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VISIONAIRE 44: Toys by kidrobot - red (2477/4000)
By Visionaire
Located in Kleinburg, ON
Limited edition, numbered 2477 of 4000 copies. From the Visionaire website: 44 TOYS, in collaboration with Kidrobot, consists of ten humanoid characters created by designers like K...
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Early 2000s North American Books

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Justice Warren Shepro Collection of Clocks: Sotheby's NY, April 26, 2001, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Justice Warren Shepro Collection of Clocks: Sotheby's NY, April 26, 2001. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The catalogue of a famous collection sold in New York. Shepro collected e...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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The Man Who Was Vogue: The Life and Times of Conde Nast, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Man Who Was Vogue: The Life and Times of Conde Nast, by Caroline Seebohm. Published by The Viking Press, NY, 1982. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Em...
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1980s Vintage North American Books

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Achille Salvagni
By Achille Salvagni, Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
A meticulously curated glimpse at the career of a design-world superstar. "Stylistically, Salvagni is an avowed modernist; his work displays an elegant economy of means that is ut...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher Wallcoverings Wallpaper Catalogue Reference, 1986
By Schumacher, Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright interior design book, published by Schumacher, "Wallcoverings." Measures: 12" H x 9" W x 1.5" D. Thia volume was originally part of a three volume box set (a whole...
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Late 20th Century Mission North American Books

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Ahoy Sailor!
By Daniel Rozensztroch
Located in New York, NY
Ahoy Sailor! offers the reader another mesmerizing foray into the mind of uber collector and archivist of the everyday, Daniel Rozensztroch. We are transported across the ocean, from port to port, as Ahoy Sailor! gathers and presents a singular collection of objects, images, and representations of sailors and seamen. The ocean has inspired an expansive world of vernacular and popular imagery, much of it uncanny and unique, produced by the tension between the laws of nature that rule the oceans and the miniature floating societies left to their mercy. Adventures, secret ritual, solitude, and comradery are all given their place. Meticulously drawn together, and with an individuality that has become his trademark, Rozensztroch gives the reader a visual feast that ranges from antique toys and postage stamps to French artist Jean Cocteau’s beguiling sketches found in Jean Genet’s cult-classic Querelle de Brest. DANIEL ROZENSZTROCH was a longtime consultant to the magazine Marie-Claire Maison and is the former creative director of Merci in Paris, France. He is also the co-author of a number of titles in the Style Series published by Clarkson N. Potter / Random House. For Pointed Leaf Press...
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2010s North American Books

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George Washington's America: A Biography Through His Maps Signed by the Author
Located in valatie, NY
George Washington's America: A Biography Through His Maps by Barnet Schecter. Signed by the author and inscribed to the underwriter of this publication Joan Kaplan Davidson, a very w...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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The Forties As Reported By The New York Times
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Forties: As Reported By The New York Times By Keylin, Arleen; Cohen, Jonathan. Title The Forties: As Reported by the New York Times Author Keyli...
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20th Century Folk Art North American Books

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San Francisco Directory 1856
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Directory 1856 Complete in 138 numbered pages, Spine covered in leather with gold letters covers are board in original boards, decorated with commercial advertisements ...
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Mid-19th Century Antique North American Books

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Leather, Paper

Anne Sexton Signed Galley & First Edition, The Death Notebooks
Located in Southbury, CT
The proof (printed before the hardcover, sent out to reviewers) and final first printing, first edition of American poet, Anne Sexton's final collection of poetry printed in her life...
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1970s Vintage North American Books

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A Building History of Northern New England by James Garvin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
A Building History of Northern New England by James Garvin. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Published by University Press of New England, 2001. The first and only full-scale techn...
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Treasury of San Marco, Venice First Edition by David Buckton
By David Buckton
Located in valatie, NY
The treasury of San Marco, Venice by David Buckton. Olivetti, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Grand Palai...
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1980s Vintage North American Books

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1970 A Portfolio of Thomas Bewick Wood Engravings
By Thomas Bewick
Located in Bath, GB
One hundred stunning wood engravings by Thomas Bewick in two beautifully presented portfolios with an introductory volume, enclosed in a slipcase. One of 150 limited edition copies ...
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1970s Vintage North American Books

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The Collection of Alice and Murray Braunfield : January 17, 2004 at Sotheby's
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
The Collection of Alice and Murray Braunfield : January 17, 2004 at Sotheby's. Published by Sotheby's, New York, 2004. 1294 lots on 176 pages in color and fully described. great Ame...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Sotheby's: Property from the Collection of Mrs. Marella Agnelli New York 10/2004
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Property from the collection of Mrs. Marella Agnelli New York 10/23/04 Sale #8014. Softcover auction catalog 178 pages with 140. Marella Agnelli, widow of Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli...
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Early 2000s North American Books

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"The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale" Book by Christopher Gilbert
By Christoper Gilbert
Located in valatie, NY
The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale by Christopher Gilbert. New York: Tabard Press, 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket. 288 pp. An extensive resource book on the life and work of T...
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20th Century North American Books

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Stalingrad to Berlin The German Defeat in the East by Earl Ziemke, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Stalingrad to Berlin: The German Defeat in the East by Earl F Ziemke. United States Army, Office of the Chief of Military History, Washington, DC, 1968...
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1960s Vintage North American Books

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Windows on the past: Four Centuries of New England Homes by Jane Nylander 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes by Jane Nylander. Published by Bulfinch Press/ Little, Brown and Co., Boston, 2000. Stated 1st Ed...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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At Home With Carolyne Roehm by Carolyne Roehm, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
At Home With Carolyne Roehm by Carolyne Roehm. Published by Random House, Incorporated, 2002. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Former fashion designer Carolyne Roehm is reno...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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The New Painting; Impressionism 1874-1886 The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The New Painting; Impressionism 1874-1886. by Moffett, Charles S.Published by The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1986.Hardcover coffee table book.204 illustrations in full color...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist North American Books

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Riverside Park: The Splendid Sliver by Edward Grimm, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Riverside park: The Splendid Sliver by Edward Grimm. Columbia University Press, 2008. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Riverside Park is an illustrated tribute to Frederick Law Olmsted's "other" New York City sanctuary. Since its conception in the 1870s, the park has undergone a number of transformations and suffered from periods of misuse and neglect, but in 1984, much-needed renovations turned this city oasis into what is today one of Manhattan's most beautiful attractions. "If the West Side does not stir you, you are a clod, past redemption."-Robert Moses...
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Early 2000s North American Books

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Visionaire Number 38 “Love” Limited Edition
By Visionaire, Tiffany & Co.
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely “LOVE” box numbered 3465 of 4000 edition by Tiffany & Co. A rare very desirable edition. From a Palm Springs Visionaire Collectors estate.
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Early 2000s Modern North American Books

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Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors by Childe Hassam etc
Located in Middletown, NY
Howells, William Dean Venetian Life; With Illustrations from Original Watercolors Boston: Houghton Mifflin, The Riverside Press, 1892. 2 volumes, 8vo 7 x 4 3/4 inches (172 x 120 mm); viii, 279 pp; 287 pp. 18 illustrations from watercolors by Childe Hassam, Ross Turner, F. Hopkinson Smith, and Rhoda Holmes...
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Early 19th Century Antique North American Books

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Gold Leaf

Christie's, The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, 1995
Located in valatie, NY
The Hardy Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art From the Sze Yuan Tang: Sale #8218, with original printed invitation. Christie's New Y...
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1990s North American Books

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Sotheby's Ariane Dandois, October 2007, Volumes I and II, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Ariane Dandois, October 2007, Volumes I and II. Pair of 1st Ed softcover auction catalogs with slipcase. Sotheby’s New York presented a sale o...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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David Rago & John Sollo Auction Catalogs, 20th C Modern 3/2002, 10/2003
Located in valatie, NY
David Rago & John Sollo Auction Catalogs, 20th c Modern 3/2022, 10/2003. A pair of 1st Ed softcover auction catalogs 20th c modern. 2002 catalog with results. A total of 1796 lots ph...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern North American Books

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The Shipcarvers' Art: Figureheads & Cigar-Store Indians in 19th-C America 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Shipcarvers' Art: Figureheads and Cigar-Store Indians in Nineteenth-Century America by Ralph Sessions. Published by Princeton University Press, 2005. 1s...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Bent Wood and Metal Furniture 1850-1946 by Derek Ostergard
Located in valatie, NY
Bent Wood And Metal Furniture 1850-1946 by Derek Ostergard. Published by NY American Federation Arts, 1987. 1st Ed softcover. 368pp., b&w. illustrations. Profusely illustrated collec...
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1980s Vintage North American Books

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Design Remix A New Spin on Traditional Rooms
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Written by Corey Damen Jenkins, Foreword by Jamie Drake The first book from AD100 interior designer Corey Damen Jenkins, known for his colorful, youthful ...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Gaetano Pesce Fish Design Catalog
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in New York, NY
Early, and possibly the first, portfolio catalog of Gaetano Pesce’s experimental handcart molded resin objects—each a unique creation within a series. Published by Fish Design, circa...
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1990s Post-Modern North American Books

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Bob Trotman Business as Usual
Located in valatie, NY
Bob Trotman: Business as Usual, Mark Sloan, editor. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, 2017. 1st Ed hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. The catalog tha...
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2010s North American Books

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Beyond the Horizon Semester at Sea Around-the-world Voyage Dreams Fulfilled Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beyond the Horizon Semester at Sea Spring Book. Beyond the Horizon Semester at Sea Spring Book around-The-World Voyage Dreams Fulfilled Paperback – Spring 2000. The Fall-2000 Globa...
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20th Century Expressionist North American Books

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The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library Christie's Catalogs 2001
Located in Bradenton, FL
Christie's New York Catalogs from The Helmut N. Friedlaender Library auctions Part 1 & 2 on Monday 23 April and Tuesday 24th of April 2001. Hardcovers with dustjackets, very good con...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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At Home in Savannah, Great Interiors, First Edition
By Harris Tattnall
Located in valatie, NY
At Home in Savannah, Great Interiors. Boca Raton: Gold Coast Publishing. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1978. 87 pp. A photographic overview of 21 houses and their interio...
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20th Century North American Books

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Fabergé: Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies by Hermione Waterfield
Located in valatie, NY
Fabergé: Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies by Hermione Waterfield. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. 1st Ed, 1st Printing hardcover with dust jacket. The Fabergé egg is one of a limited number of jeweled eggs created by Peter Carl Fabergé and his company from 1885 to 1917. The most famous of the eggs are the ones made for the Russian Tsars...
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1970s Vintage North American Books

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Sotheby's Magnificent English Furniture from the Collection of Theodore Baum
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog: Magnificent English Furniture from the Collection of Theodore and Ruth Baum - New York - October 22 2004. First edition softcover catalog, 475 lots photographed in...
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Early 2000s North American Books

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Above Yosemite by Robert Cameron
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Robert Cameron's Above Yosemite Robert Cameron, Harold Gilliam Title: Robert Cameron's Above Yosemite Publisher: Cameron & Company Publication Date: 1983 Binding: Hardcover Boo...
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20th Century Expressionist North American Books

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Set of 3 Sotheby's Catalogs: the Jaime Ortiz-patiño Collections of Silver
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Set of 3 Sotheby's Catalogs: The Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collections of Silver: 17th Century English Chinoiserie Silver, 18th Century French and English Silver, May 21, 1992 and Silver by...
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1990s North American Books

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The Spirit of New England Hardcover 1991 by Paul Nolan
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Spirit of New England Hardcover – June 9, 1991 by Paul Nolan. Harris, Bill., Portland House, 1991, 1st U.S. Edition 1st Printing, cloth with gilt spine titles, 160 pp, colo...
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20th Century Folk Art North American Books

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Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley by Harold Donaldson Eberlein
Located in valatie, NY
Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley by Harold Donaldson Eberlein and Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. Published by Bonanza Books 1942, New York, NY. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrat...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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National Museum Of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Art Book 1995
Located in North Hollywood, CA
National Museum Of American Art, Smithsonian Institution By National Museum Of American Art. Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1995. First edition. Measures:...
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20th Century Expressionist North American Books

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200 Years of Rochester Architecture and Gardens by Richard Reisem, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
200 Years of Rochester Architecture And Gardens byRichard O. Reisem. Published by Landmark Society of Western, 2006. 1st Ed hardcover with dust...
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1990s North American Books

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Liquidation of The Entire Stock of The NY Store of Yamanaka & Co., 1944, Cat. #1
Located in valatie, NY
Parke-Bernet Galleries Catalog, By Order of the Alien Property Custodian of the United States, Liquidation of The Entire Stock of The New York Store of Yamanaka & Co. Inc., Oriental Art, Part One, New York, 1944, 190 pages. with 939 lots. One of the three catalogues of the auctions held at the Parke Bernet Galleries in 1944. Lots included graeco buddhist, Cambodian, Siamese and Chinese sculptures and bronzes, Chinese porcelains, pottery, jade, coral carvings, pearl necklaces, Chinese paintings, lamps and screens, Chinese and Japanese furniture. The Yamanaka Company was owned by the seventh generation of the family of Ichaguro Yamanaka, who founded this worldwide business by opening a small curio...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Jamie BALDRIDGE. The Everywhere Chronicles. 21st Ed 2009 SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BALDRIDGE, Jamie. TITLE: The Everywhere Chronicles. PUBLISHER: 21st Editions, 2009. DESCRIPTION: SIGNED DELUXE LIMITED EDITION. 2 Vols, 21-1/4" x 16-3/4", limited to 17 n...
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Early 2000s North American Books

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Dutch Colonial Homes in America Signed by Roderic Blackburn & Geoffrey Gross
Located in valatie, NY
Dutch Colonial Homes in America by Roderic H. Blackburn, Photography by Geoffrey Gross and Susan Piatt, introduction by Harrison Frederick Meeske. Hardcover with dust jacket. 240 pp....
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Vintage Boho “The Art of Florence” Book
Located in west palm beach, FL
Vintage Boho 'The Art of Florence' Book: A timeless journey through Florence's artistic heritage, blending rustic charm and scholarly insight. Perfect for the cultured American home.
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Mid-20th Century North American Books

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Sotheby's, the Collection of Patricia Kluge
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's, the collection of Patricia Kluge. Charlottesville: Sotheby's, 2010. Softcover. 617 pp. The single-owner sale of the contents of Pat Kluge's E...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Fred Herzog, Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog, Signed Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs by Fred Herzog. Signed Edition exhibition catalog (Vancouver Art Gallery January 25-May 13, 2007). 160 pages with numerous color photographs throughout. "Iconic and influential color images of Vancouver street life from a master photographer who has spent the past fifty years documenting the city, published to coincide with a major exhibition of his work. His eye dwells on the raw urban underbelly of the city: second-hand shops, vacant lots, barber shops and greasy spoons, crowded with people and their stuttering dreams. Since he arrived in Vancouver from Germany in 1953, Fred Herzog has roamed the city's back streets with his camera. Herzog draws upon documentary traditions while incorporating an outsider's sensitivity to a new environment. His color images of street life in the 1950s and '60s prefigure the "New Color" of photographers such as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston. The text includes essays by Grant Arnold...
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"Saint-Cloud Manufactory, ca 1690–1766", First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Discovering the secrets of soft-paste porcelain at The Saint-Cloud Manufactory ca 1690-1766. North Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 303 p...
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Late 20th Century North American Books

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SIX ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF YOSEMITE SAM - Signed By Virgil Ross
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
ARTIST: Virgil Ross. TITLE: Yosemite Sam (Six Original drawings). PUBLISHER: Warner Brothers Studios, (c.1990's) DESCRIPTION: SIX ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF YOSEMITE SAM. 17" x 13-1/2'...
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1990s North American Books

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BUGS BUNNY, YOSEMITE SAM, KING ARTHUR, AND A DRAGON - Signed By Virgil Ross
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
ARTIST: Virgil Ross. TITLE: Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, King Arthur, and a Dragon (Seven Original drawings). PUBLISHER: Warner Brothers Studios, (c.1990's) DESCRIPTION: SEVEN ORIGI...
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1990s North American Books

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George Stubbs, Painter, Catalogue Raisonné by Judy Egerton, 1st Ed with Slipcase
Located in valatie, NY
George Stubbs, Painter. Catalogue Raisonné by Judy Egerton. Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art, Published by Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2007. 1st Ed hardco...
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Michael Taylor, Interior Design by Stephen M. Salny, Signed, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Michael Taylor: Interior Design by Stephen M. Salny. Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, 2009. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author. Michael Taylor (born Earnest Charles Taylor, January 30, 1927 – June 3, 1986) was an American designer best known for creating the "California Look" of interior design. One of Architectural Digest's "20 Greatest Designers of All Time” and "Interior Design Legends". Taylor was noted for his rooms of airiness and light with a prominent use of natural forms and the color white. In 1956, he founded his design company, Michael Taylor Interiors, Inc. Under Michael Taylor Designs, he manufactured his own designs and in 1985 partnered with Paul Weaver...
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FIVE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF GOSSAMER - Signed By Virgil Ross
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: ROSS, Virgil. TITLE: Gossamer. (Five Original drawings) PUBLISHER: Warner Brothers Studios, (c.1990's) DESCRIPTION: FIVE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS OF GOSSAMER. 17" x 13-1/2', on ...
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1990s North American Books

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[1st ed] Kids: A Film by Larry Clark (Signed)
By Larry Clark
Located in New York, NY
First edition of this cult classic, “the teenage movie that…America never made,” published by Grove Press in 1995 in conjunction with director and photographer Larry Clark’s first mo...
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1990s Modern North American Books

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Picasso & Marie-Therese, L'Amour Fou by Richardso & Diana Widmaier, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso and Marie-Therese, L'amour Fou by John Richardso, Picasso and Diana Widmaier. Published by Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2011. 1st Ed exhibition(4/14-6/25/2011) hardcover catalog with dust jacket. Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L’amour fou brings together the paintings, drawings, sculptures, and prints inspired by one of Picasso’s most ideal models and enduring passions. The exhibition is curated by the eminent Picasso biographer, John Richardson, together with Marie-Thérèse’s granddaughter, art historian Diana Widmaier Picasso, who is currently preparing a catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s sculptures. In 1927, on a street in Paris, Picasso encountered the unassuming girl, just shy of eighteen years old, who would become his lover and one of modern art’s most famous muses. “I am Picasso,” he announced. The name meant nothing to Marie-Thérèse so he took her to a bookshop to show her a monograph of his paintings and asked if he could see her again. Flattered and curious, she agreed, and thus began a secret love affair that would establish Marie-Thérèse as the primary inspiration for Picasso’s most daring aesthetic experiments in the decade to come. With A flip book...
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2010s North American Books

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Two Private Presses, Four Wind Press & Stone House Press on Long Island LTD Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Two Private Presses The Four Wind Press and the Stone House Press on Long Island by Joan Digby, Limited 1st Ed 1/200. Published by The Four Winds Press, New York, 1988. The story of ...
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Daring by Design by Anne Hawley
Located in valatie, NY
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Daring by Design by Anne Hawley and Robert Campbell. Published by Skira Rizzoli, 2017, hardcover. An in-depth study of one of Boston's treasured cultural landmarks, the pioneering patron behind the collection, and the Pritzker Prize-winning architect who modernized the Gardner Museum's vision. When Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her exquisitely curated collection to the public in 1903, she could hardly have imagined the more than 250,000 visitors that now annually explore the art and furnishings housed in her historic re-creation of a Venetian palace. Tasked with the first addition to the museum since its founding, Renzo Piano Building Workshop has brought Gardner's vision into the new millennium. In addition to sumptuous images of the courtyards, gardens, and galleries of the original stone palazzo and rarely seen journal pages and photographs, this beautifully designed volume features architectural renderings and new photographs of the 70,000-square-foot wing. Essays address Gardner's life, including her friendships with Henry James, James McNeill Whistler, and John Singer Sargent; the museum's interaction with Renzo Piano Building Workshop; and the new building within the firm's distinguished museum work as a whole. The 1990 theft of 13 works of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s collection remains unsolved, although the Museum’s commitment to resolving the crime has never diminished since its occurrence 33 years ago. The Museum, the FBI, and the US Attorney's office are still seeking viable leads that could result in safe return of the art. The Museum is offering a $10 million dollar...
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