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Place of Origin: Italian
Limited Edition book Shoes A-Z. FIT. With 3 Hallmarked Manolo Blahnik Art Prints
By TASCHEN, Manolo Blahnik
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exclusive access to the shoe collection at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Sky-high, ornate, and the pinnacle of glamour, both restrictive and liberating, art obj...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Foil
Bob Dylan: A Year and a Day by Daniel Kramer
By Daniel Kramer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover in a clamshell box, letterpress-printed chapter openers with tipped-in photographs, two different paper stocks, and three foldouts, measures: 31.2 x 44 cm (12.3 x 17.3 in.)...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Other
Tom Bianchi 63 E 9th Street
Located in London, GB
Tom Bianchi 63 E 9th Street
Published by Damiani Editore, Bologna, 2019.
In 1975, Tom Bianchi moved to New York City and took a job as in-house counsel at...
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Italian Books
Materials
Paper
1950s Italian Alabaster / Stone Fruit Georgia Peach Half Bookends - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a rare pair of large stone fruit bookends! They are large peach halves. They do have a flat bottom for sound support of your books. They are Italian and date approximately to...
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Mid-20th Century Primitive Italian Books
Materials
Alabaster
The Fauve Landscape, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990, First Edition
Located in New York, NY
Exhibition book from The Fauve Landscape exhibition in 1990 at the LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Works from Matisse, Derain, Dufy, among others. An engaging and interestin...
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20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Paper
The Tiffany Wedding by John Loring
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Tiffany Wedding, by John Loring with an introduction by Patricia Warner. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition published in Octo...
Category
1980s Vintage Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Valentino "Una Grande Storia Italiana" Taschen Numbered Sold-Out Ltd. Edition
By TASCHEN, Valentino Garavani
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Aquired from the original owner. Purchased at Neiman Marcus, Beverly Hills. Never read, only looked at with white gloves. Sold out world-wide. This is number 108/2100. Signed by the ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Repertorio del Design italiano 1950-2000 per l'arredamento domestico
Located in Montelabbate, PU
The most comprehensive resource on mid to late 20th-century Italian design. Covering 50 years of furniture designs, this two-volume boxed set is organised by year and broken into sec...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Superstudio, Life Without Objects
By Superstudio
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this scholarly study of the influential Florentine avant-garde architectural collective Superstudio, a driving force in the Radical architecture and design movement ...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Wild the Naturalistic Garden
By Phaidon
Located in New York City, NY
A stunning exploration of one of the hottest trends in garden design, nature-based planting with an eco-aware approach, featuring the work of leading designers such as Sean Hogan, Pi...
Category
2010s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Collector’s Edition Signed Book with Aluminum Print Cover
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
He’s a four-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia. His films have grossed four billion dollars worldwide. He won the California governor’s race by a landslide. He has one of the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Aluminum, Foil
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Signed Limited Edition Book with Capitello Bookstand
By Dian Hanson, TASCHEN, Studio 65, Gufram Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
He’s a four-time Mr. Universe, seven-time Mr. Olympia. His films have grossed four billion dollars worldwide. He won the California governor’s race by a landslide. He has one of the most recognizable faces in the world, an oft-imitated accent, and a physique still heralded as the most perfect ever built. He’s Arnold, the one and only, with first name recognition worldwide, and now with a two-volume edition equal to his impressive size and unabashed ego.
A decade of collaboration in the making, this photo tribute covers 75 years of Schwarzenegger, from the future Terminator’s impoverished childhood in Thal, Austria, to his rise as a young athlete, his journey to America to become the most celebrated bodybuilder of all time, to his career as the world’s leading action film star, then into the California governor’s mansion and beyond.
Along the journey, Arnold’s muscular body, chiseled features, and charismatic personality made him a favorite subject of photographers, including Richard Avedon, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Francesco Scavullo, and Andy Warhol. The big book includes them all, while the smaller companion volume gives you more intimate bodybuilding images, behind-the-scenes film stills, dozens of photos from Arnold’s personal archive, and exclusive interviews with Arnold and those who know him best, including directors Ivan Reitman and Bob Rafelson, and bodybuilding legends Franco Columbu, Dave Draper, and Frank Zane.
The Capitello edition comes with a unique book stand – a 1:2 scale reproduction of the iconic Capitello chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Foil
Albrecht Dürer's La Passione, by Officina Bodoni Press
Located in Middletown, NY
A lush LIMITED EDITION of Albrech Dürer's woodcuts illustrating the Passion of Christ, printed by OFFICINA BODONI in Verona.
Albrecht Dürer. La Passione.
Verona: Officina Bodoni...
Category
20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Jacques Jarrige
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
ISBN 979-8-9853078-0-1
Art book 328 pages
This mid-career survey of the works of Jacques Jarrige marks the 12th anniversary of my fruitful collaboration with him.
At the heart of...
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2010s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Internet_Art: From the Birth of the Web to the Rise of NFTs
Located in New York City, NY
A leading figure in the world of networked culture explores the artists and events that defined the mass medium of our time
Since 1989, the year the World Wide Web was born, the art world has grappled with the rise of networked culture. This unprecedented survey of the artists and innovators in this area from 1989 to today is interwoven with the personal narrative of one of the leading voices on the digital world. In this book, Omar Kholeif, whose prolific career parallels the growth of the internet, tells the story of this mass medium and how it has fostered new possibilities for artists, both analog and digital.
The book showcases work spanning a range of media from legendary artists including Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Nam June Paik, Heather Phillipson, and Wu Tsang...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
John Pawson: Making Life Simpler
Located in New York City, NY
The only comprehensive book on the fascinating life and work of the celebrated architectural designer, John Pawson
This visual biography brings together John Pawson’s architecture, life, clients, travel, photography, design, books, and ideas. Written by Deyan Sudjic, an architectural historian and long-time friend, it explores the full scope of Pawson’s life, from his Yorkshire upbringing and time spent in Japan to the fashion years and the influence of art, and provides a thoughtful and intimate insight into his life, inspirations, and work.
It features wonderfully engaging stories and anecdotes about Pawson's work with such clients as Bruce Chatwin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
The Silver Spoon
Located in New York City, NY
The Silver Spoon, the most influential and successful Italian cookbook of the last 50 years, is now available in a brand new revised edition.
Origina...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
1966 Italian Cinema Today by Gian Luigi Rondi First Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1966 Italian Cinema Today by Rondi Gian Luigi First Edition.
Collectible rare 1st Edition large hardcover book.
Printed in Italy, first edition of « Italian cinema today » written b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Bao
Located in New York City, NY
The first cookbook from London’s cult favorite restaurant BAO offers a taste of Taiwanese food culture with 100 signature recipes for steamed buns, noodles, xiao chi, fried chicken...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Comedy, Dante Alighieri, Talice from Ricaldone, 1886
Located in Torino, IT
The Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, with the unpublished commentary by S. Talice da Ricaldone.
First Edition commissioned by King Umberto I. Publisher Vincenzo Bona.
Turin, 1886
Ori...
Category
19th Century Antique Italian Books
Materials
Paper
1996 Michelangelo And His World Hardcover book by Joachim Poeschke
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Michelangelo and His World: Sculpture of the Italian Renaissance
By Albert Hirmer (photographer), Russell Stockman (trans), Joachim Poeschke and Irmgard Ernstmeier-Hirmer (photographer).
Michelangelo And His World written by Joachimv Poeschke is the most comprehensive examination of Italian Renaissance sculpture from 1490 to 1560 ever published.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. First edition.
Hardcover. First printing.
Monograph with 399 illustrations including 52 in color. Photographs by Albert Hirmer and Irmgard Ernstmeier-Hirmer. Translated from the German by Russell Stockman. A comprehensive look at Michelangelo's work. A very near fine copy in very near fine dust jacket. This is a heavy and oversized book
Published in 1996, the book central to the whole study is the sculpture of Michelangelo...
Category
Late 20th Century Baroque Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Marvel Comics Library, X-Men Vol. 1. 1963–1966, Limited Collector's Edition
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Strangest Super-Heroes of All. The foundation of a pop-culture phenomenon.
When Marvel publisher Martin Goodman asked Stan Lee to deliver another new team book for his line of comics, he had no idea he’d be getting something like The X-Men. In fact, nobody could have imagined the extraordinary phenomenon the X-Men would eventually grow into—not Goodman, not Lee, not even the forward-thinking futurist Jack Kirby. What they started out as was a charming, ragtag team of misfits, devised by Lee and Kirby to be mutants—youngsters born with “X-tra” powers thrust upon them not by accidentally crossing paths with cosmic rays or a nuclear blast, but by the fate of birth—led by a no-nonsense professor who trained them to become heroes that could protect the world from menaces, mutant and otherwise.
The first years of storytelling laid the foundation for much of what has put the X-Men at the crossroads of comics and popular culture: Hounded by a public that fears and misunderstands them, mutantkind find themselves at the heart of their own civil rights struggle; Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast, and Iceman found safety amongst themselves despite the challenges that set them apart from others in society; and Professor Xavier lined up against his ideological foe, Magneto, who had assembled a Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to take the fight for their self-preservation directly to humankind.
Along the way, Lee and Kirby—who were on fire taking comics into the Marvel Age—introduced a menagerie of villains and supporting characters that would become mainstays of Marvel and its lore: the super-powered siblings Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch; the formidable Blob; the unstoppable Juggernaut; the jungle dweller from the Savage Land, Ka-Zar; the demigod from the stars, the Stranger; and Bolivar Trask and his army of mutant-hunting Sentinels. And as Lee and Kirby gave way to new talents so they could move on to new corners of the Marvel Universe, Atlas era art veteran Werner Roth teamed with writing newcomer and future X-Men legend Roy Thomas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Foil, Aluminum
Marvel Comics Library, X-Men, Vol. 1, 1963–1966, Famous First Edition Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Strangest Super-Heroes of All. The foundation of a pop-culture phenomenon.
When Marvel publisher Martin Goodman asked Stan Lee to deliver another new team book for his line of comics, he had no idea he’d be getting something like The X-Men. In fact, nobody could have imagined the extraordinary phenomenon the X-Men would eventually grow into—not Goodman, not Lee, not even the forward-thinking futurist Jack Kirby. What they started out as was a charming, ragtag team of misfits, devised by Lee and Kirby to be mutants—youngsters born with “X-tra” powers thrust upon them not by accidentally crossing paths with cosmic rays or a nuclear blast, but by the fate of birth—led by a no-nonsense professor who trained them to become heroes that could protect the world from menaces, mutant and otherwise.
The first years of storytelling laid the foundation for much of what has put the X-Men at the crossroads of comics and popular culture: Hounded by a public that fears and misunderstands them, mutantkind find themselves at the heart of their own civil rights struggle; Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast, and Iceman found safety amongst themselves despite the challenges that set them apart from others in society; and Professor Xavier lined up against his ideological foe, Magneto, who had assembled a Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to take the fight for their self-preservation directly to humankind.
Along the way, Lee and Kirby—who were on fire taking comics into the Marvel Age—introduced a menagerie of villains and supporting characters that would become mainstays of Marvel and its lore: the super-powered siblings Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch; the formidable Blob; the unstoppable Juggernaut; the jungle dweller from the Savage Land, Ka-Zar; the demigod from the stars, the Stranger; and Bolivar Trask and his army of mutant-hunting Sentinels. And as Lee and Kirby gave way to new talents so they could move on to new corners of the Marvel Universe, Atlas era art veteran Werner Roth teamed with writing newcomer and future X-Men legend Roy Thomas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper, Fabric
Leonardo Da Vinci The Complete Paintings Hardcover Coffee Table Book
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings.
Book by Pietro Marani
Da Vinci in detail: Leonardo's life and work all paintings.
One of the most fully ac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Roman Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Ultimate Collector Motorcycles. Limited Edition with Aluminum Print Covers
By C & P Fiell, TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
100 of the most legendary and coveted motorcycles of all time
Dream Rides: The most spectacular bikes on the planet. From the 1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller to the 2020 Aston Martin AMB 001, this book lavishly explores 100 of the most desirable motorcycles to have ever sped thrillingly around a circuit or along an open road. From pioneering record-breakers, luxury tourers, and legendary roadracers to GP-winning machines, iconic superbikes, and exotic customs, this book celebrates motorcycle design and engineering at its highest level. Many examples are from acclaimed private collections and very rarely seen. Others are the all-out stars of renowned motorcycle museums—such as the 1938 Brough Superior “Golden Dream” or the 1957 MV Agusta 500 4C, which took John Surtees...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Aluminum, Foil
19th Century Album Containing Drawings, Memorabilia, and Botanical Samples
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely example of an intimate 19th century memorabilia album illustrating the era's sensibilities for nature and antiquities, and bound in an exquisite blank album with miniature v...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Italian Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tuscany Interiors Hardcover Book by Paolo Rinaldi
By Angelika Taschen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tuscany Interiors large hardcover coffee table book By Paolo Rinaldi and Taschen.
Nestling in the gentle hills and brushed with the hazy sfumato of the air, the homes of Tuscany hav...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Country Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Very Early Illustrated Book on Birds, Giovanni P. Olina: "Uccelliera", 1622
Located in Middletown, NY
Giovanni Pietro Olina. UCCELLIERA; Overo discorso della natura e proprietà di diversi uccelli e in particolare di que' che cantano, con il modo di prendergli, conoscergli, allevargli...
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Early 17th Century Antique Italian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Torquato TASSO, Gerusalemme Liberata
Located in Middletown, NY
An early illustrated edition of Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso (1544 – 1595)
"La Gerusalemme Liberata; Di Torquato Tasso – Figurata da Bernardo Castello – con le annotationi ...
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Early 17th Century Antique Italian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Ico Parisi, Architettura Design, Utopie -by Fidia Edizioni D'arte, 31st May 1991
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
ISBN: 88.7269.004.8
This rare book on Ico Parisi by Luigi Cavadini and Flaminio Gualdoni has 86 pages with about 150 images.
It is edited by FIdia Edizioni d'Arte and printed by G...
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1990s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Walter Albini Published by Carla Sozzani 1st Edition 1990
Located in London, GB
A very scarce book published by Carla Sozzani founder of 10 Corso Como in Milan as a tribute to Walter Albini (1941-1983) and his contribution to Italian...
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1990s Italian Books
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Paper
Facendo Mobili Con Poltrona
By Poltronova
Located in New York, NY
Second edition of this compendium of radical and post-modern design produced by the Tuscan-based firm Poltronova from its early collaborations with Ettore Sottsass, who became Art Director in 1958, through the heyday of 1960’s anti-design and to the mid-1970s. Features work by both Old Guard masters and emerging leaders of the Radical Movement including (in addition to Sottsass) Archizoom, Superstudio, Sergio Asti, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Allesandro Mendini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Gianni Ruffi, Giovanni Michelucchi, Gianfranco Fini, Mario Ceroli, Ugo Nespolo, Roberto Barni, Paolo Portoghesi, Gino Marotta, and the group De Pas, D’Urbino, and Lomazzi. Written by Pier Carlo Santini and published by Artigraf Edizioni in 1996, following its initial run in 1977. 4to, 181 pages with text in Italian; stiff printed wraps with printed brown paper dust jacket. Fully illustrated, primarily in black-and-white. Includes artist biographies. A scarce and significant resource chronicling the contribution of this avant-garde design firm. A crisp, collectible copy with only minor bumping to the dust jacket and extremities. From the estate of design guru Jim Walrod...
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1990s Mid-Century Modern Italian Books
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Paper
Gio Ponti, The Complete Work 1923-1978, hardback book, 1990, Thames and Hudson
Located in London, GB
Gio Ponti Monograph, Thames and Hudson edition , 1990
Written by Gio Ponti's daughter Lisa Licitra, who is also curator of the Gio Ponti archives.
The entire photographic archive of ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Books
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Paper
The Splendors of Italy by Guglielmo De Angelis D'ossat, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Splendors of Italy by Guglielmo de Angelis d'Ossat, Director-General of Antiquities and Fine Arts Of Italy. Translated by Geoffrey Braithwaite. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket....
Category
1960s Vintage Italian Books
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Paper
Yoshihiro Narisawa, Satoyama Cuisine. Gastronomy & Culinary Photography Book
By TASCHEN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sustainable Gastronomy
Yoshihiro Narisawa’s manifesto on cuisine in harmony with the natural world
Award-winning Japanese chef Yoshihiro Narisawa has turned to his homeland and nature to develop his innovative satoyama cuisine and culinary philosophy. Inspired by the Japanese tradition of foraging for ingredients on the land between mountains and villages, the area of satoyama, and by similar traditional methods for gathering food, Narisawa has created recipes and dining experiences based on the sustainable use of native ingredients.
Also using foodstuffs from coastal waters and forests, from seaweed and sea snakes to wild flowers and even soil, the recipes are presented and shown in stunning photographs by world-renowned Brazilian food photographer Sergio Coimbra. But this is more than a book of recipes, it is a new kind of gastronomy book that explores the background of where the ingredients are sourced and also how the chef works with the craftsmen who makes his knives and tableware. This attention to every stage of the supply chain is another aspect of satoyama, and in the course of the journeys Narisawa and Coimbra made the book has also become a visual travel guide to Japan and its history and traditions. In this way it is not just the chef’s creations that are presented, but the food in its full context, including the processes involved, and a culinary perspective that combines tradition with modern ideas.
Collector’s Edition of 1,000 copies, each signed by Yoshihiro Narisawa and Sergio Coimbra.
The Artist:
Yoshihiro Narisawa, born in Aichi prefecture in 1969 as the son of a baker of western recipes, moved to Europe at the age of 19 where he trained in France, Switzerland, and Italy, before returning to his homeland. Narisawa opened his first restaurant in Kanagawa in 1996, moving to Tokyo in 2003. After pursuing a connection with French cuisine, Narisawa went on to develop his “Satoyama” style. His restaurant has been listed for many years as one of the World’s 50 Best...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Biblia Cum Concordantijs Veteris & Novi Testamenti & Sacrorum Canonum, 1519
Located in Delft, NL
Biblia cum concordantijs veteris & novi testamenti & sacrorum canonum, 1519
A Bible by auteur Alberto da Castello, printed by Luca-Antonio Giunta, Latin Anno 1519, Venice
27-532-55 pages
First alphabetical list- Tabula Tertia, after that comes the 1st full page woodblock plate.
This title page in red and black with a surrounded frame in woodcut. Above the page “San Jerome” illustrated and below the page the printers mark “ Giunti’s Mark” from the family of printers in Florentine. The initials L A of Luca-Antonio Giunta.
After this page starts a full-page woodcut illustration after that are 3 pages not numbered and then starts numbered page 2 – 532
On page 401 is also a full-page woodcut plate
There are ca 345 small woodcuts...
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16th Century Antique Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Murals of Tibet
By Thomas Laird
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A world heritage landmark, this SUMO-sized publication presents the most precious surviving murals of Tibetan Buddhist culture. For the first time, these astonishing and intricate ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Tibetan Italian Books
19th Century Two Italian Volumes Monumenti Di Tutti I Popoli by Ernest Breton
Located in Sofia, BG
Two volumes 'Monumenti di tutti i popoli" written by Breton in Italian language. Quite good condition with some light traces of moisture between pages.
Published in 1844 and 1846.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Italian Books
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Paper
Parigi + Klein, William Klein, 1st Italian Edition, Contrasto, 2002
By William Klein
Located in London, GB
First Italian Edition, published by Contrasto, Rome, 2002. Text in Italian.
This Italian edition of William Klein's dynamic and influential portrait of the city of Paris is a stun...
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Early 2000s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1928 Pirated Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence. Published by Privately Printed , Florence., Italy., 1928 An early pirated edition now quite scarce. Original ...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Italian Books
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Paper
History of Italian Renaissance Art Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
History of Italian Renaissance Art hardcover – January 1, 1969
by Frederick Hartt (Author), Color and B&W Illustration.
History of Itali...
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Mid-20th Century Renaissance Italian Books
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Paper
Palazzi of Sicily by Angheli Zalapi Hardcover Book, Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Palazzi of Sicily by Angheli Zalapi Hardcover.
This book is the first to trace the evolution in style of the fabulous homes that have been built on the island of Sicily, from feudal...
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20th Century Baroque Italian Books
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Paper
Mark Ryden Pinxit
By Mark Ryden
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fuzzy bunnies, big-eyed girls, meat, magic and mystery.
Mark Ryden’s carnival of curiosities.
Collector’s edition: No. 51–1,050.
Limited to 1,000 individually numbered copies,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
MMV Romani, William Klein, 1st Edition, Contrasto, 2005
By William Klein
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Contrasto, Rome, 2005. Text in English and Italian.
This English and Italian language photobook from William Klein sees him revisit the Rome that he im...
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Early 2000s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
New Classic Interiors by Alessandra Branca Hardcover Coffee Table Book
By Alessandra Branca
Located in North Hollywood, CA
New Classic Interiors by Alessandra Branca hardcover coffee table book in Box Sleeve.
Abrams, Dec 15, 2018 - Architecture - 272 pages.
For Alessandra Branca, living means living comfortably. Growing up in Rome, Branca was always surrounded by exquisite art and architecture. She learned early on that beauty is meant to intermingle with everyday life, and to this day her interior designs, while abiding by classical principles, comfortably accommodate her clients’ lifestyles. “You can’t just do something that looks pretty,†? she says. “It has to work.†? In this book, the designer—based in Chicago—generously reveals her step-by-step creative process, offering invaluable guidance to anyone who wants a home that is both gorgeous and livable. Beginning with her own Chicago townhouse and interweaving insights drawn from several other prominent projects, she shows how she assesses each space’s form and function, selects foundation elements, chooses furniture and lighting, and, finally, incorporates decorative elements that reflect the resident’s personality. Illustrated with 200 lush photographs, the book offers a welcomes introduction to Branca’s enchanting and livable interiors.
Great book for inspiring rooms, very knowledgeable and Alessandra Branca gives a wealth of information when it comes to decorating your spaces. Ms. Branca teaches you how she decorates for her clients!! This book is a must for someone who likes to decorate their own spaces.Alessandra Branca is an extremely talented designer. Dressmaking type details abound in the photographs in this book. She is just a cut above many designers out there.
New Classic Interiors starts off in Rome (her birthplace), then on to Chicago, and New York. There are great photos of projects and diagrams. The text is interesting and you will learn why certain things were created the way they were, her opinions on lighting, and general design information that make her rooms just a cut above other designs. If I had to be critical at all, it would be the use of red. This use to be one of my favorite home and clothing colors, but now blue reigns. Alessandra is heavily invested in the color red, and uses it magnificently!
As a passionate collector of interior design books...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Italian Books
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Paper
Bvlgari Catalog, Jewelry and Watches Collection 2011
By Bulgari
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Bvlgari catalog, jewelry and watches.
Bulgari "Serpenti"
Collection of 2011.
Hardcover catalog of one of the most famous Luxury Jewellery maker in ...
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20th Century Expressionist Italian Books
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Paper
Ralph Gibson Nude
By Ralph Gibson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Perfectly intimate.
The infinite subtlety of the female form.
Collector’s edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies, each signed by the artist.
A decade after his first Taschen book, Deus ex machina, master photographer Ralph Gibson returns with an exquisite collection of nudes, combining the best of his recent work with an in-depth interview by Eric Fischl. Strikingly graphic, meticulously composed, and loaded with subtle provocations, Gibson’s mysterious, dreamlike images pay homage to greats such as Man Ray and Edward Weston, while continually pursuing new frontiers.
"A photographer once said that beauty in women is endless. Perhaps it was I who said it. At least, art history indicates this to be so; the Willendorf Venus is said to date from 25,000 BC. I love photographing women...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
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Other
Dioscorides of Cibo and Mattioli - One-Time Only Limited-Edition Facsimile
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This is a one-time only facsimile edition limited to 987 copies of the Dioscorides of Cibo and Mattioli made during the 16th century. We created it by combining the highest technology with the mastery of the bookbinders who have handmade its binding by hand using only 100% full grain naturally tanned leather.
In this remarkable codex, the artistic genius and botanist Gherardo Cibo (1512-1600) compiled a selection of medical and botanical texts from the Discorsi by the famous physician of Siena Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501-1577), and illustrated them with more than 160 remarkable pictures of plants and landscapes that rank amongst the most beautiful of the Renaissance.
Discorsi is Mattioli’s Italian translation of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica (1st century AD) with the addition of lengthy commentaries based on his personal experience and on popular and learned medicine.
Gherardo Cibo was an avid reader and admirer of this book by Mattioli. He copied entire passages in neat script, adding his own comments, anecdotes and legends and, more importantly, illustrated them with delicate and lifelike botanical images...
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2010s Renaissance Italian Books
Materials
Leather
La Ceramica in Italia
By Guido Gambone
Located in New York, NY
Well-edited and lavishly illustrated survey of mid-century Italian ceramics, written by Hugo Blattler and published in Rome in 1958 by Aristide Palombi as part of the Arti Pratiche series, intended to contribute to an examination in depth of the material, as well as to the documentation and to the spreading of knowledge of each separate subject. Features vessels, lighting, fireplaces, and artworks by renowned artists such as Lucio Fontana, Salvatore Meli, Fauson Melotti, Gio Ponti, Antonia Campi, Marcello Fantoni, Franco Meneguzzo, Pietro Melandri, and Guido Gambone, along with a host of lesser-known figures. Stellar abstract designs throughout. Square 8vo (8.5” x 9”), 206 pages, hardcover, illustrated throughout in b/w. Slight lean to spine. Mild soiling to extremities, with chipping to corners. Professional repair to front hinge, as well as between pp. 194-5 and 204-5. Light chipping to first two leaves. The complete front cover remains of the dust jacket, which is still crisp and vibrant, with only minor chipping to top edge. Missing spine and back of dust jacket. A must-have for collectors and connoisseurs of Italian design and mid century ceramics.
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Books
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Paper
Catalogo E Schede Cassina, 1979
By Cassina
Located in Felino, IT
catalogo e schede Cassina 1979
1 catalogo Cassina 1979, con illustrazioni dei prodotti di: Ponti,Magistretti,Scarpa,Bellini,Deganello.+ 1 schedario con schede dei prodotti di: Le ...
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1970s Modern Vintage Italian Books
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Paper
Klee by Denys Chevalier
Located in Bradenton, FL
Klee by Denys Chevalier. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 1979 by Crown Publishers Inc of New York. Printed in Italy. 51 Illustrations in color, 23 illustrations in black...
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1970s Vintage Italian Books
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Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Hardcover Photography book
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The Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Hardcover Photography book.
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Late 20th Century Baroque Italian Books
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Metafore, Book by Paola Paronetto
By Paola Paronetto
Located in Porcia, IT
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2010s Italian Books
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Paper
Moderns by Gaston Diehl
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Moderns by Gaston Diehl, a treasury of painting throughout the world. Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition published in 1978 by Crown Publishers, Inc. of New York. Print...
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1970s Vintage Italian Books
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Paper
Lamborghini Magazine Issue #29 Febuary 2021
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lamborghini Magazine Issue #29 Febuary 2021.
Featuring the 50th anniversary of the legendary Countach.
Exploring the concept of time from several perspectives with unmissable interv...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Books
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Paper
The Story of Jewelry 1st ED. 1973 by J. Anderson Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Story of Jewelry 1973 by J. Anderson. Introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith Black Hardcover Book.
Translate from Italian. J. Anderson Black - Storia dei gioielli
English text.
Documents jewelry's history from the primitive ornaments of prehistoric times to the abstract simplicity of modern design.
This book offers a unique way of exploring the world of vintage jewelry for experts, newcomers, and anyone with an interest in the topic. Every piece of jewelry tells a story. Each chapter is centered around a particular piece of jewelry and the way in which it is emblematic: a previous owner, an exemplary design or dominant material. From an array of historic pieces...
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1970s Classical Roman Vintage Italian Books
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Paper
Michelangelo by William E. Wallace The Complete Sculpture Painting and Architect
By Michelangelo
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Michelangelo by William E. Wallace Hardcover Table Book The Complete Sculpture Painting and Architecture.
Easton Press Oversized Hardcover Book 1998.
With an engaging text by renowned Michelangelo scholar William E. Wallace, "Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture" brings together in one exquisite volume the powerful sculptures, the awe-inspiring paintings, and the classical architectural works of one of the greatest artists of all time. Including everything from his sculptures Pietas and David to his beautiful paintings of the Sistine Chapel and the Doni Tondo, the book provides an opportunity to view Michelangelo s work as never before, and to more fully understand the artist who, through his work, spoke of his life and times. The frescoes are specially printed on onion skin paper...
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Late 20th Century Classical Roman Italian Books
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Paper
Anselm Kiefer Collectible Art Book
By Anselm Kiefer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Title: Anselm Kiefer (Venezia Contemporaneo)
Publisher: Brand: Charta
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Soft cover
An excellent overview of Anselm Kiefer_s long career. Over the past four decades, Anselm Kiefer has produced a diverse body of work in painting, sculpture and installation that has made him among the most important artists of his generation. His subject-matter ranges over sources as diverse as Teutonic mythology and history, alchemy and the nature of belief, all depicted in a bewildering variety of materials, including oil paint, dirt, lead, models, photographs, woodcuts, sand, straw and all manner of organic material. By adding found materials to the painted surface of his immense tableaux, he invents a compelling third space between painting and sculpture.
Synopsis:
This monograph presents Kiefer's complete work to date, reproduced in full color.
Review:
Writing about one of the most important and complex artists of our times requires the erudition, clarity, and broad view of a Daniel...
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20th Century Folk Art Italian Books
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Paper
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