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Taschen Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966 Jumbo edition
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966 published by Taschen.   Complete CSH Program 1946-1966 hardcover book Arts and Architecture Southern California 13.5 w x 19.25 h...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books

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Plastic, Paper

Ezekiel's Horse Keith Carter Photographs
Located in Bradenton, FL
Ezekiel's Horse Keith Carter Photographs. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition published in 2000 by University of Texas Press. Printed in Hong Kong.
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Early 2000s Hong Kong Books

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International Design Yearbook
Located in Richmond, VA
The International Design Yearbook 7, edited by Andrée Putman. Published in 1992, first edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 240 pages. The seventh installment in this celebrated ser...
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1990s Books

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Selection of Coffee Table Books - Furniture Design Interior Design Fashion Art
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Coffee Table Books, priced at $150 each. If one of the books is sold, it will have SOLD next to the title below. These books are all from the estate of . was the President of The Art Deco Society of New York City and had an incredible library of books on furniture design, interior design, art, photography, and fashion. Many of the books focused on Art Deco or mid century modern design. Please see our other listings for more books from the same estate. Please note that we are not specialists in books. All of the books are in very good condition and were well cared for in a smoke and pet free environment. There may be some small tears to slipcovers, scratches, rubs, and wear commensurate with age and use. The books in this listing are: Stack Left Dagobert Peche and The Wiener Werkstatte by Neue Galerie SOLD Josef Frank Architect Designer SOLD Billy Baldwin by Adam Lewis SOLD New Dimensions by Paul Frankl Jean-Michel Frank by Rizzoli SOLD Jean Michel Frank by Du Regard SOLD A House Is Not A Home Weber SOLD Art Deco by Skira SOLD Stack Right Jean Dunand by Delorenzo SOLD Jean Duncan’s SOLD Ruhlmann Master of Art Deco SOLD Jean Dunand His Life and Works...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Books

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Paper

The New Glamour Interiors with Star Quality
Located in New York, NY
Interior designer Jeff Andrews reveals his decorating secrets in a refreshing, youthful, and livable take on what glamour today can be. Kourtney Kardashian. Kris Jenner. Kaley Cuo...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Paper

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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1990s Books

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Paper

Collecting Clarice Cliff Book by Howard Watson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Collecting Clarice Cliff Book by Howard Watson. The bold, bright hand-painted designs and extraordinary shapes of Clarice Cliff ceramics have attracted collectors for decades. Now, there is a convenient handbook with pricing, pattern identification, and a detailed history of Clarice Cliff and her work, a unique find in the small selection of books on the popular pottery. Readers will find over 500 price listings for teaware, plates, pots, vases, novelties and more. Nearly 200 detailed, full-color photos of the most common pattern styles, along with a convenient shape guide, aid in identification. Clarice Cliff remains one of the most revered and respected ceramic artists of the 20th century. Clarice Cliff comprehensively records her life and work, celebrating it with excellently reproduced images of her major pieces from her collections all around the world. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects: Cliff, Clarice 1899-1972. Bizarre ware. Art deco England. Pottery Design. Genre: Decorative arts. Language: English. Title: Collecting Clarice Cliff. Publisher: London : Kevin Francis...
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Late 20th Century English Folk Art Books

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The Rihanna Book
Located in New York, NY
"It's a piece of art that I am really proud of..."—Rihanna "The book is a rollicking and sumptuous autobiography, told largely with intimate images."—Vogue Rihanna invites you into h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

The Rihanna Book
The Rihanna Book
$150 / item
Quiet Beauty The Japanese Gardens of North America Book
Located in South Burlington, VT
Quiet Beauty: The Japanese Gardens of North America by Kendall H. Brown, author & David M. Cobb, photographer This extraordinary, award winning 176 page hard cover book details hist...
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20th Century North American Japonisme Books

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Paper

Encyclopedie Des Arts Décoratifs Et Industriels Modernes, Complete in 12 Volumes
Located in New York, NY
First edition, complete in 12 volumes, of the Encyclopedie des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernest au XXeme Siecle, published by Imprimerie Nationale, Office Central D'Editions ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Books

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Paper

1986 Sotheby's New York Contemporary Art Auction Catalog
Located in Bradenton, FL
Sotheby's New York Contemporary Art Auction Catalog from May 5th and 6th, 1986. Paperback, 237 lots. Includes sales results stapled to front page.
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1980s American Modern Vintage Books

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Paper

Lifting the Curtain on Design Hardcover 2010 by Vicente Wolf
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lifting the Curtain on Design Hardcover 2010 by Vicente Wolf. Simplify, Connect, Expand. These principles, each fundamental to the practice of design, provide the framework for inter...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Books

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Paper

The Frogs by Aristophanes Hardcover in Slipcase Signed and Numbered Ltd Ed. 1937
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Frogs by Aristophanes Hardcover in Slipcase 1937. The Limited Editions Club number copy 1283 of 1,500 copies circa 1937, translated from the Greek by William James Hickie, with a...
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Early 20th Century European Greco Roman Books

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Paper

The Only Woman
Located in New York, NY
A compelling gallery of women who made their way into a man's world, shown through group portraits, each featuring a lone woman An original approach to gender equality, this strik...
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2010s Chinese Books

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The Only Woman
The Only Woman
$30 / item
Line Vautrin scarce 1st of the Limited Edition of 600 copies 2003
Located in CA, CA
Published by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1st edition, 2003, Hamburg. Hardback with German and French text woven throughout. This is a very scarce and extremely finely produced catalogue, it was published alongside an exhibition, in a very small number of 600 only, this being number 369. There are 22 photographs with German text followed by a catalogue of 145 objects thereafter with text in French and German. This sumptuous catalogue is strewn with gorgeous buttons, brooches and buckles, powder compacts and large necklaces - which like great works...
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Early 2000s Books

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Chinese Red Cross Foundation, Sotheby's, an Important Private Collection
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's, An Important Private Collection of Reunification Art - A Charity Auction to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Reunification with China - to benefit The Chinese...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Paper

Diego Giacometti by Daniel Marchesseau (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully photographed book which covers the work and career of one of the 20th centuries greatest metal ware artists and sculptors. 220 pages with 284 photographic illustrations...
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20th Century Books

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Josef Hoffmann: Interiors 1902-1913 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a hardback book with a dust jacket, in very good condition. Published in conjunction with a Hoffmann exhibition held at the Neue Gallery in New York 2006/2007. 224 pages most...
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Early 20th Century Books

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1927 Dictionary of Modern English Usage H.W. Fowler Oxford Antique Leather Book
Located in Dayton, OH
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage - by H.W. Fowler - Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927 - Printed in England at the Oxford university Press by John Johnson - Soft cover, black ...
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1920s Vintage Books

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Leather, Paper

Out of the Studio by Tom Bianchi, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Out of the Studio by Tom Bianchi. Published by St.Martin's Press, 1991. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The unself-conscious and affectionate con...
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1990s Books

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DAVIS, Pearl Ulilla. The Whispering Words - 1901 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DAVIS, Pearl Ulilla. TITLE: The Whispering Words. PUBLISHER: Chicago: Scholl Pub. Co., 1901. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 6-11/16" x 5", (i)238pp., frontis portrai...
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Early 1900s American Antique Books

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Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber, 1st Limited Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Bruce Weber by Bruce Weber. Published by Twelvetrees Press, Los Angeles, 1983. Stated 1st Limited Edition (1/5000) hardcover with dust jacket. Beautifully illustrated with over 50 full-page photogravure plates of male models and actors, a few tinted with halftone colors. Contains subjects: Brothers, Matt...
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1980s American Vintage Books

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Paper

Collection Leather Bound Library Book Set Thirteen
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Collection of gilt leather bound library book set of thirteen volumes. The works of William Shakespeare / The Cambridge text. Each boo...
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20th Century Books

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Paper, Leather

at Home with Designers and Tastemakers: Creating Beautiful and Personal Interior
Located in New York, NY
Author Susanna Salk, Photographs by Stacey Bewkes Susanna Salk shares with us the delightful and inspiring homes of top designers and tastemakers, revealing the personal and idiosyncratic interiors they create for themselves. Brimming with personality, these rooms are full of ideas and creativity, inspiring us to decorate in our own way by embracing our style and passions. Through her work as the host of the “Quintessence At Home With” video series on YouTube, Susanna Salk visits incredible homes of designers and other creatives, experiencing how they live and how they decorate when it’s for themselves, not for a client. Whether it’s the Connecticut weekend retreat of textile designer John Robshaw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192)
Located in Soquel, CA
17th C. Sheet Music "Feria vi. Paschae" (page 191 and 192) Excellent example of Latin sheet music for Catholic church services. Bold red title and notations, with red staff lines. N...
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17th Century European Baroque Antique Books

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Paper

1964 Israel Katzman Book Architecture La Arquitectura Contemporanea Mexicana
By Javier Senosianin
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Book Limited Availability Book by Israel Katzman titled La Arquitectura Contemporanea Mexicana Hard Cover. Published 1964. Original Dust Jacket. Modern masters of contemporary Archit...
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1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Books

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Meret Oppenheim
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardback coffee table book retrospective of artist, Meret Oppenheim. By Hatje Cantz, published in 2007. First edition, 360 pages. "Scandalous muse, mysterious model, and Surrealist ...
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Early 2000s Books

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Muses of Gwinn Art & Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Muses of Gwinn: Art and Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, Charles A. Platt and Ellen Shipman, by Robin S. Karson. Sagapress, Incorporated, 1995. 1st Ed hardcover ...
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1990s American Books

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MILNE, A. A.. Winnie The Pooh - 1973 - FIRST LIMITED EDITION SIGNED !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.. TITLE: Winnie The Pooh. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen Children's Books, 1973. DESCRIPTION: FIRST LIMITED EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol, 9-1/2" x 6-3/8", limited to 300 ...
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1970s British Vintage Books

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Leather

Walt Disney Film Archives, the Animated Movies 1921-1968, Collector's Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 620 pages, 41.1 x 30 cm (16.2 x 11.8 in.) in clamshell box. With portfolio of 5 cel setups, 37.6 x 30 cm (14.8 x 11.8 in.) and 30 x 36.3 cm (11.8 x 14.3 in.), and 64-page facsimile of 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' storyboard from Fantasia, 30 x 37 cm (11.8 x 14.6 in.). This Taschen Collector’s edition presents the first volume of one of the most expansive illustrated publications on Disney animation. In it, some 1,500 images as well as top essays by eminent Disney experts take us to the beating heart of the studio’s “Golden Age of Animation,” tracing Disney’s complete animation journey from the silent film era, through his first full-length feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and the pioneering artistic experiment Fantasia (1940), right up to his last masterpieces Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) and The Jungle Book (1967). The book brings focus to each of the major animated features made during Walt’s lifetime, including Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and 101 Dalmatians, without forgetting the experimental short films of the Silly Symphonies series, underappreciated episodic musical films such as Make Mine Music and Melody Time, and many unfinished projects, such as proposed sequels to Fantasia or a homage to Davy Crockett by painter Thomas Hart Benton. With extensive research conducted through the collections of the Walt Disney Company, as well as private collections, editor Daniel Kothenschulte curates some of the most precious concept paintings and storyboards to reveal just how these animation masterpieces came to life. These original artworks are accompanied by cel setups of famous film scenes, rare pictures from Disney photographers, and fascinating excerpts from story conferences between Walt and his staff. Throughout, contributions from leading Disney specialists detail the evolution of each film and honour the outstanding animators and designers who influenced the style of the studio, among them Albert Hurter, Gustaf Tenggren, Kay Nielsen, Carl Barks, Mary Blair, Sylvia Holland, Tyrus Wong...
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2010s European Books

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Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll. Limited Edition, Signed Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“Elvis who?” was photographer Alfred Wertheimer’s response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor publicist asked him to photograph an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis. Little did Wertheimer know that this would be the job of his life: just 21 years old, Elvis Presley was—as we now know—about to become a legend. Trailing him like a shadow, Wertheimer was given unlimited Scope to get up close and personal with Elvis; even as the singer was seducing young women in dark hallways, he allowed the photographer to record his every move. Wertheimer took nearly 3,000 photographs of Presley that year, creating a penetrating portrait of a man poised on the brink of superstardom. Extraordinary in its intimacy and unparalleled in its Scope, Wertheimer’s Elvis project immortalized a young man in the very process of making history. (Just a month after he shot Elvis recording the “Don’t Be Cruel”/“Hound Dog” record, it became the first ever to top all three Billboard charts.) This Collector’s Edition of just 1,706 numbered copies signed by Wertheimer brings together his most remarkable Elvis shots from 1956, along with a selection of his historic 1958 pictures of the star being shipped off to an army base in Germany. Though many of Wertheimer’s photos of Elvis are among the best known, nearly half of the photographs in this book have never been published before. Each chapter is illustrated with an original poster created for this book by Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest letterpress print shops in America. In business since 1879, Hatch printed posters for vaudeville, circuses, and entertainers on world tour in the early 20th century; and created many of the powerful woodblock images that helped define the look of country music in the 1940s and rock and roll (including many early Elvis posters...
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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The Modulor, Le Corbusier, third printing, 1954
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The Modulor - Le Corbusier - third printing - 1954 In overall good condition. A classic for all designers and lovers of design.
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1950s Modern Vintage Books

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Paper

Pliny, Gaius Secundus: HISTORIE OF THE WORLD
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare and complete first English edition of this seminal work. Pliny, Gaius Secundus / Plinius, Gaius Secundus (23­-79 AD) / Translated by Philemon Holland. The Historie of the Wor...
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Early 17th Century English Antique Books

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Leather, Paper

Islamic Art, Orientalist Paintings Auction Catalog Tajan, 1993
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tajan 1993 Islamic Art, Orientalist Paintings Auction Catalog Orientalist painting and Islamic Art, Text in French. Paperback softcover Islamic Art bo...
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Late 20th Century French Moorish Books

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Aesop's Fables - 1793 Stockdale ILLUSTRATED EDITION, Bedford binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Aesop (S. Croxall transl.) The Fables of Aesop; With a Life of the Author; and Embellished with one Hundred & twelve Plates London: John Stockdale, 1793. FIRST EDITION - 2 vol., La...
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Late 18th Century English Antique Books

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Leather, Paper

English Country House an Art and a Way of Life, by Olive Cook, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The English Country House: An Art and a Way of Life, by Olive Cook. New York G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974 (Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1974.) First Edition hardcover...
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1970s American Vintage Books

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1842 The Knights Templars 2nd Edition London
Located in Stamford, CT
The Knights Templars of the Inner Temple by Charles G. Addison 1842 2nd Edition. London, England. Original red leather binding in original condition.
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1840s British Neoclassical Antique Books

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Leather, Paper

Thomas, Antoine Jean-Baptiste – Un an à Rome et dans ses environs....
Located in Middletown, NY
Thomas, Antoine Jean-Baptiste Un an à Rome et dans ses environs; Recueil de dessins lithographiés, représentant les costumes, les usages et le cérémonies c...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Books

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Gold Leaf

Brazilian Furniture Design editor Otavio Nazareth (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The First in a series of Brazilian furniture design, this book abstains from discourse. The pieces have been chosen for the consistency of the work done by their creators and because...
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20th Century Books

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Only the Best, Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum Lisbon
Located in Bradenton, FL
Only the Best, Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in conjunction with the exhibition...
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1990s Spanish Books

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The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester. Hardcover book, published in 1955 by Little, Brown and Company. Printed in the United States of America. 310 pages.
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1950s American Vintage Books

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Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Hardcover Photography book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Hardcover Photography book. This book is a luxurious memento of the historic house of Sant...
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Late 20th Century Italian Baroque Books

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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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Art and Craft in Africa by Laure Meyer
Located in Bradenton, FL
Art and Craft in Africa, Everyday Life, Ritual, Court Art by Laure Meyer. Softcover book, published in 1995. Over 180 illustrations in color, printed in Italy, 207 pages.
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1990s Italian Books

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Antique Poetry Book, The Lady Of The Lake, Walter Scott, Early Edition, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Lady of the Lake, the celebrated narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1811, a year after the initial release. A leather-bound volume, illus...
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1810s British Georgian Antique Books

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The Art of Modern Design: The Interiors of James Magni & Jason Kalman
Located in New York, NY
The renowned interior designers share residential projects and designs for furniture that embody their sleek and refined contemporary aesthetic Los Angeles-based Magni Kalman Design...
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2010s American Books

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Dalí. BABY SUMO. Limited Edition Artist Monograph.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 14.5 x 19.7 in., 438 pages; with gilt edges, fold outs, gold foil embossing on title and chapter pages, plus 40 page booklet with catalog of illustrations, 8.7 x 11.4 in.;...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Velvet, Paper

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Signed by Truman Capote, First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's: A short novel and three stories. New York: Random House, 1958. First edition, first issue printing. Signed by Truman Capote. In the original publisher’s orange first issue dust jacket and yellow cloth binding. Presented with an archival clamshell case. This is a signed, first edition, first issue of Truman Capote's classic novella chronicling the adventures of the free-spirited Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany's. In addition to the title novella, the book also includes three other short stories: House of Flowers, A Diamond Guitar, and A Christmas Memory. The book is issued its first issue dust jacket with the 10/58 date code one the front flap. "First Printing" is stated on the copyright page and the book signed by the author “Truman Capote” on the front flyleaf. Capote originally sold his story Breakfast at Tiffany's to Harper's Bazaar for $2,000, with intended publication in its July 1958 issue. Shortly after the publication was scheduled, Harper's editor Carmel Snow was ousted by the magazine's publisher, the Hearst Corporation, and Hearst executives began asking for changes to the novella's language as there was concern that Tiffany's & Co., a major advertiser, would react negatively. The story was removed from the Harper’s Bazzar publication schedule but Capote soon resold the work to Esquire for $3,000. His novella appeared in Esquire’s November 1958 issue. A collection of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s novella and three short stories by Capote was published by Random House in the same year. The novella received glowing reviews. "If you want to capture a period in New York, no other book has done it so well. He could capture a period and place like few others" (Norman Mailer). The novella was quickly adapted for the 1961 hit film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard. Truman Capote was born in New Orleans and educated in New York and Connecticut. He worked in the Art Department of The New Yorker and as a writer on a television show before going on his own as a full-time writer. His first novel at age 24, Other Voices, Other Rooms, brought him literary fame and a strong following, which continued throughout his life, reaching a peak with the success of his "nonfiction” true...
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1950s American Vintage Books

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Treasures of Islam Collectible Art Book by Toby Folk 1985
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Treasures of Islam by Toby FALK, Hardback in the excellent pictorial dust-jacket. pp 400; 567 color illustrations. Catalogue of the immense exhibition of Islamic Art held at the ...
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20th Century Asian Moorish Books

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Early 20th century leather bound book entitled Rubaiyat of Omar Rhayyam, C 1910
Located in Central England, GB
This superb and most eyecatching leather bound library edition of the famous translation of the Rubaiyat presented by Willy Pogany, published by George G Harrap and Co Ltd, London, w...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Books

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Leather, Paper

Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921 Reinventing Tradition Marilyn McCully
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921 : Reinventing Tradition by Marilyn McCully; Susan Grace Galassi. Yale University Press, 2011. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 74 drawings with detail...
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2010s American Books

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Shared Space: the Joseph M. Cohen Collection, by Ray Merritt, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Shared Space: The Joseph M. Cohen Collection, by Ray Merritt. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The reasons why people collect art are no doubt as simple...
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1980s Vintage Books

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The Moroccan Issue · Vol. Vi, Herdes.15 July, 2019
Located in North Hollywood, CA
THE MOROCCAN ISSUE · VOL. VI, HERDES.15 JULY, 2019. Le Beau Touriste an editorial magazine made in the exotic city of Marrakech featuring YolanCris. Morocco, patchwork of identities,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Bohemian Books

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Antique Art Nouveau Photo Album or Book with Brass Stand Up Frame
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique standing photo album is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1900 and done in the period Art Nouveau style. The album is compo...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Books

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Brass

MARTIN GILBERT. The Life of Winston Churchill - 8 vols. 1966-88 ALL 1st EDITIONS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Randolph S., continued by Martin Gilbert. TITLE: The Life of Winston Churchill. PUBLISHER: London: Heinemann, 1966-88. DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 8 vols....
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1960s British Vintage Books

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The Enchanted World Night Creatures Time-Life Books Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Enchanted World Night Creatures Time-Life Hardcover Book.Packed with more than 60 fl-cor, reusable, self-adhesive stickers featuring glow-in-the-dark effects, these books provide...
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Late 20th Century Baroque Books

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Art Deco and Modernist Carpets Book
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardback coffee table book featuring Art Deco and Modernist Carpet designs. By Susan Day, published in 2002. “The design revolutions in the early 20th century were woven into the v...
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Early 2000s Books

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At Auction Charles & Ray Eames (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The catalogue was produced to market Wright's Eames design auction on April 8, 2010. The catalogue captures the spirit of playfulness for which the Eames are renowned. Integrating Ho...
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20th Century Books

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Fashion Magazine Collection Haute Couture 1939-1960 Bazaar Louise Dahl-Wolfe MCM
By Conde Nast
Located in Peoria, AZ
Incredible Fashion Magazine Collection Haute Couture Mid Century Furnishing Resource 1939-1960 An extensive collection of the hardest to obtain fashion magazines of the 20th Century’s mid century period - fashion's golden age and the peak of the magazine industry. Single issues and bound volumes from publications like Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, Jr. Bazaar, Charm, Vogue, Town & Country and more are included and feature thousands of fashions, articles and advertisements. Tons of mid century modern furniture in situ. Lots of housewares, cars and more. A plethora of spectacular Louise Dahl...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books

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SHELLEY, Mary. Frankenstein Or The Modern Prometheus - 1888
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Mary. TITLE: Frankenstein Or The Modern Prometheus. PUBLISHER: London: George Routledge And Sons, 1888. DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 5-1/4" x 3-7/8", (xv)317pp.(i), boun...
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1880s British Antique Books

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Fabric

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

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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.

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.

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Designer Todd Oldham takes a loving look back at the shelter pub whose eclectic style and substance inspired so much about the way we live now.

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