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Place of Origin: British
Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea / Ackermann, First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the great 19th-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine. Sauvan, Jean Baptiste Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, from Paris to the Sea; with Particulars Historical and Descriptive. London: R. Ackermann, 1821. First Edition. 4to, 13 1/2 x 11 (343 x 280 mm), pp. x, 177, title vignette and 24 hand colored aquatints, map. Later three-quarter yellow levant morocco with fillets, spine decorated in gilt with 5 raised bands and black title label; marbled boards and endpapers, a.e.g.. Spine and boards in very good condition, binding tight and square, text and plates with very occasional spotting. [Abbey, Travel 90; Tooley 445; Bobins, Exotic and the Beautiful II: 548] Condition: Near fine. This is a first printing of one of the great nineteenth-century English color plate books illustrating the scenery along the Seine from Paris to Le Havre. Luminous impressions of the plates, beautifully hand-colored. Engraved by Thomas Sutherland (1785 – 1825) and Daniel Havell (1785 – 1826) from sketches and drawings by Augustus Pugin (1812 – 1852) and John Gendall (1790 – 1865), the illustrations also include a vignette on the title page representing the Château de Rosny (home of the Duchess of Berry...
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Early 19th Century Antique British Books

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Leather, Paper

The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1962. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In ten chapters of text and plates, Bazin,...
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1960s Vintage British Books

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Paper

Antique 1910 Green Willow & Other Japanese Fairy Tales Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James, Warwick Goble illustrator. Published by Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, 1910. Blue cloth bi...
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Early 20th Century Anglo-Japanese British Books

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Paper

Christie's London: "Regence to Faberge. an Apartment by Jed Johnson, " May 2010
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's London: "Regence to Faberge. An Apartment by Jed Johnson”, May 20, 2010 Auction Catalog. 301 Lots on 166 Pages, All Lots Described and Color Illustrated. Jed Johnson was a...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Paper

Beautifully Bound Book by Lord Alfred Tennyson: the Lover's Tale
Located in Middletown, NY
Tennyson, Alfred. The Lover's tale. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1879. First Edition. 16mo, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (165 x 109 mm), 95 pp + 4pp ads; fine FULL TAN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY ZA...
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Late 19th Century Antique British Books

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Gold Leaf

Lonsdale Library, Fishing Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Fine Angling For Coarse Fish, Lonsdale Library Book. One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Fine Angling For Coarse Fish, with original dust cover. The book with one hundred and forty-eight illustrations. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale & Mr. Eric Parker...
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1940s Sporting Art Vintage British Books

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Paper

Vanity Fair by Wm.Thackeray, Cosway Style Binding, First Edition, First Issue
Located in Middletown, NY
Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On Steel and Wood By the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 / Vanity Fair; A Novel Without a Hero. With Illustrations On ...
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Mid-19th Century Antique British Books

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Leather, Paper

Pasiphaë by Algernon C. Swinburne / Golden Cockerel Press
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Swinburne, Algernon C. PASIPHAË. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. Limited Edition. 8vo; 9 x 5 3/4 inches (228 x 144 mm); 40 pp., 13 pt Bembo type. 6+1 copper engravings by John Buckland Wright...
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Mid-20th Century British Books

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Leather, Paper

Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1977-1978
By Sotheby Parke Bernet
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction: The Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet 1977-1978. Sotheby Park Bernet Publication, London, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annua...
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1970s Vintage British Books

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Paper

After the Funeral by Paul Scott, an Illustrated Whittington Press Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
Paul Scott's After the Funeral, illustrated by Sally Scott, with an introduction by Roland Grant. Andoversford: Whittington Press & William Heinemann, 1979. Limited Edition. Roya...
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Late 20th Century British Books

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Leather, Paper

Mallett Catalog 2010, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mallett catalog from 2010. Softcover catalog in color with all the objects fully described. Typical Mallett catalog of great furniture, porcelain etc. Published after the closure of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Paper

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Zapolya, a Christmas Tale" in Fine Leather Binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Zapolya: A Christmas Tale; in Two Parts: The Prelude entitled "The Usurper's Fortune;" and The Sequel, entitled "The Usurper's Fate." London: Rest Fenner, ...
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Early 19th Century Antique British Books

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Gold Leaf

R. H. Elkin - Old Dutch Nursery Rhymes - 1st Ed in English - in an Onlay Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: ELKIN, R. H. (translator) - Rontgen, J. (tunes by) - H. Willebeek Le Mair - (illustrator). TITLE: Old Dutch Nursery Rhymes. PUBLISHER: London: Augener, Ltd., 1917. ...
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1910s Vintage British Books

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Leather

Design-For-Today, Rare Modernist Magazine, Complete Bound Set, 1933 to 1935, UK
Located in London, GB
Design-For-Today, a short lived modernist avant-garde magazine, 1933 to 1935, UK. A rare and hard to come by complete bound set. Articles, images, designs by British architects and designers, as well as emigres ones . Gerald Summers, Wells Coates, Marcel Breuer, Alvar and Aino Aalto, Walter Gropius, László Moholy-Nagy, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Betty Joel, Serge Chermayeff, Keith Murray, Charles Boyton, Ronald Grierson...
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20th Century International Style British Books

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Paper

The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, First Edition in Original Dust Jacket, 1962
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition, first printing. Octavo. Presented in the publisher's original dust jacket and original black cloth boa...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Books

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Paper

Mallet at Bourdon House, London March 9, 2007, Sotheby's
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Mallet at Bourdon House, London March 9, 2007, Sotheby's. 1095 lots photographed in color and described. The sale follows Mallett’s review of the company’s future in the light of the...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Paper

Dickens, Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, First Edition in 19 Parts
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles. TITLE: The Life and Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. (20 Parts in 19). PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1838. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION IN TH...
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1830s Antique British Books

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Paper

Lonsdale Library Equestrian Book
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse, Lonsdale Library Book. One of the volumes from Lonsdale Library, Horsemanship - The Way Of A Man With A Horse. The book with over ninety illustrations, the first is of The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale on 'Marble'. The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games & Pastimes, Editors The Right Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, Sir Theodore Cook & Mr. Eric Parker...
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1930s Sporting Art Vintage British Books

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Christie's the Nigel Bartlett Collection Chimneypieces & Architectural Elements
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's London: The Nigel Bartlett Collection Chimneypieces and Architectural Elements 9/14/05. Softcover 1st Ed auction catalog with results. This catalog consists of 225 pages w...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Paper

Three Antiques English Volumes
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5680 - Owner- propr. Robert Crawfurd - "Two years ago" - 1857 - Cambridge - Macmillan & Co. - by the rev. Charles Kingsley - F.S.A. F.L.S. (propr./ owner Robert Crawford). I want...
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Mid-19th Century Other Antique British Books

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Sotheby's Art at Auction: the Year in Review 1995-1996, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Art at Auction: The Year in Review 1995-96. Published by Conrad Octopus Ltd., 1996. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference w...
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1990s British Books

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Mallett Catalog 1997, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mallett catalog from 1997. Softcover catalog photographed in color with all the objects fully described. Typical Mallett catalog of important furniture, porcelain etc. Always a great...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Paper

Lucian Freud Illustrated Book the Equilibriad by Wm. Samson / Limited Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
THE EQUILIBRIAD by William Samsons with illustrations by Lucian Freud. London: Hogarth Press, 1948. Limited Edition. 8vo, 8 5/8 x 5 5/8 in (220 x 140...
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Mid-20th Century British Books

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Paper

Italian Master Drawings: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection Property of Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
Italian Master Drawings: From the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection 1525--1835, Personal Property of Herbert Kasper. Published by Paul Holberton Publis...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Paper

8 Volumes. William Shakespeare, The Plays of Shakespeare.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. William Shakespeare, The Plays of Shakespeare. Bound in full tan calf with covers displaying gilt bordering. Raised band spine with panels displaying beautiful gilt detail...
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1830s Antique British Books

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Leather

Christie's Sale Catalogue of the Contents of Castlegar, Ballinalsoe, Co. Galway
By Christie's
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's Sale Catalogue of the Contents of Castlegar, Ballinalsoe, Co. Galway and remaining contents of Somerton, Castleknock on 24th and 25th May, 1988. 1st Ed softcover auction c...
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1980s Vintage British Books

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Odes and Sonnets Illustrades
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Poetry antique book by unknown author, with Odes and Sonnets illustrades, in a perfect beautiful original binding. I kept it for me for long time:...
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Mid-19th Century Other Antique British Books

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Paper

Aristitde Maillol Illustrated: Daphnis & Chloe
By Aristide Maillol 2
Located in Middletown, NY
According to Eleanor Garvey "The Artist and the Book" (p. 122) this work is "perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books." Aristide MAILLOL, illus.; LONGUS author Daphnis and Chloe; A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastoral Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek of Longus by Geo. Thornley. London: A. Zwemmer [printed in Paris by Philippe Gonin], 1937. Limited Edition. 8vo, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (200 x 132 mm); pp. vi, 211,colophon,12; Copy 21 of 250 numbered copies on hand-made Maillol paper and SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the colophon, with 52 original woodcuts, and 4 woodcut initials, printed in bistre; leading and bottom edges deckled. Full vellum with laced-in thongs, gilt lettering on spine, faint; pencil notations and tipped in label from earlier booksellers on inside front cover, edges stained on first 2 and last 2 blanks. EXTRA SUITE of 45 WOODCUTS in a separate vellum portfolio, printed in black. Fine copy in simple cardboard slipcase. Colophon: "Aristide Maillol engraved with his own hand the wood-cuts which illustrate this book, The text is that of Thronley's translation of 1657, revised and augmented. Philippe Gonin of Paris undertook the achievement of this work, and printed it on his hand-press, for A. Zwemmer, London. Paris December 7th, 1937", followed by MAILLOL'S SIGNATURE IN PENCIL. Garvey 174; Garvey Wick 22; BNF32393010 Condition: FINE An ancient Greek novel written during the Roman Empire, the only known work of the 2nd century AD Greek novelist and romance writer Longus, translated by George Thornley...
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1930s Vintage British Books

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Paper, Parchment Paper

The Travel Sale: Natural History and Maps. November 2001: Sotheby's London
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
The Travel Sale: Natural History and Maps. November 2001: Sotheby's London. 1st Ed softcover. Lots 1-16; New Zealand 17-22; China Trade and Far East Asia 23-51; India 52-74; Africa 7...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Art in Seventeenth Century Holland : the National Gallery, a Loan Exhibition
Located in valatie, NY
Art in Seventeenth Century Holland : the National Gallery, 30th September to 12th December 1976 : by Christopher Brown National Gallery London. Published by Order of the Trustees, Pu...
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1970s Vintage British Books

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Paper

Charles DICKENS, Our Mutual Friend, 1865 A PERFECT SET IN THE ORIGINAL 19 PARTS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles. TITLE: Our Mutual Friend. (20 Parts in 19). PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION A PERFECT SET IN THE ORIGINAL 19 PARTS. first issue of text with "pricipal" for "principal" in part 14, illustrated by Marcus Stone, original pictorial blue paper wrappers. CONDITION: A completely unsophisticated set with none of the spines being rebacked, some wear to the head and foot of spines, chipping to a few corners, internally clean and bright...
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1860s Antique British Books

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Paper

Sotheby's Art at Auction 1997-1998 Edited by Emma Lawson, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Art at Auction 1997-1998 Edited by Emma Lawson. Published by Sotheby's, London, 1997. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference...
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1990s British Books

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Flowers and Faces by H.E. Bates & John Nash / Golden Cockerel Press
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely SIGNED LIMITED EDITION by the GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS Bates, H.E. / John Nash ill. Flowers and Faces. Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden C...
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Mid-20th Century British Books

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Flora Conspicua by Richard Morris
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the most desirable of all nineteenth century color plate books. RARE. Morris, Richard. Flora Conspicua; A Selection of the most ornamental flowering, hard, exotic and indig...
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Early 19th Century Antique British Books

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Leather, Paper

Once Upon a Time, Lord Snowdon, Robert Glenton, Stella King, 1st Edition, 1960
By Lord Snowdon
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Anthony Blond, London, 1960. Presenting 'The Story of Antony Armstrong Jones', known as Lord Snowdon, as he told it to h...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Books

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Paper

Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, First Edition with Dust Jacket
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare first edition, with near-fine dust jacket of the children's classic. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows; with a frontispiece by Graham Robertson. London: Methuen and Co., 1908. First Edition. 8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (190 x 120 mm). pp. [1] + viii + 302 + i. Laid paper, deckle edges, t.e.g. With a captioned frontispieces, "And a River went out of Eden", on coated paper after a pen-and-ink drawing by Walford Graham Robertson (1866 – 1948); tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine (Toad dressed in a driving outfit and goggles) and upper cover ( Pan playing flute to Rat and Mole by the river) and a single gilt rule on the upper cover. In the second issue publisher's pictorial peach-color dust jacket printed in black with price of 7/6 instead of 6/-.The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened but in excellent condition with a couple small tears at head expertly repaired on verso; scattered foxing and discoloration to dust jacket and pages, wear to spine edges consistent with age. [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, no.61; Osborne I, p. 349; Hunt p. 45 & 66; Hahn, D. Oxford Companion to Children's Literature, p. 241-242] Condition: Near fine in Near fine dust-jacket. This is the FIRST EDITION with a SCARCE DUST JACKET of one of the essential classics of children's literature. The book is based on bedtime stories that the Scottish-born banker and author Kenneth Grahame...
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Early 20th Century British Books

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Paper

1 Volume, Mrs. Steuart Erskine, Beautiful Women in History and Art
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Mrs. Steuart Erskine, Beautiful Women in History and Art. Bound in full brown morocco with boards displaying gilt corner and border detailing...
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Early 1900s Antique British Books

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Leather

Hidcote the Garden and Lawrence Johnston, National Trust Book
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Title: HIDCOTE THE GARDEN AND LAWRENCE JOHNSTON. Published by The National Trust, 2007. Hardcover with jacket. Often described as “the most beautiful garden in England,” Hidcote is...
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Early 2000s International Style British Books

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1 Volume, Aeschylus, the Tragedies
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Aeschylus, The Tragedies. First Edition. Bound in full brown calf with the covers displaying a modern Cambridge-style paneled design, toned and s...
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18th Century Antique British Books

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Leather

The Hermès Scarf: Mystery & Mystique - Nadine Coleno - 1st UK Edition, T&H, 2009
Located in London, GB
First UK Edition, published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2009. Text in English. Since the first scarf made its debut in 1937, the House of Hermès has produced more than two thousan...
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Early 2000s Modern British Books

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Sotheby's Summer Travel New Grand Tour, Aspen, Basel & Dukes of Northumberland
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Summer Travel The New Grand Tour, Aspen, Basel and More The Dukes Of Northumberland 500 Years Of Collecting, June-July 2014 London and New York. Published by Sotheby's, 2014. 1st Ed softcover. Beautifully illustrated catalog with great information on museums, books on travel, summertime attractions in NYC, Aspen Art...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Books

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Private View, Robertson, Russell, Snowdon, 1st Edition, Nelson, 1965
By Bryan Robertson, John Russell, Lord Snowdon
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1965. Private View is a strikingly important document of modern British art and key artists working in Britain duri...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage British Books

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All_vellum Copy of R. L. Stevenson's Virginibus Puerisque
Located in Middletown, NY
Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. London: Chatto & Windus for the FLORENCE PRESS, 1910. Limited Edition. 4to, 10 x 7 1/2 in. (253 x 189 mm); [6] leaves, including 1 blank + 120 pp + [2] leaves, including 1 blank. 12 chromolithographed plates by Norman Wilkinson, printed on plate paper and not included in the pagination, legends on tissue guards printed in red. This is COPY no. 4 OF 12 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM, as noted on the limitation page, on verso of second leaf: «Of this edition of Virginibus Puerisque / have been printed on Aldwych hand- / made paper 250 copies, of which 235 are / for sale; on vellum 12 copies, of which 10 / are for sale. / Vellum Copy No. 4». Limp vellum binding with four green ties; gilt lettering on spine and upper cover, t.e.g. Very faint spotting to front free endpaper, slight offsetting of ties. Otherwise a pristine copy. Provenance: William Russell Flint (from the family, by descent). [Beinecke, Stevenson 79; Ransom 278:6; Tomkinson 85:6; Prideaux 13] Fine. A splendid edition of Stevenson's first collection of essays which promote a spirit of playfulness in defiance of both the hardships of human life and the restrictions imposed by bourgeois callowness. The volume brought together essays that had been previously published in the Cornhill Magazine and Macmillan’s: “Virginibus Puerisque i” (1876); “ ii” (1881); “iii: On Falling in Love” (1877); “iv: The Truth of Intercourse” (1879); “Crabbed Age and Youth” (1878); “An Apology for Idlers” (1877); “Ordered South” (1874); “Aes Triplex” (1878); “El Dorado” (1878); “The English Admirals” (1878); “Some Portraits by Raeburn” (previously unpublished); “Child’s Play” (1878); “Walking Tours” (1876); “Pan’s Pipes” (1878); “A Plea for Gas Lamps” (1878) The essays inspired Norman WILKINSON (1878 – 1971) to create the 12 striking and lyrical images that accompany the texts. Wilkinson was a British artist, renowned for his poster work and honored by the British Admiralty for coming up with the idea and design for “dazzle camouflage...
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Early 20th Century British Books

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Gold Leaf

Poems for Alan Hancox, Whittington Press, Limited Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely Whittington Press edition of POEMS by Seamus Heaney, Melvyn Bragg, D. J. Enright, U A. Fanthorpe, Michael Foot, Duncan Forbes, John Fuller, Seamus Heanery, Michael Horovitz, Ted Hughes, Adrian Mitchell, Jenny Joseph, P J Kavanagh, Laurei Lee, Ptere Levi, Brian Patten, Lawrence Sail, Jon Silkin, Jon Stallworthy, Charles Tomlinson. POEMS FOR ALAN HANCOX Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1993. First, Limited Edition. Royal 8vo, 11 x 7 7/8 in. (280 x 200mm); pp. 41; Two wood engravings by Miriam Macgregor. Number XXXVIII of 50 specially-bound, signed opposite the title-page by each of the 19 contributors, with signed proofs of the two engravings on Zerkall cream wove paper (265 x 190 mm) in a pocket at the back. Set in Goudy Modern and printed in black, the wood-engravings in brown, on Zerkall cream smooth laid paper on the Heidelberg press. Quarter-bound at the fine Bindery in brown Oasis and Whittington printed paper-covered boards, gilt spine titling, headbands, top edge gilt, mauve Hahnenühle endpapers; matching paper-covered slipcase, reinforced in brown buckram at the head and foot. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. [Butcher 118] Condition: fine. An elegant tribute to Alan Hancox was assembled by Alan Tucker...
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Late 20th Century British Books

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Paper, Leather

Chessplayer & Other Essays, Whittington Press Illustrated Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
The Chessplayer & Other Essays by Edward Thomas, with an introduction by R. George Thomas and with two wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1981. Limited Edition. Royal 8vo, 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (250 x 155mm); pp. viii +28 + colophon. Two small wood engravings...
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Late 20th Century British Books

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Sotheby's Art at Auction 1999 - 2000, Edited by Emma Lawson, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Art At Auction 1999 - 2000, Edited by Emma Lawson. 'sPublished by Sotheby's Parke Bernet Publications, London, 2000. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual referenc...
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1990s British Books

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Life of the Late King of France Lewis XIII by James Howell 1st Edition, 1646
Located in San Francisco, CA
An extensive biography of the life of Louis XIII king of France who ruled from 1610-1643. This volume is the first edition of Howell's work and retains its original full calf...
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Mid-17th Century Louis XIII Antique British Books

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Leather, Paper

Sloane, the Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, New Revised Edition, in a Fine Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SLOANE, William Milligan. TITLE: The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte. PUBLISHER: London: The Times Book Club, 1912. DESCRIPTION: NEW REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION. 4 vols., 8" ...
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1910s Vintage British Books

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Leather

Equestrian Book, Modern Practical Farriery
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A large late Victorian first edition veterinarian book "Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System Of The veterinary Art" edited by W.J. Miles and published by William Mackenzie, 69 Ludgate Hill, London. A very rare, sought after and important publication illustrated with numerous finely executed anatomical and other engravings, possessing high value on the score of utility as well as of ornament, many of which are executed in colour. Not ex-library. Well over five hundred pages, 47 full-page-plates in black and white and colour (all original lithographs and colourful chromolithograph plates) also several illustrations within the text. Large format hardback book, leather corners and spine, gilt title to spine 'Modern Farriery', all page edges marbled. Internally it is very clean and bright, cover rather worn, cloth cover to the rear with tear. Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System Of The veterinary Art, as at present, Practised at The Royal veterinary College, London. A complete guide to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses - breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming - how to buy...
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1890s Antique British Books

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Art At Auction The Year At Sotheby's 1980-1981
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction The Year At Sotheby's 1980-1981, by Sotheby's. Published by Sotheby Publications, 1981. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference work provides a view o...
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1980s Vintage British Books

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Virginia Woolf. the Years, First Edition, 1937 in a Fine Full Leather Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Woolf, Virginia. Title: The Years. Publisher: London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. Description: First Edition. 1 vol., 7-3/16" x 4-15/16", boun...
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1930s Vintage British Books

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Leather

First Edition of Historical Work on ". Indians of North America" by Paul Kane
Located in Middletown, NY
Kane, Paul (1810-1871) Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America; From Canada to Vancouver Island and Oregon Through the Hud...
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Mid-19th Century Antique British Books

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Leather, Paper

Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Our Mutual Friend 1865 Chapman & Hall Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Our Mutual Friend was authored by Charles Dickens and published by Chapman and Hall of England in 1865 in the period Victorian style with etchings by Hablot Knight Browne...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique British Books

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Leather, Paper

Elizabeth the Queen Mother : a Twentieth Century Life by Grania Forbes Hardcover
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother : A Twentieth Century Life by Grania Forbes. Elizabeth, the Queen Mother is a celebration of the life of the nation''s most t...
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Late 20th Century Victorian British Books

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Set of 4 Antique Distressed Books for Decoration, C.1800
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderfully distressed books with a lovely color of boards and equally beautiful fore edges. They are random volumes of The Encyclopedia Britannica...
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Early 1800s Georgian Antique British Books

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Trouble and Strife, David Bailey, J.H. Lartigue, 1st Edition, T&H, 1980
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Thames & Hudson, London, 1980. Best known for his portraiture and fashion photographs of 1960s London, which shaped how this period is remembered and envisaged, David Bailey turns in this book to a more personal subject for a selection of brilliantly creative, playful and devoted photographs of his then-wife, Marie Helvin. With 81 plates, beautifully printed in duotone, these black and white, intimate, nude photographs are stylish, sensual and frank records of a relationship; diaristic and taken with the care that shows them to be, as Bailey says of them, "photographs I take for myself". Easily standing among Bailey's best work, this photobook has an introduction from the artist Brian Clarke...
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1980s Vintage British Books

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Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby's, 1985-1986, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's, 1985-86, Edit by Georgia Fogg. Printed by Sotheby's, London. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference work provides a view of t...
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1980s Vintage British Books

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Elisabeth Frink Original Prints, Catalogue Raisonne by Caroline Wiseman, Book
Located in London, GB
A beautiful 1st edition book in beautiful condition. Numerous colour illustrations. Hardcover written by Caroline Wiseman. Published by Art Books International ISBN 10: 187404425...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern British Books

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Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors

The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.

Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier

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

Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure

Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.

Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch

Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.

The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time

A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.

Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane

This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.

Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect

From Spanish-style courtyards to fanciful fountains, these acclaimed structures abound in surprising and elegant details.

A Heady Group of Industry Insiders Pick the World’s Top Interior Designers

With a vast range of styles and perspectives, this global roster of talents represents the best of design.

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