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A Monograph of the Work of McKim, Mead and White, 1879-1915
Located in valatie, NY
A Monograph of the Work of McKim, mead and white, 1879-1915; new edition, four volumes in one with an essay by Leland Roth. Arno Press NY, 1977. The firm, headed by Charles Follen McKim, William Rutherford Mead, and Stanford White are responsible for a number of America's iconic buildings including Pennsylvania Station...
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1970s Vintage American Books

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Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Drawing in Silver and Gold: Leonardo to Jasper Johns by Stacey Sell, Hugo Chapman and Kimberly Schenck. With gift card from the curator at National Gallery of Art, Washington. Publis...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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American Folk Art Collection of Howard & Catherine Feldman, Sotheby's 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The American Folk Art Collection of Howard and Catherine Feldman Sotheby's, June 1988. 1st Ed softcover 171 lots all photoed in b&w and color each ...
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1980s Vintage American Books

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Heroes of the Plains by J. W. Buel, Illustrated, circa 1880s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Buel, James W. Heroes of the Plains, or Lives and Wonderful Adventures of Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, Capt. Payne, “White Beaver,” Capt. Jack, Texas Jack, California Joe, an...
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1880s Late Victorian Antique American Books

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Art Nouveau Architecture by Frank Russell
Located in valatie, NY
Art Nouveau Architecture by Frank Russell. Arch Cape Press, NY, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. With 68 color and 500 black and white illustrations. Architects of the fin de siècle (end of the century) organized by country, each chapter written by a well-known authority in the field. The introduction, by Roger-Henri Guerrand; Great Britain: arts and crafts and art nouveau, by Tim Benton; Spain: moderismo in Catalonia, by Tim Benton; Belgium: red steel and blue aesthetic, by Maurice Culot; France: Viollet-le-Duc to Tony Garnier: the passion of rationalism, by Francois Loyer; Holland: building towards an ideal: progressive architecture in Holland, by Richard Padovan; Switzerland: the temperate presence of art nouveau, by Jacques Gubler; Germany: Judgendstil: the early morning of the modern movement, by Ian Latham; Italy: liberty architecture in Italy, by Ezio Godoli; Czechoslovakia: the secession in Eastern Europe, by Anna Masarykova; Austria: to the limits of a language: Wagner, Olbrich, Hoffmann, by Ezio Godoli; USA: Louis Sullivan, Greene and Greene...
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1980s Vintage American Books

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Sotheby's Important Chinese Ceramics from the J. M. Hu Family Collection, 1985
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Important Chinese Ceramics from the J. M. Hu Family Collection, June 4, 1985. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Important and catalog feat...
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1980s Vintage American Books

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Adam Fuss Mask by Adam Fuss and Peter Lamborn Wilson, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Adam Fuss: Mask by Adam Fuss and Peter Lamborn Wilson. Published by Baldwin Gallery, 2005. 1st Ed hardcover with slipcase exhibition catalog. The photograms ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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KiKi's Paris, Artist and Lovers 1900-1930, Signed by Both Authors, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
KiKi's Paris, Artist and Lovers 1900-1930 by Billy Klüver and Julie Martin. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989. Signed by both authors 1st edition hardcover with dust jacket. 263 ...
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20th Century American 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 E...
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1960s Vintage American Books

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Handmade Houses A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art by Art Boericke
Located in valatie, NY
Handmade Houses: A Guide to the Woodbutcher's Art by Art Boericke. Scrimshaw Press, California, 1973. 3rd printing hardcover with dust jacket. The book is a photo-journey through the...
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Planting Fields: A Place on Long Island
Located in New York, NY
A celebration of Planting Fields, one of the few surviving estates of the Gold Coast of Long Island in New York Planting Fields is an English Country House transported to the North ...
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2010s American Books

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American Victorian, 1st Ed
By Lawrence Grow and Dina Von zweck 1
Located in valatie, NY
American Victorian by Lawrence Grow and Dina Von Aweck. NY: Harper and Row, publishers, 1984. First edition hardcover, no dust jacket. 223 pp. A fully-illustrated source book of the ...
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20th Century American Books

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The Great Republic by the Master Historians, Edited by Charles Morris, 4 Vols
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Morris, Charles (editor). The Great Republic by the Master Historians. New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago: The R. S. Belcher Co., 1902. Rebound in 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards, wi...
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Early 1900s Antique American Books

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The Genius of Charles James 1982 Exhibition Catalogue Book
By Charles James
Located in Stamford, CT
The Genius of Charles James exhibition catalogue by Elizabeth Ann Coleman. Book accompanied the 1982 Brooklyn Museum show. Soft cover first edition.
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Late 20th Century Modern American Books

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Georgia O'Keeffe Studio Book
By Georgia O'Keeffe
Located in valatie, NY
Georgia O'Keeffe. New York: The Viking Press, 1976. Unpaginated softcover. Folio size book of work by Georgia O'Keeffe with reproductions and text that cover...
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Art Now From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism by Edward Smith, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art Now: From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism by Edward Smith. Published by William Morrow & Co, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "The author as noted in the introduct...
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1970s Vintage American Books

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Norman Rockwell by Elizabeth Miles Montgomery Hardcover Oversized Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Norman Rockwell by Elizabeth Miles Montgomery Hardcover Oversized Book. This is a Large Picture Book of Norman Rockwell's art, as presented in the Saturday Evening Post. There are ov...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Classical American Books

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1952 Invisible Man
By Ralph Ellison
Located in Bath, GB
The sought after first edition, first printing of Ralph Ellison's monumental award winning novel, his first and only work to be published during his lifetime. The first edition, fir...
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1950s Vintage American Books

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Art and the Empire City New York, 1825-1861, by Dell Upton, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art And The Empire City: New York, 1825-1861, by Dell Upton, and Catherine Voorsanger. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 2000. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Presented in conj...
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Early 2000s American Books

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Paintings of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence 2 Vol. Set, 1st Ed
By Sydney Freedberg
Located in valatie, NY
Paintings of the high Renaissance in Rome and Florence by Sydney Freedberg. Harvard University Press, 1961. two volume set 1st Ed hardcovers with dust jackets. Volume 1 is 644 pp. of text, all the 700 b/w illustrations are contained in volume 2 which has 514 pp. "These two volumes constitute a study of virtually the whole extent of painting of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence the richest concentration in time and place of master accomplishments of Italian art. The author deals at length with the major figures: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Bartolommeo...
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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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3 Vols. Adam Badeau. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Adam Badeau. Military History Of U.S. Grant. Bound in 3/4 green morocco, marbled boards and endpapers, marbled edges, raised bands, illustrated. Published: New York: D. Ap...
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Late 19th Century Antique American Books

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PARKER, Joseph W.. Doctor Crosby's Strange Experience - 1935 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: PARKER, Joseph W. TITLE: Doctor Crosby's Strange Experience. PUBLISHER: Kansas City, MO, The Peerage Press, 1935. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-11/16" x 5-1/4", 9...
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1930s Vintage American Books

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History of Postmodern Architecture 1st Edition
By Heinrich Klotz
Located in valatie, NY
The history of Postmodern Architecture by Heinrich Klotz. Cambridge MA; The MIT Press, 1988. This first standard work on the past 25 years in postmodern architecture documents the ri...
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1980s Vintage American Books

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Marine Antiques by Marian Klamkin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Marine Antiques by Marian Klamkin. Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., 1975. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The world of marine antiques for the collect...
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1970s Vintage American Books

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Architecture and Interior Design A Basic History Through the 17th C, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Architecture and Interior Design: A Basic History Through the Seventeenth Century by Victoria Kloss Ball. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1980. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Interior des...
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1980s Vintage American Books

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The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen, Important 1st "Advance Reading Copy"
Located in valatie, NY
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson. Quirk Books, 2017. Important 1st Ed "Advanc...
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2010s American Books

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Set 5, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Lost Worlds, Middle Ages, Elizab, World
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 5 Books: Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Lost Worlds, Middle Ages, Elizabethan World. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co. Ancient Rome: in an age when Latin has become ra...
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1960s Vintage American Books

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The Biltmore Estate, The Most Distinguished Private Place, First Edition
By John Bryan
Located in valatie, NY
The Biltmore Estate, The Most Distinguished Private Place by John M. Bryan. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1994. First Edition har...
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20th Century American Books

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Edith Wharton The House of Mirth, First Edition, 1905
Located in CA, CA
Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1905. First edition, first issue This is the book that launched Whart...
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Early 20th Century Modern American Books

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1, 773 Milestones of Art A Pictorial Survey of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture
Located in valatie, NY
1,773 Milestones of Art: A Pictorial Survey of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Published by Harrison House, New York, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. Presents the great works...
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1980s Vintage American Books

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"The Art of the Surfboard" Book Signed by Surfer Greg Noll - First Edition
By Greg Noll
Located in San Diego, CA
"The Art of the Surfboard" first edition book signed by legendary surfer Greg Noll (As well as author Drew Kampion and Jed Noll, Greg's son), circa 2007. The book, written by longtim...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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Family Houses in the Country by Gilles De Chabaneix Stated First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Family Houses in the Country by Gilles De Chabaneix and Alexandra D'Arnoux. Clarkson Potter, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dus...
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Early 2000s American Books

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Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of the late Howard Reifsnyder, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of the Late Howard Reifsnyder, including signed pieces by Philadelphia cabinetmakers, formerly contained i...
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1920s Vintage American Books

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In The Houses of Ireland, First Edition
By Marianne Heron, Walter Pfeiffer (b.1886)
Located in valatie, NY
In The Houses of Ireland by Walter Pfeiffer and Marianne Heron. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, Inc., 1988. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 254 pp. A beautiful chronic...
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20th Century American Books

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Architectural Digest Autobiography of a Magazine, 1920-2010
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Written by Paige Rense The first and authoritative story of the rise of interior design from an intimate trade industry to celebrity decorators of today, as seen through the eyes of Architectural Digest...
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Lives In Transition: LGBTQ Serbia, by Slobodan Randjelovic, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Lives In Transition: LGBTQ Serbia, by Slobodan Randjelovic. The New Press, United Kingdom, 2019. First edition softcover. Photographer Slobodan Randjelovic captures the struggles and...
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2010s American Books

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Christie's: The Van Cliburn Collection, English Furniture, Russian Works of Art
Located in valatie, NY
The Van Cliburn Collection. English furniture, Russian Works of Art, Silver and Jewelry. Thursday 17 May 2012, Christie's. Christie's was honored to presen...
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Treasures from the Kremlin, An Exhibition from State Museums of Moscow 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Treasures from the Kremlin; An Exhibition from the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York; May 19-September 2 1979; and the Grand Palais Paris...
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1970s Vintage American Books

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American Vignola by William R. Ware, First Edition Thus
Located in valatie, NY
The American Vignola, a Guide to the making of classical architecture by William R. Ware. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc., 1977. First edition t...
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20th Century American Books

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Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice
Located in valatie, NY
Paolo Veronese: A Master and His Workshop in Renaissance Venice by Virginia Brilliant and Frederick Ilchman. Published by Scala Arts Publishers Inc....
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Christies: European Furniture Including Property from Turbuence Antiques
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: New York, European Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Tapestries Including Property from Turbuence Antiques, March 2007. 456 lots in color on 365 pages, with results. The owner Moe (Maurice Margules) is a well known and colorful NY dealer...
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Early 2000s American Books

The Precious Legacy, Judaic Treasures From the Czechoslovak State Collections
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Precious Legacy, Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections. Softcover book, edited by David Altshuler, published in 1983, illustrated, 288 pages.
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1980s Vintage American Books

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The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico; Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer
Located in valatie, NY
The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico; Treasures from the Museo Franz Mayer. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts, 2002. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Spanish and English text. 36...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books

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The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie Illustrated by A Rackham First Edition
By Wagner
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a fabulous first edition book, namely, The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie Illustrated by A Rackham First Edition. The Rhinegol...
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Early 20th Century Bohemian American Books

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Two Catalogues on the Furniture of Georgia
Located in valatie, NY
Two catalogues on the furniture of Georgia. 1.) Neat Pieces, The Plain-Style Furniture of 19th Century Georgia. Atlanta: Atlanta Historical Society, 1983. First edition softcover. 20...
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Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, 1st Ed 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition of Colonial and Early Federal Furniture, Portraits and Glass 1929. Published by American Art Galleries, New York, 1929. 1st Ed s...
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1920s Vintage American Books

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Steven Art & Antiques Auction Catalog Dec. 2015
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Steven Art & Antiques Auction Catalog Dec. 2015. Pasadena California. Featuring a large collection of Chinese Art , collectible snuff bottles, jade wine cups, Tibetan art, porcelain ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Qing American Books

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Awash in Color French and Japanese Prints by Chelsea Foxwell
Located in valatie, NY
Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints by Chelsea Foxwell. University of Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Museum, 2012. 1st Ed softcover catalog. Wh...
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2010s American Books

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The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: Catalogue of Exhibition Held at the Met in 1909
Located in valatie, NY
The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: Catalogue of an Exhibition Held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Two volumes), by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1909. 1st Ed 2 volume set, hardcovers. Volume I: Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings by Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century by W. R. Valentiner, 149 paintings are described and illustrated on 162 pages; Volume II: Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Other Objects of Art, 1625--1825 by Henry Watson...
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Homes of Our Ancestors; as Shown in the American Wing of the Met, Stated 1st
Located in valatie, NY
The Homes Of Our Ancestors; as shown in the American Wing Of The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Of New York by R.T.H. Halsey And Elizabeth Tower. Published...
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1920s Vintage American Books

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Sotheby's NY Important English Furniture & Related Decorative Arts, 1995
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's NY Important English Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, A Private Collection, April 22, 1995. Sotheby's NY, 1995. 1st Ed hard...
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1990s American Books

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William Seaward in Defence of William Freeman, on His Trial for Murder - 1846
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SEWARD, William. TITLE: Argument of William Seaward in Defence of William Freeman, on His Trial for Murder, at Auburn, July 21st and 22nd, 1846. PUBLISHER: NY: Auburn: H. ...
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1840s Antique American Books

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Town and Country by Mark Girouard, First Edition
By Mark Girouard
Located in valatie, NY
Town and country by Mark Girouard. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 274 pp. A fascinating collection of essays and articles on places visited by the architectural historian Mark Girouard with insights into both the buildings and its inhabitants. He tells of the houses he visited as a boy and how he became interested in architecture and he provides his interpretation of the origins of English Rococo art, analyses the formation of an English seaside...
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Sothebys May 1996 Property from the Estate of Lita Annenberg Hazen
Located in valatie, NY
Sothebys May 1996 property from The Estate of Lita Annenberg Hazen. Softcover catalogue. Sotheby's sale of paintings, European furniture and decorative objects belonging to Lita Anne...
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1990s American Books

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Workbook Single Image #17 By Alexis Scott
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Workbook Single Image #17 By Alexis Scott softcover magazine. Discover a stunning collection of photography and illustrations by a diverse group of talented photographers, showcasing...
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Late 20th Century Modern American Books

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Wild Flowers of New York Vol. I and II by Homer D. House and John M. Clark
By John M. Clark, Homer D. House
Located in valatie, NY
Wild Flowers of New York, Vol. I and II. Albany: The University of The State of New York, 1923. Second printing hardcovers with no dust jacket as issued. 362 pages of text and 264 co...
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Early 20th Century American Books

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Chips and Shavings: Stories of Upstate New York by George Walter, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Chips and Shavings: Stories of Upstate New York by George Walter. Heritage Press, 1966. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Loaded with interesting stories about the early days of ups...
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1960s Vintage American Books

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Memphis, Barbara Radice 1984 First Edition
By Memphis Group, Ettore Sottsass, Barbara Radice
Located in CA, CA
First edition, published by Rizzoli, 1984 ‘Research, Experiences, Result, Failures and Successes of New Design’ Founded in 1981 by designer Ettore Sottsass, the Italy-based Mem...
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1980s Vintage American Books

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Andy Warhol Diaries, Hard-Cover Library or Coffee Table Book, 1989
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
'The Andy Warhol Diaries' book is hard-cover, first edition, May 1989. The Andy Warhol Diaries is the dictated memoirs of the American artist, Andy Warhol, posthumously published, May 1989, USA. It was edited by his frequent collaborator and long-time friend, Pat Hackett...
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