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The Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks, Later Printing, 1854
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sparks, Jared. The Life of George Washington. Auburn and Buffalo: Miller Orton & Mulligan, 1854. Later printing. Two volumes in one. Octavo. Rebound in 1/4 brown leather and cloth boards, with gilt titles, tooling, and raised bands. New archival cloth slipcase.
Presented is a later edition of Jared Sparks’ esteemed biography, The Life of George Washington. First published in 1839, Sparks’ The Life of George Washington is one of the earliest and most intimate biographies of our first President. This printing was published in Auburn and Buffalo by Miller Orton & Mulligan, in 1854. Impressively detailed, the biography is embellished with 14 engraved plates of portraits, views, and battle plans...
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1850s Federal Antique American Books
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Leather, Paper
Spectacular Alaska Hardcover Coffee Table Photography Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Spectacular Alaska coffee table photography book, copyright 1998
Spectacular Alaska Hardcover 1st edition 1998 by Charles Wohlforth, Dana Levy, Letitia O'Connor.With its vast diversi...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist American Books
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Paper
Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Cooking Book 1964
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Julia Child MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING VOL. ONE
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. First Publishing 1961; Sixth Printing 1964. Hardcover.
Autographed fro...
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Mid-20th Century French Provincial American Books
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Paper
Mona Lisa’s Mustache by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Stamford, CT
1947 First Edition hardcover Mona Lisa’s Mustache by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings.
Hardcover with as found Mylar covering.
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Books
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Paper
The Return of Tarzan First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gloriously rare book …. The Return of Tarzan First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition.
First edition. Il...
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Early 20th Century Romantic American Books
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Paper
People, Passions, Pastimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures, 1810-1835
Located in Philadelphia, PA
People, Passions, Pastimes, and Pleasures: Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835 – by Myrna Schkolne.
First Edition 2006, limited to a run of 1000.
The first comprehensive collectors’ r...
Category
Early 2000s International Style American Books
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Paper
From the Land Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
From the Land: Backen, Gillam, & Kroeger Architects Hardcover Book.
October 8, 2013 by Erhard Pfeiffer (Photographer), Stanley Abercrombie (Afterword), Diane Keaton.
Elegant rustic...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Classical American Books
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Paper
Callas Images of a Legend by Attila Csampai 1st Edition 1996
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Callas Images of a Legend by Attila Csampai Hardcover Book 1st Edition 1996.
This special edition brings together photographs of Callas' legendary stage appearances, portraits, snaps...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco American Books
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Paper
High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection
Located in North Hollywood, CA
High Style Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Softcover by Jan Glier Reeder.
256 pages
358 illustrations
New York Book Show Awards
Special Trade, General Award, Winner (2011)
Independent Publishers Book Awards, Silver Medal (2011)
Costume Society of America Millia Davenport Publication Award, Runner-Up (2011)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010 - 256 pages.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 5-Aug. 15, 2010, and at the Brooklyn Museum, May 7-Aug. 1, 2010.
High Style is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museum's remarkable collection of costumes and accessories. This lavishly illustrated volume presents more than two hundred examples drawn from its nearly twenty-four thousand women's and men's garments, accessories, hats, and shoes. Brooklyn's collection was founded in 1903 to provide inspiration for America growing fashion industry.
Through its Department of Industrial Design, Design Lab, and Department of Costumes and Textiles, the Brooklyn Museum became one of the most important centers for the study of fashion. As a result, the holdings are rich in clothing by American designers and the great French couturiers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The museum is also fortunate to have assembled what is considered the definitive group of works by the great couturier Charles James.
Organized in chapters that represent the collection's strengths, High Style presents Brooklyn's masterworks and provides brief histories of how they were collected. Included are historical costumes from the 1760s to the 1890s; sumptuous gowns by Charles Frederick Worth; custom designs by the important French nineteenth-century couture houses; examples from the early twentieth-century houses, including those of Lanvin, Chanel, and Poiret; iconic Surrealist- based designs by Schiaparelli; the incomparable sculpted ball gowns of James of the 1940s and 1950s; ensembles from postwar phenomenon Dior, his successor, Saint Laurent, and Givenchy. American designers of the 1920s to the 1980s are well represented. Among the women are Valentina, McCardell, Cashin, and Maxwell; among the men, Mainbocher, Norell, Beene, and Halston. Augmenting this survey is a unique selection of regional costumes and historic French fashion...
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2010s American Classical American Books
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Paper
Five Architects, second edition, 1975, hardcover
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Five Architects - second edition - 1975 - hardcover
Five architects: Eisenman, Graves, Gwathmey, Hejduk, Meier
Published by Oxford University Press, 1975
by Richar Eisenman, Pe...
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1970s Modern Vintage American Books
Materials
Paper
Softbound Program "The Art of Alexander Calder" Long Beach Museum of Art 1970
By Alexander Calder
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice softbound program from Alexander Calder's 1970 exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach, CA from January 11, 1970 to February 8, 1970.
The program is in go...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Books
Materials
Paper
$160 Sale Price
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Memento of Bruce Goff Professorship for Creative Architecture
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Rare numbered printing of Bruce Goff's "Le Mar." Printed as a memento of appreciation for friend of Mr. Goff's who helped to establish the Bruce Goff Profes...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Books
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Paper
The All New All Purpose Joy of Cooking
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The All New All Purpose Joy of Cooking.
This is the "Joy Of Cooking cookbook".
It has over 1000 pages of tips, tricks, recipes and more information to take your cooking to the next l...
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Late 20th Century Rustic American Books
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Paper
"Return of the Enola Gay" Book Signed by Pilot Paul W. Tibbets & Duth Van Kirk
Located in San Diego, CA
"Return of the Enola Gay" book hand signed by pilot Paul W. Tibbets and navigator Dutch Van Kirk (who actually initiated the release of the bomb), circa 2005...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
$340 Sale Price
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The Bulfinch Illustrated Encyclopedia of Antiques Book by Paul Atterbury
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Bulfinch Illustrated Encyclopedia of Antiques Book by Paul Atterbury.
Featuring more than one thousand color pictures, a comprehensive guide covers six categories of antiques (furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, timepieces, and Oriental wares), tracing their artistic styles and the contributions of individual craftsmen.
Large antiques reference book is jam-packed with descriptions and values of antiques, including pottery and porcelain, glass, silver, furniture, clocks and watches and Oriental wares.
Publisher : Bulfinch
Language : English
Paperback : 332 pages.
The Bulfinch Illustrated Encyclopedia of Antiques is an exhaustive resource for those wishing to understand the distinctions of fine antique furniture and accessories. Laid out in a clear, easy-to-use format with color photographs, the book blends the right amount of history, description and crafting techniques for pottery and porcelain, glass, silver, furniture, clocks, and oriental wares. It also goes into welcome detail of style and manufacturer distinctions, including illustrations of table legs, drawer handles, silverware hallmarks, and porcelain marks. Though the book lacks coverage for lower-end collectibles, it includes a useful glossary and informative timelines for novices. The occasional auction house shopper who needs to be able to determine the difference between a late Georgian side table and a George III satinwood card table...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Classical American Books
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Paper
New Encyclopedia of Dog Hardcover Book by Bruce Fogle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
New Encyclopedia of Dog Bruce Fogle.
"One of the most comprehensive explorations of the canine world ever published." All About Dogs
Everything you need to know about man's best fr...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist American Books
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Paper
Nancy Mitchnick Uncalibrated, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Nancy Mitchnick: Uncalibrated, by Lynn Crawdord, Jens Hoffmann, Renee Hoogland, Steve Hughes, Claire Lehmann and Marsha Miro. This book accompanies the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
American Cast Iron Copying Press with Circular Three Spoke Wheel. Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American cast iron copying press with a circular three spoke cork screw wheel, flanking scrolled support arms, pressure plate, and resting on the original r...
Category
1820s American Empire Antique American Books
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Iron
Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, 1890-1940 1st Edition 1978
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts, 1890-1940.
by Philippe Garner
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978. First Edition; First Printing.
Hardcover. Book condition is very good; wi...
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Late 20th Century Art Deco American Books
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Paper
Art Pottery of the United States: An Encyclopedia of Producers and Their Marks
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art Pottery of the United States: An Encyclopedia of Producers and Their Marks.
Hardcover, english, 1st edition 1974.
"Art Pottery of the United States is directed not only to the sc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Classical American Books
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Paper
Vintage "Business Traveler Record & Atlas" Book by Crane's - New Old Stock
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage "Business Traveler Record & Atlas" Book by Crane's - New Old Stock, circa 1980s. The soft leather cover book is in new condition and has never been written in; it measures 4...
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Late 20th Century American Books
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Paper
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, 1937
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest, To Have and Have Not. New York: Charles Scriber’s Sons, 1937. First edition, first printing. Beautifully rebound in 1/4 gray Moroccan leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt tooling and titles to the spine. Housed in a matching cloth slipcase.
This first edition, first printing of Ernest Hemingway’s To Have and Have Not was published in New York by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1937. The original internal pages have been professionally rebound in quarter gray Moroccan leather and cloth boards with raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt tooling to the spine. The book is housed in a custom matching archival slipcase.
Set during the Depression, Hemingway’s novel follows the dramatic story of fishing boat captain Henry Morgan who turns to a life of contraband running between Cuba and Florida to save himself and his family. To Have and Have Not began as a short story, published as "One Trip Across" in Cosmopolitan in 1934, introducing the character of Harry Morgan...
Category
1930s Modern Vintage American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Vintage "Miro's Posters" Art Book Catalogued by Gloria Picazo
By Joan Miró
Located in San Diego, CA
A vintage "Miro's Posters" art book catalogued by Gloria Picazo, circa 1980.
The book is in good vintage condition and measures 9.75"W x 11.5"H. #3274
The book is 269 pages with 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Books
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Paper
$220 Sale Price
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Langston Hughes, Best Short Stories by Negro Writers, 1st Ed, Presention Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Hughes, Langston.
Title: The Best Short Stories by Negro Writers.
Publisher: Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1967.
Description: First edition presention copy and signed twice. 1 vol., inscribed in his familiar green ink on the half-title "To the (Jack) Aistrops- Happy Holidays and Bon Voyage Sincerely, Langston Hughes...
Category
1960s Vintage American Books
Materials
Fabric
Edward Wormley Exhibition Catalog
By Edward Wormley
Located in New York, NY
76-page catalog from the exhibition "Edward Wormley: The Other Face of Modernism," held at the Lin Weinberg Gallery in 1997. The exhibit helped re-introduce Wormley's work to the mar...
Category
1990s Mid-Century Modern American Books
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Paper
The California Wine Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The California Wine Book by Bob Thompson, Hugh Johnson. !st Edition by Morrow, 1976.Publisher description: This book, based on 15 years of close observation, is intended to explain w...
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Mid-20th Century American Classical American Books
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Paper
A Popular Life of Gen. George A. Custer by Frederick Whittaker, First Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Whittaker, Frederick. A Popular Life of Gen. George A. Custer, Major-General of Volunteers, Brevet Major-General U.S. Army, and Lieutenant-Colonel Seventh U.S. Cavalry. New York: She...
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1870s High Victorian Antique American Books
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Paper
1970 A History of Magic and Experimental Science
By Lynn Thorndike
Located in Bath, GB
The scarce eight volume 1970 edition of Lynn Thorndike's fascinating history of 'Magic and Experimental Science', with five volumes retaining the exceptionally scarce original glassi...
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1970s Vintage American Books
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Paper
Camera, A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital by Todd Gustavson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital by Todd Gustavson Hardcover Book.
New York: Sterling Innovation, 2006.
First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First editio...
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Early 2000s Hollywood Regency American Books
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Paper
1st edition 1965 Peter Beard 'End of the Game' Viking Press
By Peter Beard
Located in Vancouver, BC
“The deeper the white man went into Africa, the faster the life flowed out of it, off the plains and out of the bush…vanishing in acres of trophies and hides and carcasses” proclaimed renowned photographer and artist Peter Beard in his 1965 seminal publication The End Game, a tome highlighting the atrocities of man made destruction done to Africa’s wildlife in the National Parks of Kenya’s Tsavo lowlands and Uganda.
An incredible 1st edition issue of "End of the Game...
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1960s Vintage American Books
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Acrylic, Paper
Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a rare book, namely, Sketches of North Carolina by Rev WH Foote.
Titled: “Sketches of North Carolina, Historical and Biographical, Illustrative of the principles of a p...
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Early 20th Century American Classical American Books
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Paper
VISIONAIRE 60: Religion by Riccardo Tisci Givenchy (2029/3000)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 2029 of 3000 copies.
From the Visionaire website:
No designer draws on religious themes to quite such glorious effect as Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci. Thus, ...
Category
2010s American Books
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Paper, Wood
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Second Ed., Tipped-in Signature, 1850
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1850. Printed Cambridge: Metcalf and Company. Second edition...
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1850s Antique American Books
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Paper
“The Machine – Museum of Modern Art New York” Book by K.G. Pontus Hulten 1968
By MOMA Museum New York
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare and cool book, “The Machine – As Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age'" by K.G. Pontus Hulten for the Museum of Modern Art New York, circa 1968. The book is in its original form; pressed, painted and hinged aluminum covers with an image of MOMA and a yellow New York taxi cab at the front. This is the exhibition catalogue for an important exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1968 showing an overview of machines and the mechanical age prior to the digital age, as seen through the eyes of and interpreted by many important artists from Da Vinci, to Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Klee, Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, El Lissitzky, Ettore Bugatti...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Books
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Aluminum
$260 Sale Price
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Valentin De Boulogne, Beyond Caravaggio 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Valentin de Boulogne - Beyond Caravaggio by Annick Lemoine, Keith Christiansen and Sebastian Allard. Published by Metropolitan Museum of Art, New ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life by Francis Parkman
By Francis Parkman, Frederic Remington
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Parkman, Francis. The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1894. Octavo. Rebound by Benne...
Category
1890s Antique American Books
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Leather, Paper
Williams, Tennessee. Small Craft Warnings, 'First Edition - Signed - 1972'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
Title: Small Craft Warnings.
Publisher: New York: New Directions, 1972.
Description: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., hardcover, with the DJ, not ...
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1970s Vintage American Books
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Fabric
1907-1911 The Novels and Other Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi
By Leo Tolstoy
Located in Bath, GB
An exceptionally handsome twenty-four volume set of the works of the Russian novelist, including both 'Anna Karenina' and 'War and Peace'.
An exceptionally beautiful twenty-four vol...
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Early 20th Century American Books
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Paper
Los Angeles Then and Now by Rosemary Lord Hardcover Book 2014
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Los Angeles Then and Now by Rosemary Lord Hardcover Book 2014.
Los Angeles, the City of Angels, is the capital of show business, where to be young and beautiful is to have it all. Los Angeles Then & Now is a captivating chronicle of history and change in the mecca of glamour and glitz.
This tell-all book matches 70 historic images with 70 specially-commissioned photos of modern LA, showing the amazing evolution of California’s largest city.
Notice how Native American and Spanish Colonial architectural and cultural influences reside comfortably alongside the glitz of Tinseltown and the cosmopolitan high-rises of LA.
Movie fans will enjoy the many then-and-now pix of legendary Hollywood landmarks like Schwab’s Pharmacy, Paramount Studios, Grauman’s Chinese Theater...
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21st Century and Contemporary Hollywood Regency American Books
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Paper
1928 The Torrents of Spring
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Bath, GB
A finely bound copy of this lesser known satirical novel by great American author Ernest Hemingway, the second edition.
The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1926.
Smartly rebound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards.
A lesser known work of Ernest Hemingway, this novella was written as a parody of 'Dark Laughter' by Sherwood Anderson.
Hemingway takes a satirical look at pretentious writers in this novel and in its publication. He wrote it in only ten days, and received a mixed reaction when first published, partly as it was published in the same year as 'The Sun Also Rises...
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1920s Vintage American Books
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Paper
Tennessee Williams, Where I Live, First Edition, Inscribed, 1978
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WILLIAMS, Tennessee.
TITLE: Where I Live. Selected Essays.
PUBLISHER: New York: New Directions, 1978.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED. 1 vol., hardcover, with ...
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1970s Vintage American Books
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Fabric
The Jay Hoffman Collection of United States Stamps: by Robert A. Siegel Auction
Located in valatie, NY
The Jay Hoffman Collection of United States Stamps: Sale 956, Thursday & Friday, May 8-9, 2008, by Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. One of the most important collections to c...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Furniture of Classical Greece
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Hudson, NY
This handsome book records the discovery and contemporary re-creation of Greek furniture designs virtually ignored for more than two thousand years. T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, internat...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Books
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Paper
American Furniture in Pendleton House
Located in Bradenton, FL
American Furniture in Pendleton House by Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, with the assistance of John M. Carpenter. Softcover book published in 1986 in conjunction with...
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1980s American Classical Vintage American Books
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Paper
Letter From Birmingham City Jail by Martin Luther King Jr., Printed Pamphlet
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is one of the most important texts of the American Civil Rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham City Jail.” Printed as a stapled pamphlet, ...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Books
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Leather, Fabric, Paper
Wrightsman Collection, 1st Ed. signed by Charles and Jane Wrightsman, 1966-1973
By F.J.B. Watson
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Wrightsman collection, Vols.I-V, New York, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, 1966-1973. First Edition, hardcovers with dust jackets. Inscribed by
the Wrightsmans, incl. a Christ...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Books
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Paper
$990 Sale Price
31% Off
Remembering Jackie: a Life in Pictures Hardcover, January 1, 1994
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Remembering Jackie: A Life in Pictures Hardcover – January 1, 1994 by Life Magazine.
Uses photographs to trace the life of the former first lady, including her childhood, marriage, ...
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20th Century American Classical American Books
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Paper
The Blue Planet a Natural History of the Oceans Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Blue Planet A Natural History of the Oceans.
From space Planet Earth is blue. It floats like a jewel in the inky black void. The reflection of the suns light from the vast expanse of water covering its surface creates its gem-like blue colour. In the entire solar system Earth is the only planet that has water in its liquid form in such quantities. Scientists have calculated that 70% of our planet is covered by water; small wonder then that humans have always been so fascinated by the oceans and what lies beneath. Today while we still have so much more of the ocean realm to uncover we have discovered enough to know that beneath the waves lies a vast treasure-trove of rich and diverse life. The Blue Planet leads us on a voyage of exploration from the coasts, the very edges of the oceans.
Authors: Alastair Fothergill, DK Publishing, Dk, Martha Holmes, Andrew Byatt, David Attenborough...
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Late 20th Century Organic Modern American Books
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Paper
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, First Edition, First Printing, in Original DJ, 1961
By Joseph Heller
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition, first printing. Octavo. In original blue cloth boards, stamped in white. In the original unclipped dust jacket. Presented with a new archival ¼ leather and cloth clamshell.
Presented is the first edition, first printing of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Catch-22 was published by Simon and Schuster, in October of 1961. This book is presented in the original publisher’s blue cloth boards, titled and embossed in white, and the original, unclipped dust-jacket. The Simon and Schuster “A Note to the Reader” postcard is laid in. The book comes with a new, archival ¼ leather and cloth clamshell.
Catch-22 was Joseph Heller’s first novel and his most acclaimed work. Set during World War II, the novel uses a unique, non-chronological third-person narration, mainly focusing on the life of a B-25 bombardier in the U.S. Army, Captain John Yossarian, and his attempts to avoid bombing runs. Both the title and plot device, “Catch-22” refers to an Air Forces regulation which asserts that a man is considered insane if he willingly agrees to fly dangerous combat missions, but that if he makes the formal request to be relieved of such missions, the very act of making the request proves that he is sane and therefore ineligible to be relieved." By the end of the novel, the phrase is invoked as the explanation for many unreasonable restrictions. “Catch-22” has since entered the English lexicon.
Heller spent eight years writing "Catch-22," and used his own war experiences as inspiration for the novel. From 1942 to 1945, Heller served as a combat bombardier in the Twelfth Air Force and was stationed on the Island of Corsica. Upon publication, the book was not an immediate bestseller, but did elicit glowing reviews from some. “Wildly original, brilliantly comic, brutally gruesome, it is a dazzling performance that will probably outrage nearly as many readers as it delights. In any case, it is one of the most startling first novels of the year and it may make its author famous” (Orville Prescott, New York Times).
It became a publishing sensation thanks to the 1962 paperback edition, which set record sales and benefitted from the national debate surrounding the Vietnam War. In the decades since, it has inspired a feature film, a miniseries, a 50-character stage play, and sold more than 10 million...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Books
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Leather, Paper
Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire, Illustrated by Major Felten, 1931
By Charles Baudelaire, Major Felten
Located in CA, CA
Published by Ives Washburn, 1931 Large Folio-sized Hardcover book; 98 pages with 16 illustrated plates by Major Felton. Translated by Lewis Piaget Shanks. Very Good Condition.
A Fir...
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1930s Vintage American Books
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Paper
VISIONAIRE 60: Religion by Riccardo Tisci Givenchy (1052/3000)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 1052 of 3000 copies.
From the Visionaire website:
No designer draws on religious themes to quite such glorious effect as Givenchy’s Riccardo Tisci. Thus, ...
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Wood, Paper
1974 The Comics An Illustrated History Of Comic Strips Art Book Jerry Robinson
Located in Van Nuys, CA
The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art by Jerry Robinson delves into the evolution of comic strips, celebrating the artistry and cultural impact of this unique medium. With vibrant illustrations and insightful commentary, Robinson traces the journey from early comic strips to iconic characters, making this book an essential tribute to the power and legacy of comic art.
1st printing. Written by Jerry Robinson. Art by Walt Kelly...
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Mid-20th Century Modern American Books
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Cotton, Paper
$46 Sale Price
33% Off
Harley-Davidson Rolling Sculpture Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Harley-Davidson Rolling Sculpture Hardcover Book by Doug Mitchel.
Publications International, Limited, 1998 - 144 pages.
A Pictorial Celebration of the First 95 Years. This special v...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Classical American Books
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Paper
Regency Style Steven Parissien Hardcover Phaidon 1992
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Regency Style Steven Parissien Hardcover Phaidon 1992. The Regency period (c. 1780 -- 1837) saw the development of what is today one of the most popular styles in architecture and de...
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20th Century Regency American Books
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Paper
Moonwalker, Signed by Charlie and Dotty Duke, First Edition, 1990
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Duke, Charlie and Dotty Duke. Moonwalker. Nashville: Oliver Nelson, 1990. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Charlie and Dotty Duke on half title page. Original dust jacket and ...
Category
1990s American Books
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Paper
John Hay Whitney Collection Paperback, May 1, 1983 by John Rewald Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Authors: John Rewald. Publisher: Natl Gallery Of Art Keywords: collection, Whitney, john
Pages: 176. Published: 1983-05.
Publisher ? : ? Natl Gallery of Art;
Language ? : ? English
Paperback ? : ? 176 pages.
Washington, 1983. 1st. Edition
Softcover. Very Good / None. 176 pages,
b&w and color illustrations.
This is a beautiful coffee table collectible hardcover book.
Overview: 73 paintings by 19th- and 20th-century European and American masters constituted almost the entire collection assembled by John Hay...
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20th Century Folk Art American Books
Materials
Paper
4 Volumes. Sloane, William M. Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Sloane, William M. Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound in 3/4 red morocco, cloth boards, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt panels, marbled endpapers, colored frontispieces ...
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Early 20th Century American Books
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Leather
The Lure of the Exotic: Gauguin in New York Collections, The Met, 2002
By Paul Gauguin
Located in New York, NY
Gauguin book by The Metropolitan Museum of art published in conjunction with the 2002 exhibition "Gauguin in New York Collections: The Lure of the Exotic". Softcover. Text in English...
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20th Century Modern American Books
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Paper
The Lenox Book of Home Entertaining & Etiquette Hardcover Elizabeth K. Lawrence
By Lenox's Ceramic Art Company
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Lenox Book of Home Entertaining & Etiquette Hardcover – January 13, 1989 by Elizabeth K. Lawrence.
From front dust jacket flap: "Presented in celebration of the centennial of Ame...
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Late 20th Century American Classical American Books
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2 Volumes. Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron.
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2 Volumes. Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron. Translated by John Payce. Bound in full brown morocco with ornate gilt-tooling on the covers and raised band spine. Top edges gilt. Wate...
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Early 20th Century American Books
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