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Period: 1940s
Place of Origin: North American
Vintage 1948 the Haunting of Toby Jugg Early Sci Fi Horror Book
Located in Seguin, TX
The Haunting of Toby Jugg by Dennis Wheatley. Published by Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London., 1948. Black cloth hardcover binding, illustrated dust jacket, edge wear, tea...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Paper

Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey, Grosset & Dunlap Edition, Circa 1940
By Zane Grey
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Grey, Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage. A Novel. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1912 (1940s). Illustrated by Douglas Duer. Presented in full gray Moroccan leather with gilt tooling to fr...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Leather, Paper

Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southhall Freeman, Three Vols., First Edition, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee’s Lieutenants: A Study in Command. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1942. First edition. Three volume set. Rebound in ¼ black leather and cloth, with raised bands, gilt tooling and titles to the spine, and an archival slipcase. Presented is a first edition, three volume set of Lee’s Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Leather, Paper

Catalogue of the Vernay Collection A Special Sale Prior to Retirement, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Catalogue of the Vernay Collection of Early English Furniture, Porcelains, Old English Silver, Glassware and Other Art Objects, "A Special Sale Prior ...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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1940s Our Big Red Story Book First Edition Children's Book
Located in New York, NY
"Our Big Red Story Book" 1940s binder children's book with a red vinyl cover. Published by Ginn and Company. Copyright 1948. It helps to teach students "My Little Red Story Book," wh...
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1940s Vintage 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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Gramar of Chinese Lattice by Daniel Sheets Dye, Harvard-Yenching Institute
By Michael Dye
Located in San Francisco, CA
This book was sold at auction by the Monterey Public Library as part of a large collection of books, formerly owned by the famous Architect Robert Stanton...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Paper

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, First Edition, 1943
By Ayn Rand
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainhead. New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First edition printing. Octavo. Rebound in modern half red Moroccan leather an...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Leather, Paper

Important Collection of the Late Emil Winter, Parke-Bernet, 1st Ed, 1/15, 1942
Located in valatie, NY
Collection of the Late Emil Winter: Important Barbizon and Other Paintings, Bronzes By Rodin and Barye, French and Italian Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs, Silver, Auction Sale, January ...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Notable Paintings by Old Masters: from the Late Mr and Mrs Charles E. F. McCann
Located in valatie, NY
The Art Collection of the Late Mr and Mrs Charles E. F. McCann, Together With Property from The Daniel & Florence Guggenheim Foundation, Parke-Bernet Galleries. 91 lots some photogra...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Paper

Paintings by 19th C & Contemporary American Artists, the Collection Samuel Shaw
Located in valatie, NY
Paintings by 19th century and Contemporary American Artists, from the Collection of The Late Samuel T. Shaw, NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Nov. 21, 1945. Softcover, 89 pp. 15 b&w plate...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Early American Bottles & Flasks & Other Rare American Glass Collected, Maclay
Located in valatie, NY
Early American Bottles & Flasks and Other Rare American Glass Collected by the Late Alfred B. Maclay. Parke-Bernet NY softcover auction catalog....
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Authentic Reproductions Sales Cat. of the H.C. Valentine & Co. with 10-Booklets
Located in valatie, NY
Antiques - Authentic Reproductions Sales Catalogue of the H.C. Valentine & Co., Antiques Co., East Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia VA, c1940. A hard-cased catalog containing 10-booklets: English Sheffield Silver, Lawn & Garden Furniture from Old Virginia...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Mahogany, Paper

Charles DICKENS, A Christmas Carol, 1940, IN A FINE ONLAY BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles. TITLE: A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. PUBLISHER: Chicago: the Monastery Hill Press, 1940...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Leather

Property of Mrs Dorothy Draper Hamlen, Important Early American Miniatures
Located in valatie, NY
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York , “An Important Collection of Early American Miniatures and Silver. Property of Mrs Dorothy Draper Hamlen Removed from Her Home in Wayland, Mass...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Paper

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Blakiston Edition, 1940
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1940. First Blakiston Edition. Rebound in quarter navy leather...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Leather, Paper

Leather Bound Volume of the San Francisco News, 1940-41
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leather bound volume of San Francisco news, 1940-41 (World War II period) with hundreds of newspaper pages.
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1940s Other Vintage North American Books

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Animal Skin, Paper

Vintage Hardcover Book: a Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan 1941
Located in San Diego, CA
Title: A Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan The words and music of one hundred and two songs from eleven operettas Edited: Deems Taylor Publisher...
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1940s Expressionist Vintage North American Books

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Tennessee Williams, Five Young American Poets, Signed First Edition, 1944
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: Williams, Tennessee. TITLE: Five Young American Poets. Third Series 1944. PUBLISHER: Norfolk: New Directions, 1944. DESCRIPTION: FIRST ...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages by Baron Van Der Elst, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages by Baron Joseph Van Der Elst. Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc., 1944. Stated 1st Ed hardcover. An in-depth look into art of the Middle Ages. Contents: 1. The Times and the Men who Made Them: Men of Flanders; The Flemish Parade; The Good Black Earth; The Rise of the Towns; The Medieval Guilds; Of Love, the Dream; The Upward Glance; Pt. 2. The Flemish Masters: Jan van Eyck; Petrus Christus...
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1940s Vintage 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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Kenneth Patchen Artist Book with Original Painting
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Panels for the Walls of Heaven, a square octavo volume of poems, abstract illustrations (based on paintings by the author) and outre typography, by experimental poet and artist Kenneth Patchen, published by Bern Porter...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Paper

Christmas: A Story, Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt, First Edition, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Eleanor. Christmas: A Story. New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1940. First Edition. Signed by Roosevelt. Twelvemo, in its colorful original dust jacket. Presented with a custom archival clamshell. This is a beautiful first edition printing of Christmas: A Story by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Carl Sandburg, 'Henry Flannery', Bronze Wood, Limited Signed Edition, 1941
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Sandburg, Carl ( Henry Flannery ). Title: Bronze Wood. Publisher: San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1941. Description: limited signed edition. 1 vol., 8-3/4" x 11-...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Leather, Fabric

Paul Laszlo Catalog from 1947
By Paul Laszlo
Located in New York, NY
Scarce, self-published, 102-page catalog with laminated boards showcasing Paul Laszlo's work in and around Beverly Hills between 1937-1947. The Hungarian born and Vienna-educated Las...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Wire

America's Best Small Houses Inscribed by William J. Hennessey
By George Nelson
Located in New York, NY
1949 survey of small modernist houses in America, compiled and edited by William J. Hennessey based on selections by a jury of architectural photographers in...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article
By Jane Peterson
Located in valatie, NY
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article. July 1943 Americana Illustrated volume XXXVII, number 3. This was a publication of "The American Historical Company," New York City. Wi...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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White Pillars Early Life & Architecture Of The Lower Mississippi Valley, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
White Pillars: Early Life & Architecture Of The Lower Mississippi Valley Written by and Illustrated by J. Frazer Smith. New York: William Helburn, 1941. 2...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article
By Jane Peterson
Located in valatie, NY
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article. July 1943 Americana Illustrated Volume XXXVII, Number 3. This was a publication of "The American Historical Company," New York City. Wi...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Mona Lisa’s Mustache by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Stamford, CT
1947 First Edition hardcover Mona Lisa’s Mustache by T.H. Robsjohn Gibbings. Hardcover with as found Mylar covering.
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Green Mansions A Romance of the Tropical Forest, First Edition Thus
Located in valatie, NY
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest by William Henry Hudson. New York: Knopf, 1943. First Edition thus hardcover. With a foreword by John G...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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Great Bookstore in Action by Adolph Kroch, Signed First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
A great bookstore in Action by Adolph Kroch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940. Second edition hardcover with paper label on spine and cover. 32 pages. The autographed editi...
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1940s Vintage North American Books

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'With Fly, Plug & Bait' Signed Presentation Copy to Publisher, Leather Bound
By Ray Bergman
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
With Fly, Plug & Bait Signed Presentation Copy To Publisher Leather Bound Only One Copy Done for Publisher, Printed Presentation inside and pen signed fr...
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1940s Country Vintage North American Books

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The Inhabitants, Wright Morris, 1st Edition, Scribner's, 1946
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York & London, 1946. "The Inhabitants" is a stunning collection of photographs by the acclaimed artist and writer Wright Mor...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books

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Animal Farm, George Orwell, first us edition, 1946, hardcover
By George Orwell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Animal Farm - George Orwell - First US Edition- 1946 - hardcover it's a classic - more important now than ever some water damage to dust cover / some...
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1940s Modern Vintage North American Books

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