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Adventure into Architecture by Bernard John Grad. Arco Publishing, New York, 1968. Signed 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "This is truly an adventure into the world of architecture as it is today, with glimpses into the future. It is a world of art and business, government and industry, people and products, dreams and realities." [Preface] Chapters include: 'The Evolution of Expressionism'; 'The Face of Construction'; 'The Language of Vision'; and 'The Challenge of Change'. With approximately 100 b/w photographs including aerial shots, architectural plans, models and drawings, project planning tools, a topographical...

The Stars, The Personalities Who Made The Movies By Richard Schickel, Designed by Allen Hurlburt. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. Bonanza Books, New York, 1962. With 400 b&...

18th Century European Vellum Book with Beautiful Pewter Buckles Book found in Germany. This book has aged beautifully with exquisite patina. ...

Suppressed books a history of the conception of literary obscenity by Alec Craig. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1963. Stated first edition hardcover with dust...

Bible,, Biblia Sacra, dat is, de H. Schriftuer van het Oude, en het Nieuwe Testament, Naar de laetste Roomsche Keure der gemeine Latijnsche Overzettinge, in nederduitsch Vertaeld, me...

Mosquitobush Stories and Prints by Francis Tolman. Richard R Smith, New Hampshire, 1963. Signed and inscribed by the author first edition hardcover with Broadart covered dust jacket....

Decorative Wedgwood by Alison Kelly. Country Life Limited, 1965. Signed and Inscribed 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. The book covers: Josiah Wedgwood and the Taste of His Time, Ideas for Interior Decoration, Chimney-Piece Designs, Jasper Chimney-Pieces, Wyatt, Holland & Cameron (architects), Fonts, Furnishing Details, Tiles and Dairies, Furniture Inset with Wedgwood Ware, the Victorian Revival. A study of Wedgwood's decorative production as it relates to the taste of the times in the applied arts. The author describes the whole range of Wedgwood's output in the field of interior decoration, from the basalt figures and wall plaques to the more esoteric fonts and funeral urns...

Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes Title: Entretiens sur les vies et sur les ouvrages des plus excellens peintres anciens et modernes Par Mr. Felibien, Secretaire de l' Academie des Sciences & Historiographe du Roi. Tome premier, 1705, Nouvelle Edition revue, corrigeer & augmentée des Conferences de l'Academie Royale de Peinture & de Sculpture and Tome second, 1705 A londres, chez David Mortier, Libraire dans le Strand, a l'enseigne d' Erafme Tome premier 68 pages and on page 69 second entretien till page 248 8 pages with table des martieres, Continues dans le premier Tome Tome second 165 pages with troisieme entretien and on page 166 quatrième entretien till page 297 5 pages 'table' Brown leather binding with paper board and 5 spine...

Book Limited Availability Book by Israel Katzman titled La Arquitectura Contemporanea Mexicana Hard Cover. Published 1964. Original Dust Jacket. Modern masters of contemporary Archit...

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...

This is a deluxe edition in two volumes which does justice to the splendour of this incomparable collection. This collection has never before been the subject of such an important wo...

by Cyril Connolly and Jerome Zerbe A first edition copy from 1962 of this fascinating book which is beautifully illustrated with photographs taken by Jerome Zerbe and also with an i...

A beautiful catalogue which was published in 1995, still in the original slipcase, to coincide with an exhibition of the collection of the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in San Francisco...

Che Guevara Historio de America: Late 1960s-early 1970s Historio de America publication featuring a brilliant Che Guevara cover that is well-suited for framing. Full publication. minor stain on upper left; otherwise good to very good condition for its age. Binding is stiff and well-intact. Medium: Newspaper style printed publication; 50+ pages. Dimensions: 10 x 10 inches. Related categories Che Guevara photograph. Cuban revolution...

Chips and Shavings: Stories of Upstate New York by George Walter. Heritage Press, 1966. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Loaded with interesting stories about the early days of ups...

An Exaltation of Larks, or The Venereal Game by James Lipton. 10th edition hardcover no dust jacket. Lipton's humorous retrieval of zoological collective nouns, and whimsical inventi...

Vol XV 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure' by John Hinton, published 1754. The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure was a per...

Albany Silver 1652-1825 by Norman Rice. Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, 1964. First Edition softcover. Limited to 1000 copies. The catal...

Horizon Summer 1967 Hardcover – January 1, 1967 Horizon Magazine - A Magazine Of The Arts, Summer 1967 By Thorndike, Joseph Ed/ New York: American ...

Meubles et Ensembles Picards by Stany Gauthier. Paris, Editions Charles Massin, 1960. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 12 pages of text in French, 36 pages with 90 b/w photos....

Congress and the Nation 1945-1964: A Review of Government and Politics in the Postwar Years. District of Columbia: Congressional Quarterly Service, 1965. First edition, two-volume se...

First Edition, published by Concordia Publishing House, St Louis & London 1969. An important and appreciative visual study of Christian artists across Africa, Asia and with several ...

‘American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’ by Albert TenEyck Gardner. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1965. First Edition, 1st printing...

Presenting a very rare and ‘old’ antiquarian book, C Plinii Caecilii Secundi Epistolae et Panegyricus dated 1712. Published by Johannus Minellii in 1712. Covered and bound in v...

This was rock and roll icon Jimi Hendrix's final tour program book in 1969. It is a tri-fold cover in color and black and white. It has 12 pages of pictures and a back page of credit...

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...

'De Zeden der Wilden van Amerika. Zynde een nieuwe uitvoerige en zeer kurieuse Beschryving van derzelver Oorsprong, Godsdienst, manier van Oorlogen, Huwelyken, Opvoeding, Oeffeningen...

Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968' S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more. S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers. Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press. Volume No. 1 February 1968 Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy. Volume No. 2 April 1968 Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas. Volume No. 3 June 1968 Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf. Volume No. 4 August 1968 Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...

William Klein, portfolio magazine. Special edition. 110 pages, 1997. Softcover. 11x14 inches. Some very minor wear otherwise excellent condition. A retrospective of photographs by...

18th century rare Dutch mother of pearl pin booklet with a silver back and lock A mother of pearl pin booklet with a silver back and lock. On ...

Presenting an extremely rare edition hardback copy of De Conjugio Episcoporum et Diaconorum ad uenerandum Doctorem VVolfgangum Reissenbush monasterii Lichtenbergensis Prae ceptorem p...

The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the late Georgian Period, by Percy Macquoid & Ralph Edwards. This is the first edition from 1927 and can be regarded as th...

Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world, but chiefly into the country of the Caffres, from the year ...

Chambers, Sir William. Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses etc. Designs of Chinese buildings, furniture, dresses, machines, and utensils. London: for the Author, Messrs....

The Terror : The Return of Dr Palfrey by John Creasey. Walker and Company 1966, New York. 1st Ed hardcover. The story of the near-panic that strikes the world's governments when an u...

This is a complete folio with 34 loose plates in colour and black and white showing elegant 18th century decorative wall panels, wall hangings and arabesques. An excellent design res...

Historical summary of the arcabuceros of Madrid ... Soler, Isidro (fl. circa 1795), Madrid, 1795. Original, leather binding. 86 pages perfect state of conservation. "Historical Comp...

Paintings drawings and sculpture in the Phoenix Art Museum collection by James Harithas, Compiler. Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 1965. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 226 pages. Of...

Comment Installer Son Interieur en Regence ou Louis XV. Editions Charles Massin, 1963. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. A book on how to decorate with Regency and Louis XV f...

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...

Secreet-Boeck, by Abraham Canin, Dordrecht, 1601 Titel: Secreet-Boeck, Waer in vele diversche secreten ende heerlicke consten in veelderleye verscheyden materien, seker Latijnsche,...

It is rare to find a set of twenty of these volumes, which were published between 1920 and 1930. Each volume contains a title page and varying amounts of text in French - up to 24 pa...

Meubles et Ensembles Époque Directoire Empire by Yvonne Brunhammer. Paris: Editions Charles Massin, 1965. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket, 76 pages. Great photos of Empire furniture, a lot in period room...

A beautifully photographed 2 volume box set of books which presents this prestigious collection of furniture in a way that cannot be seen by visitors to the palace. Versailles was th...

:Versailles, Trianon, Marly, The Chateaux of Loius XIV This Comprehensive volume documents for the first time twenty-one chateaux and pavilions commissioned by Louis XIV, the 'Sun K...

Comment Installer Son Interieur en Louis XIII ou Louis XIV, by Colette Lehmann. Paris, Éditions Charles Massin, 1963. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. How to decorate with L...

This is number 111 from the limited edition of 1,000 copies. The first 25 are special leather bound copies, a further 25 were for collaborators on the publication, the next 350 were reserved for subscribers and 650 were for general sale. Therefore we know that this was one of the subscribers copies. With green cloth covers in a green slipcase with an embossed frog motif to the front. 424 pages with over 350 large detailed illustrations, 60 color plates and more than 1000 reference illustrations. This magnificent dinner and dessert service was the crowning achievement of the great English potter Josiah Wedgwood who made it between 1773-1774 as a commission from the Empress Catherine...

Signed First Edition, Published by Madison Square Press, New York, 1967. Arguably his greatest single work, ‘November Girl’ continues to exert a powerful and widespread influence on...

This is Helen Keller’s personal reading copy of The New Outlook for the Blind, December 1960, Volume 54, Number 10. The periodical is inscribed in the upp...

Compilation of Works of Art and other Objects in the United States Capitol by Joint Committee on the Library. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1965. 1st Ed hardcover no d...

Chinese Trade Porcelain, First edition by Michel Beurdeley. Charles E. Turtle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1962. Tipped-in color frontispiece and 24 tipped-in color plates, 100 monochrome text figures, 244 monochrome figures in the appendix. A through explanation of Chinese export porcelain and its debt to the west; historical surveys of the Far Eastern connections to al of the countries named...

First edition, published by Praeger, New York in 1965. A worldwide survey of museum design and architecture; Brawne offers 50 examples of seminal museum designs from New York's Gu...

18th First Edition of "New Art of Cooking" in Spanish with skin flap. Traditional recipes of Spanish gastronomy

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...

Paintings of the high Renaissance in Rome and Florence by Sydney Freedberg. Harvard University Press, 1961. two volume set 1st Ed hardcovers with dust jackets. Volume 1 is 644 pp. of text, all the 700 b/w illustrations are contained in volume 2 which has 514 pp. "These two volumes constitute a study of virtually the whole extent of painting of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence the richest concentration in time and place of master accomplishments of Italian art. The author deals at length with the major figures: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Bartolommeo...

First edition, published by The Bodley Head, London, 1967 ‘English Style’, a survey of domestic decoration between the years 1951 and 1967, compiled by one of the world’s leading design and interior journalists, Mary Gilliatt. The book showcases the homes of many prominent designers and socialites, from Terence Conran, Robin and Lucienne Day...

First edition, The Bodley Head, 1968. One of the seminal 1960s photo books. An illustrated narrative following a girl named Zoe who runs an inn frequented by mysterious 'horsemen', ...

American Art Nouveau glass by Albert C Revi. Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 1968. First Edition 476p hardcover with dust jacket. The closing years of the 19th century witnessed more radic...