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Period: 1980s
Place of Origin: North American
Architecture and Interior Design A Basic History Through the 17th C, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Architecture and Interior Design: A Basic History Through the Seventeenth Century by Victoria Kloss Ball. John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1980. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Interior des...
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Fernand Léger by Peter De Francia 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Fernand Léger by Peter De Francia. Published by Yale University Press, 1983. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Joseph Fernand Henri Léger; (February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a...
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The History of the Colony Club by Ann F. Cox Book
Located in Stamford, CT
The History of the Colony Club by Ann F. Cox. Hardcover, 1st edition. 1984. Privately printed by the club. The Colony Club is a women-only private social club in New York City.
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1980s Belle Époque Vintage North American Books

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Christie's, Contents of Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary, October 1983
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: Contents of Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary, October 1983. NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques, has a large collection of used and out of...
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1, 773 Milestones of Art A Pictorial Survey of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture
Located in valatie, NY
1,773 Milestones of Art: A Pictorial Survey of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Published by Harrison House, New York, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket. Presents the great works...
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The Golden Pharaoh The Definitive Account of the Greatest Discovery, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Golden Pharaoh: The Definitive Account of the Greatest Discovery in Archaeology, the Treasures of Tutankhamen, by Philipp Vandenberg. Stated First American edition. 328 pages wit...
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Mies Van Der Rohe A Critical Biography by Franz Schulze
Located in valatie, NY
Mies Van Der Rohe: A Critical Biography by Franz Schulze. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1985. Hardcover with Brodart covered dust jacket. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1...
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Andy Warhol a Retrospective Hard-Cover Coffee Table Book, 1989
By Andy Warhol, MOMA Museum New York
Located in New York, NY
An '80s Late-20th century 'Andy Warhol A Retrospective' hard-cover library or coffee table book by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1989...
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1980s Expressionist Vintage North American Books

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Marc Chagall: Gouaches, Drawings, Watercolors - Werner Haftmann - 1st, 1984
Located in London, GB
First English Edition, published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1984. One of the most acclaimed artists of the 20th century, Marc Chagall is considered a visual poet and a master of ...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Ferraro: My Story, Signed by Geraldine Ferraro, First Edition, 1985
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Ferraro, Geraldine, with Linda Bird Franke. Ferrero: My Story. New York: Bantam Books, 1985. Signed by Ferrero on free front endpaper. Octavo. In publisher’s original cream cloth spine over cream boards and original pictorial dust jacket. Presented is a signed, first edition of Geraldine Ferraro’s memoir, Ferrero: My Life. The book was published by Bantam Books in New York, in November of 1985. It is signed “Geraldine Ferrero” on the free front end page, in black felt-tipped ink. The book also has a lovely gift inscription to the previous owner, explaining the circumstances and date of the signing, as well as a color photograph of Ferraro signing books. The book is presented in its publisher’s original cream cloth spine over cream boards, with copper embossed titles to the spine, and original pictorial first edition dust jacket. The book is protected with a new, archival slipcase. In this memoir, Geraldine Ferraro reflects on her experience as the first woman nominated by a major party to run on the presidential ticket. This book reveals the process that led to her nomination as the 1984 Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate with Walter Mondale and gives a revealing behind-the-scenes look at campaign politics, especially the criticism directed at her and her family throughout her campaign. Ferraro shines a light on the dynamics of women in Congress and discusses how their different life experiences affect the policy making process. She also gives thanks and credit to the pioneering women, like Bella Abzug...
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Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, Robert v. Rozelle, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection, Edited by Robert V. Rozelle. Published by The Dallas Museum of Arts, 1985, University of Texas. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A cata...
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Hudson River And Its Painters by John K. Howat
Located in valatie, NY
Hudson River And Its Painters by John K. Howat. Published by American Legacy Press, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foreword by Carl Carmer, preface by James Biddle. Contains works...
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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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Ornamentalism The New Decorativeness in Architecture and Design, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Ornamentalism: The New Decorativeness in Architecture and Design by Robert Jensen and Patricia Conway. Clarkson N. Potter, NY, 1982. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Forewor...
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Sixty Years of Interior Design The World of McMillen Book, 1st Ed
Located in Stamford, CT
Sixty Years of Interior Design: The World of McMillen by Erica Brown. Hardcover, 1st edition. Binding is tight and and there is no visible wear.
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1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage North American Books

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Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts by Horst Uhr. Published by Hudson Hills Press LLC, 1982. Stated 1st Ed ...
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Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, by Siegfried Wichmann, 1st
Located in valatie, NY
Jugendstil Art Nouveau: Floral and Functional Forms, by Siegfried Wichmann. New York Graphic Society, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1984. !st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. With...
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Colonial Williamsburg by Phillip Kopper, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Colonial Williamsburg by Phillip Kopper. Harry N. Abrams/The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, New York, NY, 1986. Philip Kopper follows the history of the magnificent restoration of...
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Day in the Country Impression and French Landscape, Exhibition Catalog, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Day in the Country: Impression and French Landscape Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Reunion Des Musees Nationaux (France). Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. 375 pp. Numerous b/w and color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1984-1985 exhibition series of impressionistic art by 17 artists. With a variety of texts by Richard Brettel, Scott Schaefer, Sylvie Gache-Patin, and Francoise Heilbrun. The artists are: Frederic...
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Beaton In Vogue 1st Edition Hardcover Book
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Stamford, CT
Beaton In Vogue 1st Edition hardcover book. Beaton in Vogue By Josephine Ross. Published by Clarkson N. Potter, First American Edition, 1986. 24...
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Contrasts of Form, Geometric Abstract Art, 1910-1980, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Contrasts of Form. Geometric Abstract Art, 1910-1980, From the collection of the Museum of Modern Art Including the Riklis Collection of McCrory...
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Architecture of the Old South South Carolina by Mills Lane, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Architecture of the Old South: South Carolina by Mills Lane. Savannah GA Beehive Press 1985. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This was the first of the "Architecture of the Old South." It showcases South Carolina's famous buildings; including Charleston, nearby plantations, and 19th-century building of upland South Carolina. It covers famous places like Drayton Hall, Hampton, the Miles Brewton, Joseph Manigault, Nathaniel Russell, Aiken, Horry and Edmonston Allston houses (a pretty thorough coverage of Charleston), and also harder to find floor plans and pictures of places like Medway, the main house at Middleton Place...
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Art Nouveau Architecture by Frank Russell
Located in valatie, NY
Art Nouveau Architecture by Frank Russell. Arch Cape Press, NY, 1986. Hardcover with dust jacket. With 68 color and 500 black and white illustrations. Architects of the fin de siècle (end of the century) organized by country, each chapter written by a well-known authority in the field. The introduction, by Roger-Henri Guerrand; Great Britain: arts and crafts and art nouveau, by Tim Benton; Spain: moderismo in Catalonia, by Tim Benton; Belgium: red steel and blue aesthetic, by Maurice Culot; France: Viollet-le-Duc to Tony Garnier: the passion of rationalism, by Francois Loyer; Holland: building towards an ideal: progressive architecture in Holland, by Richard Padovan; Switzerland: the temperate presence of art nouveau, by Jacques Gubler; Germany: Judgendstil: the early morning of the modern movement, by Ian Latham; Italy: liberty architecture in Italy, by Ezio Godoli; Czechoslovakia: the secession in Eastern Europe, by Anna Masarykova; Austria: to the limits of a language: Wagner, Olbrich, Hoffmann, by Ezio Godoli; USA: Louis Sullivan, Greene and Greene...
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David O Selznick's Hollywood by Ronald Haver, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
David O Selznick's Hollywood by Ronald Haver. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York City, 1980. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Spectacular book d...
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Masterpieces of Painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces of Painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Published by J. Paul Getty Museum, 1980. 1st Ed softcover. Rooted in a passion for the Italian Renaissance as well as Dutch and ...
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Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans, Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire
Located in valatie, NY
Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans: Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire by Yanni Petsopoulos. Abbeville Press, 1982. First Edition hardcover no dust jacket. The author analyzes the p...
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Sotheby's Catalog: The Mandalay Ruby, October 1988, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog: The Mandalay Ruby October 1988. First edition softcover. Extremely well described with the historic background. A superb ruby and diamond ring, mounted by Raymond ...
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The People's Choice A History of Albany County in Art and Architecture, Signed
Located in valatie, NY
The People's Choice: A History of Albany County in Art and Architecture by Allison P. Bennett. Albany County Historical Association, Lane Press, Albany, 1980. Inscribed by the author...
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Artists Design Furniture by Denise Domergue
Located in valatie, NY
Artists Design Furniture by Denise Domergue. Harry N Abrams Inc. 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket. 176 pp. with 230 illustrations, 74 in full color. Describes a variety of chairs, so...
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Wind Ups Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection, Teruhisa Kitahara, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Wind Ups: Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection by Teruhisa Kitahara. Chronicle Books, 1985. Paperback. first Edition softcover. Contains hundreds of full color and black and white illustrations of toys from Kitihara's collection. The collection consists of antique Japanese wind...
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Glass By Gallé by Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Glass By Gallé by Alastair Duncan and Georges de Bartha. Harry N. Abrams, Inc, New York, 1984. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. An important reference work, written by Gallé and Ar...
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The Andy Warhol Collection Americana & European & American Paintings & Prints
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Andy Warhol Collection Americana and European and American Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Vol. V, Friday, April 29 and Saturday,...
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The Town House American Design Series by Chippy Irvine, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Town House: American Design Series by Chippy Irvine. Random House Publishing Group, 1988. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A look at townhouses, both stately and modest, from a...
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The MGM Story The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years, by John Eames
Located in valatie, NY
The MGM Story: The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years, by John Douglas Eames. Crown Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, 1982. 2nd revised Ed hardcover wit...
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Gabriel Moulin's San Francisco Peninsula: Town & Country Homes, 1910-1930
Located in valatie, NY
Gabriel Moulin's San Francisco Peninsula: Town & Country Homes, 1910-1930. Windgate Press, 1985. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 208 pa...
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Architecture of the Old South Mississippi-Alabamba by Mills Lane, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Architecture of the Old South: Mississippi-Alabamba by Mills Lane. NY, Beehive Press, 1989. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Oversized book, 204 pp. beautifully illustrated with vi...
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Sotheby's, New York Important Paperweights, Sale No. 5349
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's - New York: Important Paperweights - Sale No. 5349 - Saturday, June 15, 1985. Sotheby's Auction House, NY, June 1985. 1st Ed softcover. 393 lots photographed in color and b...
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Art Nouveau Style by Laurence Buffet-Challie, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Art Nouveau style by Laurence Buffet-Challie. Rizzoli International Publications, NY, 1982. First edition softcover. Concentrates on French developments, with sections on L'Ecole de ...
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American Churches by Roger G Kennedy, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
American Churches by Roger G Kennedy. Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1982. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 296 pp. 235 illustrations from 188 color photographs. Beautifully produc...
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American Folk Art Collection of Howard & Catherine Feldman, Sotheby's 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The American Folk Art Collection of Howard and Catherine Feldman Sotheby's, June 1988. 1st Ed softcover 171 lots all photoed in b&w and color each ...
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The American Landscape Tradition A Study & Gallery of Paintings, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The American Landscape Tradition: A Study and Gallery of Paintings by Joseph S. Czestochowski. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1982. Stated first edition softcover. This book is divided into:...
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Historical Sketches of Hudson, Embracing the Settlement of the City
Located in valatie, NY
Historical Sketches of Hudson, Embracing the Settlement of the City Reprinted for the Bicentennial Celebration of the City of Hudson, New York 1785-1985 by Stephen Miller. Hendrick H...
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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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"The Age of Jackson" by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Book of the Month Edition
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. The Age of Jackson. New York: The American Past, 1989. Book of the Month Club edition. New introduction by the author with original boards, dust jacket, s...
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The Universal Story Complete History of the Studio & Its 2, 641 Films, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Universal Story: The Complete History of the Studio and Its 2,641 Films by Clive Hirschhorn. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Crown Publishers Inc., New York, USA, 1987....
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History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry by Charles H. Kirk
Located in valatie, NY
History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Which Was Recruited and Known as the Anderson Cavalry in the Rebellion of 1861-1865 by Charles H. Kirk. Reprint of the 1906 or...
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Africa, Tribal Art of Forest and Savanna
Located in London, GB
Africa, Tribal Art of Forest and Savanna, 1st edition, Published by Thames & Hudson, 1980. Over 200 treasures of African art drawn from rarely seen private collections and beautiful...
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Whirlwind by James Clavell Stated First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Whirlwind by James Clavell. William Morrow & Co., New York, 1986. Stated First editon hardcover with dust jacket. The story of three weeks of fanaticism,...
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The United Artists Story by Ronald Bergan, Stated 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The United Artists Story, by Ronald Bergan. Crown Publishers, New York, 1986. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with Brodart covered dust jacket. This book tells the fascinating story of "the ...
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Sotheby's: Americana the Collection of M. Austin & Jill R. Fine, 1/1987
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog: Americana from the Collection of M. Austin and Jill R. Fine, January 30, 1987. First edition softcover with 196 lots photographed in color and B&W and fully descri...
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Sotheby's the Jewels & Objects of Vertu of Clare Boothe Luce, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's the jewels and objects of Vertu of The Honorable Clare Boothe Luce New York, 4/19/88. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. With 117 lots...
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"Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life, " First Edition Book
Located in valatie, NY
Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life by Patricia Corbin. New York: E.P. Dutton, Inc., 1983. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 139 pp. Photographic overview ...
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Cars Tin Toy Dreams by Teruhisa Kitahara, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Cars: Tin Toy Dreams by Teruhisa Kitahara. Chronicle Books, 1985. First Edition softcover. Contains hundreds of full color and black and white illustrations from the T. Kitahara coll...
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Jasper Johns, 17 Monotypes, First Edition
Located in London, GB
Jasper Johns. 17 Monotypes. Published by Goldman, New York 1982. First edition. Designed in collaboration with the artist and reproducing a suite of monotypes he produced based on Jo...
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Horn of Africa by Philip Caputo Signed Numbered Limited Edition, Specially Bound
Located in valatie, NY
Horn of Africa by Philip Caputo, signed, numbered, limited edition, specially bound #167/250. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1980. Oatmeal cloth ...
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Sotheby's Important Jewelry, NY, December 5 & 6, 1984
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Important Jewelry, NY, December 5th & 6th, 1984. First edition softcover catalog. 501 lots photographed in color and b&w.  
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Sotheby's: Important American Furniture, Contents of "Langdon, " 2/1985
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Important American Furniture, Contents of "Langdon," 2/1985. First edition softcover with 142 lots photographed in color and B&W, fully d...
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Sotheby's: The Garbisch Collection, Volume Four, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Garbisch collection, Vol. IV, May 1980. Important American furniture, and Related Decorative Arts. First edition softcover, 184 lots of important furniture photographed...
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