20th Century Books

Michelangelo - Complete Works, softcover book. Special edition for the Vatican museums and galleries. Printed in Italy, 78 color illustrations, 96 pages.

("Aux Source du XXeme siecle" 2) Softcover catalogue of an exhibition held at the esteemed Galerie Jacques De Vos in Paris in 1990 featuring works by Frank, Adolphe Chanaux, Diego an...

Norman Rockwell Illustrator by Arthur L. Guptill, special bicentennial edition from August 1976. Softcover book, published by Ballantine Books of New York. 208 pages.

AUTHOR: FRANKLIN, Benjamin (Albert Henry Smyth - editor). TITLE: The Writings Of Benjamin Franklin. Collected And Edited With A Life & Introduction. PUBLISHER: New York: The Macmi...

A sumptuous celebration of Art Deco interior decoration, in an overview of the interiors designed by the greatest and most influential of French Art Deco interior decorators and furn...

Portraits. New York: Pantheon Books, 1987. First Edition. A series of portrait photography from the renowned fashion and celebrity photographer, Helmut Newton. From the introduction,...

"Big Nudes" by Helmut Newton, Introduction by Karl Lagerfeld 1982 First Edition - American. Very good copy in a dust jacket. A collection of provocative full-page black & white nude...

1939 The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers’ Project Guide. Rare Hardcover 1st edition.

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...

AUTHOR: NOLHAC, Pierre De. TITLE: Maria Antoinette. PUBLISHER: London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1905. DESCRIPTION: IN A FINE COSWAY STYLE BINDING. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 6-1/8", bound in f...

AUTHOR: DEFOE, Daniel. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Daniel Defoe. PUBLISHER: NY: National Library Company, 1903. DESCRIPTION: EDITION DE LUXE. 8 vols., 8-11/16" x 6", limited to ...

This is a very good 1st edition (second issue) of this much sought after society journal which is still in a very good dust jacket though there are one or two short closed tears and ...

AUTHOR: POE, Edgar Allan. TITLE: The Works Of Edgar Allen Poe. PUBLISHER: Boston: Jefferson Press, n.d., (c.1900) DESCRIPTION: 10 vols. in 5, 8-7/16" x 6-1/16", illustrated, titl...

Original Exhibition Catalog – Picasso Peintures 1955-1956 at Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1957 Artist: Pablo Picasso Exhibition: Picasso Peintures 1955-1956 – Galerie Louise Leiri...

AUTHOR: GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von - Willy Pogany. TITLE: Faust. PUBLISHER: London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908. DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY POGANY. 1 vol., 10-15/16" x 9"...

Jean Royere was one of the great innovative designer/decorators of the 20th century and his clients included The Shah of Persia, King Farouk of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan. He w...

This book is the third volume in the portfolio collection, inaugurated with the first two volumes devoted to the work of Pierre Chareau. Volume III is dedicated this time to the work...

Sumptuously illustrated with over 100 stunning full-page color photographs, this exquisite book displays the opulence and incomparable beauty of the treasures created for and collect...

AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston S. TITLE: The Second World War. (The Gathering Storm - Their Finest Hour - The Grand Alliance - The Hinge Of Fate - Closing The Ring - Triumph and Traged...

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: Winnie The Pooh. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 1 volume, illustrated by E. H. Shephard. Boun...

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: Winnie The Pooh. PUBLUSHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING SIGNED...

Transform Your Space with the Bold Elegance of Antique Red Leatherbound Books. Immerse your surroundings in the unmatched sophistication of our antique decorative books—all meticulo...

Unique catalogue of an exhibition in the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1964. Amazing cover with the iconic artwork of Roy Lichtenstein. 106 works of: Jim Dine, Roy Lichtenstein, Ro...

Set of antique 1924/1925 and 1926 National Geographic Magazines. 6 Well bound leather-spine & corners and dark cloth books, 2 volumes per year, January-June and July-December. A ti...

AUTHOR: HEMINGWAY, Ernest. TITLE: Green Hills Of Africa. PUBLISHER: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTION COPY. 1 vol., 8-3/8" x 6", inscribed ...

AUTHOR: LUTHER, Martin. TITLE: The Works Of Martin Luther. PUBLISHER: Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1943. DESCRIPTION: THE PHILADELPHIA EDITION. 6 vols., bound in 1/4 green cal...

Limited Edition. A painter's book The first complete work designed in gouache and cut-out paper by Matisse, JAZZ is the most accomplished painter's book. The set of colour plates, b...

AUTHOR: DULAC, Edmund. TITLE: Sinbad the Sailor and other Stories from the Arabian Nights. PUBLISHER: London: Hodder Stoughton, n.d., (1914). DESCRIPTION: ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND D...

Forward by William Wesley Peters A monumental folio of 100 large drawings and plans of Buildings designed by the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, it comes with a booklet which gives a brief description of each and features works from the early years of his career (1893-1910). This is the American edition printed in a limited number of 2,600, it is a monograph that was originally published as the Wasmuth Portfolio...

A History of Art by Sir Lawrence Gowing. A large coffee table book, hardcover with dustjacket, published by Barnes and Noble in 1995. Printed in Spain, illustrated, 992 pages.

Catalog accompanying an exhibition of Tom Wesselmann paintings held at New York’s Sidney Janis Gallery from October 15th to November 14th, 1992. Horizontal 8vo (10.25” x 8.25”), prin...

Original Exhibition Catalog – Sculptures 1979 by Moisès Villèlia, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York Artist: Moisès Villèlia Exhibition: Sculptures 197...

Vienna 1900 - Architecture & Design. Softcover book, published in conjunction with the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which ran from July 3-October 21, 198...

In July 1991, Catherine and Stephanie de Beyrie visited Jacqueline Jouve on several occasions near Aix-en-Provence, where they aquired her private collection of exceptional works by ...

Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander): Winnie-the-Pooh An Exceptionally rare copy of the FIRST TRADE EDITION of Winnie-the-Pooh signed by both the Author and the Illustrator, with Original dust-jacket. London: Methuen, 1926.; First Trade Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 in (194 x 127 mm), pp. 158, full-page and text illustrations, illustrated endpapers with map of "100 Aker Wood... Drawn by me and Mr. Shepar Helpd (sic.)" Green cloth, gilt stamping on the front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin...

Miami: Trends and Traditions Hardcover Book by Beth Dunlop and Roberto Schezen.Miami: Trends and Traditions is the first volume in a series of books documenting significant architectural interiors and important houses - both familiar and seldom seen - in favorite cities around the globe.Photographer Roberto Schezen, together with architectural critic Beth Dunlop, explores Miami's great architectural treasures, from well-known landmarks, including Vizcaya, the Morris Lapidus apartment, and the Delano Hotel...

A very engaging and quite scarce first edition softcover book with dust jacket by famed Japanese photographer and contemporary artist Nobuyoshi Araki. The book titled New York, cons...

AUTHOR: BUCHAN, John. TITLE: A History Of The Great War. PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1922. DESCRIPTION: AUTOGRAPH EDITION. 8 vols., 9-1/2" x 6-3/4", limited to 5...

AUTHOR: POE, Edgar Allan. TITLE: Tales Of Mystery And Imagination. PUBLISHER: London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1935. DESCRIPTION: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., small folio, 9...

Original Exhibition Catalog – Pinturas by Pablo Picasso, Sala Gaspar, 1960 Artist: Pablo Picasso Exhibition: Pinturas – Sala Gaspar, Barcelo...

If you think of one of the greatest artists of modernism, Joan Miró, you immediately have some of the characteristic motifs of his painting or graphics present in your mind's eye. L...

Napoleon, Nelson and Their Time. The Calvin Bullock Collection Christie's, May 1985. The sale consisted of items from the renowned New York collector Calvin Bullock, which was formed...

Beautiful Prada Book, saffiano textured faux leather slip case and book cover, this book is filled with hundreds of beautiful photos chronicling Prada’s history, ideas development, p...

For most of the 20th century Primavera were the "atalier", design shop and workshop for Printemps, the large Parisian department store. They were set up initially to design and creat...

First Edition, third issue of Dr. Seuss' most famous book, accompanied by a card bearing the AUTHOR's SIGNATURE and a quick SKETCH of his famous "green egg." Seuss, Dr. (Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904 – 1991) The Cat in the Hat New York: Random House, 1957. First edition, First Printing, Third Issue. Dust jacket. 8vo, 9 x 6 1/2" (230 x 165 mm), (2) + 61 + (1) pp; pictorial end papers, verso of free end paper blank, pictorial title page, copyright page. Binding with glazed pictorial paper cover over boards and title on spine, very light signs of wear at corners and spine ends, binding stitched at 1 inch intervals; upper cover illustrated and lettered with addition of "For beginner readers"; back cover with excerpts from reviews printed in letterpress below illustration of chalkboard reading Educators hail The Cat in the Hat. Printed in red, black, salmon, dark blue and light blue on wove paper, with bold illustrations on every spread; pages a touch yellowed on edges. On the back of the last page of text is a note on the book enclosed within a large outline in blue of Cat in the Hat. The ORIGINAL DUST WRAPPER in near fine condition, with just slight wear on corners and a chip on the bottom of the spine, reproduces the book's cover; front flap bears price on upper right corner, 195/195, indicating this is the second state of the dust jacket. Accompanied by a small drawing of a "green egg" with "Dr. Seuss" autograph in black ink with on a light green index card, 3 x 5 in. (76 x 127 mm). [Younger & Hirsch 7; Greenaway 95] Dr. Seuss was challenged by Houghton Mifflin's Education Division director, William Ellsworth Spaulding, to create a book for young children using the 225 essential words for beginning readers, a book they would not want to put down. Seuss used 223 of the words from the list, plus 13 others. Seuss tricked kids into enjoying learning with his destructive and charismatic house guest. Inspired in part by Krazy Kat and Felix the Cat, but with a wily mind all his own, the Cat in the Hat's humor and naughtiness are engaged in the noble cause of literacy. "Parents," notes biographer Brian Jay Jones, "were more than happy to join Dr. Seuss as fellow revolutionaries. Even if parents didn't necessarily understand the pedagogy, it was easy to see the difference between the staid DICK AND JANE...

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage - by H.W. Fowler - Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927 - Printed in England at the Oxford university Press by John Johnson - Soft cover, black ...

Beautiful color illustrations that documents the deserts of the American southwest with images by David Muench and commentary, descriptions, and recollections by Edward Abbey. Housed...

AUTHOR: SHAW, George Bernard. TITLE: The Collected Works Of George Bernard Shaw. PUBLISHER: NY: Wm. H. Wise & Company, 1930. DESCRIPTION: THE AYOT ST. LAWRENCE EDITION. 30 vols.,...

Jean-Michel Basquiat Témoignage 1998 published on the occasion of: "Témoignage 1977-1988" (Testimony) held at Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris in 1998. This softcover book feature...

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. (Alan Alexander). TITLE: When We Were Very Young. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co., 1924. DESCRIPTION: SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 1 vol., signed by...

AUTHOR: DICKENS, Charles. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Charles Dickens. PUBLISHER: NY: Chas. Scribner's Sons, 1902. DESCRIPTION: 36 vols., 8-1/4" x 6", all illustrations after th...

Christie's Monaco, Sunday 15th December 1996. Henri Samuel (1904 1996) was one of the foremost French interior designers of the twentieth century, hailed by Architectural Digest as a...

Small format brochure published in June 1950 showcasing 26 Edward Wormley designs for Dunbar Furniture, presented at the Chicago Merchandise Mart. Highlights include the No. 4841 sof...

An oblong A4 sized portfolio with 48 absolutely amazing and exquisite pochoir plates. The plates are all present, all very clean and in Fine condition. Showing room set designs from ...

Introduction by Paul Overy The complete Rietveld furniture is by far the most complete survey of all furniture designs, both realised and unrealised, by Dutch architect and designer ...

The Second World War (Chartwell Edition-United States) by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston. A deluxe edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Sec...

1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. Bound in full red calf with a gilt-tooled ship on the front cover with gilt-tooling on the raised band spine. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers....

Men Too Wear Clothes by Dorothy Stote Hardcover with original dust jacket. Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st edition with introduction by Lucius Beebe and Drawings by Nina Granada.