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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Period: 1960s
Helen Keller's Personal Braille Edition of "New Outlook for the Blind" 1960
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is Helen Keller’s personal reading copy of The New Outlook for the Blind, December 1960, Volume 54, Number 10. The periodical is inscribed in the upp...
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Paintings of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence 2 Vol. Set, 1st Ed
By Sydney Freedberg
Located in valatie, NY
Paintings of the high Renaissance in Rome and Florence by Sydney Freedberg. Harvard University Press, 1961. two volume set 1st Ed hardcovers with dust jackets. Volume 1 is 644 pp. of text, all the 700 b/w illustrations are contained in volume 2 which has 514 pp. "These two volumes constitute a study of virtually the whole extent of painting of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence the richest concentration in time and place of master accomplishments of Italian art. The author deals at length with the major figures: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Fra Bartolommeo...
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Chinese Trade Porcelain, First Edition by Michel Beurdeley
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese Trade Porcelain, First edition by Michel Beurdeley. Charles E. Turtle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1962. Tipped-in color frontispiece and 24 tipped-in color plates, 100 monochrome text figures, 244 monochrome figures in the appendix. A through explanation of Chinese export porcelain and its debt to the west; historical surveys of the Far Eastern connections to al of the countries named...
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Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects, United States Capitol, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Compilation of Works of Art and other Objects in the United States Capitol by Joint Committee on the Library. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1965. 1st Ed hardcover no d...
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Le Belle Case Italiane by Doria Ludovica, First Edition
By Doria Ludovica
Located in valatie, NY
Le Belle Case Italiane by Doria Ludovica. Edizioni Di Grazia, Milano, 1964. 2nd edition hardcover with dust jacket. Great interior room settings with Italian furniture, paintings and...
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Italian Vintage 1960s Books

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William Klein Portfolio Magazine (photography)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
William Klein, portfolio magazine. Special edition. 110 pages, 1997. Softcover. 11x14 inches. Some very minor wear otherwise excellent condition. A retrospective of photographs by...
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American Art Nouveau Glass by Albert C Revi, First Edition
By Albert Christian Revi 1
Located in valatie, NY
American Art Nouveau glass by Albert C Revi. Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 1968. First Edition 476p hardcover with dust jacket. The closing years of the 19th century witnessed more radic...
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Chinese Trade Porcelain, First Edition by Michel Beurdeley
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese Trade Porcelain, 1st Ed by Michel Beurdeley. Charles E. Turtle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1962. Tipped-in color frontispiece and 24 tipped-in color plates, 100 monochrome text figures, 244 monochrome figures in the appendix. A through explanation of Chinese export porcelain and its debt to the west; historical surveys of the Far Eastern connections to al of the countries named...
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French Eighteenth Century Furniture by Genevieve Souchal, First Edition
By Genevieve Souchal
Located in valatie, NY
French Eighteenth Century Furniture by Genevieve Souchal. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1961. 128 pp.; 127 illustrations, including thirty...
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Cecil Beaton's Fair Lady - Cecil Beaton - 1st US edition, 1964
Located in London, GB
Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1st US edition, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, 1964. Hardback English text. This rare and beautiful book charts the journey of the fil...
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Interiors for Contemporary Living 1st Edition, 1960
By The Architectural Press Co.
Located in London, GB
Published by The Architectural Press Co. 1st Edition, 1960 This beautiful book is a comprehensive survey of modern European ideas on interior decoration. More than 220 photograph...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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Jean Dubuffet , Cerceaux ‘Sorcellent Limited Edition, 1st 1967
Located in London, GB
Jean Dubuffet. Cerceaux ‘Sorcellent by Max Loreau. Edition Jeanne Bucher, Editions Beyeler, Paris, 1967. Limited edition of 800 of which this is no. 496. Contains 20 original colo...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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Picasso à L'oeuvre – Photographs by Edward Quinn 1965 Book
By Roland Penrose, Edward Quinn 1
Located in London, GB
Picasso à L'oeuvre – Photographs by Edward Quinn 1965 Published by Manesse-Verlag, 1965. An intimate photographic biography by Edward Quinn with text written by Roland Penrose. Wonderful photographs capturing Picasso working and relaxing, from his finished pieces to his home and studio - including intimate interior and still life shots...
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Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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CHAGALL: Vitraux pour Jérusalem - Paris, 1st Edition, 1961
Located in London, GB
Published by Musées des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 1st edition, 1961. Softcover with French text. A scarce catalogue published for the 1961 exhibition at the Musées des Arts Décoratifs. This volume documents Chagall’s stained glass...
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Room Outside: A New Approach to Garden Design - John Brookes - 1st Ed, T&H, 1969
Located in London, GB
First Edition Hardback in Dust Jacket, published by Thames & Hudson, London, 1969. Text in English. Extensively illustrated and explained with black and white photographs, diagrams ...
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Picasso: Les Dames de Mougins. Secrets d'alcove d'un atelier, 1964
Located in London, GB
Published by Éditions Cercle d’Art, 1st edition, Paris 1964. Hardback with French text. This scarce catalogue of Picasso’s oeuvre is like an imaginary museum plentiful of paintings, sculptures, and other papier-mâché works made by Picasso during his time in Mougins. Many of the works inside were newly discovered at the time and have never appeared inside a catalogue or have been included in an exhibition. A visual feast of sorts and an intimate invitation into Picasso’s Atelier...
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MOBILIER 1900-1925 - Edith Mannoni & Chantal Bizot - 1st ed., Paris, early 60s
Located in London, GB
Published by Editions CH. MASSIN, 1st edition Paris, early 60s. Hardback with French text. A beautiful book on French furniture innovations and the most ...
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French Book on Bathroom Interiors, 'Salles de Bains et Salles D'Eau', 1965
Located in London, GB
First edition 1965 Salles des Bains et Salles D'Eau by Herve de Looze. A truly amazing book of historical importance but also amazing for bathroom ideas...
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The Americans Robert Frank, Jack Kerouac 1st Enlarged Ed. 1969
Located in London, GB
First printing of the first revised & enlarged hardcover edition of The Americans by Robert Frank with writings by Jack Kerouac published by Aperture /Grossman 1969. The landmark ...
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The Miniature in Europe, 4 volumes - Leo R. Schidlof - Akademische Druck, 1964
Located in London, GB
First English Edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies published in 4 volumes by Akademische Druck - und Verlagsanstalt, Graz, 1964. Across the four volumes of this comprehensive wo...
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Austrian Vintage 1960s Books

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The Concerned Photograher, 1st edition, 1968
Located in London, GB
Published by Grossman Publishers, 1st edition, 1968. Hardback, English text. This magnificent volume is based on the exhibition “The Concerned Photographer”, held at the Riverside M...
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Canned Candies, The Exotic Women and Clothes of Paco Rabanne by Jean Clemmer
Located in London, GB
Canned Candies, The Exotic Women and Clothes of Paco Rabanne. Photographed by Jean Clemmer. Published by Charles Skilton Limited, 1969. A collaboration between the Parisian photog...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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Les Déjeuners - Picasso, 1st French edition, 1962
Located in London, GB
Les Déjeuners - Picasso, 1st French edition, 1962
Published by Éditions Circle D’art Paris, 1962 
 A beautiful copy of Picasso’s seminal book Les Déjeuners complete with fine cloth s...
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Birds St. John Perse with Four Etchings by George Braque 1st US edition 1966
Located in London, GB
Published by Pantheon Books, New York, 1966. Hardback. Text in original French with English translation. In 1962, the Nobel-Prize winning French poet-diplomat, Saint-John Perse, com...
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Glass In Architecture and Decoration 1967
Located in London, GB
Published by Architectural Press, 1967 "An immense and highly detailed history of the manufacture and use of all types of architectural glass by Raymond McGrath, famous for his inve...
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Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming, First Edition, 1966
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, first impression. Octavo. Presented in the publisher's original dust jacket and dark bro...
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Picasso Theatre by Douglas Cooper, 1st Edition Circle D'art Paris 1967
Located in London, GB
True 1st edition, Editions Cercle D’Art Paris 1967 French Language Douglas Cooper explores the part theatre design had in Picasso’s life, drawing on...
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Katsura Tradition and Creation in Japanese Architecture
Located in New York, NY
Sumptuously produced treatment of the aesthetic and spiritual qualities of traditional Japanese architecture that resonated with and influenced Western modernism—think the simplicity and abstract beauty of tatami geometry combined with a holistic philosophy of indoor/outdoor living. The book itself is a cynosure of academic and graphic quality, with text by Walter Gropius and Kenzo Tange...
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Private View, Robertson, Russell, Snowdon, 1st Edition, Nelson, 1965
By Bryan Robertson, John Russell, Lord Snowdon
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1965. Private View is a strikingly important document of modern British art and key artists working in Britain duri...
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Once Upon a Time, Lord Snowdon, Robert Glenton, Stella King, 1st Edition, 1960
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Anthony Blond, London, 1960. Presenting 'The Story of Antony Armstrong Jones', known as Lord Snowdon, as he told it to h...
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A: A Novel - Andy Warhol - First Edition, Grove Press, New York, 1968
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Grove Press, New York, 1968. This first edition, first printing of Andy Warhol's knowing and avant-garde experimental text, 'a, A Novel', was released by...
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London Pop Gesehen – J. Suess, G. Dommermuth & H. Maier - 1st Edition, 1968
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Büchergilde Gutenberg, Frankfurt, 1968-1969. Text in German. From the same creators as ‘Beat in Liverpool’, this incredibly scarce German edition of ‘L...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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Salvador Dali, Dali Edited by Max Gerard 1968
Located in London, GB
Published by De Draeger 1968 First edition of this lavishly illustrated work by Salvador Dali which was organised and edited by Max Gerard who collated the subject of this book. The War: The Landscape; Gala; The still life; eroticism; Mysticism; space-time; Oneros; Towards an imperial classicism; Chronological index; celebrating sixty-four years of Salvador Dali I Domènech...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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Jean Dubuffet, Parade Funebre Pour Charles Estienne, 1967
Located in London, GB
Jean Dubuffet, Parade Funèbre pour Charles Estienne. Published by Editions Jeanne Bucher, 1967. Limited to 450 copies of which this is example 324 of 400 numbered copies. A fine publication in very good condition including original tissue guards to front and back pages, images are full bleed lithographs spread over 29 thick cut French fold pages. Jean Dubuffet saw artistic value in children...
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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William Brice Drawings
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring artist, William Brice and a selection of his drawings from 1955-1966. By Gerald Nordland and Thomas W. Leavi...
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David Hicks On Living With Taste First Edition 1968 Book
Located in London, GB
David Hicks On Living With Taste Leslie Frewin, London, 1968. First edition. Travel back in time to the swinging 60s with the rare first edition of David Hicks On Living With Taste...
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Les Dessins de Paul Delvaux, Maurice Nadeau 1967 1st Edition
Located in London, GB
Les dessins de Paul Delvaux 1st edition Preface by Maurice Nadeau Published by Denoël, Paris, 1967. Hardback first edition in dust jacket. French language text. A beautiful illustr...
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The Second Treasury of Early American Homes by Richard Pratt & Dorothy Pratt
Located in valatie, NY
The Second Treasury of Early American Homes by Richard Pratt and Dorothy Pratt. Hawthorn Books Inc., New York, 1964. 3rd printing hardcover with dust jacket. 144 pages with more than...
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La Jolla by James Britton and John Waggaman California Review No. 5
Located in London, GB
La Jolla By James Britain Photographs by John Waggaman California Review No. 5, San Diego, 1965. Paperback First edition. Softcover with pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated. Capturi...
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Pre-Columbian Art by Hasso Von Winning
Located in London, GB
Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America by Hasso Von Winning. Published by Abrams, New York, 1968. First edition. First major study to elevate t...
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Vogue's Book of Houses, Gardens, People - Horst, Vreeland, Lawford - 1st, 1968
By Valentine Lawford, Horst P. Horst, Vogue
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by the Viking Press, New York in 1968. A collection of interior photos and portraits featuring the opulent houses and affluent people of the 1960s, photogra...
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American Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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Modigliani the Sculptor, Book
By Amedeo Modigliani, Alfred Werner
Located in London, GB
Published by Art, Inc, New York, first edition, 1962. This was the first book published on Modigliani's sculpture, the book is filled with beautifully printed black and white imag...
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Petits Appartements by Michele Lenoir Editions Du Jour
Located in London, GB
Petits Appartements By Michele Lenoir Editions Du Jour, Paris, circa 1960. Hardback in color illustrated dust Jacket. First edition. Text in French. Illustrated with over 100 black & white photographs of interiors, furniture and objects. Designers include Bahut Troeds, Schneider, Mobilier International, M. Flachet, Cesam, Meubles Oscar...
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Picasso in Antibes by Dor De La Souchère, 1960
By Romuald Dor de la Souchère 1
Located in London, GB
Picasso in Antibes by Dor De La Souchère. Published by Perry Lund, Humphries & Company Ltd. 1960. First edition. Photographs by Marianne Greenwood, ...
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British Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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November Girl - Sam Haskins - Signed 1st Edition, Madison Square Press, 1967
Located in London, GB
Signed First Edition, Published by Madison Square Press, New York, 1967. Arguably his greatest single work, ‘November Girl’ continues to exert a powerful and widespread influence on...
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"The New Museum, Architecture and Display - Michael Brawne, " 1965
By Michael Brawne
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Praeger, New York in 1965. A worldwide survey of museum design and architecture; Brawne offers 50 examples of seminal museum designs from New York's Gu...
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London Scene – J. Suess, G. Dommermuth & H. Maier - 1st Edition, 1968
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Büchergilde Gutenberg, Frankfurt, 1968-1969. Text in German. From the same creators as ‘Beat in Liverpool’, this incredibly scarce first edition of London Scene...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1960s Books

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"English Style" Mary Gilliatt & Michael Boys, 1967
By Michael Boys, Mary Gilliatt
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by The Bodley Head, London, 1967 ‘English Style’, a survey of domestic decoration between the years 1951 and 1967, compiled by one of the world’s leading design and interior journalists, Mary Gilliatt. The book showcases the homes of many prominent designers and socialites, from Terence Conran, Robin and Lucienne Day...
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Mademoiselle 1 + 1: Marcel Veronese & Jean-Claude Peretz First Edition 1968
Located in London, GB
First edition, The Bodley Head, 1968. One of the seminal 1960s photo books. An illustrated narrative following a girl named Zoe who runs an inn frequented by mysterious 'horsemen', ...
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Virginia House Tour Mainly in the Locale Known as Mr. Jefferson's Country 1st Ed
By William Stevens
Located in valatie, NY
Virginia House Tour: Mainly in the Locale Known as Mr. Jefferson's Country: Historical and Plantation Legends, First edition by William Stevens. Stevens...
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