20th Century Books
Period: 20th Century
Color: Beige
Property of H.J. Joel, Esq. Christie's on Thursday, April 17, 1980
Located in valatie, NY
European and Chinese Porcelain, Objects of Art, English and French Furniture: The Property of H.J. Joel, Esq. Removed From 15 Grosvenor Square, W.1, Which was Sold at Christie's on T...
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English Vintage 20th Century Books
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Frey Houses
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage paperback coffee table book featuring the homes of Albert Frey. By Jennifer Golub, published in 1999. First edition, 83 pages.
"This book is pri...
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Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Paintings in Oil & Pastel by James A. McNeill Whistler. Exhibition, NY Met, 1910
Located in valatie, NY
Paintings in Oil and Pastel by James A. McNeill Whistler, New York, March 15 to May 31, 1910, by New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1st Ed softcover catalog. There were 46 painting...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Influential Interiors Shaping 20th-Century Style Through Key Interior Designers
Located in valatie, NY
Influential Interiors: Shaping 20th-century style through key interior designers by Suzanne Trocomé. Published by Clarkson Potter, U.S.A., 1999. Stat...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Collection Of Patricia Kluge Charlottesville, Sotheby's Catalogue (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the Sotheby's catalogue produced for the sale of Patricia Kluge's collection from Albemarle House, Charlottesville, Virginia - which took place ...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Man and Chair 'Furniture Book, Catalogue', 1970 / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1970, Grafia, Brno
- czech language
- original condition, see the photos
- 47 pages
- many pictures of seating furniture by Czech designers
- jr.
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Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Rare Modern Design in the Home, Milena Lamarová / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1965
- designer : Miroslav Rada
- Artia Praha
- English version
- original condition, see the photos
- 207 pages
- many beautiful pictures
- jr.
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Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Old Antiques Books
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Two interesting Antiques books from my collection, indispensable for an antique dealer:
"A thousand pieces of furniture from Emilia" (Graziano Manni) - cm.34x25x3 -
"Passionati and ...
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Italian Other 20th Century Books
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Paper
Berto Lardera Book
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring the work of sculptor, Berto Lardera. Introduction by Michel Seuphor, published in 1960. First edition, 143 p...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Nobuyoshi Araki, Limited Edition, Signed Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“This book reveals everything about me. It’s been a 60-year contract. Photography is love and death—that’ll be my epitaph.”
—Araki
The first title in our new TASCHEN limited seri...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
1940s Everett Gee Jackson 2 Drawings & Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Two original drawings circa 1940's in pencil by Everett Gee Jackson (1900-1995) California in the book Mexico Around Me by Max Miller which he illu...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher Wallcovering Catalogue Reference, 1986 1999
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher wallcovering books catalogue reference 1986-1999 - ‘Prints inspired by nature’
Anyone with an ounce of interest i...
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American Mission 20th Century Books
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Paper
Van Gogh His Life and Works in 500 Images Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Van Gogh: His Life and Works in 500 Images
Book by Michael Howard and Vincent van Gogh.
"Contains a detailed exploration of Van Gogh's life, including his background, early career,...
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Dutch Expressionist 20th Century Books
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Paper
American Tables & Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan & Yale Collections
Located in valatie, NY
American tables and looking glasses: In the mabel brady garvan and other collections at Yale University by David Barquist, Garrett Elisabeth, and Gerald Ward. 1st Ed hardcover with d...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Saunders 'Maxfield Parish', the Knave of Hearts, First Ed. Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SAUNDERS, Louise (Maxfield Parish).
TITLE: The Knave of Hearts.
PUBLISHER: NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDIT...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Fabric
Poe, Edgar Allan, the Murders in the Rue Morgue, First Photoplay Edition, 1932
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POE, Edgar Allan.
TITLE: The Murders In The Rue Morgue.
PUBLISHER: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. [1932].
DESCRIPTION: FIRST PHOTOPLAY EDITION. 1 vol., publisher...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Fabric
English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection, First Edition
By Anthony Ray
Located in valatie, NY
English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford by Anthony Ray. Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1968. Stated first American edition hardcover...
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English 20th Century Books
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Paper
Piet Mondrian, by Yve-Alain Bois, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Piet Mondrian: 1872-1944, by Yve-Alain Bois, Angelica Zander Rudenstine, Joop Joosten and Hans Janssen. Published by Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown, Boston, New York, Toronto, London, ...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
L' Art Calligraphique De L'Islam by Khatibi, Abdelkébir Sijelmass Hardcover Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
L'art calligraphique de l'Islam hardcover art book.
Calligraphy Art in Islam, French edition.
French Edition by Abdelkebir Khatibi.
Large wonderful...
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Moroccan Folk Art 20th Century Books
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Paper
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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European Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Alberto Pinto, Orientalism (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Alberto Pinto was one of the most celebrated interior designers at work in the late 20th century and the early years of the 21st century. In this book he looks to the wonders of the East and a series of interiors inspired by the colors and textures of Morocco, Byzantium, India and beyond.
Included in this book are interiors in Europe, North America, and North Africa belonging to the jet set and modern elite. Each interior celebrates opulence, whether with fine damasks and silks, intricate tile work, or glittering objets d'art. Included are other visual stage sets for living that are as breathtaking as they are original -vast terraces over sumptuous gardens, shimmering swimming pools open to the sea and sky, filtered light bouncing off floor-to-ceiling mirrors...
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20th Century 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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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Rudolf Grossmann. Frauen, 'Limited to 50 Copies, 1920'
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Grossmann, Rudolf
Title: Frauen.
Publisher: Munich, Hyperionverlag , [1920].
Description: 1 vol., oblong folio 19-1/4" x 14-1/2", 15 original hand colored Lithograph...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Ida, A Novel by Gertrude Stein, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Ida A Novel by Gertrude Stein. New York: Random House, 1941. Stated 1st Ed hardcover. Gertrude Stein wanted Ida to be known in two ways: as a novel about a woman in the age of celebr...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Old English Furniture Its True Value & Function with Important Bookplate, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Old English Furniture its true value and function, by H. Avray Tipping With an Important Bookplate of The Right Honorable Malcolm John MacDonald PC OM, (1901 – 1981) who was a British politician and diplomat. He was born to future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created
Located in valatie, NY
Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created by Edmonde Charles-Roux. Published by New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 2nd Ed hardcover with dust jac...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Jean Dubuffet Partitions 1980-1981 / Psycho-Sites Puzzle and Exhibition Catalog
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jean Dubuffet jigsaw puzzle announcement and exhibition catalog from the Pace Gallery, New York. Produced in conjunction with the Partitions / Psycho-Sites exhibit which ran from Dec...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Sotheby's The Thanet Dinner Service Paul de Lamerie, 1742-1746 London 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's The Thanet Dinner Service Paul de Lamerie, 1742-1746 London 11/22/84. First edtion hardcover with results. Lot 60 of this silver auction broug...
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English Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Billy Baldwin Decorates, A Book of Practical Decorating Ideas 1st Edition 1972
Located in London, GB
Billy Baldwin Decorates - A Book of Practical Decorating Ideas by Billy Baldwin
Published by Chartwell Books, 1972 1st Edition. Hardback in du...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Complete Works of O. Henry, Manuscript Edition Limited to 125 Copies
Located in San Francisco, CA
The complete works of O. Henry, manuscript edition, limited to 125 copies in 12 volumes bound in original half vellum. Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City New York, 1...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher Textile Woven Swatch Collection, 1986
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher Textile Woven Swatch Collection 1986 . Rare Frank Lloyd Wright fabric swatch books published and produced b...
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American Mission 20th Century Books
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Textile
Art Now From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism by Edward Smith, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art Now: From Abstract Expressionism to Superrealism by Edward Smith. Published by William Morrow & Co, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "The author as noted in the introduct...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Babyons: The Chronicle of a Family, 4 Vol Set, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Chronicle of a Family, by Clemence Dane. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1928. 1st Ed hardcover of four novelettes, two of...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Scandinavian Journal of Design History - Volumes 1-5 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
"The primary task of this journal is to promote and animate research in the Scandinavian countries. For many years, design history has lacked a forum wh...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
The Timeless Eye Master Drawings from the Jan & Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski
Located in valatie, NY
The Timeless Eye: Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection. Berlin: G+H Verlag, 1999. 1st Ed exhibition catalog, from 2 ...
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German 20th Century Books
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Paper
Northwest Passage 1st Limited 2 Vol Ed by Kenneth Roberts, Signed & Numbered
Located in valatie, NY
Northwest Passage, Limited 2 Volume Edition By Kenneth Roberts. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., Garden City, N.Y., 1937. 1st Ed hardcov...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
A. G. Rizzoli, Architect of Visions
Located in Bradenton, FL
A. G. Rizzoli - Architect of Magnificent Visions by Jo Farb Hernandez, John Beardsley and Roger Cardinal. Hardcover with dustjacket. 94 illustrations with 36 plates in full color. 13...
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20th Century 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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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Andy Warhol by David Bourdon Collectible Poster Art Book Vintage, 1989
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Andy Warhol by David BourdonVintage 1989,
Abrams Book, Harry Schunk 1965 Photo Collector's Pop Art poster.
This Andy Warhol rare vintage 1989 iconic David Bourdon Abrams book harry ...
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American Expressionist 20th Century Books
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Paper
Cartier-Bresson, Henri. Dessins 1973 - 1981, First Edition, Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri.
Title: Dessins 1973 - 1981. 20 mai - 13 septembre 1981.
Publisher: Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne, 1981.
FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol....
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French Vintage 20th Century Books
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Fabric
Wonders of the Stereoscope, by John Jones, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Wonders of the Stereoscope, by John Jones. Afred A. Knopf, New York, 1976. 1st Edition hardcover with original slip-case containing two Volumes with Stereoscopic Viewer...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming, First Us Edition, 1962
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me. New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1962. First US edition, first printing. Octavo. Presented in the publisher's original dust jacket and original cloth boards. With new archival quarter leather and cloth clamshell archival case.
This is the first US edition of Ian Fleming’s tenth James Bond thriller, The Spy Who Loved Me. The book is presented in the publisher’s original boards and dust jacket, with Richard Chopping’s classic artwork...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
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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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
McLeod, Edyth Thornton, How to Sell Cosmetics, First Edition, Inscribed, 1937
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: McLEOD, Edyth Thornton.
TIitle: How to Sell Cosmetics.
Publisher: NY: The Drug and Cosmetic Industry, 1937.
Description: First edition in...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Fabric
Potter, Beatrix, The Tale of Pigling Bland, Presentation Copy, 1918
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POTTER, Beatrix.
TITLE: The Tale of Pigling Bland.
PUBLISHER: London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, [after 1918],
DESCRIPTION: PRESENTATION COPY LATER EDITION. 1 vol., inscribed on the half-title by the author 'with kind regards from Beatrix Potter', and with additional ink inscription 'To Peggy, from Mrs Postlethwaite & Mary, Sept. 8th 1933', 15 colour plates (including frontispiece), black & white illustrations to text, pictorial endpapers, original pale green pictorial boards.
CONDITION: Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, spine slightly darkened, internally clean and bright, a VERY GOOD coy seldom seen inscribed.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Postlethwaite family lived at High Green Gate...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
By Way of Introduction, Signed by A.A. Milne, Circa 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Milne, A.A., By Way of Introduction. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1929. First edition, first printing, signed on title page. Original printed dust jacket with a custom, clamshell case.
This is a first edition of A.A. Milne's By Way of Introduction. Milne has signed the book on the title page in blue ink. The book is presented with its original beige dust jacket. It was published out of London by Methuen & Co., Ltd., in 1929.
This book features a collection of introductions written by Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956). The collection of essays and excerpts were written for various publications and compiled by Milne. The work shows off his accessible and sometimes humorous writing style, recognizable from his children's books. There is a selection of his critical work included in the volume, as well a piece about his philosophical approach to writing children's books throughout his career, and even a few details about his Winnie the Pooh character, Christopher Robin.
Milne was best known for his children's book series Winnie the Pooh. Included in the back of the book is a loose pamphlet advertising the Pooh series as "the most popular gift books...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams by Patrick Mauries (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful hardback book and dustjacket, published in 1991 to coincide with an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, 288 pages with over 600 lavish illustrati...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces of German Expressionism at the Detroit Institute of Arts by Horst Uhr. Published by Hudson Hills Press LLC, 1982. Stated 1st Ed ...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Famous Artists: Miro Life And Work Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Miro (Famous Artists)
Explores Miro's life and development as an artist, his entry into surrealism, and his versatility in abstract expression. Includes...
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American Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Joan Miro by Carolyn Lanchner, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Joan Miro by Carolyn Lanchner. 1st Ed softcover catalog. Published by Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1993. Henri Matisse, 1st Ed softcover catalog. Published in conjunction with...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
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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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Leather, Fabric
Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle Knitting by McGregor, Sheila, 1982
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Complete Book Of Traditional Fair Isle Knitting by McGregor, Sheila.
1st Edition Published 1982
Title The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle Knitting
Author McGregor, Shei...
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English Folk Art 20th Century Books
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Paper
Hudson River And Its Painters by John K. Howat
Located in valatie, NY
Hudson River And Its Painters by John K. Howat. Published by American Legacy Press, 1983. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foreword by Carl Carmer, preface by James Biddle. Contains works...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Madman's Drum, A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward, Second Printing, 1930
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: WARD, Lynd.
Title: Madman's Drum. A Novel In Woodcuts by Lynd Ward.
Publisher: NY: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930.
SECOND PRINTI...
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North American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Fabric
Gertrude Stein, Mrs. Reynolds. Inscribed by Alice Toklas, First Edition 1952
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: STEIN, Gertrude.
Title: Mrs. Reynolds and Five Earlier Novelettes.
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1952.
FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY ALICE TOKLAS. 1 vol...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Fabric
Roger de la Fresnaye: Catalogue Raisonne Seligman, Germain
Located in London, GB
284pp. text. With 32 colour plates and 731 black and white illustrations. This English language edition consists of nine hundred copies, this is copy number B 169. Some foxing, some ...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Italian Drawings Before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago A Catalogue 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Italian drawings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, by Suzanne Folds McCullagh and Laura Giles. Published in Princeton, NJ, Princeton Univ. Press, 1997. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket The third in a series of scholarly catalogs on the permanent collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, this book focuses on the museum's important holdings of Italian drawings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The catalog contains comprehensive entries on over 700 drawings, including preliminary studies for major compositions, cartoons, modelli, independent drawings, and copies after Renaissance and Mannerist masters. Featured are major works by some of the most significant artists of the time: Baccio Bandinelli, Federico Barocci, Fra...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
A. T'Serstvens, Georges Gorvel, M. Bousquet, Les Priapees, 1929
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: A. T'Serstvens - Georges Gorvel - M. Bousquet.
TITLE: Les Priapees. Traduites du Latin par A. t Serstevens. Cinq planches sur cuivre gravees par Georges Gorviel d apres l...
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French Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
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