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Period: 1970s
Paktong, by W.D. John & Katherine Coombes, 1/500, Signed by the Authors, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Paktong: The Non-Tarnishable Chinese 'Silver' Alloy Used for 'Adam' Firegrates and Early Georgian Candlesticks by W. D. John and Katherine Coombes, 1/500, Signed by Both Authors. Ceramic Book...
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English Vintage 1970s Books

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Royal Souvenirs by Geoffrey Warren, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Royal Souvenirs by Geoffrey Warren. Orbis Publishing, 1977. 1st Edition, 64 page hardcover with a dust jacket. Explores the surprisingly wide range of royal commemoratives...
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English Vintage 1970s Books

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The Elegant Auctioneers by Wesley Towner and Stephen Varble, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Elegant Auctioneers by Wesley Towner and Stephen Varble. Hill & Wang, Date: 1970. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. History of America's most notable auction houses, they...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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John Tobler, Punk Rock
By John Tobler
Located in London, GB
John Tobler Punk Rock A Complete Guide to British and American New Wave First edition, published by Pheobus Publishing, 1977 A complete rundown on Punk ...
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British Vintage 1970s Books

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Treasury of American Design Volume 1 & 2 Ed. Clarence P. Hornung
Located in London, GB
Treasury of American Design Ed. Clarence P. Hornung; J. Carter Brown (foreword); Holger Cahill (introduction) Published by Harry N. Abrams Inc, New York 1976. 2 volume hard back ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Books

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Splendours of the East Temples Tombs Palaces and Fortresses of Asia
Located in valatie, NY
Splendours of the East Temples Tombs Palaces and Fortresses of Asia by Mortimer Wheeler. Spring Pub., London, New York, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. 288 pages; illustrated with ...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Peggy Bacon, Personalities and Places by Peggy Bacon
Located in valatie, NY
Peggy Bacon, Personalities and Places: Exhibition at the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., ...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni, Treccani Edition of 1973
Located in Puglia, Puglia
I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni - Treccani edition of 1973. Superb two-volume edition bound in leather, embossed copper cover, work by the s...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Books

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Copper

Great Houses of American History by Andrew H. Hepburn, Stated 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Great Houses of American History by Andrew H. Hepburn. Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1972. Stated 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase. 244 pp. 139 illustrations in B&W and color. Architectural profiles and histories of fifty-one dwellings of historical significance, organized in eight sections: Prehistoric Dwellings; Spanish Settlers; Settlers of the Eastern Seaboard; Patriots and Founders of a New Nation; Pioneers and Frontier Dwellers; Civil War Period Homes; Homes of Writers, Artists, Inventors; and Empire Builders...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Colonial Williamsburg Its Buildings and Gardens
Located in valatie, NY
Colonial Williamsburg : Its Buildings And Gardens; A Descriptive Tour Of The Restored Capital Of The British Colony Of Virginia. Distributed by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, ...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Joseph Richardson and Family Philadelphia Silversmiths Book
Located in Stamford, CT
First edition Joseph Richardson and Family Philadelphia Silversmiths by Martha Ganda Fales. Hardcover first edition, 1974. Very good overall conditi...
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American American Colonial Vintage 1970s Books

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Peinture Americane Contemporaine by Sam Hunter
Located in London, GB
La Peinture Americane Contemporaine by Sam Hunter Published by Edition Tete de Feuilles, Paris 1976. Hard back in dust jacket. French language text. Illustrated in colour and blac...
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French Vintage 1970s Books

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Treasures from the Kremlin, An Exhibition from State Museums of Moscow 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Treasures from the Kremlin; An Exhibition from the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York; May 19-September 2 1979; and the Grand Palais Paris...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Greene & Greene: Furniture and Related Designs by Randell L. Makinson (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a two volume set of books on the brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene. Volume One is "Architecture as a Fine Art," is 283 pages...
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Vintage 1970s Books

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American Views Prospects and Vistas by Gloria-Gilda Deak, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
American Views: Prospects and Vistas by Gloria-Gilda Deak. A Studio Book, Viking Press, New York, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The color plates artwork and engravings are...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Frank Lloyd Wright by Marco Dezzi Bardeschi
Located in valatie, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright (20th Century Masters Series) by MarCo Dezzi Bardeschi. Hardcover with dust jacket. 94 pp. 44 color illustrations on double sided plates and 33 b/w illustrations. ...
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English Vintage 1970s Books

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"Japanese Print Its Evolution and Essence" Book by Muneshige Narazaki
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Japanese print: its evolution and essence Book by Muneshige Narazaki. "In this book the author attempts to place the Japanese print in a very broad historical setting. He has str...
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Japanese Arts and Crafts Vintage 1970s Books

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Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers & Their Work, 1840-1880, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, by David B. Warren and Lonn Taylor. University of Texas Press 1975. Pre-publication first...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Kazak Carpets of the Caucasus by Raoul Tschebull
Located in valatie, NY
Kazak: Carpets of the Caucasus by Raoul Tschebull. Near Eastern Art Research Center, 1971. 1st Ed paperback. Illustrated with 23 color plates and 17 b/w. With an introduction by Jose...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Oriental Art at Auction, 1st Ed Presentation Copy, Eldred 1973
Located in valatie, NY
Oriental Art at Auction, 1st Ed Presentation Copy, Robert Eldred August 1973. Red leather bound with gilt highlights. Presented to the consignor with a...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, Establishing the Preeminence of the Dublin Craftsmen by F. Lewis Hinckley. Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1971. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. This is a controversial book that presents evidence to show that furniture long considered English in origin was actually designed and produced in Dublin. 467 illustrations. Includes an Index: Bookcases, Furniture, Tables, Armchairs, Antiques, Badminton House...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Britwell House: The David Hicks Residence. Sotheby's (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The sale catalogue for the contents of Britwell House, sold by direction of Mr David and Lady Pamela Hicks. A collection put together between 1960 and 1979, while they owned and live...
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English Vintage 1970s Books

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The Grandes Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry by Marcel Thomas, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Grandes Heures of Jean, Duke of Berry by Marcel Thomas. George Braziller, 1971. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket and with the original Mylar protective overlay jacket. The book ...
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French Medieval Vintage 1970s Books

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Samuel Goldwyn Presents by Alvin H Marill, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Samuel Goldwyn Presents by Alvin H Marill. A.S. Barnes and Co., NY, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Samuel Goldwyn Presents offers a comprehensive study of Samuel Goldwyn. o...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Meissen, Organized by the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami 1977, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Meissen, organized by the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1977. 1st Ed softcover. A museum exhibition that started with a core donation from ...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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William Eggleston’s Guide - John Szarkowski -1st Edition, MIT Press & MOMA, 1976
By William Eggleston 1
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, and The MIT Press, Massachusetts, 1976. This first edition of this groundbreaking book, cited by photographic historian ...
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American Modern Vintage 1970s Books

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David Hicks Living with Design First Edition Book
Located in New York, NY
A first edition book by David Hicks titled "Living with Design." Printed in 1979. Hardcover with dust jacket.
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English Vintage 1970s Books

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Mobilier Louis XVI by Monica Burckhardt, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Louis XVI by Monica Burckhardt. Editions Charles Massin, Paris, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 80p of interior full color photos of period antique furniture of the...
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French Vintage 1970s Books

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Collector's Encyclopaedia of Half Dolls by Norma Werner, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Collector's Encyclopaedia of Half Dolls by Norma Werner and Frieda Marion. Collector Books, Kentucky, 1979. First Edition hardcover with dust jacke...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Skinner's Horse by Philip Mason, Stated First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Skinner's Horse by Philip Mason. Harper & Row, New York, 1979. Stated First American Edition hardcover with dust jacket. James Skinner, a half-caste officer in early 19th century Ind...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Mobilier Des Provinces Belges et Des Flanders Françaises 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Des Provinces Belges et Des Flanders Françaises by Lucile Olivier. Editions Charles Massin, Paris, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 80p of great color pictures of in...
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French Vintage 1970s Books

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Collecting Antique Metalware by Evan Perry
Located in valatie, NY
Collecting antique metalware by Evan Perry. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, USA, 1974. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. With...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Lambeth Stoneware; The Woolley Collection, products of British Potteries
Located in valatie, NY
Lambeth Stoneware; The Woolley Collection, including Doulton Ware and products of other British Potteries, by Rhoda Edwards. London Borough of Lambet...
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English Vintage 1970s Books

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Quest for the Future by A. E. Van Vogt, First Edition BCE
Located in valatie, NY
Quest for the Future by A. E. Van Vogt. Ace Books, New York, 1970. First edtion hardcover BCE with dust jacket. He was one of the most popular and prolific science fiction writers du...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Sotheby's: Property from the Collection of the Late Gilbert Verney, 1979
Located in valatie, NY
Property from the Collection of the Late Gilbert Verney: At Bennington, New Hampshire, Including Property Removed from His Residence on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Softcover fir...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Located in valatie, NY
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The Trustees, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The book consi...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Uncle of Europe by Gordon Brook-Shepherd, 1st American Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Uncle of Europe by Gordon Brook-Shepherd. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1975. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "Edward VII, succeeded his mother, Queen Victoria, to the throne in 1901. He is regarded as the 'most genial bon vivant and uninhibited rake' to occupy the British throne...
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North American Vintage 1970s Books

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under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, a Play for Voices, First Edition Thus
Located in valatie, NY
Under milk wood by Dylan Thomas, A Play for Voices. The Folio Society, London, 1972. 1st Edition Thus hardcover with slipcase. "An omniscient narrator inv...
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English Vintage 1970s Books

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First Edition of David Hicks on Home Decoration Book
Located in New York, NY
A first American edition copy of the eponymous "David Hicks on Home Decoration" book. In very good condition. Hardcover with dust jacket.
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Chinese Export Porcelain: An Historical Survey by Elinor Gordon First Edition
By Elinor Gordon
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese Export Porcelain: An Historical Survey by Elinor Gordon. Stated first edition hardcover. Main Street / Universe Books, New York, 1975. By the doyen of export porcelain. A col...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Brassai, the Secret Paris of the 1930s, Signed
Located in London, GB
A beautifully signed copy of Brassai's "The Secret Paris of The 30's". 1st edition 1976, published by Pantheon books New York. A discreet view of the forbidden Paris of the 1930s...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Books

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Vermont Clock & Watchmakers, Silversmiths, & Jewelers, 1778-1878, Signed Ltd Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Vermont Clock and Watchmakers, Silversmiths, and Jewelers, 1778-1878 by Lilian Baker Carlisle. L.B. Carlisle, Burlington VT, 1970. 1st, signed and numbered Ed (#601/1000) hardcover w...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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David Hicks Set of First Edition Garden and Flower Arranging Books
Located in New York, NY
A set of three first edition books by David Hicks, the legendary designer. This set of out-of-print books focuses on garden design and flower arranging. All in very good condition with dust jackets. Includes the following three titles. The David Hicks Book...
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English Vintage 1970s Books

American Clock, a Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The American Clock: A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, 1723-1900, with a listing of 6153 Clockmakers by William H Distin. E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1976. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A reference guide for collectors and clock lovers. Details and illustrations of tower clocks, tall case clocks, dwarf tall case clocks, bracket clocks, Massachusetts shelf clocks, lighthouse clocks...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Dictionary of British Landscape Painters by Maurice H. Grant
Located in valatie, NY
Dictionary of British landscape painters by Maurice H. Grant. Leigh-on-Sea: Lewis, UK, 1970. Re-print hardcover with dust jacket. One of the bibles of English landscape painters. NPT...
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English Vintage 1970s Books

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19th Century America Furniture and Other Decorative Arts by Marvin D. Schwartz
Located in valatie, NY
19th century America furniture and other decorative arts, by Berry B. Tracy (Introduction), Marilynn Johnson (Author), Marvin D. Schwa...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Nature & Animals Posing in Still Life, A European & Italian Coffee Table Book
Located in New York, NY
Nature Posing the Grand Season of Still Life of Europe and Italy; A large (grand) coffee table or library book, 1977, Milan, Italy. Translation of Title in Italian: Natura In Posa, L...
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Italian Rustic Vintage 1970s Books

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Venini Book, Limited Edition, 1978
Located in Sacile, PN
Venini book, 500 limited edition copies ed. 1978- Black aluminium cover 135 fine color illustrations.
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Italian Modern Vintage 1970s Books

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Aluminum

John Marin by John Marin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
John Marin by John Marin. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, 1970. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A look at this important American artist. Edited by Cleve Gray. Includes numero...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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L'art Du Meuble En Belgique Au XXeme Siecle De Horta a Nos Jours (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
By Frans Defour The Art of furniture in Belgium in the 20th century, this is a scarce hardback book in a presentation slipcase, 213 pages with colour and...
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Vintage 1970s Books

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Traces: An Investigation In Reason by John a Chakeres, First Edition
By John A. Chakeres
Located in valatie, NY
Traces: An Investigation In Reason by John A Chakeres. Nuance Press, 1977. 1st Ed soft cover. Chakeres was born in Columbus Ohio in 1952. This is his first book of photographs. This ...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Selected Works of Russian Art 11th-Early 20th Century, First Edition
By Sokolova Natalia
Located in valatie, NY
Selected works of Russian Art: Architecture Sculpture painting Graphic Art: 11th-early 20th century, Sokolova Natalia (editor). Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1976. This book cont...
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European Vintage 1970s Books

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The Great British by Arnold Newman 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Great British by Arnold Newman. New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1979. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The celebrated portrait photographer offers a selection of notable Brit...
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Great Britain (UK) Vintage 1970s Books

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18th Century Houses of Williamsburg by Marcus Whiffen
By Marcus Whiffen
Located in valatie, NY
18th Century Houses of Williamsburg by Marcus Whiffen. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 4th printing 1970. 223 pp., with 150 B/W illustrations. A comprehensi...
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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Hans Richter,  Hans Richter
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Thames and Hudson, 1971. Pioneer of Dada and the Experimental Film. This book is both an autobiography of Hans Richter’s life, and an artist monogra...
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British Vintage 1970s Books

Architecture of Yorke Rosenberg Mardall 1944-1972
By F. R. S. Yorke, Cyril Mardall, Eugene Rosenberg
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Lund Humphries/Crane Russak, 1972 with signed letter YSM were the architects of modern Britain and the English associate architects for Eero Saarinen's b...
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British Vintage 1970s Books

Arnaldo Pomodoro, Sculpture, 1960-1970
Located in Chicago, IL
Arnaldo Pomodoro House of Cards by ; 18 die-cut interlockable cards, notched on all sides that can be arranged into many ways to create your own Pomodoro sculpture. Cards are lettered from A-X. Cards for the first half of the alphabet have B/W photos of Pomodoro sculptures on one side, backed by text on silver background: "An Exchange of Letters: Arnaldo Pomodor and Tom L...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1970s Books

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An inscribed copy of Harry Bertoia's "Sculptor"
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A nice inscribed copy of June Kompass Nelson's book "Harry Bertoia , Sculptor"
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American Vintage 1970s Books

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