American Books

Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Oriental Art. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 195 pp. A large book ...

Tina Modotti Photographs by Sarah Lowe. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995. Harry N Abrams, NY. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 160 pp., 119 plates and 29 text figures in duotone. T...

New York Photographs, Book by Andreas Feininger, 1964. This is a stunning photographic document of its time: A portrait of New York. Color and black and white photo-reproductions by ...

Honoré Lannuier Cabinetmaker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York by Peter M. Kenny. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., NY, 1998. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Published to accompany an exhibition at the MET. This monograph covers the 16 years that Lannuier made late Federal style...

Charles Scribner's, New York, from late 1800's to early 1900's. Bound in blue leather and cloth boards with blue and red spines. 8 3/8" H x 5 3/4" W...

1952 The Last Resorts by Cleveland Amory 1st edition hardcover. Clear Mylar jacket has been added over the original dust jacket.

Visit the homes of designers, artists, and tastemakers across the southern United States in this celebration of gracious living and personal style In Southern Interiors, the first b...

Design in America: the Cranbrook vision, 1925-1950 by Robert Judson Clark. Abrams, in association with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Metropol...

Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years. Selections from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. Approximately 150 full color and 150 black and white illustrations. Published in 20...

The American Wing: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harrison House, 1987. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket. 352 pp. A ...

Getaways: Carefree Retreats for All Seasons by Chris Casson Madden.Published by Clarkson N. Potter , member of the Crown Publishing Group, New York, 2000. Profusely illustrated with over 200 color photographs."A haven, a retreat, a special place that offers a sense of sanctuary - this is a getaway. And as Chris Casson Madden discovers in her beautiful new book, a getaway can be found in myriad forms and in varied locations. Whether it's a log cabin in the mountains, an elegant villa by the sea, or even a cozy suburban house lived in year-round, a true getaway encourages family gatherings and personal renewal. In [the book], Chris celebrates the easygoing spirit that creates such havens. She uncovers a harbor hideaway on a New England island, a one -room cottage by the race tracks of Saratoga Springs, a sleek farmhouse in the Malibu hills, and a Hudson Valley tree-house built for two little girls by their father. Other delightful retreats include a fragrant garden arbor...

From Susan Sully comes this book of inspirations for those who are enamored with the ever-enchanting Southern way of living. The words "Southern hospitality" conjure up a wealth of welcoming images, from breezy porches with white colonnades and the seductive scent of magnolia blossoms cut from the yard to fill heirloom vases to tables laden with fine china on embroidered linens, illuminated by candles. Southern Hospitality at Home showcases the special qualities of graciousness and charm that define the American South's way of living. Learn from Southern style experts how to make your home an inviting place for sharing with family and friends--from designing welcoming entrance halls and inviting living rooms to comfortable kitchens, pretty guest rooms, and shady garden rooms...

American porcelain, 1770-1920. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A large catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art...

Christie's NY: Important French Furniture, Ceramics, Tapestries, and Carpets including Property from J. Paul Getty Museum, October 1996. 447 lots and 295 ag...

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First trade edition, first issue. In the original first-state dust jacket and publisher’s black cloth boards. Presented in a new archival ¼ leather and cloth clamshell case, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and titles to the spine. Presented is a first trade edition, first issue of Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. The book was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in New York, in September of 1929. This first printing is presented with its original first issue dust jacket. The dust jacket, as designed by Cleonike Damianakes Wilkins, is considered by many to be one of the greatest of the 20th century and rivals even The Great Gatsby in its collectibility. Set during World War I, A Farewell to Arms tells the story of a young American Lieutenant serving as an ambulance driver in Italy struggling through love and war. The story is told through first person narration detailing many aspects of war that would have been very familiar to readers at the time, as the book was published only 11 years after the 1918 armistice. The simple, direct tone his character uses when giving his unromanticized account of the war later defined Hemingway’s writing style. A Farewell to Arms is loosely based on Hemingway’s own experiences. The author briefly served overseas as an ambulance driver in the Italian Army, sustained injuries, and met a nurse who he eventually proposed marriage to but was declined. The novel’s post-war disillusionist subject assigned Hemingway to the “Lost Generation” of Modernist artists. A Farewell to Arms was Hemingway’s most successful publishing venture to date. Charles Scribner's Sons issued seven impressions of the novel in the short time between September and December of 1929, with over 100,000 volumes sold. The novel secured Hemingway’s place as a popular American author and became his first bestselling book. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy of words and dry understatement, strongly influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and his public image. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Hemingway published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works during his lifetime; a further three novels, four collections of short stories, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are now considered classics of American literature. The book’s striking dust jacket design was illustrated by the artist Cleonike Damianakes Wilkins, who worked under the pen name of Cleon. Wilkins was known for her distinctive fusion of Art Deco and Hellenistic styles. She designed the dust jackets for Hemingway’s earlier The Sun Also Rises in 1926 and his later publication In Our Time in 1930, as well as Conrad Aiken’s Great Circle, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s All the Sad Young Men,and Zelda Fitzgerald’s Save Me the Waltz. Wilkins was chosen by Hemingway’s celebrated editor at Scribner’s, Maxwell Perkins. In order to differentiate Hemingway’s tale from other, competing WWI novels on the bookshop shelves, Perkins sought to widen its appeal through the dust jacket. The resulting design was Wilkins’ interpretation of Sandro Botticelli’s epic oil painting “Venus...

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: Now We Are Six. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen Children's Books, 1977. DESCRIPTION: LIMITED SIGNED EDITION. 1 vol., 7-9/16" x 5-3/16", limited to 300 numb...

Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern by Wanda M. Corn. Published by Prestel, 2017. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Richly illustrated with images of her art and views of the two homes ...

Sotheby's Art at Auction 1990-1991 Sotheby's. Edited by Sally Prideaux. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1991. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous color photos...

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...

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...

John Hedgecoe's Nude Photography, A Complete and Practical Guide to Taking Superb Photographs. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1984. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 224...

Nashville, The Pilgrims of Guitar Town by Michel Arnaud. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 2000. Signed and inscribed by the author first edition hard...

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...

Taking One's Own Ship Around the World. A journal descriptive of scenes and incidents, together with observations from the log book. Recorded on the Voyage Around the World October 25, 1928 to May 16, 1929 of the Yacht Ara, Written and Signed by William K. Vanderbilt. This is a First edition of Vanderbilt’s account of his voyage around the world aboard the diesel yacht Ara. Bound in the original brown buckram, with gilt titles and tooling on the spine, and a gilt top edge with pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with colored engravings after photographs by Wiliam E. Belanske, Pierre C...

The Golden Pharaoh: The Definitive Account of the Greatest Discovery in Archaeology, the Treasures of Tutankhamen, by Philipp Vandenberg. Stated First American edition. 328 pages wit...

AUTHOR: BEVERIDGE, Albert J. TITLE: The Life Of John Marshall. PUBLISHER: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. DESCRIPTION: 4 vol., 8-3/4" x 6-1/8", illustrated, bound in 3/4...

AUTHOR: THOMAS, Dylan. TITLE: In Country Sleep And Other Poems. PUBLISHER: NY: New Directions, 1952. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., one of 5,000 copies printed on Kil...

Gloria Garfinkel Works 1961-2018 by Andrew Kelly. Gloria Garfinkel Foundation, 2019. 1st Ed hardcover with. dust jacket. During her prolific career as...

Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe by Lisa Mintz Messinger. Publisher Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 2011. The book is signed by the editor with a dedication to Her...

This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World by Mary Savig, 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket Exhibition Catalog. During the summer of 2020, the space outside the Renwick Gallery-The...

Francisco de Goya and the Art of Critique by Anthony J Cascardi. Princeton University Press, Jan 10, 2023, 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. An innovative study of Goya's unpreceden...

AUTHOR: MILLER, Arthur. TITLE: Everybody Wins. PUBLISHER: NY: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., 8-3/16" x 5-3/8", 109pp., signed by Miller on the...

Set of Three Important Key Books on Shaker Furniture and Accessories: 1. By Shaker Hands by June Sprigg, Softcover Published by Knopf, 1975. New York. ...

Vida Americana Mexican Muralists Remake American Art. 1925-1945, by Barbara Haskell. 1st Ed hardcover, no dust jacket as published by Yale University...

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...

Sotheby's: The Collection of Craig Wright, New York Auction Catalog Sept. 2011. 234 lots on 151 pp., Illustrated in color and fully described. "Craig Wrig...

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...

Christie's Review of the Season 1982 Hardcover Edited by John Herbert. Abbeville Press, NY, 1982. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous color photos of important lots from all ...

19th century Shakespeare 10 volumes, circa 1894 Edited by William Aldis Wright Macmillan and Co., London and New York Each volume measures 7" wide x 10.5" high Offered as...

"One of the most engaging and ingenious mysteries of its age" (P.D. James) Philadelphia - New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1946. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 8vo, 7 3/...

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...

Plain & Elegant, Rich & Common, Documented New Hampshire Furniture, 1750-1850. Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1979. First edition s...

Seversky, Alexander. Victory Through Air Power. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First Edition. Signed and inscribed. In the publisher’s original unclipped dust jacket and boards....

Paintings in the Uffizi and Pitti Galleries by Mina Gregori, Marco Chiarini and Antonio Paolucci. 1st American Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Little Brown & Co., Bulfinch Press Book, Boston 1994. The Uffizi and Pitti Galleries are treasure houses of the most well-known masterpieces in Italian and Northern Renaissance art including Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", Leonardo's "Annunciation", Durer's "Adoration of the Magi" and Titian's "Venus of Urbino...

Christie's Auction Catalog Important European Furniture. Works of Art, Ceramics, Tapestries and Carpets. Christie's NY, May 2005. 1st Ed softcover with results. 598 lots in color. ...

The White House, It's Historic Furnishings & First Families by Betty C. Monkman. New York: Abbeville Press, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A beautiful coffee table book about The White House. It showcases the historic furniture and decorative accessories, including silver, glass, porcelain, and textiles, along with purchasing habits of the first families. The book tells how Theodore Roosevelt swept away all traces of the 19th century interiors including a Tiffany glass screen that spanned the entrance hall. It reveals documents about James Monroe ordering precious objects from France in 1817, and why presidents after this were encouraged to restrict their purchases to American products...

American Fashion: The Life and Lines of Adrian, Mainbocher, McCardell, Norell, and Trigere by Robert Riley; Dale McConathy; Sally Kirkland; Bernadine Morris; and Eleni Sakes Epstein....

Rattan furnishings evoke the glamour and laid back elegance of exotic beach houses as well as the informal beauty of plant filled garden rooms and sun dappled verandas. Long fascinated with rattan's versatility, designer Lulu Lytle examines the enduring appeal of this sustainable tropical palm in RATTAN: A WORLD OF ELEGANCE AND CHARM. The first book in decades to examine the history and craftsmanship of rattan furniture, this insightful tome showcases rattan's appeal through archival images of beautiful interiors including Madeleine Castaing's winter garden in Paris, Michael Taylor's own Californian beach house, the Titanic's Café Parisian and the Billy Baldwin designed Mr. Kennedy's beauty salon in New York City. Rattan's many personalities are explored through its inclusion in settings as diverse as Impressionist paintings, flamboyant nightclubs and pared down contemporary drawing rooms. A reflection of its inherent beauty and longevity, antique rattan furniture from the nineteenth century is highly collectible, as are rattan pieces created by giants of modern design such as Josef Hoffmann for Thonet, Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Jean-Michel Frank for Ecart, Renzo Mongiardino for Bonacina, Arne Jacobsen for Sika, Paul Frankl and Donald Deskey. Rattan pieces have become iconic and highly prized, including Hiroomi Tahara's Wrap Sofa, Franca Helg's Primavera Chair, and the many iterations of the beloved Peacock Chair. RATTAN also highlights some of the many tastemakers who have embraced rattan--from Marella Agnelli, Babe Paley, and Cecil Beaton to leading interior designers including Jeffrey Bilhuber, Veere Grenney, Axel Vervoordt, and Jacques Grange. About The Author Lulu Lytle, long smitten with the romance and versatility of rattan, rescued the last remaining workshop in Britain in 2010 in order to establish Soane Britain...

Picasso and Portraiture: Representation and transformation By Rubin, William, Editor; with essays by Anne Baldassari. by Pablo Picasso, Anne Baldassari, Pierre Daix, Michael C. Fitzg...

James Rosenquist: His American Life by Charles Baxter and Judith Goldman. Rizzoli November 20, 2018. 1st Ed hardcover for an exhibition at Acquevella Ga...

AUTHOR: LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. PUBLISHER: Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1886. DESCRIPTION: LARGE PAPER EDITION. 1...

Matthew Boulton Master silversmith 1760-1790 by Eric Delieb and Michael Roberts. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1971. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 144 pp. A study o...

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. ...

Mid-1950’s catalog for the fabled Altamira design center, located at 18 E 50th St in New York City, one of the top U.S. venues for high-end Italian design. Altamira commissioned a li...

Cézanne Watercolors by Acquavella Galleries, introduction by William Rubin. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1999. 1st Ed Softcover. 128 pp. 21 b&w...

American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament, by Morrison H. Heckscher and Leslie Greene Bowman. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Date: 1992 and Distributed by Harry N. Abrams. Publis...

Massachusetts Beautiful by Wallace Nutting. Old America, Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. 1935. First Edition Thus Signed hardcover no dust jacket. Part of His "States Beautiful" series. With many black and white photographs and illustrations of localities throughout the state of Massachusetts...

By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman First edition signed by George Foreman. Villard, U.S.A., 1995. Signed, Stated 1st Trade Ed hardcover with...