries was born in Amsterdam. She has spent most of her career as a designer in the fashion business and in 1991, she created the CK collections at Calvin Klein and subsequently had her own collections in the U.S. and Japan. In 2009, Barbara and her husband, author Alastair Gordon...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Jean Dubuffet Exhibition Catalog Book Pace Gallery New York, 1982
Located in New York, NY
A Jean Dubuffet exhibition catalog book, with artists' signature front cover, Pace Gallery, New York, 1982. An exhibition catalog book for French artist Jean Dubuffet exhibition, wit...
Category

Late 20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Craters From Fire: Ceramics by James Lovera
Located in New York, NY
Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition of James Lovera ceramics held at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA, from July 22-October 8, 2006. Lovera (1920-2015) was a ...
Category

Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper

Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac / Les Bibliophiles du Palais
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Les Bibliophiles du Palais, 1924. Illustrations: André Dignimont (1891 – 1965). 8vo, 10 1/4 x 7 inches (260 x 178 mm); 96, (8) pp., printed in black and red on Arches paper;...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni 40 e 50 by Irene de Guttry (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
By Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino From the fascinating "animal" creations by Carlo Mollino, to the refined and aerodynamic furniture by Carlo De Carli, Ico Parisi and Gio Ponti,...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

William Williams: Novelist & Painter of Colonial America, 1727-1791, Signed 1st
Located in valatie, NY
William Williams: Novelist and Painter of Colonial America, 1727-1791 by David Howard Dickason, Signed by the Author. Published by Indiana University Press, 1970. 1st Ed softcover. W...
Category

1970s English Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

Collection Du Baron De Rede Provenant De L'Hotel Lambert (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Paris. Sotheby's. 16 & 17 Mars 2005. 2 volumes. Paperback, housed in card wrap-around box. 295, 303 pages. 908 lots, nearly all illustrated in colour. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"). 2.9kg. . French. The catalogues are in good condition but the slip case is not in good condition. An important catalogue of the sale of the magnificent contents of the Hotel Lambert, Paris, owned by Baron de Redé...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Hudson River And Its Painters by John K. Howat
Located in valatie, NY
Hudson River And Its Painters by John K. Howat. Published by American Legacy Press, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foreword by Carl Carmer, preface by James Biddle. Contains works...
Category

1980s American Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

Jugendstil Art Nouveau Hard Copy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The first edition printed in the US in English. A small tear in the front cover page and a small mark on the book. From a private collector.
Category

1980s North American Jugendstil Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

20th Century French Pair of Wooden Bookstands in Clogs Shape
Located in Sofia, BG
Very stabile pair of wooden handmade book stands with nice decoration. France, circa 1920.
Category

Early 20th Century French Books

Materials

Wood

100 Designers' Favorite Rooms Projects of the World's Finest Designers 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
100 Designers' Favorite Rooms: Selected Projects of the World's Finest Designers and Architects by John L. Pellam. Barons Who's Who, 1993. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This book shows landmark projects from North America, Asia, Europe, and other regions, and residential projects in private estates, penthouses, and vacation villas around the world. Each featured room is accompanied by color photos, with background on the projects and the designers, plus photos of each of the designers. Includes a photographers' index and an index of featured designers...
Category

1990s American Books

Materials

Paper

Farber Brothers Krome Kraft, A Guide for Collectors Book by Julie Sferrazza 1988
Located in Atlanta, GA
Farber Brothers, Krome Kraft, a guide for collectors. English book, by Julie Sferrazza, 1988. The book contains information on each piece, including the glass manufacturer, color, an...
Category

1980s American Modern Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER, Foundation Cartier Actor Paul Freemans Personal Signed Copy
Located in valatie, NY
Signed by RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER, Foundation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain 1994. Contemporary art installation exhibit in France. Richard Artschwager’s project at the Fondation Cartie...
Category

1990s French Books

Materials

Paper

The Decoration of Houses by Alexandra Stoddard
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Decoration of Houses by Alexandra Stoddard. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition, published by William Morrow and Company Inc. of New York in 1997. Printed in the...
Category

1990s American Books

Materials

Paper

Denkmäler der Krippenkunst, by Rudolf Berliner, Monuments of Nativity Art
Located in valatie, NY
Denkmäler der Krippenkunst. Das erste umfassende Werk über Krippenkunst, by Rudolf Berliner. 1st Ed hardcover c1926. Monuments of nativity art. The first comprehensive work on nativi...
Category

Early 20th Century German Books

Materials

Paper

VISIONAIRE 44: Toys by kidrobot - red (2477/4000)
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 2477 of 4000 copies. From the Visionaire website: 44 TOYS, in collaboration with Kidrobot, consists of ten humanoid characters created by designers like K...
Category

Early 2000s American Books

Materials

Plastic, 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...
Category

Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Books

Materials

Paper

Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet 1976-77, Edited by Anne Jackson
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction: The Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet 1976-77, Edited by Anne Jackson. Sotheby Park Bernet Publication, London, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dus...
Category

1970s English Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

The Book Of Common Prayer - 1960 - IN A SCARCE EARLY BINDING BY PHILIP SMITH !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. TITLE: The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, & other Rites & Ceremonies of The Church, According to the use of The United ...
Category

1960s British Vintage Books

Materials

Leather

Great Houses of the Western World by Nigel Nicolson
By Nigel Nicolson
Located in valatie, NY
Great Houses of the Western World by Nigel Nicolson. London: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd, 1972. A reprinted edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A wonderful book on the...
Category

20th Century British Books

Materials

Paper

Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby's, 1985-1986, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's, 1985-1986, Edit by Georgia Fogg. Printed by Sotheby's, London. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference work provides a view of...
Category

1980s English Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

An Entertaining Life
Located in New York, NY
An Entertaining Life: Designing Town and Country By: Paolo Moschino, Philip Vergeylen Foreword by Bunny Williams 250 color illustrations ISBN: 978-0-86565-426-6 Hardcover Join two ...
Category

2010s Books

Materials

Paper

1996 Michelangelo And His World Hardcover book by Joachim Poeschke
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Michelangelo and His World: Sculpture of the Italian Renaissance By Albert Hirmer (photographer), Russell Stockman (trans), Joachim Poeschke and Irmgard Ernstmeier-Hirmer (photographer). Michelangelo And His World written by Joachimv Poeschke is the most comprehensive examination of Italian Renaissance sculpture from 1490 to 1560 ever published. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Monograph with 399 illustrations including 52 in color. Photographs by Albert Hirmer and Irmgard Ernstmeier-Hirmer. Translated from the German by Russell Stockman. A comprehensive look at Michelangelo's work. A very near fine copy in very near fine dust jacket. This is a heavy and oversized book Published in 1996, the book central to the whole study is the sculpture of Michelangelo...
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Books

Materials

Paper

RARE !!! Original german military second world war 2 - WWII poster - 1940
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1940, Germany - blitzkrieg - original, no reprint - marked jr
Category

1940s German Art Deco Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

Mamma Milano Lessons from the Motherland Book by J.J. Martin
Located in New York, NY
Mamma Milano Lessons from the Motherland By: J.J. Martin Embrace female empowerment with J.J. Martin, founder of world–renowned Milanese lifestyle brand La DoubleJ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Located in valatie, NY
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The Trustees, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The book consi...
Category

1970s American Vintage Books

Materials

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...
Category

Early 2000s American Books

Materials

Paper

Paris Porcelains in the New Orleans Museum of Art, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Paris Porcelains in the New Orleans Museum of Art, by John W Keefe. New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 1998. Printed in a limited edition of 2,000 copi...
Category

1990s American Books

Materials

Paper

Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors by Childe Hassam etc
Located in Middletown, NY
Howells, William Dean Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1892. 2 volumes, 8vo 7 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 120 mm); viii, 279 pp; 287 pp. 18 illustrations from watercolors by Childe Hassam, Ross Turner, F. Hopkinson Smith, and Rhoda Holmes...
Category

Early 19th Century American Antique Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

Nora Murphy’s Country House Style Book by Nora Murphy
Located in New York, NY
Nora Murphy’s Country House Style Making Your Home a Country House By: Nora Murphy with Deborah Golden Photography by DuAnne Simon “Nora Murphy is in a country state of mind. The founder of Connecticut Country House, a venture that encompasses an online magazine and blog about all things country, her dedication goes way beyond milk paints and Americana crafts. Instead, the former Executive Vice President of Style at Ethan Allen has built a business and a lifestyle around embracing the concept of the country house.” —Connecticut Cottages & Gardens Nora Murphy has turned her passion for country house style and its embodiment—her own home in Newtown, Connecticut—into a multimedia juggernaut. Her blog, website, e-magazine, strong presence on social media, and increasing visibility in print media and on TV have earned her a devoted following all over the country and around the world. And now she has distilled the essence of her knowledge about the fundamentals of country house style and how to achieve it in this irresistible volume. In the introduction, Murphy lays out the universal elements of country house style: creating a place where everyone is always welcome; where comfort is always in style; where there’s always room for our favorite things; where there’s always a reason to celebrate; where we honor tradition by changing it up; where home extends well beyond our walls. The body of the book shows how the elements of this comfortable, comforting, easy aesthetic and approach to life can be applied in different ways and in different locations to striking, individual effect. Murphy features six homes, beginning with her own, each of which expresses a unique take on the style, from elegant country to English cottage country to vintage farmhouse country to historical country. Part primer, part wish book, Nora Murphy’s Country House Style, illustrated entirely with specially commissioned photography, is all inspiration. Nora Murphy studied interior design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and founded her own interior design and architectural and product illustration...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Textile Sample Book 'Shima Cho'
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a rare example of a "Shima-cho", which is a Japanese kimono textile fabric swatch book dating from the late 19th century. The book has fifte...
Category

Late 19th Century Antique Books

Materials

Textile

A Wandering Eye Travels with My Phone Book by Miguel Flores-Vianna
Located in New York, NY
A Wandering Eye Travels with My Phone By: Miguel Flores-Vianna Miguel Flores-Vianna’s childhood in Argentina was marked by two constants that he believes shaped the life he chose to...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

France Under Louis XIV 'Le Grand Siecle', Its Arts, Its Ideas, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
France Under Louis XIV [Le Grand Siecle], Its Arts, Its Ideas by Mrs. Cashel Huey. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1897. First Edition hardcover. 470 p...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Books

Materials

Paper

Antique Viribus Unitis Kniha o Cisari Book of the Emperor Franz Joseph I 18"
Located in Dayton, OH
Rare antique late 19th Century hard bound, leather book of heliogauvre prints memorializing the 50th Anniversary of the cornoation of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Includes stun...
Category

19th Century Antique Books

Materials

Paper

The Artist's Odyssey - Paintings by Elaine Ehrenkranz
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Artist's Odyssey - Paintings by Elaine Ehrenkranz, edited by Teri Okada. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 2004. Illustrated, 107 pages.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Design for Children Play, Ride, Learn, Eat, Create, Sit, Sleep
Located in New York, NY
A comprehensive, genre-defining survey of children's product and furniture design from Bauhaus to today Design for Children, a must-have book for all style-conscious and design-sav...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary European Books

Materials

Paper

Jewelry By Architects
Located in New York, NY
First American edition monograph on jewelry designed by a who's who of Postmodern architects from the collection of design impresario Cleto Munari, who commissioned the pieces featured in the book. Includes work by Mario Bellini, Michele De Lucchi, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Hans Hollein, Arata Isozaki, Richard Meier, Allesandro Mendini...
Category

1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

Sotheby's, Collection Boutet de Monvel: Paris April, 2016, and Drouot Sale
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's, Collection Boutet de Monvel: Paris April 5&6 2016. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog. Bernard Boutet de Monvel, was a groundbreaking painter...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Books

Materials

Paper

Christie's: Furniture, Pictures & Silver from Tythrop Park, April 27, 1995, 1st
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Furniture, Pictures & Silver from Tythrop Park, April 27, 1995. 1st Ed Soft cover. A Christie's Auction catalogue for the Cotton family. Listings include works from Isaac Liger, James Shruder, Peter Archambo, and David Willaume...
Category

1990s English Books

Materials

Paper

Henri Rousseau dit Le Douanier by Jean-Marie Lo Duca, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Henri Rousseau dit Le Douanier by Jean-Marie Lo Duca, Paris. Paris: Syndicat de la Propriété Artistique, 1951. 1 first edition softcover portfolio. Unpaginated. Portfolio of work by ...
Category

20th Century English Books

Materials

Paper

Schneider Glass, French-English Book by Edith Mannoni, 1992
Located in Atlanta, GA
Schneider, French and English Book by Edith Mannoni, 1992. This book traces the factory's history and presents a hundred reproductions of original plates and sketches from the 1920s....
Category

1990s French Art Nouveau Books

Materials

Paper

"Sotheby's: Property From The Collection of Ingrao, New York, October 2006" Book
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Property From The Collection of Ingrao, New York, October 2006. Softcover. 300 pp. Decorator to the stars, period furniture and accessories. NPT Books a division of N.P. ...
Category

Late 20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Andre Arbus: Architecte-Decorateur Des Annees 40 by Yvonne Brunhammer (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hard back book written by one of the great experts on 20th century decorative arts. Arbus was a decorator, furniture designer, architect and sculptor, he was interested in good design and favoured the use of exotic and luxurious materials, such as rare wood veneers and lacquer, in his furniture designs. He made his name through the 1930s and 1940s and was a contemporary of many the great designers of the Art Deco era. Throughout his career he won numerous awards and worked on many significant commissions for the French Government, in particular a jewel cabinet...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

Cyril Humphris Collection of European Sculpture and Works of Art, Part I & II
Located in valatie, NY
The Cyril Humphris Collection of European sculpture and Works of Art, Part I and II. Tuesday, January 10, 1995. Sotheby's New York. Sotheby's, Humphris, the London dealer...
Category

1990s American Books

Materials

Paper

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Charles S. Moffett. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 1985 by The Metropolitan Museum o...
Category

1980s Swiss Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

BIG Art Deco Original Advertising Promotional Poster SIDOL, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1930s - framed - original, no reprint - good original condition ,see the pictures - jr.
Category

1930s Art Deco Vintage Books

Materials

Paper

Christie's Champalimaud Collection London, 6 & 7 July 2005, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: The Champalimaud Collection: London, 6 & 7 July 2005. First Edition softcovers with slip-case. Consists of 2 oversize catalogs from the auction. The 2 catalogs and their ...
Category

Early 2000s English Books

Materials

Paper

2 Volumes. Joseph Hatton, Henry Irving's Impressions of America.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Joseph Hatton, Henry Irving's Impressions of America. Bound in 3/4 green calf with marbled boards. Ornate gilt-tooling on raised band spines. Marbled endpapers. Top edge g...
Category

Late 19th Century British Antique Books

Materials

Leather

Limited Edition Thornton's Temple of Flora by Dr. Robert John Thornton '1951'
Located in Langweer, NL
'Thornton's Temple of Flora' by dr. Robert John Thornton. With bibliographical notes by Handasyde Buchanan. London: Collins, 1951. Printed in the Nethe...
Category

20th Century Books

Materials

Paper

The Complete Works of Sir John Vanbrugh; The plays edited by Bonamy Dobrée.
Located in Middletown, NY
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1927-1928 4 volumes, 4to; 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches (258 x 190 mm); pp. vol. 1, [4] xliv, 239 [1]; vol. 2, [10] 257 [5]; vol. 3, [10] 290 [4]; vol. 4, [4]...
Category

Early 20th Century English Books

Materials

Leather, 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.

Read More

Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors

The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.

Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier

Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.

Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure

Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.

Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch

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

A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.

Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane

This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.

Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect

From Spanish-style courtyards to fanciful fountains, these acclaimed structures abound in surprising and elegant details.

A Heady Group of Industry Insiders Pick the World’s Top Interior Designers

With a vast range of styles and perspectives, this global roster of talents represents the best of design.

Recently Viewed

View All