20th Century Books
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Lost London by Hermoine Hothouse, 1st Ed
By Hermoine Hobhouse
Located in valatie, NY
Lost London by Hermoine Hobhouse. New York: Weathervane Books, 1974. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 250 pp. A chronicle of the lost architecture of London due to fire, ene...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
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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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Watch Repair, S/2
Located in valatie, NY
Complicated watches and their repair by Donald De Carle. NY: Bonanza Books, 1977. Second edition hardcover no dust jacket. Better Watch Repairing by L. M....
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
British Textile Design, V&A, London, 1980, Gakken, Tokyo, 3 Volumes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very rare set of three folio size books on the textile collection at the
Victoria and Albert Museum. The books are in linen with gilded letters
in Japanese on the spine, each book in its original slip cover, all in very
good condition. Some minor stains on one slip cover.
The books are printed by Gakken, Tokyo 1980 in English and Japanese.
A fabulous reference set for Textile Designers.
Volume 1, Middle Ages to Rococo (1200 – 1750).
Volume 2, Rococo to Victorian (1750 – 1850).
Volume 3, Victorian to Modern (1850 – 1940).
Each volume contains approx. 285pp and 250 color illustrations. These volumes are an invaluable record of over 700 masterworks of textile design, housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Volume I deals with the gold embroidery for which England was famous
in the middle ages, and which is magnificently represented in the Museum.
Some of the best examples were acquired in the early years at South
Kensington, in the 1860's, but important aquisitions continued in the late
19th and early 20th century and several notable purchases have been made
during the past 50 years.
This section is followed by sections on embroidery from the 16th century
to 1750.
The second volume of the series will deal mainly with woven and printed
textiles from the Rococo to the early Victorian period, 1750 to 1850.
The most significant acquisitions from this period have been made
in the last 25 years. It is only recently that is has become possible to
make and adequate assessment of the development of British textiles...
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English 20th Century Books
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Paper
All About New York: An Intimate Guide by Rian James (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a first edition copy from 1931, which still has the attached map - (this is often missing). The introduction briefly states: "New York has night-life and day-life, high-life ...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
American Porcelain, 1770-1920, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
American porcelain, 1770-1920. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A large catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Britton: Christie's, New York
Located in valatie, NY
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Britton: Christie's, New York: Saturday 16 January 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket. Auction catalog of American Furniture and Decorative Arts fro...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Jockey Club, First Edition in 'Spanish'
By Manuel Mujica Lainez, Aldo Sessa
Located in valatie, NY
Jockey Club - Un Siglo (Spanish Edition) by Aldo Sessa and Manuel Mujica Lainez. Bueno Aires: Ediciones Cosmogonias, 1982. Limited edition hardcover with d...
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Argentine 20th Century Books
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Paper
The American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located in valatie, NY
The American Wing: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harrison House, 1987. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket. 352 pp. A ...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Jeanloup Sieff: 40 Years of Photography - 1st Edition, Evergreen/Taschen, 1996
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Evergreen Press / Taschen, Germany, 1996.
In this unique and substantial monograph, Jeanloup Sieff retraces in word and image the course of forty years o...
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German 20th Century Books
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Paper
Maestri Della Scagliola in Emilia Romagna e Marche First Edition
By Graziano Manni
Located in valatie, NY
Maestri della Scagliola in Emilia Romagna e Marche, by Graziano Manni. Artioli-Banca Steinhauslin, Modena, 1997. 319p 402 illustrations in color and in black and white. The book expl...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Fernand Léger, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1st Ed
By Carolyn Lanchner
Located in valatie, NY
Fernand Léger by Carolyn Lachner. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1998. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 303 pp. A book on the works of Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (1881-...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Louis XVI Furniture by F.J.B.Watson, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Louis XVI Furniture by F.J.B.Watson. London: Alec Tiraniti, 1960. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 404 pp. An invaluable resource book on Louis XVI furniture with 242 black ...
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Great Britain (UK) 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Lunning Prize (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book was published in 1986 as a record of the winners and importance of this prize which was awarded to two eminent Scandinavian Designers every year between 1951 and 1970. Frederik Lunning...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
1900 Set of Five French Factory Portfolios in Leather
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of five leather factory portfolios with embossed gilt titles and brass hardware. A unique addition to any desk or library, these beautifully bound ...
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French 20th Century Books
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Leather
The Master Architect Series III, R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects
Located in valatie, NY
The Master Architect Series III, R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband Architects, Selected and Current Works. Mulgrave: The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd., 1998. A book on the works of ...
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Australian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Ordeal of the Hermitage, The Siege of Leningrad 1941-1944, First Edition
By Sergei Varshavsky, Boris Rest
Located in valatie, NY
The Ordeal of the Hermitage, The Siege of Leningrad 1941-1944. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1985. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 302 pp. A beautifully photographed bo...
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Russian 20th Century Books
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Paper
George N. Barnard: Photographer of Sherman's Campaign First Edition
By Keith F. Davis
Located in valatie, NY
George N. Barnard: Photographer of Sherman's Campaign by Keith F. Davis and George N. Barnard. Univ of New Mexico, 1990. First edition paperback with dust jac...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Is That So Kid - David Bailey, Anjelica Huston- Signed 1st Edition, Steidl, 2008
By David Bailey
Located in London, GB
Signed first edition, published by Steidl, Germany, 2008. Signed at title page by David Bailey.
Anjelica Huston's indefinable cinematic look; this is what happens when an icon photo...
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German 20th Century Books
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Paper
Die Möbel Der Residenz München, First Edition
By Alexander Herzog von Württemberg
Located in valatie, NY
Die deutschen Möbel des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. Die MöBel der Residenz München by Brigitte Langer and Alexander Herzog von Württemberg. Prestel Verlag, Munich, 1997. First edition ...
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German 20th Century Books
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Paper
Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840, First Edition
By John A. Fleming
Located in valatie, NY
Painted Furniture of French Canada, 1700-1840. Ontario: Camden House Publishing, 1994. Pre-Publication review copy with publisher's note, first edition h...
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Canadian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Les Bronzes Dores Francais du Xviii Siecle by Pierre Verlet
Located in valatie, NY
Les Bronzes Dores Francais du Xviii Siecle by Pierre Verlet. Grands Manuels Picard, Paris, 1999. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket. A great book on a previously little publis...
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French 20th Century Books
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Paper
Russian Jewellery, Mid-19th Century-20th Century
By Alexei Karpun
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Beresta, 1994
An incredible collection of the most creative and innovative Russian jewellery from the mid-19th to the 20t...
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Russian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Pewter in America, Its Makers and Their Marks, Three Volumes in One
By Ledlie Irwin Laughlin
Located in valatie, NY
Pewter in America, Its makers and their marks, three volumes in one by Ledlie Irwin Laughlin, New York: American Legacy Press, 1981. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 276 pp....
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Tagliapietra, A Venetian Glass Maestro, 1998
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Vitrum Links for Publishing, 1998
“The extraordinary pieces which appear in this book describe the level of skill, invention and taste to which Lino Ta...
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Irish 20th Century Books
Orologi Da Polso Book, 771 Illustrations, 401 Pages, 1988
By H. Kahlert, R. Muhe, G.L. Brunner, Priula & Verlucca
Located in Sacile, PN
Orologi Da Polso book Priula e Verlucchi edition 1988
771 illustrations, 401 pages.
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Italian Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Glover Collection Rookwood Pottery by Cincinnati Art Galleries, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Glover collection: Rookwood pottery. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Galleries, 1993. 1st Ed paperback, unpaginated auction catalogue, featuring 1201...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Catalogue of Commodes by Lucy Wood, First Edition
By Lucy Wood
Located in valatie, NY
Catalogue of Commodes by Lucy Wood. London: HMSO Publications, 1994. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 367 pp. An outstanding book of forty-three commodes in The Lady Lever A...
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English 20th Century Books
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Paper
Louis XIV and Regence by Seymour de Ricci, First Edition
By Seymour de Ricci
Located in valatie, NY
Louis XIV and Regence furniture and decoration by Seymour de Ricci, New York: William Helburn Inc., 1929. First English edition hardcover with no dus...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Deliverance by James Dickey, First Edition
By James Dickey
Located in valatie, NY
Deliverance by James Dickey. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Deliverance is widely considered as Dickey's best novel and was ...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Russian Furniture: The Golden Age 1780-1840 1st Ed by Antoine Chenevière
By Antoine Cheneviere
Located in valatie, NY
Russian Furniture: The Golden Age, 1780-1840 by Antoine Chenevière. New York: Vendome Press, 1988. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 312 pp. This beautiful book is a comprehensive and chronological study of the development of Russian furniture style during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. During the late 18th century there was a burst of palace and grandiose apartment construction that were filled with magnificent furniture...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Gold, An Illustrated History, First Edition
By Vincent Buranelli
Located in valatie, NY
Gold, An Illustrated History by Vincent Buranelli. Maplewood: Hammond Incorporated, 1979. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 221 pp. A book on the history and the love of gold. Illustrated are the masterworks of the Egyptians, Thracians, and Roman and Greek treasures along with masterpieces from the Renaissance. Described are the smugglers, grave robbers, sunken treasures...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Antique Furniture of Emilia Romagna, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Antique Furniture of Emilia Romagna (Antique Furniture of Emilia Romagna.) Modena: Poligrafico Artioli, 1994. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. ...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Les Annees 40, Anne Bony
By Anne Bony
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Éditions du Regard, 1985
Text in French
An extensive study of the arts, crafts and culture of the 1940s. This book confirms just how creatively influential the 1940s was, a time of bold design, challenging film and revolutionary painting...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Carlos Nadal Works on Paper and an English Perspective (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Nadal was born in Paris in 1917 and moved to Barcelona in 1921, where he lived off and on for the rest of his life. His career spanned some seventy years and was shaped in his early ...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Window Gardens, How to Create Beautiful Windows Indoors and Out
By Lizzie Boyd
Located in valatie, NY
Window Gardens: How to Create Beautiful Windows Indoors and Out, by Lizzie Boyd. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. Publishers, 1985. Stated first American edition hard cover with du...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Calchi di Intagli e Cammei della Collezione Paoletti First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Calchi di Intagli e Cammei della Collezione Paoletti. Polistampa, Firenze, 1998. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Collection of carvings and cameos from the Paoletti collect...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, a Cultural Study, 1st Ed by Graham Hood
By Graham Hood
Located in valatie, NY
Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, a Cultural Study by Graham Hood. Williamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1991. 343 pp. A stud...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
"The Mind and Art of Giovanni Piranesi" Book by John Wilton-Ely, First Edition
By John Wilton-Ely
Located in valatie, NY
The Mind and Art of Giovanni Piranesi by John Wilton-Ely. London: Thames and Hudson, 1988. Stated first edition paperback. 155 pp. A portfolio of the artwork and history of artist Gi...
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English 20th Century Books
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Paper
John Smibert Colonial America's First Portrait Artist, First Edition
By Richard H. Saunders
Located in valatie, NY
John Smibert Colonial America's first portrait artist by Richard H. Saunders. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995. First edition hardcover with dus...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
“Sourcebook of Modern Furniture”, Jerryll Habegger & Joseph H. Osman
By Jerryll Habegger, Joseph H. Osman
Located in London, GB
Second edition, published by Norton, 1997
A brilliant guide for sourcing and collecting iconic pieces of modern furniture. Includes name of designer, manufacturer, detailed materi...
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British 20th Century Books
Carnaby Street, Tom Salter & Malcolm English, First Edition, 1970
Located in London, GB
A humorous and colorful survey of post-1960s transformation Carnaby street, introducing everyone and everything from it's existing residents to the Amer...
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British Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Car Girls - Jacqueline Hassink - 1st Edition, Aperture, 2009
By Jacqueline Hassink
Located in London, GB
First edition, hardback in publisher’s original dust jacket, published by Aperture, 2009.
In this large, glossy publication, Jacqueline Hassink deconstructs the phenomena of the obl...
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American Post-Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Asprey and Company Limited (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the luxury edition of Asprey and Company Limited Mail Order Catalogue from around 1930, with an imitation crocodile skin cover and velum spi...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Moriyama, Shinjuku, Araki - Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki - 1st Edition, 2005
By Motoaki Hori
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Heibonsha Limited, Japan, 2005.
Two of the most celebrated Japanese photographers, Nobuyoshi Araki who says “I do battle erotically”, and Daido Moriyama ...
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Japanese 20th Century Books
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Paper
Treasures of Chinese Glass Workshops, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Treasures of Chinese Glass Workshops. Winter Park: Asiantiques, Inc. 1997. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 79 pp. An exhibition catalogue of C...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Machine Age in America: 1918-1941 by Richard Guy Wilson, 1st Edition
By Richard Guy Wilson
Located in valatie, NY
The Machine Age in America: 1918-1941 by Richard Guy Wilson. The Brooklyn Museum in association with Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1986. 1st edition hardcover with dust jacket. Publishe...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
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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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Beaux-Arts Estates, A Guide to the Architecture of Long Island, First Edition
By Liisa and Donald Sclare
Located in valatie, NY
Beaux-Arts Estates, A Guide to the Architecture of Long Island by Liisa and Donald Sclare. New York: Viking Press, 1980. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 274 pp. A tour of t...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
John Wilcock –The Autobiography & Sex Life of Andy Warhol
By John Wilcock 1
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Other Scenes Inc, 1971
The result of six months spent at ‘the Factory’, British writer John Wilcock sets about interviewing many of the key figures in Warhol’s life, including the likes of Naomi Levine, Ultra Violet, Sam Green...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer by J.M.Nash, First Edition
By J.M. Nash
Located in valatie, NY
The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 271 pp. An overview of Dutch painting in the 17th century. The...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Luca, Andrea, Giovanni Della Robbia, An Art Guide by F. Gaeta Bertela
By G. Gaeta Bertela
Located in valatie, NY
Luca, Andrea, Giovanni Della Robbia, An Art Guide by F. Gaeta Bertela. Florence: Becocci Editore, no date. A soft covered book on the work of the Della Robbia family and their signif...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Town and Country by Mark Girouard, First Edition
By Mark Girouard
Located in valatie, NY
Town and country by Mark Girouard. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 274 pp. A fascinating collection of essays and articles on places visited by the architectural historian Mark Girouard with insights into both the buildings and its inhabitants. He tells of the houses he visited as a boy and how he became interested in architecture and he provides his interpretation of the origins of English Rococo art, analyses the formation of an English seaside...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Masterpieces of Glass by Robert J. Charleston, First Edition
By Robert J. Charleston
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces of Glass by Robert J. Charleston. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1980. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 239 pp. A book on the history of glass wit...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Keiko Nomura, Deep South Book, 1999
By Keiko Nomura
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Little More, 1999.
Keiko Nomura's photo book 'Deep South' reflect the artists roots in Okinawa and has attracted critical acc...
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Japanese 20th Century Books
Departures Photography, 1923-1990
By Edmund Yankov
Located in valatie, NY
Departures Photography 1923-1990. New York: Independent Curators Incorporated, 1991. First edition soft cover. 72 pp. A catalogue produced for the traveling exhibition, by the same name, that toured Worchester, Denver, Omaha, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Savannah starting in September 1991 through February, 1993. The exhibit's subject was modernist and experimental photography. Photographers included are Bill Barrette, John Baldessari, Theodore Roszak...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain, 1788-1852 by Geoffrey a. Godden
By Geoffrey A. Godden
Located in valatie, NY
Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain, 1788-1852 by Geoffrey A. Godden. Magna Books, 1992. Hardcover with dust jacket. 375 pages with 433 black and white illustrations and 25 in full color...
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British 20th Century Books
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Paper
Christie's Since The War, by Denys Sutton First Edition
By Denys Sutton
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's Since the War, 1945-1958: An Essay on Taste, Patronage and Collecting, by Denys Sutton. London: Christie, Manson and Woods, Inc., 1959. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 168 pp. An essay accompanied by many beautiful illustrations describing the activities, collecting taste, and patronage for the years since World War II through 1958 written by the great British auction house, Christie's. Illustrations include: a Louis XIV silver gilt toilet service...
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English Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
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