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Period: Mid-20th Century
Place of Origin: North American
1 Volume. Robert Frost, A Masque of Mercy.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Robert Frost, A Masque of Mercy. First Trade Edition. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth. Signed by the author. Housed in a 1/4 blue morocco and linen board slipcase with ...
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Mid-20th Century North American Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Robert Frost, You Come Too.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Robert Frost, You Come Too. First Edition. Bound in the publisher's orange cloth with decoration and lettering in brown. Wood engravings by Thomas W. Nasson. Housed in a ta...
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Mid-20th Century North American Books
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Leather
Salvador Dali Rare Hand Signed Midcentury Book A Study Of His Art In Jewels 1959
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite scarce and coveted hardcover book in slipcase - "Dali: A Study of His Art-In-Jewels (The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation)".
Bound into the book are color photog...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
1968-1970 Hardbound Vogue Magazines, Set of 9
By Vogue
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of nine hardcover cloth bound ex-libris Vogue magazines from 1968-1970. Dark green cloth binding with gold embossed lettering.
Featuring many iconic covers and editorials from D...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Canvas, Paper
To the One I Love the Best 1955 by Ludwig Bemelmans
By Elsie de Wolfe, Ludwig Bemelmans
Located in Stamford, CT
To the One I Love the Best 1955 by Ludwig Bemelmans. 255 pages, Hardcover. First edition Viking Press. January 1, 1955.
Clear Mylar jacket has been added to protect the original book...
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1950s Hollywood Regency Vintage North American Books
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Paper
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis, First US Edition in DJ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Lewis, C. S. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First U.S. edition. Octavo. In the original publisher's blue cloth boards and illustrated d...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 1945 Vintage Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Circa 1945 - Rare Vintage Edition.
Vintage Book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll with Illustrations by John Tennel Children's Cl...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist North American Books
Materials
Paper
1968 2001 A Space Odyssey
By Arthur C. Clarke
Located in Bath, GB
A sought after first edition of one of the most important sci-fi novels of all time, signed by Arthur C. Clarke to the title page.
The first U.S. edition, first printing.
Signed by...
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1960s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus Hardcover Book 1950 Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus hardcover book, 1950s Edition.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's legendary horror story is presented in an illustrated Heritage Press edition.
Hands...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art North American Books
Materials
Paper
DODGSON - Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland - Illustrated by Dali - 1969
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll) (Salvador Dali - illustrator).
TITLE: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
PUBLISHER: NY: Maecenas Press - Random House, 1969.
DESCRIPTION...
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1960s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White First Edition, First Printing, 1952
Located in Southbury, CT
This exceedingly rare hardcover first edition, first printing of E.B. White's timeless classic, "Charlotte's Web" is a literary classic and trophy for the book collector.
The book ...
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Mid-20th Century North American Books
Materials
Paper
"The Second World War, " by Winston Churchill
By Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Located in Austin, TX
The Second World War by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston.
A vintage edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Second World War, for which he was a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern North American Books
Materials
Paper
Laverne Originals Catalog (ABCDEF)
By Laverne Originals
Located in New York, NY
Early catalog for Laverne Originals, the modern design company founded by Estelle and Erwine Laverne in 1938. From its modest origins producing primarily wallpapers and textiles, Lav...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Altamira: Italian Furniture Glassware Lamps Accessories
By Gio Ponti, Altamira
Located in New York, NY
Catalog showcasing high-end Italian furnishings and accessories, published circa 1956 by the fabled Altamira design center located at 18 East 50th St in New York City. Per the introduction, “Altamira is the only center in this country where Interior-Architecture by Italy’s foremost architects is represented together with furniture, handicrafts, accessories and every other element essential to the modern interior.” Altamira commissioned a line of furniture from Gio Ponti in 1953, crafted by Giordano Chiesa in Milan. Included were a number of Ponti’s iconic mid-century designs—the Distex lounge chair and a self-described masterpiece, the two-drawer desk, model AP 1025, are shown in the present catalog. Shown, too, are furniture designs by Ponti’s fellow “interior architects” and designers Marco Zanuso (produced by Arflex Milano), Enrberto Carboni, Enrico Peresutti of BBPR, Carlo Pagani, Enrico Taglietti, Nino Zancada, Ico and Luisa Parisi, Ignacio Gardella...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Altamira Catalog Circa 1956
By Gio Ponti, Altamira
Located in New York, NY
Mid-1950’s catalog for the fabled Altamira design center, located at 18 E 50th St in New York City, one of the top U.S. venues for high-end Italian design. Altamira commissioned a li...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Contemporary French Tapestries, rare and collectible coffee table book, 1966
Located in View Park, CA
A very rare and collectible coffee table catalogue: Contemporary French Tapestries: New York, Charles E. Slatkin Inc., Galleries, 1965. Paperback. Brown wrap with orange lettering. 4...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Books
Materials
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...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Six Crises, Signed by Richard Nixon, First Edition, 1962
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Nixon, Richard. Six Crises. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Stated first edition. Signed on free endpaper. Presented in the publisher's original dust jacket and gray board...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Aperture Photography Magazine Collection of 6 Early Issues 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
Aperture Photography Magazine Collection of 6 Early Issues 1950s.
Not real familiar with rating condition of magazines and books. Please ask any questions. Appear to be in nice condition as a set with some minor wear.
APERTURE: Volume 5, Number 1
Published by Aperture, Rochester, New York, 1957
8vo., 42 pp, illustrations from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. Includes an editorial and an essay, "Peeled Paint, Cameras and Happenstance" by Minor White; a continuation of "More Books for the Creative Photographer"; Part 3 of "The Education of Picture Minded Photographers"; Beaumont Newhall on "Teaching the History of Photography"; and a portfolio "Ellis Island" by Shirley Burden with his, and Lewis Hine's images. Covers illustrated by Walter Snyder and Ansel Adams.
Aperture Vol. 4 No. 1.
Rochester, NY: Aperture, 1956. First edition. Softcover.
An early issue of this long running photography magazine. Features a selection from "Creative Photography - 1956 with text by Van Deren Coke. Includes images by Charles Sheeler, Arnold Newman, Reva Brooks...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Books
Materials
Paper
Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope, Signed by Harry Truman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Truman, Harry. Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions [and] Years of Trial and Hope. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1955-1956. Special Kansas City Limited Edition. Two Volumes...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
CHURCHILL. History of The English Speaking Peoples - AMERICAN EDITION - 4 vols
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston.
TITLE: A History of The English-Speaking Peoples.
PUBLISHER: NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956-56-57-58.
DESCRIPTION: 4 vols., 8-1/4" x 5-3/4", title-pag...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather
1st edition 1965 Peter Beard 'End of the Game' Viking Press
By Peter Beard
Located in Vancouver, BC
“The deeper the white man went into Africa, the faster the life flowed out of it, off the plains and out of the bush…vanishing in acres of trophies and hides and carcasses” proclaime...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Mural Painting Of The Mexican Revolution 1921-1960: 1960 1st Edition Folio Book
Located in Rochester, NY
Mural Painting of the Mexican Revolution 1921-1960: Fondo Editorial De La Plastica Mexicana, Mexico. Banco National de Commercio Exterior S.A. 1960 1st edition - one of 5000 copies i...
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1960s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
L'Oeuvre de Restif de La Bretonne. 9 vols. - illustrated - IN A FINE BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BRETONNE, Nicolas Restif de La.
TITLE: L'Oeuvre de Restif de La Bretonne. 1 - Les Nuits de Paris, 2 - Les Contemporaines, 3 - Le Pornographe, 4 - La Vie de mon Pere, 5 - Le...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather
"Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson" Signed by Herbert Hoover, Sixth Printing, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hoover, Herbert. The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Signed and inscribed by Herbert Hoover. Sixth printing. Original dust jacket...
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1950s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Pair Davy Jones Pirate Treasure Chest Bookends With Skull And Cross Bones Hats
Located in South Burlington, VT
Antique pair hand cast pirate treasure chest sculptural book ends, circa 1930
Skull and crossbones hats.
Designer: Hubley
Dark original patin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Books
Materials
Iron
Caproni Casts: Masterpieces of Sculpture - 1932 Caproni Brothers Catalogue
By Caproni Brothers
Located in Rochester, NY
Caproni Casts: Reproduction of Sculpture - Selected from the Masterpieces of the World - P. P. Caproni and Brother Incorporated - Boston, U.S.A. 1932 catalogue w/ four page price lis...
Category
1930s Neoclassical Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Twelve Girls in the Garden by Shane Martin
Located in Bradenton, FL
Twelve Girls in the Garden by Shane Martin. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published by William Morrow & Company of New York. Printed in the United States, 216 pages.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Books
Materials
Paper
Dunbar For Modern: Market Notes, January 8 to January 19, 1951
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Small format brochure published in January 1951 showcasing 39 Edward Wormley designs for Dunbar Furniture, presented at the Chicago Merchandise Mart. Highlights include the Sleepy Hollow chair...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Chairs by Harry Bertoia: Knoll Associates, Inc Brochure
By Knoll, Herbert Matter
Located in New York, NY
Knoll brochure featuring chair (and bench) designs by Harry Bertoia but also including work by Richard Schultz, Isamu Noguchi, and Florence Knoll. Publi...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Thonet 19th C. Bentwood Furniture - UCLA Art Galleries Exhibition Catalog 1961
By Thonet
Located in Rochester, NY
Thonet 19th Century Bentwood Furniture - UCLA Art Galleries - September 18 - October 15, 1961 w/ a foreward by Henry Dreyfuss. Artistically photographed illustrations / text / list o...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Picasso's Variations On Velazquez Painting "The Maids of Honor" Abrams, 1st Ed.
By Pablo Picasso, Jaime Sabartés, Harry N. Abrams
Located in Rochester, NY
Picasso's Variations on Velazquez Painting "The Maids of Honor" And Other Recent Works - With a Personal Reflection by Jaime Sabartes - Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers, New York. Pub...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Photoplay Edition, 1932
By Robert Louis Stevenson
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Stevenson, Robert Louis. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1932]. First Grosset & Dunlap Edition. 8ov. Presented rebound in ¼ navy leather and red cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine and a matching archival red slipcase.
Presented is the first Grosset & Dunlap edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, published in 1932. The book is presented rebound in ¼ navy leather and red cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt tooling, and gilt titles to the spine and a matching archival red slipcase.
First published in 1886, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Inspired by both a murder trial and a subsequent nightmare, Stevenson wrote this novel as an examination of the duality of human nature and the inner struggle between good and evil. The tale is about a London legal practitioner named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the murderous criminal Edward Hyde. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is considered to be a defining book of the gothic horror genre.
The book was initially sold as a paperback for one shilling in the U.K. These books were called "shilling shockers" or “penny dreadfuls.” The first American edition was published on January 5, 1886, four days before the U.K. edition published by Longmans. Scribner's published 3,000 copies, only 1,250 of them bound in cloth. Initially, stores did not stock it until a favorable review appeared in The Times in January of 1886. Within the next six months, close to 40 thousand copies were sold.
A wildly captivating story, there have been numerous adaptations of the novella, including over 120 stage and film versions alone. In 1931, Paramount Pictures produced an adaptation directed by Rouben Mamoulian, starring Fredric March...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, First Edition, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Moby Dick. New York: Random House, 1930. First Trade Edition with Kent Illustrations. Rebound in full leather. Housed in a matching cu...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Gordon Parks - A Poet and His Camera - Gordon Parks - 1968 Viking - 1st Edition
Located in Rochester, NY
Gordon Parks - A Poet and His Camera - Gordon Parks - 1968 Viking Press - 1st Edition - Printed in Switzerland. Hard cover ivory cloth book w/ gilt lettering and dust jacket. A nice ...
Category
1960s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
King Kong by Delos W. Lovelace, First Photoplay Edition, 1932
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Lovelace, Delos W. King Kong. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. 8vo. Rebound in 1/4 green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a first edition of Delos W. Lovelace’s adaptation of King Kong. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in December of 1932, just months before the March 1933 film premiere of King Kong. The book has been beautifully rebound in handsome ¼ green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching green archival slipcase.
RKO producer Merian Cooper and writer Edgar Wallace originally conceived of the story about a remote island inhabited by a huge silverback gorilla, among other creatures. After Wallace’s untimely death, the thrilling screenplay was finished by James A. Creelman and Ruth Rose. Just as the RKO film of King Kong was finishing production, Cooper asked his friend Delos Lovelace to adapt the film's screenplay into a novelization. On the novel’s cover, Lovelace’s name was overshadowed by the phrase, “conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.” The Grosset & Dunlap book was published later that month, on December 27, and served as part of the film’s advance marketing campaign. The book would go on to see numerous reprints, furthering King Kong's status as a cultural phenomenon.
Alexander Grosset and George T...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Books
Materials
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...
Category
1940s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, First Edition, Later Printing, 1937
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mitchell, Margaret, Gone with the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First edition, thirty-third printing. Octavo. Handsomely rebound in full navy Moroccan leather with gi...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Julia Child Mastering the Art of French Cooking Book 1964
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Julia Child MASTERING THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING VOL. ONE
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. First Publishing 1961; Sixth Printing 1964. Hardcover.
Autographed fro...
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Mid-20th Century French Provincial North American Books
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Paper
Alexander Calder and His Magical Mobiles Art Book, Lipman & Aspinwal, 1st Ed.
By Alexander Calder
Located in Vienna, AT
A great art book about sculptor Alexander (Sandy) Calder by Gene Lipman, a long-time friend of Calder, and Margaret Aspinwall. 1st Edition from 1981.
7.5X10.25“, 96 pages, 95 illustrations, hardcover with dust jacket.
The book describes the life and career of the twentieth-century artist and includes illustrations of a variety of his works and a guide to his sculptures in museums and public spaces. It focuses on his representative mobile works and also features early wire works, commercial sculptures...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Books
Materials
Paper
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Signed by Truman Capote, First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's: A short novel and three stories. New York: Random House, 1958. First edition, first issue printing. Signed by Truman Capote. In the original p...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Harley Davidson Rolling Sculpture Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Harley Davidson Rolling Sculpture Hardcover Book by Doug Mitchel Celebration of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles.The book features full-color photography of over 100 classic and contempor...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Books
Materials
Paper
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, First Edition, in Dust Jacket, 1951
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition, first issue. Octavo. In the original publisher’s black cloth boards, with gilt titles to the spine. In the original publisher’s first issue dust jacket. Presented with an archival clamshell case.
This is a very collectible first edition, first issue printing of J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in Boston, on July 16, 1951. This book is presented in its original black cloth boards and original first issue dust jacket with $3.00 price on the front flap and with the Lotte Jacobi photo credit on Salinger’s portrait on the rear panel. This first edition, first issue is without “Reprinted July 1951” on the copyright found in later issues.
The Catcher in the Rye details two days in the life of 16 year old Holden Caulfield, after he is expelled from his school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden is both intrigued and repelled by the trappings and realities of adulthood. An immediate success upon its publication in 1951, and popular with young readers since, the book has sold over 65 million copies.
Since the book’s publication, Holden Caulfield has entered the pantheon of American literary heroes. Very few works of art have had the cultural and literary impact of Salinger’s novel. “The Catcher in the Rye was a symptom of a need, after a ghastly war and during a ghastly pseudo-peace, for the young to raise a voice of protest against the failures of the adult world. The young used many voices--anger, contempt, self-pity--but the quietest, that of a decent perplexed American adolescent, proved the most telling" (Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, pp. 53-54).
CONDITION:
Good condition overall. Octavo. In the original publisher’s black cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards show slight wear to the edges, minor creasing to the spine, and some light spotting to the edges. In the original publisher’s first issue dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor separation along the front flap panel fold, some toning, minimal soiling, and chipping with loss to "th" in "the" and touching the "E" in "CATCHER" on the spine. The dust jacket is not price-clipped. Interior pages are mostly healthy, save light toning. Book has a previous owner’s inscription “Harry Weber...
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1950s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
New York, I Love, French Book by Robert F. Wagner and Joyce Peterson, 1964
Located in Atlanta, GA
New York Que J'aime (New York I love), a French book by Robert F. Wagner (New York Mayor). Text by Joyce Peterson, and Photographs by Peter Fink.
New York is undoubtedly the most dyn...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley, Photoplay Grosset & Dunlap Edition, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. 8vo. Rebound in red 1/.4 leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a photoplay edition of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece of horror, Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1931. One of the most collectible Grosset & Dunlap photoplay editions, this book was published to accompany the 1931 Universal Pictures James Whale horror film starring Boris Karlof, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boless, and Dwight Frye. It is illustrated throughout with scenes from that production. The book has been beautifully rebound in striking ¼ red leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching black archival slipcase.
Mary Shelley was just nineteen when she wrote her classic novel. The circumstances of its composition are by now well known. In 1816, Mary was in Switzerland with Percy Shelley, Byron, and Byron’s physician John Polidori when the evening’s discussion turned to one of Shelley’s favorite topics, the supernatural. Byron proposed that all members of the party write a romance or tale on the subject. The resulting efforts were Polidori’s The Vampyre, Byron’s unfinished narrative about a vampire, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
The first edition of Frankenstein was published anonymously in London, 1818, and is exceedingly rare. An 1831 edition was published in London, for which Shelley wrote an introduction describing the circumstances surrounding the creation of the work. The first American edition was published in 1833.
Frankenstein has been named “the most famous English horror novel… a defining model of the Gothic mode of fiction, and… the first genuine science fiction novel, the first significant rendering of the relations between mankind and science through an image of mankind’s dual nature appropriate to an age of science” (Clute and Nicholls, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 1099).
Alexander Grosset and George T...
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1930s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, First Edition, 1938
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. The Yearling. Illustrated by Edward Shenton. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1938. First edition. 8to. Rebound in full green leather with gilt tooling, ...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
New York Photographs, Book by Andreas Feininger, 1964
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
New York Photographs, Book by Andreas Feininger, 1964.
This is a stunning photographic document of its time: A portrait of New York. Color and black and white photo-reproductions by Andreas Feininger (1906-1999), an American photographer and a writer on photographic technique. He was known for his dynamic black-and-white scenes of Manhattan and his studies of the structures of natural objects. First edition, text by Kate Simon...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
East of Eden by John Steinbeck, First Trade Edition, in Original DJ, 1952
By John Steinbeck
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Octavo. First trade edition, first printing. In original lime green cloth boards with green titles to the spine and o...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Furniture of Classical Greece
By T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Hudson, NY
This handsome book records the discovery and contemporary re-creation of Greek furniture designs virtually ignored for more than two thousand years. T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, internat...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Soapy Smith: King of the Frontier Con Men Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Soapy Smith: King of the Frontier Con Men by Frank C. Robertson and Beth Kay Harris. Published by Hastings House, New York, 1961. 1880's con man working from Denver to Skagway. Re...
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Mid-20th Century Rustic North American Books
Materials
Paper
Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
Located in Middletown, NY
First Edition, first impression. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943.
8vo, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (215 x 139 mm). vii + 39 [3]. Black cloth boards lettered in gold down the ...
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Mid-20th Century North American Books
Materials
Paper
Modern Furniture and Decoration
By Mid Century Antiques
Located in Tivoli, NY
An incredible guide to high-end modern and innovative mid-century furniture and decoration and interiors. Some of the best spaces ever photographed—a must-have. Shows work by John Sa...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Books
Materials
Paper
The Eighteenth Century in France Society Decoration and Furniture Book
Located in Seguin, TX
The Eighteenth Century in France: Society, Decoration and Furniture by Pierre Verlet. Published by Charles Tuttle, Rutland Vermont, 1967. Ecru cloth binding, many color and black a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Louis XVI North American Books
Materials
Paper
Picasso Toros y Toreros- true 1st French Edition 1961
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
First true edition, published by Cercle D'art Paris 1961. Lithographs by Mourlot
A scarce first edition copy in original slipcase of Pablo Picasso's seminal "Toros y Toreros" artist...
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Mid-20th Century North American Books
Materials
Paper
1939 the Story of the Lamp and the Candle Book
Located in Seguin, TX
The Story Of The Lamp and the Candle by F. W. Robins. Published by Oxford University Press, London, 1939. Blue cloth binding, many black and white illustrations, shelf wear, exlib,...
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1930s Other Vintage North American Books
Materials
Paper
Isamu Noguchi: Playscapes, Museo Tamayo
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in Tivoli, NY
Unopened catalog from the 2016, Museo Tamayo exhibit Noguchi’s Playscapes.
An exhibition that focused on the artist’s vision of playgrounds and the public space. The show revisits some of Isamu Noguchi’s key ideas on how to discuss play, recreation, and education, and thus provoke a reconsideration of these categories within the sense of community that exists in our times. Embracing the possibility of closing the gap between art and functionality, Noguchi fiercely defended the idea that sculpture is an aesthetic and cultural tool capable of smoothing our passage between individuality and society. He took a favorable view of the democratization of art and the public space, inspiring him to create a number of playgrounds and play structures...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Books
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The Cocktail Party by T. S. Eliot
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
8vo, 8 1/3 x 5 3/4 inches (219 x 147 mm); 190 pp., + 1 leaf of music, and verso with cast of first Edinburgh Fe...
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