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Books For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1990s
Andy Warhol, 1928-1987: Works from the Collections of José Mugrabi
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Andy Warhol, 1928-1987 Works from the collections of Jose´ Mugrabi and an Isle of Man company Perfect Paperback – January 1, 1993 by Jacob-Baal-Teshuva. The art of Andy Warhol continues to hold surprises for even the seasoned Warhol admirer. The best works from one of the world's largest private collections of Warhol paintings are published here for the first time in book form. Beginning with whimsical paintings from the pre-Pop period, this selection of over 100 works spans the full breadth of Warhol's spectacular career, up until his last project: The Last Supper, after Leonardo da Vinci. More than 200 illustrations, many in full color, give a comprehensive overview of the many facets in the work of the "pope of Pop art." Of particular interest is a little-known series of "Paintings for Children," published here for the first time. These delightful pictures of ships...
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1990s American Expressionist Books

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Keck Collection from La Lanterne, Bel Air, California. NY, Sotheby’s, 1991
Located in valatie, NY
The Keck collection from La Lanterne, Bel Air, California. New York; Sotheby’s: December 5-6, 1991. First edition hardcover. The contents of the faux French Château built by oil-heir...
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1990s American Books

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Rare Modern Design in the Home, Milena Lamarová / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1965 - designer : Miroslav Rada - Artia Praha - English version - original condition, see the photos - 207 pages - many beautiful pictures - jr.
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1960s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Books

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Berto Lardera Book
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring the work of sculptor, Berto Lardera. Introduction by Michel Seuphor, published in 1960. First edition, 143 p...
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1960s Vintage Books

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Christie's: May 23, 1994 Mere Hall, Knutsford Cheshire, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: May 23, 1994 Mere Hall, Knutsford Cheshire. Sold on behalf of the Executors of the late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke. Christie’s presents the two-day sale of A Palladian Villa by Michael S. Smith taking place 23-24 April. Encompassing over 450 lots, the sale will include contemporary art, English furniture, Old Master paintings, Chinese works of art...
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Sotheby's, the Arthingworth Collection, Important English Furniture
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's, the Arthingworth Collection, Important English Furniture. 1st Ed hardcover. New York, December 12, 1996. An auction devoted to the contents of Arthingworth, an English country estate in the middle of Rancho Santa Fe. The house was filled with fine Georgian and Regency...
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1990s American Books

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Christie's: Property Formerly in the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Warner, 1990
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Property Formerly in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner, October 1990. 319 lots, 192 pp., fully illustrated in color. Includes a wide s...
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1990s American Books

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Set of Four Sotheby's Catalogs of Mr. & Mrs. John Hay Whitney, 1999 and 2004
Located in valatie, NY
Set of Four Sotheby's Catalogs of Mr. & Mrs. John Hay Whitney, 1999 and 2004. John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was a U.S. Ambassador to t...
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Iron and Brass Implements of the English & American House by J. Seymour Lindsay
Located in valatie, NY
Iron and Brass Implements of the English and American House by J. Seymour Lindsay. Published by London : Alec Tiranti, 1964. 1st Ed thus hardcover with dust jacket. The illustrated s...
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1960s English Vintage Books

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Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts Duane and Sarah Preble Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Artforms: An Introduction to the Visual Arts Duane and Sarah Preble Softcover Book. 5th Edition 1994. Publisher: Harpercollins College Div, 1994. For Art Appreciation, Art for Non...
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1990s American Modern Books

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American Tables & Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan & Yale Collections
Located in valatie, NY
American tables and looking glasses: In the mabel brady garvan and other collections at Yale University by David Barquist, Garrett Elisabeth, and Gerald Ward. 1st Ed hardcover with d...
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1990s American Books

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Drawings of Filippino Lippi and His Circle
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Drawings of Filippino Lippi and his circle. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in conjunction with the exhibition held there from October 28th ...
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1990s Italian Renaissance Books

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Antiquities from The Collection of the Late Christos G. Bastis, 1st Ed Hardcover
Located in valatie, NY
Antiquities from The Collection of the Late Christos G. Bastis, Sale 7404. Sotheby's (New York). 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In 1987, 188 antiquities assembled by Christos G....
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Book Pavel Hlava Glass, 1995
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1995 - many photos - perfect original condition - 95 pages - jr.
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Skyscrapers: a History of the World's Most Famous and Important Skyscrapers
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Skyscrapers: A History of the World's Most Famous and Important Skyscrapers. By Judith Dupre, Published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, N.Y., 1996. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Extremely tall elephant folio (18 inches tall x 8 inches). Large hardcover coffee table book. Now, bigger than ever, this long-awaited revised edition of Judith Dupré's best-selling Skyscrapers is a giant celebration of today's most significant superstructures. It features an all-new design with full-color photographs, 10 new buildings, and informative updates throughout. Includes Foreword; Introductory Interview with Philip Johnson. List of One Hundred Tallest Buildings in the World. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographs. The lower front left jacket corner contains a repaired one inch closed tear; the jacket is otherwise in fine condition. ".This magnificent tour presents a fascinating look at fifty of the greatest skyscrapers in the world. Breathtaking photographs capture details often missed by the naked eye; architectural drawings and pictures of works-in-progress take you behind the scenes and enrich your understanding of the efforts involved in erecting many of the buildings; facts-at-a-glance charts give you the vital statistics, including the locations of the structure, its height, the primary architect, the date of completion, materials used, and information about its place in architectural history.You'll encounter such architectural pioneers as William Le Baron Jenney, who took advantage of new technologies like fireproofing, elevators, and electrical lights to create, in 1885, the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, generally acknowledged to be the first skyscraper; Daniel Burnham, who, inspired by the irregular building site, designed NewYork's Flatiron Building, a dramatic triangular structure that exuberantly mixes Gothic and Renaissance motifs; and Miles van der Rohe, whose elegant, monumental Seagram Building epitomizes the ideals of the modernist movement.From the ancient pyramids of Egypt...
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1990s American Expressionist Books

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P Buckley Moss, Painting the Joy of the Soul
Located in Bradenton, FL
P Buckley Moss, Painting the Joy of the Soul by Peter Rippe. First edition, published in 1997 by Landauer Books. Hardcover book with dustjacket, illustrat...
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Howard Hodgkin Paintings - Michael Auping, Susan Sontag - 1st Edition, T&H, 1995
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Thames and Hudson, London, in association with The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, 1995. Texts by Michael Auping, John Elderfield and Susan Sontag...
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1990s British Mid-Century Modern Books

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Anne Geddes Down in The Garden Large Hardcover Book, 1996
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anne Geddes Down in The Garden Hardcover 1996. Anne Geddes DOWN IN THE GARDEN large hardcover coffee table book with dust jacket. Synopsis: Presents a coll...
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Christie's: Boughton Monchelsea Place Maidstone, Kent South Kensington
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Boughton monchelsea place maidstone, Kent South Kensington. 1st Ed softcover auction catalog with 672 lots fully described and photographe...
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1990s English Books

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Sotheby's Japanese Prints, Paintings and Screens, New York June 18, 1990
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Japanese prints, paintings and screens, New York June 18, 1990. First edition softcover catalog. 531 illustrated lots.
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1990s American Books

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American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament by Morrison Heckscher, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament, by Morrison H. Heckscher and Leslie Greene Bowman. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Date: 1992 and Distributed by Harry N. Abrams. Publis...
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Ian Fleming, Thrilling Cities, First Edition, Uncorrected Proof, 1963
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: FLEMING, Ian. TITLE: Thrilling Cities - UNCORRECTED PROOF. PUBLISHER: London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vol., only 175 copies printed, illustrated. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial printed wrappers, without the exceedingly scarce proof dustjacket. CONDITION: General light...
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1960s British Vintage Books

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Sotheby's: Bertram Little & Nina Little Collection, Parts I & II New & Unopened
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Bertram K. Little and Nina Fletcher Little Collection, Parts I & II October 21 and 22, 1994. Hardcovers. The sale consisted of the Little's Americana collection. Intro...
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1990s American Books

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Christie's: Parham Park Pulborough, West Sussex, May 1996
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Parham Park. Pulborough, West Sussex. May 1996. Auction catalogue. 184 pp. 1052 lots. Color photos. With results. Property from Parkham Park Tr...
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1990s English Books

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Fabrics The Decorative Art of Textiles Coffee Table Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabrics The Decorative Art of Textiles Spectacularly illustrated with richly colorful, sumptuously textured photographs, Fabrics is an enthusiastic trip through the history, technol...
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1990s Italian American Classical Books

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The American Country House by Clive Aslet, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The American Country House by Clive Aslet. Yale University Press, 1990. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This great book describes the great country houses that were built with Ame...
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Piet Mondrian, by Yve-Alain Bois, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Piet Mondrian: 1872-1944, by Yve-Alain Bois, Angelica Zander Rudenstine, Joop Joosten and Hans Janssen. Published by Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown, Boston, New York, Toronto, London, ...
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1990s American Books

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Houses by Thierry W. Despont, 1st Limited Ed, With Letter to Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
Houses by Thierry W. Despont. Published by Office of Thierry Despont, New York, 1990. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Private edition with personal letter to Sandra and Herbert Kasper. He was an American fashion designer known as Kasper. He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at the Parsons School of Design in New York from 1951–53 and l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After World War II he enrolled at Parsons, where he became a protégé of milliner Fred Frederics. After graduating, he returned to Paris for two years developing his skills in design while working for Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the US, he worked for Frederics at Mr. John. He was also a famous art collector. He was an avid art collector, and in 2011, the Morgan Library and Museum devoted an exhibition, called “Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.unnumbered copy of a run of 1000. With letter from Despont to his client. Mr. Despont was Associate Architect for the Centennial Restoration of the Statue of Liberty and has completed the restoration of Clayton, the Frick family mansion in Pittsburgh. Mr. Despont designed the Decorative Arts Galleries of the new J. Paul Getty Museum and, in collaboration with Richard Meier, was responsible for the interior design of the museum's sculpture and painting galleries. The office also completed the 50,000 square foot flagship store on Bond Street for Ralph Lauren. In the US, the firm designed the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue on East 63rd Street in New York and the flagship store for Harry Winston in Beverly Hills, California. Mr. Despont and his office have completed several very high end hotel projects. Among them are the renovation of the Carlyle Hotel in New York, Claridge's and The Dorchester in London, and Boca Raton Resort & Club in Florida. Current hotel projects include the renovation of the Ritz Paris, the Dorchester Collection's new 45 Park Lane Hotel in London, The Chatwal in New York, and the Divan Hotel in Istanbul. volume with its own dustjacket. These books were given only to clients of the firm. Privately printed set, issued between 1990 and 1995 in a special case. Volume I. 1990, unnumbered copy of 1000 published. Illustrated with photographs by Philippe-Louis Houze and watercolors by Bonnie Glasser. Provides high quality photographs of exteriors and interiors of important houses planned...
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Art of Tibet Book by Pratapaditya Pal
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art of Tibet – November 1, 1990 by Pratapaditya Pal. Publisher: Harry N Abrams; Expanded Ed edition (November 1, 1990) Language: : English Hardcover: 343 pages Art of Tibet: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Soft cover Intense colors and fanciful depictions of the Buddhist deities distinguish the art of Tibet. This catalogue raisonne of Tibetan art outside its native land provides an accessible introduction to the subject. The history of Tibetan thanka...
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1990s Tibetan Tibetan Books

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The Estate of Peter Jay Sharp, Thursday January 13 1994, Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Estate of Peter Jay Sharp, Thursday January 13 1994. 1st Ed hardcover auction catalog with dust jacket. Richly illustrated with full-color lithographic reproductions a...
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1990s American Books

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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...
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1990s English Books

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The Frick Collection, an Illustrated Catalogue: Volumes V and VI in One Volume
Located in valatie, NY
The Frick Collection, an Illustrated Catalogue: V - Furniture, Italian and French (Part 1); VI - French (Part 2) Gilt Bronzes by David Dubon and Theod...
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Mapplethorpe by Robert Mapplethorpe, Intro. by Arthur Coleman Danto
Located in valatie, NY
Mapplethorpe by Robert Mapplethorpe, Introduction by Arthur Coleman Danto. Random House (NY) Published: 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. "Robert Mappl...
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Ungaro 1st Edition, 1992
Located in London, GB
Ungaro published by Electa 1992. Beautiful book in slipcase with contributions by Frederico Fellini, Kattia D Kaupp, Yves Navarre, Gélene de Tueckheim and Alain Weill.: Emmanuel U...
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1990s Italian Modern Books

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David Hicks On Living With Taste First Edition 1968 Book
Located in London, GB
David Hicks On Living With Taste Leslie Frewin, London, 1968. First edition. Travel back in time to the swinging 60s with the rare first edition of David Hicks On Living With Taste...
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1960s European Vintage 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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Painting in Islam by Sir Thomas W. Arnold, Book 1965
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Painting in Islam: A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture. Painting in Islam by Sir Thomas W. Arnold (1965-07-01). Paintings in Islam indicates the place of painti...
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1960s English Islamic Vintage Books

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Whitman, Walt, Song of the Open Road, Limited Editions Club, Signed, 1990
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Whitman, Walt. Title: Song of the Open Road. Publisher: NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1990. Signed Limited Edition. 1 vol., fo...
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1990s American Books

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Pre-Columbian Art by Hasso Von Winning
Located in London, GB
Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America by Hasso Von Winning. Published by Abrams, New York, 1968. First edition. First major study to elevate t...
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1960s American Vintage Books

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Eloise at Christmastime, Kay Thompson, 1 of 250, Limited Signed Edition!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: THOMPSON, Kay (Hilary Knight) Title: Eloise at Christmastime. Publisher: NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Description: Limited signed edition...
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Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice, 1st Ed - 1st Printing, Uncorrected Proof 1964
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: FLEMING, Ian. Title: You Only Live Twice - UNCORRECTED PROOF. Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, UNCORRECTED PROOF. 1 vol., perhaps limited to approximately 500 copies, neat ownership signature to page 3. Bound in the publisher's original pictorial printed wrappers. Condition: Slight slant to spine, general light...
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1960s British Vintage Books

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William Brice Drawings
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring artist, William Brice and a selection of his drawings from 1955-1966. By Gerald Nordland and Thomas W. Leavi...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books

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Architecture of the Old South: Louisiana by Mills Lane
Located in valatie, NY
Architecture of the Old South: Louisiana by Mills Lane. New York: A Beehive Press book or Abbeville Press, 1990. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 203 pp. The book has chapters on: The Colony, Federal Era...
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English Furniture from Middle Ages to Modern Times by Margaret Taylor, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
English Furniture from the Middle Ages to Modern Times by Margaret Macdonald-Taylor. Published by G.P. Putman's Sons, NY, 1966. Stated 1st Ed hardco...
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The Art of Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz
Located in Bradenton, FL
On a Scale That Competes with the World - The Art of Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz by Robert L. Pincus. First edition published in 1990 by The University of California Press. Prin...
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English Silver Treasures from the Kremlin: a Loan Exhibition by Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
English Silver Treasures From the Kremlin: A Loan Exhibition by Sotheby's. Exhibition softcover catalog January 1st-28th 1991. "The Armoury Museum in ...
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1990s English Books

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Decorative Vintage Ironwork, a Pictorial History
Located in Bradenton, FL
Decorative Vintage Ironwork, A Pictorial History by Henry Rene D'Allemagne. Softcover book, 413 pages, published in 1968 by Dover Publications, Inc. o...
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Signs and Symbols in Christian Art by George Ferguson
Located in valatie, NY
Signs and Symbols in Christian Art by George Ferguson. Published by Oxford University Press, USA, New York, 1955. 2nd Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This comprehensive book remains t...
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Scandinavian Journal of Design History - Volumes 1-5 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
"The primary task of this journal is to promote and animate research in the Scandinavian countries. For many years, design history has lacked a forum wh...
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Atwood, Margaret, The Edible Woman, First American Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: ATWOOD, Margaret. TITLE: The Edible Woman. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1969. DESCRIPTION: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., publisher's original pink cloth backed boards, gilt lettered spine, inscribed by Atwood on the half-title "For Bart & Roby best wishes Margaret Atwood...
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1960s American Vintage Books

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Honore Daumier, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings Watercolors and Drawings
Located in valatie, NY
Honore Daumier. Catalogue Raisonné of the paintings watercolors and drawings. Published by New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1968. 1st Limited Edition of a two volume set in a custom sl...
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Alta Moda: Eternal Elegance of 1960s buy M Kumakiri (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Published in 1990 in Japan in a limited edition of 1,000, this book is a beautifully illustrated retrospective showing 1960s psychedelic patterns and prints with bold floral and pais...
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Renaissance Treasury by Laurie Winters, Stated 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
A Renaissance Treasury by Laurie Winters. Published by Hudson Hill Press, 1999. Stated 1st Ed Hardcover with dust jacket Exhibition Catalog. This carefully researched and richly illu...
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1990s American Books

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The Timeless Eye Master Drawings from the Jan & Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski
Located in valatie, NY
The Timeless Eye: Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection. Berlin: G+H Verlag, 1999. 1st Ed exhibition catalog, from 2 ...
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1990s German Books

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Sotheby's, Highly Important French Furniture from a Private Collection, 1993
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's, highly important French furniture from a Private collection, NY November 19, 1993, sale #6498. Sotheby's New York, 1993. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 80 lots ...
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1990s American Books

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Decorating with Pictures by Stephanie Hoppen
Located in valatie, NY
Decorating With Pictures by Stephanie Hoppen. Published by Clarkson Potter, 1991. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This book inspires the rea...
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The Great Book of French Impressionism by Diane Kelder
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Great Book of French Impressionism by Diane Kelder. Published by Artabras, a division of Abbeville Publishing Group. Large hardcover with dust...
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"FritzHansen-Furniture" Catalog, 1963
Located in New York, NY
Hardcover catalog of Fritz Hansen furniture featuring work by Arne Jacobsen, Borge Mogensen, Hans Wegner, Verner Panton, Kaare Klint, Karen and Ebbe Clemmensen, Kristian Vedel, Mogen...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Books

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Antique and Vintage Books

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