American Books

Kitchens: Information and Inspiration for Making Kitchens the Heart of the Home. New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 1993. Hardcover with dust jack...

Grey, Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage. A Novel. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912 (1940s). Illustrated by Douglas Duer. Presented in full gray...

The King's Henchman, a Play in Three Acts by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1927. (D-O date code for April 1939.) First Edition no dust jacket. She ...

American Silver 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston by Kathryn C. Buhler, Volumes I & II. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1972....

Christies New York: Roger Prigent's Malmaison, November 2002. After the diagnosis of macular degeneration, Mr. Prigent reinvented himself as a dealer in ...

Print price index 92: 1990-1991 auction season by Peter Falk. Sound view press, Ct., 1991. Hardcover no dust cover. 1,024pp. In addition to art prints there...

Collecting American 19th century silver by Katherine Morrison McClinton. New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 280 pp. A survey of 19th century American silver...

The Clock Book by Wallace Nutting. Garden City Publishing Co, Inc., 1935. 2nd Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A comprehensive guide to American and European clocks...

Parke Berner Galleries: The Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Collection of English Furniture Part One. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1960. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket...

Author: THOMPSON, Kay (Hilary Knight) Title: Eloise at Christmastime. Publisher: NY: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Description: Limited signed edition...

Chandeliers by Elizabeth Hilliard, 1st US Edition hardcover with dust jacket. Bulfinch Press / Little Brown & Co, Boston, 2001. 208 pp. The chapters are: early lighting; brass chande...

Early Connecticut silver, 1700-1840 by Peter Bohan and Philip Hammerslough. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1970. Stated first edition hardcover with no dust jacket. 288 pp. A...

John Addington Symonds: A Biography, by Horatio F. Brown. Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1903. 1st Ed Moroccan leather and cloth hardcover. Symonds was an English poet and literary cri...

English silver by Judith Banister. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1966. First American edition hardcover with dust jacket. 251 pp. An extensive reference book and pictorial history ...

Broadway Musical Martin Gottfried 1984 hardcover book.Large heavy book. A colorful tribute to the great Broadway shows of our time. Profusely illustrated in color. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Title Broadway Musicals Author Gottfried, Martin Format/Binding Hardcover Binding Hardcover Publisher Harry N. Abrams Place Of Publication NY Date Published 1984 395 illustrations, 112 in full color. Great oversized heavy coffee table art book. A true treasure of a book. This is a very large book, and not just width wise. It is very tall too. There are many pictures, a lot of them in color. They have some of the rarest flops featured toward the back of the book, and the classics are all here too. Some high points are the run-through of how they make (made) "Annie" run every night. There is also a synopsis of "Hello Dolly" which helpful since I have only seen the movie. There is a flaw though, and it is not insignificant. The author does not separate fact from opinion. Example: "Sweeney Todd does not hold a place in the theater". This book came out the same year "Sweeney Todd" did(1979), so it might be just a bit early to say that. Obviously, he is a critic, but he should have took that hat off ,and taken on the role of an author who looks at the facts.("Sweeney" is just one of the hows that gets criticized.) Colorful entertaining masterpiece with many of these Broadway Musicals some of them are THE WIZ...

Adam Silver 1765-1795 by Robert Rowe. New York: Tapliger Publishing Co., Inc. 1965. First American edition hardcover with no dust jacket. 94 pages of text and additional pages with 9...

Indian baskets of the Southwest by Clara Lee Tanner. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ, 1983. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 242pp. The book contains more than 400 f...

In Praise of America, American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830 by Wendy A. Cooper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1980. Stated first American edition hardcover with dust jacket. 280 pp. ...

Wrought iron and its decorative use by Maxwell Ayrton and Arnold Silcock. New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1929. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 196 pp. An informative reference book...

The Rose Book by Maggie Oster. Emmaus: Rodale Press, 1994. Hardcover with no dust jacket as issued. 308 pp. A beautiful book on how to grow roses organically and use them in crafts. Sections include; Choosing the Right Rose, Using Roses in Your Landscape, Buying and Planting Roses, Rose Care and Feeding, Designing Fresh Rose Arrangements, How to Dry Roses...

Becoming a Nation, Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms U.S. Department of State. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. New York: Rizzoli, 2003. 232 pp. An exhibition ca...

The Concise Encyclopedia of American Antiques. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1958. First edition, fifth printing, hardcover with dust jacket. 848 pp....

Christie's: Contents of Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary, October 1983. NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used and out of...

Fernand Léger by Carolyn Lachner. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1998. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 303 pp. A book on the works of Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (1881-...

Helen Hayes on Reflection An Autobiography. New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1968. Signed third printing hardcover with dust jacket. The autobiography of Helen Hayes that was wr...

E. O. Hoppé's Amerika: Modernist Photographs from the 1920s by Phillip Prodger. New York: W. W. Norton, 2007. First Edition pre-publication exhibition copy hardcover with dust jacket...

The Gods delight, the Human figure in Classical bronze. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art and Indiana University Press, 1988. First edition paper back. 373 pp. An extensive cata...

Mark Hampton : An American Decorator by Duane Hampton. Rizzoli Pub., US, 2010. Signed and inscribed 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed, "Hope you have fun with this! Duane ...

Karim Rashid: Evolution by Karim Rashid. Universe, 2004. First edition hardcover no dust jacket issued. Karim Rashid is redesigning the world we live in one design at a time, or in K...

A Guide to American Pewter by Carl Jacobs. NY: The McBride Company, 1957. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 216 pp. A guide to pewter for the c...

American Frontier Life, Early Western Painting and Prints. New York: Portland House, 1989. Hardcover with dust jacket. 202 pp. A coffee table book...

Sienes Painting, From Its Origins to the Fifteenth Century by Bruce Cole. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1980. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 243 pp. The history of painting in Siena from its beginnings of the 13th century to the 15th century. The Sienese style was an artistic language of power, inventiveness and beauty. It featured a highly decorative use of color, the construction of complex space and a particular emotional expression. Artist's include Simone Martini...

Uncommon Clay: The Life and Works of Augustus Saint Gardens by Burke Wilkinson. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, San Diego, CA, 1985. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. ...

Edward Paul Giddings: Art And Architecture Of Passion Hardcover Book. By Giddings, Patricia. Coffee table book about Architect and Artist Edward Giddings...

Reginald Marsh, etchings, engravings, lithographs by Norman Sasowsky. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1956. First edition hardcover no dust jacket. 62 pp. An exhibition catalogue fro...

“Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs” book by Charles W. Jacobsen. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company: Publishers, 1972. Third printing hardcover with ...

Art Pottery of America by Lucile Henske. Exton: Schiffer Publishing Limited, 1982. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 368 pp. A study of American art pottery produced from the...

Chinese Trade Porcelain, 1st Ed by Michel Beurdeley. Charles E. Turtle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1962. Tipped-in color frontispiece and 24 tipped-in color plates, 100 monochrome text figures, 244 monochrome figures in the appendix. A through explanation of Chinese export porcelain and its debt to the west; historical surveys of the Far Eastern connections to al of the countries named...

Presented is an June 16, 1787 issue of Philadelphia's "The Pennsylvania Journal, and The Weekly Advertiser," containing coverage of the Constitutional Convention. The magazine period...

Italy: The New Domestic Landscape - MoMA - 1972 some water damage / damage to the dust cover book in general very good condition.

Byrd, Richard E, Alone. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First edition, stated second impression. Signed by Byrd on free end paper. Octavo. Presented in quarter blue Moroccan leather and cloth binding, with gilt titles and stamps to the spine, and a new archival slipcase. Presented is the first edition, stated second impression of Richard E. Byrd's book Alone. It was published in New York by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1938. The book is signed by the author on the first free endpage in black ink. Rear admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) was an American naval officer and recipient of the United States Medal of Honor. Byrd was also known as a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer...

THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM by Bryan, C. D. B Hardcover Book Condition Used - Very Good First edition edition 1979 The book is approx 10" x 2" x 11 3/4" and is in a good, vintage condition with light shelf-wear on the dust-jacket. Hardcover, New York: Harry N. Abrams. With many color photographs of the Museum's exhibits. Very heavy book The National Air and Space Museum by C.D.B Byran. Experience the thrill of flying some of the world's most important airplanes and spacecraft. Best Of The National Air And Space Museum provides unprecedented access to the most popular museum in the world. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts more than 9 million visitors a year, and the newly opened Dulles Center three football fields long and ten stories high is a phenomenon in its own right: in the first week it was opened, some 250,000 people came through the doors. Best Of The National Air And Space Museum features the best of both museums, from the Challenger space shuttle and the Wright flyer...

Cirque Du Soleil: 20 Years Under the Sun - An Authorized History. Hardcover coffee table book, large, heavy, luxurious. By Babinski, Tony, Mancheste...

Panels for the Walls of Heaven, a square octavo volume of poems, abstract illustrations (based on paintings by the author) and outre typography, by experimental poet and artist Kenneth Patchen, published by Bern Porter...

Author: Cather, Willa Title: Death Comes For The Archbishop. Publisher: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Description: Signed 29th printing. 1 vol., signed by Cather on the title-p...

This is an issue of Interiors Magazine that dates to April 1985. This came from Bunshaft's Travertine House in East Hampton. It came to us directly from the heirs of Gordon and Nina ...

The Houses of McKim, Mead & White Hardcover Book. Rizzoli First Edition edition August 15 1998. With nearly 1,000 commissions executed between 1879 and 1912, McKim, Mead & White was ...

1949 survey of small modernist houses in America, compiled and edited by William J. Hennessey based on selections by a jury of architectural photographers in...

ARTIST: Virgil Ross. TITLE: Sniffles (Six Original drawings). PUBLISHER: Warner Brothers Studios, (c.1990's) DESCRIPTION: SIX ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF SNIFFLES. 17" x 13-1/2', on ani...

AUTHOR: SYMONDS, John Addington - translator. TITLE: The Life Of Benvenuto Cellini Written By Himself. PUBLISHER: NY: Brentano's, 1929. DESCRIPTION: 2 vols, 9-1/16" x 6-1/8", num...

Presenting a gloriously rare book …. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition. First Thus. Illustrated by J. Allen St. John...

Always Go First Class by Laurence Marks. First Edition hardcover. Published by Random House, New York, 1962. Dust-jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Author: ross, virgil. Title: k-9 martian dog. (six original drawings). Publisher: Warner Brothers Studios, (circa 1990s) Description: six original drawings of witch hazel. 17" x 13-1...

Elvis at 21: New York to Memphis 1st edition. Limited edition photo-journal by Wertheimer (2006). It's truly a standout book and one of the greatest relea...

olling Stones the Photographs 1993 softcover. 1st edition, 1st printing. Taken between 1967 and the present, these 150 pictures by 35 photographers are reprinted from Rolling Stone. Tina Turner is one of the famous faces of rock. This great picture book and her classic performance pose defined a generation. Encompassing a variety of styles (from the dark and murky likeness of a contemplative Tom Waits photographed in black-and-white by Matt Mahurin, to a luridly high-colored portrait of jewel-bedecked, ermine...

Collodi, Carlo. Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, 1920. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk. Deluxe Edition. In the publisher's original green cloth front board stamped with gilt titles and Pinocchio illustration, the original tan cloth spine lettered in gilt, rebacked in green cloth. With 14 color plates and numerous border illustrations and decoration throughout. Presented with a new archival slipcase. Presented is a charming English edition of Carlo Collodi’s children’s tale, Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. This book was published in Philadelphia and London by J. B. Lippincott, as a special "Deluxe Edition," in 1920. It features 14 full color plates by illustrator Maria Kirk and charming green borders and chapter decorations throughout the whole book. It is presented here in its original green cloth front board, stamped with gilt titles and Pinocchio illustration, the original tan cloth spine with gilt titles, newly rebacked in green cloth. The book is protected by a new custom archival slipcase with an inlay of Pinocchio in a forest. Collodi’s La Storia di un Burattino (trans: The Story of a Puppet) first appeared in serial form in the Italian weekly publication for children, Giornale per i bambini. The first installment was published on July 7, 1881 and continued for nearly four months and 15 chapters. Following the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio, the original series was written as an educational tale of warning to Italian children, stressing the importance of morality, responsibility, and obedience to one’s parents and authority. In the original, serialized version, the flawed and irresponsible Pinocchio is penalized and hanged for his numerous poor decisions and faults of character at the end of Chapter 15. At the request of his editor and by the demand of his many readers, Collodi resumed his serialized story in February of 1882. In these later chapters, Chapters 16–36, the Fairy with Turquoise Hair rescues and revives Pinocchio and eventually transforms him into a real boy. Pinocchio acquires a deeper understanding of himself and his moral responsibilities, making the story more palatable for children. In February 1883, the story was published in Italy as a single book, illustrated by Enrico Mazzanti. It was a huge publishing success. The Adventures of Pinocchio is the world's third most translated book, after the Bible and The Little Prince. Pinocchio was first translated into English by Mary Alice Murray in 1892, whose translation was added to the widely circulated Everyman's Library in 1911. The first US edition was published in 1901, translated and illustrated by Walter S. Cramp and Charles Copeland...

Vonnegut, Kurt. Look at the Birdie. Norwalk: The Easton Press, 2009. Limited Edition, of 1000 copies. Signed by Vonnegut. 8vo. Original pictorial blue leather stamped in black and gi...

Jamie Wyeth by Jamie Wyeth Book. Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1980. Title: Jamie Wyeth Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston Publication Date: 1980 Binding: Hardcover Conditi...

A signed limited edition of this collection of essays by a host of popular authors such as Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien on their early literary influences, with this copy bei...

AUTHOR: Williams, Tennessee. TITLE: Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944. PUBLISHER: Norfolk: New Directions, 1944. DESCRIPTION: FIRST ...