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Books For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1930s
Vogue The Covers Hardcover Coffee Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vogue The Covers Hardcover Coffee Table Book.
From Gallery Met founder and author Dodie Kazanjian, this stunning updated edition of Vogue: The Covers continues to pay tribute to its tradition of beauty and excellence with a compilation of even more spectacular cover art from the magazine.
In addition to featuring classic covers from the magazine’s 125-year history, this revised edition features every cover since 2010, with each cover displaying the magazine’s cutting-edge takes on style, fashion, and culture.
Unforgettable new covers feature such celebrated subjects as Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, Lena Dunham, and more. This lavish, beautifully illustrated book even includes five frameable Vogue cover...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Books
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TOLKIEN. The Hobbit. 1937 - 1st ED 2nd IMPRESSION - THE FIRST WITH COLOR PLATES!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
TITLE: The Hobbit or There and Back Again.
PUBLISHER: London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION AND THE FIRST...
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1930s British Vintage Books
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Leather
Ladurée Tea Time The Art of Making Tea Book by Marie Simon
Located in New York, NY
Ladurée Tea Time
The Art of Making Tea
By: Marie Simon
Photography by Marie-Pierre Morel
Illustrations by Hélène Le Duff
Tea time is a moment for sharing, when the mind wanders to faraway lands and calm returns to our crazy world. In Ladurée Tea Time, the prestigious and iconic Parisian luxury patisserie, Maison Ladurée, pays tribute to this libation of the gods in its inimitable fashion. With mouthwatering photography and beautiful illustrations, the leaves of this chic book are steeped with tea-time menus and more than sixty sweet and savory recipes fit for Marie Antoinette. Wrapped in mint-green tissue paper, with a padded cover and green metallic edge stain, and packaged in an elegant gift box, this sumptuous guide reveals the secrets of taking tea the Ladurée way and is topped off with a concise history of tea, a guide to the finest tea varieties, and tips on ultimate tea pairings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Glass Houses
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
An inspiring collection of 50 spectacular houses built almost entirely from glass
Glass Houses presents 50 stunning architect-designed homes that utilize glass to maximum effect. Th...
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2010s Chinese Books
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Paper
Georgia O'Keeffe by Nancy Frazier
Located in Bradenton, FL
Georgia O'Keeffe by Nancy Frazier. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 2004.112 pages with 70 full color, and 15 black and white illustrations.
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Books
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Paper
100 Twentieth Century Houses
Located in New York, NY
Author Twentieth Century Society
A celebration of Britain’s diverse housing styles throughout the twentieth century and beyond.
Showcasing 100 houses from the twentieth century, th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Haute Bohemians Greece Book by Miguel Flores-Vianna
Located in New York, NY
Haute Bohemians: Greece
By: Miguel Flores-Vianna
A glorious, intimate homage to this magical country from bestselling photographer and writer Miguel Flores-Vianna
A land immortaliz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Sunnylands America’s Midcentury Masterpiece Book by Janice Lyle
Located in New York, NY
Sunnylands
America’s Midcentury Masterpiece
By: Janice Lyle
Foreword by Michael S. Smith
Photography by Mark Davidson
The definitive story of the most ambitious and glamorous midcentury-modern house in the United States—Sunnylands, the estate of Walter and Leonore Annenberg, in Rancho Mirage, California—now revised and expanded
The pinnacle of midcentury style, an English country estate reimagined for the American desert, there is no other house like Sunnylands. A stately home, designed by A. Quincy Jones, one of California’s most signifi cant architects, it contains the only completely preserved interior by Hollywood’s legendary decorator-to-the-stars, William Haines, that is open to the public. A new book, Sunnylands: America’s Midcentury Masterpiece (The Vendome Press, October), offers an intimate tour of this legendary property. It was the early 1960s when Walter and Leonore Annenberg visited the Palm Springs area, bought hundreds of acres of desert, and created a modernist dream house at the center of their own golf course. Like the landed British aristocracy—Walter Annenberg had been the Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s in London—the couple built a retreat, where politicians, movie stars, and corporate leaders could meet, relax, and refl ect in comfort and privacy. For four decades, an invitation to New Year’s Eve at Sunnylands was the ultimate social prize. Their good friends, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, would land Marine One on the greens. Frank Sinatra was married there. Richard Nixon’s golf clubs still sit in the men’s locker room. It was a vortex of plaid pants, sherbet pastel hats, de la Renta gowns, and socio-economic power. In hundreds of photographs and architectural drawings, Sunnylands captures the careful restoration of the estate’s historic rooms, examining the drawers and the closets, the trapunto quilting and embroidery on Haines’s iconic furniture, the dinner seating charts...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Ballerina Fashion’s Modern Muse Book by Patricia Mears, Laura Jacobs, Jane
Located in New York, NY
Ballerina
Fashion’s Modern Muse
By: Patricia Mears, Laura Jacobs, Jane Pritchard, Rosemary Harden, and Joel Lobenthal
Ballerina: Fashion’s Modern Muse is a revelatory, irresistible ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
McAlpine: Romantic Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Author Bobby McAlpine, with Susan Sully, Photographs by Simon Upton
A celebration of the recent work of McALPINE, the award-winning architectural and in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Rose Uniacke at Work
Located in New York, NY
Author Rose Uniacke, with Alice Rawsthorn, Photographs by François Halard and Simon Upton and Luke White
An unprecedented level of craft is the key signature of Uniacke’s design eth...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Maximalism: Bold, Bedazzled, Gold, and Tasseled Interiors
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
A decadent and extravagant celebration of interior style, featuring more than 220 maximalist residential interiors, from the 1600s to the present day
This unique visual collection celebrates the very best contemporary Maximalist interior design and makes the connection to a much longer historical tradition of excess. Maximalism is a style that has been with us, in one guise or another – for example, in the castles, palazzi, chateaux, and historic homes of bygone ages – for more than 400 years. This richly illustrated volume, with metallic gold ink used throughout, features the most extraordinary Maximalist interiors from all over the globe, from centuries past and present, transcending both time and geography. An intense and thrilling journey through the magic and mayhem that is Maximalism – a book that is as much an experience as it is a book – its luxurious pages are layered, loud, and louche, chaotic, colorful, and controversial, but also romantic, joyous, and imbued with personality, history, and storytelling.
Featured designers include Jonathan Adler, Alidad, Sig Bergamin, Thomas Britt, Denning and...
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2010s Chinese Books
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Paper
Inspired Design The 100 Most Important Interior Designers Book by Jennifer Boles
Located in New York, NY
Inspired Design
The 100 Most Important Interior Designers of the Past 100 Years
By: Jennifer Boles
Most decorating books focus on one designer; the rest focus on one period, one tre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Francis Sultana Designs and Interiors Book by Bronwyn Cosgrave
Located in New York, NY
Francis Sultana
Designs and Interiors
By: Bronwyn Cosgrave
Edited by Bronwyn Cosgrave
Foreword by Yana Peel
Contributors Gianluca Longo, Brook Mason
This book, investigating Francis Sultana’s work as an interior designer, celebrates the 10th anniversary of his eponymous London studio and highlights an important professional achievement. Since 2015, Francis Sultana has ranked consecutively on the ‘AD100’. This exclusive annual list, published by the U.S. edition of Architectural Digest, features 100 of the world’s best architects and designers. Sultana’s clients are predominantly art collectors and his design flair is to merge the residential requirements of a domestic space with often large-scale visual art, sculpture and installation pieces. Sultana’s palatial home at Albany, the Piccadilly landmark known to be London’s first apartment complex, and also his sixteenth-century palazzo in Malta – the country where he grew up and for which he now serves as an Ambassador of Culture – have also appeared on the covers of the world’s leading interior design magazines. The complete spectrum of Sultana’s work – from his professional beginnings, to his signature furniture collections plus the array of sumptuous domestic spaces he has masterminded for tastemakers and business titans in landmark buildings around the world – is chronicled herein by journalists who are recognized as design authorities.
Bronwyn Cosgrave’s journalism about design, fashion and film has appeared in Architectural Digest, Harper’s Bazaar, The Hollywood Reporter, the New York Times, the international editions of Vanity Fair and Vogue as well as every important British newspaper. Cosgrave is the author of best-selling fashion...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Signature Spaces Well-Traveled Interiors Book by Paolo Moschino & Philip
Located in New York, NY
Signature Spaces
Well-Traveled Interiors by Paolo Moschino & Philip Vergeylen
By: Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen
Foreword by Min Hogg
Photography by Simon Upton
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the interior world of Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen, the talented duo behind the award-winning design studio Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam Limited. Acknowledged by Architectural Digest as one of the top 100 designers in the world, Moschino and Vergeylen not only create inspiring home environments for elite clients, but also design their own line of furniture, lighting, fabrics, and accessories. The process by which their varied sources of inspiration translate into material form is explored in detail in Signature Spaces. The book takes you on a visual journey through Moschino and Vergeylen’s world. Illustrated with hundreds of stunning photographs and drawings, the book reveals projects from all over the world, together with pictures of people and places that continue to be a source of inspiration for them on their continuous search for beauty.
Born and raised in Italy, Paolo Moschino studied social science in Florence. It was after university that he came to London. Paolo bought Nicholas Haslam Ltd. in 1995 and has grown the company into one of the most prominent names in the design world.
Born and raised in Belgium, Philip Vergeylen studied Commercial Management Engineering in Brussels. Philip lived in New York, Washington, DC, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt before settling in London. In a radical career change, Philip joined Nicholas Haslam Ltd. six years ago, where he now heads up the Interior Design Studio.
Founding editor, in 1981, of The World of Interiors magazine...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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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 ...
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2010s Books
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Paper
The Great American Pin-Up
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and Louis K. Meisel. Hardcover book, published in 2002 by Taschen. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 447 pages. Printed in English, G...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
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Paper
Inside Tangier Houses & Gardens Book by Nicolò Castellini Baldissera
Located in New York, NY
Inside Tangier
Houses & Gardens
By: Nicolò Castellini Baldissera
Photography by Guido Taroni
Foreword by Hamish Bowles
Introduction by Umberto Pasti
A ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany Book by Paul Doros
Located in New York, NY
The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany
By: Paul Doros
Photography by David Schlegel
Foreword by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen
Louis Comfort Tiffany considered his Favrile glass, produc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Jake Arnold: Redefining Comfort
Located in New York, NY
The first book from a rising star of the interior design world, whose signature style has earned him celebrity clientele, coveted design collaborations, and a place on the AD100 list.
In just a few years, the pioneering young British designer Jake Arnold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Blue and White Done Right
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
The legendary Schumacher design house presents an inspiring interiors survey exploring the versatile and transformative use of blue and white
Let Schumacher take you on a tour of the best of blue and white decorating, featuring interiors that show just how versatile this color combination can be. Divided by style – charming, modern, boho, traditional, and more – the book features a guide to iconic blue and white colors from robin's egg, sky, and cerulean to oyster, alabaster, and porcelain, as well as a roundup of best-in-class product from tabletop to fabrics and wallcoverings.
This definitive survey captures the most compelling use of blue-and-white interiors in a stunning variety of rooms by the heaviest-hitting interior designers and interior photographers in the world, including Mark D. Sikes, Redd Kaihoi, Tom Scheerer, Virginia Tupker, Veere Grenney, Bruce Budd, Todd Romano...
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2010s Chinese Books
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Paper
Wiener Werkstätte 1903 -1932 - Gabriele Fahr-Becker - Köln, 2008
Located in London, GB
Published by Taschen, Köln, 2008. Hardback with English text.
This exceptional volume celebrates the artistic ingenuity of the Vienna Workshop, which was closely associated with th...
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Early 2000s Books
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Paper
The Drawing Room English Country House Decoration by J Musson Hardcover Book
By Jeremy Musson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Drawing Room: English Country House Decoration by Jeremy Musson Published by Rizzoli.
Title: The Drawing Room: English Country House.
Publisher: Rizzoli. Publication Date: 2014.
...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Victorian Books
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Paper
Life at the Top Book by Kirk Henckels and Anne Walker
By Anne Walker
Located in New York, NY
Life at the Top
New York’s Most Exceptional Apartment Buildings
By: Kirk Henckels and Anne Walker
Photographs by Michel Arnaud
There’s a parlor game that sophisticated New Yorkers have been playing since the Gilded Age: What are New York’s best apartment buildings? Before the turn of the (last) century, the Dakota and the Osborne were obvious answers; by the 1920s the list had grown to include McKim, Mead & White’s 998 Fifth, and the ultra-soigné 820 Fifth Avenue. The Roaring Twenties witnessed the construction of some of the most luxurious apartment buildings ever designed: 740 Park Avenue, the Art Deco–inspired River House, and Rosario Candela’s extraordinary 778 and 720 Park Avenue. Now, nearly 130 years after the Dakota’s cornerstone was laid, the New York skyline features numerous new palatial residential buildings, including Robert A. M. Stern’s 15 Central Park West, Richard Meier’s glass-walled Perry Street towers, and 432 Park Avenue, New York’s tallest residential building. Kirk Henckels and Anne Walker, real estate and architectural insiders, chronicle the fortunes and features of fifteen outstanding apartment houses, bringing them to life with evocative vintage photos of exterior and interior architectural details, as well photographs of chic New Yorkers at home in their elegant abodes by the likes of Beaton, Horst, and Aarons. Accompanied by Michel Arnaud’s expressive photographs and newly commissioned architectural plans, Henckels and Walker tour some of the most beautiful apartments in these buildings as they look today, designed by the talented hands of Robert Couturier, Michael S. Smith, Thomas Jayne, Katie Ridder, Markham Roberts...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
David Monn The Art of Celebrating Book by David Monn
Located in New York, NY
David Monn
The Art of Celebrating
By: David Monn
Imagine seeing the world through event planner David Monn’s eyes for just one minute of your life. Imagine walking into a room and k...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
The Art Deco Poster Book by William Crouse
Located in New York, NY
The Art Deco Poster
By: William Crouse
Introduction by Alastair Duncan
Posters of the Art Deco period, which once graced billboards and walls to advertise every variety of product, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Vanity Fair 100 Years From the Jazz Age to Our Age 2013 Large Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vanity Fair: 100 Years, From the Jazz Age to Our Age, Graydon Carter, 2013.
Vanity Fair 100 Years showcases a century of personality and power, art and commerce, crisis and culture b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Books
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Paper
Mexican A Journey Through Design Book by Newell Turner
Located in New York, NY
Mexican
A Journey Through Design
By: Newell Turner
Foreword by Susana OrdovasAn American expat searches vibrant cities and quiet pueblos for the essence of Mexican style
Revealing the richly visual and cultural details that are the essence of Mexican style, design editor and photographer Newell Turner has done for Mexican design what legendary culinary pioneer Diana Kennedy did for Mexican food. Elegantly organized around nine decisive decorative periods that have shaped México’s unique design journey to the present day, Turner establishes a visual dialogue with the reader that beautifully captures the depth and subtleties of the country’s aesthetic legacy. Ushered behind the walls, gates, and doors of private México, we are introduced to an intriguing world of interior design and architecture—including the highly developed civilizations pre-dating the arrival of Columbus; the Spanish colonial arts; the dynamic response to global movements such as Art Deco and Surrealism; and a rich survey of modernist and contemporary work. Woven intricately into this history is Turner’s own story of discovering the distinctive soul of México, where —in the spirit of memoirs in which a traveler discovers another country —he finds himself along the way. In this vivid volume of color, texture and contrasts, Turner examines the extraordinary range of Mexican design with the insight of a true devotee. The breathtaking
photography shows how every room, courtyard, loggia—and even a chair, or an arrangement of flowers—are part of a rich design heritage. Turner spent his magazine career chronicling American style, and now his unerring eye...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Rowing Blazers Revised and Expanded Edition Book in Hardcover by Jack Carlson
By Jack Carlson
Located in New York, NY
Rowing Blazers
Revised and Expanded Edition
By: Jack Carlson
Renowned designer and former US national team oarsman Jack Carlson’s revised and expanded edition of Rowing Blazers is an essential and glorious celebration of the classic garment.
This handsome, eye-catching ode to the classic rowing blazer is a must-have for anyone who has raced the rivers or cheered on their favorite crew. Classic American style was born in British boathouses, where the very first blazers were made for college rowing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
A Kind of Magic The Kaleidoscopic World of Luke Edward Hall Book by Luke Edward
Located in New York, NY
A Kind of Magic
The Kaleidoscopic World of Luke Edward Hall
By: Luke Edward Hall
Photography by Billal Taright
Foreword by Nicky Haslam
An aesthetic cornucopia of interior design in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Tom Scheerer More Decorating Book by Tom Scheerer
Located in New York, NY
Tom Scheerer
More Decorating
Book by Tom Scheerer
Photography by Francesco Lagnese
In Tom Scheerer’s second book, twenty of his latest projects are featured, including city houses a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
Paris Mythique, Mythical Paris, French-English Book by Parigramme, 2013
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris Mythique, 100 Photos de Legende (Mythical Paris, 100 Legendary Photographs), French and English book published by Parigramme.
Has a city ever been photographed as much as Paris...
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2010s French Modern Books
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Paper
The Bad and the Beautiful: Photographs by Ellen Graham - 1st ed., New York, 2004
Located in London, GB
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1st edition, New York, 2004.
This handsome volume celebrates the celebrity culture of the twentieth century. Ellen Graham turns the a...
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Early 2000s Books
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Paper
The Prints of Roger Shimomura, a Catalogue Raisonnè, 1968-2005
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Prints of Roger Shimomura, a Catalogue Raisonnè, 1968-2005 by Emily Stamey. Paperback book published by The University of Washington Press in 2007....
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Early 2000s Chinese Books
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Paper
Beachside Windsor Architecture and Design Book by Hadley Keller
Located in New York, NY
Beachside
Windsor Architecture and Design
By: Hadley Keller
Photography by Jessica Klewicki Glynn
Introduction by James Reginato
Tropical living at its most chic
The planned community of Windsor, on a barrier island in Vero Beach, Florida, offers elegant yet casual seaside living at its best. This sublimely landscaped village, planned by the renowned New Urbanists Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater‑Zyberk, boasts houses by A‑list architects and top interior designers, among them John Stefanidis, Steven Gambrel, and Alessandra Branca. The exteriors, Anglo‑Caribbean in style, feature steeply pitched roofs, open eaves, cantilevered balconies, and palm‑shaded...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Paper
1939 Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Located in Bath, GB
The scarce first edition of this festive novel by the Queen of Detective Fiction, Agatha Christie. In the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper.
The first edition, first impression of the work.
In the very scarce unrestored first state unclipped dust wrapper, priced 7s 6d.
With three pages of advertisements to the rear of the work.
From the library of Rolling Stone, Charlie Watts.
A festive murder...
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1930s European Vintage Books
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Paper
Evoke: Nina Magon
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
The first monograph of interior designer Nina Magon, featuring the glamorous spaces that have made her sought-after by jet-set clientele
Growing up in Houston, yet born in Canada, i...
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2010s Chinese Books
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Paper
Anna Hu: Symphony of Jewels Opus II Book by Janet Zapata with Sarah Davis
Located in New York, NY
Anna Hu: Symphony of Jewels
Opus II
By: Janet Zapata with Sarah Davis
Foreword by François Curiel
Anna Hu is a focused and single-minded artist, reaching new ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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The Maine House II Book by Maura McEvoy, Basha Burwell, and Kathleen Hackett
Located in New York, NY
The Maine House II
By: Maura McEvoy, Basha Burwell, and Kathleen Hackett
Photography by Maura McEvoy
The authors of the highly successful The Maine House continue their quest to rec...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Made for Maharajas A Design Diary of Princely India Book by Amin Jaffer
By Amin Jaffer
Located in New York, NY
Made for Maharajas
A Design Diary of Princely India
By: Amin Jaffer
The Indian princes of the British Raj lived lives of unparalleled opulence and luxury. Made for Maharajas returns...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Ruhlmann, Art Deco Genius, French Book, 2002 Exhibition in Museum des Années 30
By Rhulmann
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ruhlmann, Genie de l'Art Deco (Ruhlmann Art Deco Genius), a special edition of the French magazine L'estampille, L'Objet d'Art published during the e...
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Early 2000s French Modern Books
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Paper
Sean Scherer’s Kabinett Kammer Creating Authentic Interiors Book by Sean Scherer
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scherer’s Kabinett & Kammer
Creating Authentic Interiors
By: Sean Scherer
Photography by William Abranowicz
Foreword by Anderson Cooper
In this book...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Chanel and Her World Book by Edmonde Charles-Roux
Located in New York, NY
Chanel and Her World
By: Edmonde Charles-Roux
The best-selling, most abundantly illustrated biography available of fashion icon Coco Chanel, writ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Tuscan Countess The Life & Extraordinary Times of Matilda Book by Michèle Spike
Located in New York, NY
Tuscan Countess
The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa
By: Michèle K. Spike
This is a fast-paced and colorful exploration of the life of Matilda of Canossa (c. 1046–1115), the woman who loved a pope and was loved by him, successfully defied the Holy Roman Emperor, and changed the map of Europe. A new kind of history, this biography also carries the flavor of present-day Italy. Matilda of Canossa, the “Great Countess,” was a remarkable woman. Her personal power was so extraordinary that even centuries after her death she became the first woman to be interred in St. Peter’s Basilica. She is best remembered for her role in the conflict between the papacy and the Holy Roman emperor, the climax of which took place at her castle of Canossa. This unique biography is also a journal of the author’s travels through contemporary Tuscany as she explores the palaces where Matilda held court, the blood-stained plains on which her soldiers battled, the churches and cathedrals she endowed, and the fortified aeries where she sought refuge. Readers will be swept along on this engrossing journey retracing the steps of a courageous and brilliant woman.
Michèle K. Spike is a lawyer and historian who has lived in Florence since 1989. She has collaborated with her husband, John Spike, on numerous books on...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Pietro Cicognani Architecture and Design Book by Karen Bruno
Located in New York, NY
Pietro Cicognani
Architecture and Design
By: Karen Bruno
Photography by Francesco Lagnese
Foreword by Isabella Rossellini
For the past thirty years, Itali...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Markham Roberts Decorating: The Way I See It Book by Markham Roberts
Located in New York, NY
Markham Roberts
Decorating: The Way I See It
By: Markham Roberts
Photography by Nelson Hancock
Known for his ability to work in any design vernacular,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Out East Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons Book by Jennifer Ash Rudick
By Jennifer Ash
Located in New York, NY
Out East
Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons
By: Jennifer Ash Rudick
Photographs by Tria Giovan
Cool breezes, miles of pristine beaches, and vast, open farmland have long attracted visitors to Long Island’s South Fork, known worldwide as “The Hamptons.” Residents in picturesque seaside communities from Southampton to Montauk are calling upon world-class designers to fine-tune their visions, giving rise to a fresh design vernacular: homes that are testaments to what can be achieved when inspired by the natural beauty of a unique locale—and when imagination is one’s only limitation. Out East captures the enduring appeal of shingled houses, modernist oceanfront designs, artists’ compounds, and Montauk surf shacks...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Second Bloom Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table Book by Alexis Clark
Located in New York, NY
Second Bloom
Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table
By: Alexis Clark
Foreword by Joanna Coles
Photographs by Quentin Bacon and Andrew Ingalls
People in the know turn to entertaining guru C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Peter Pennoyer Architects Book by Anne Walker and Robert Stern
By Anne Walker
Located in New York, NY
Peter Pennoyer Architects
Apartments, Townhouses, Country Houses
By: Anne Walker and Robert Stern
Peter Pennoyer Architects practices a refined archite...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Pierre Paulin Life and Work Book by Nadine Descendre
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Paulin
Life and Work
By: Nadine Descendre
Photography by Benjamin Chelly
The French avant‑garde designer and architect Pierre Paulin (1927–2009), outfitted private quarters i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books
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Palm Beach Living Book by Jennifer Ash Rudick
By Jennifer Ash
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Living
By: Jennifer Ash Rudick
Photography by Nick Mele
Explore the pleasures of life in the homes and gardens of the legendary tropical island of Palm Beach
Could it be the subtropical climate and seaside breezes that have drawn multiple generations to Palm Beach for more than a century? Or does its timeless appeal lie in its unique mixture of charming bungalows, sleek minimalist houses, chic apartments, and iconic Mediterranean Revival residences by such legendary architects as Maurice Fatio and John Volk? Though the nation’s most exclusive barrier island is perennially thronged with visitors, few have seen the private homes and gardens showcased in Palm Beach Living. Some of the homes incorporate the exuberant colors of the island’s tropical flora; others opt for a soothing, more neutral palette to contrast with the surrounding landscape. All embrace indoor/outdoor living, and each reflects the singular aesthetic of the owner, realized with the help of renowned architects, including Fairfax & Sammons, Chris Stone and David Fox, Daniel Kahan, and Jeffrey W. Smith; superb landscape architects such as Mario Nievera, Jorge Sánchez...
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Decorating with Carpets A Fine Foundation Book by Heather MacIsaac
Located in New York, NY
Decorating with Carpets
A Fine Foundation
By: Ashley Stark Kenner and Chad Stark
with Heather MacIsaac
In decoration, a carpet’s influence is never outsized. In fact, more than any other element of a room, and as the largest and most expensive component of any design scheme, the effect a carpet has on a space is every bit as great as its size. Decorators have long recognized the importance of a fine carpet, its impact on the colors and textures of a space, its contribution to creating an atmosphere, its feel of luxury, and, with the best examples, its lasting value. Despite their essential role as the bedrock of any design scheme, beautiful carpets have lived in the shadows of recognition. Decorating with Carpets: A Fine Foundation aims to change that oversight, tapping the extensive and remarkable archive of Stark Carpet for interior design’s greatest examples. Over the course of its 75 years, Stark Carpet, the premier purveyor of carpets to the trade in the country, has worked with the each era’s most notable designers, from Billy Baldwin and Dorothy Draper to Sister Parish and Albert Hadley to Mark Hampton and Mario Buatta to contemporary leading lights such as Diamond Baratta, Victoria Hagan, Katie Ridder, and Stephen Gambrel...
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Natural Elegance Luxurious Mountain Living Book by Rush Jenkins and Klaus Baer
Located in New York, NY
Natural Elegance
Luxurious Mountain Living
By: Rush Jenkins and Klaus Baer
Photography by William Abranowicz
Text by Nancy Greystone
Natural Elegance showcases the award-winning int...
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Star Style Interiors of Martyn Lawrence Bullard Book by Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Located in New York, NY
Star Style
Interiors of Martyn Lawrence Bullard
By: Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Foreword by Cher
Photography by Douglas Friedman
Martyn Lawrence Bullard,...
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Gabriella Crespi: Il Segno e lo Spirito=The Sign and the Spirit
By Gabriella Crespi, Electa
Located in New York, NY
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Reale, Milan, September 24-October 16, 2011. Published in 2011 by Electa. Square 4to (9.75” x 9.75”), hardcover with pictorial boards, 14...
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2010s Italian Modern Books
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Palm Beach Chic Book by Jennifer Ash Rudick
By Jennifer Ash
Located in New York, NY
Palm Beach Chic
By: Jennifer Ash Rudick
Photography by Jessica Klewicki Glynn
Palm Beach interiors have long reflected the travels, penchants, and whimsies of the town’s worldly inh...
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Country Life Book by William Abranowicz and Zander Abranowicz
Located in New York, NY
Country Life
Homes of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley
By: William Abranowicz and Zander Abranowicz
A celebrated photographer focuses his lens on distinctive period and contemporary residences amid the natural beauty of New York’s Catskill Mountains and Hudson River Valley
The majestic panoramas, lush vegetation, and bucolic vibe of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson River Valley in upstate New York have long proved irresistible for city dwellers seeking respite from urban life and inveterate country lovers alike. Their homes, whether hundreds of years old or brand new, all resonate with their natural surroundings, as each of the 20 houses that photographer William Abranowicz captured for this volume attests. They range from the historic houses of Thomas...
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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.
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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.
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With a vast range of styles and perspectives, this global roster of talents represents the best of design.
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