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Period: 20th Century
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Painted Ladies, San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians
Located in Bradenton, FL
Painted Ladies, San Francisco's Resplendent Victorians. Photographs by Morley Baer, text by Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larson. Published by E.P. Dutton of New York in 1978, printed...
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Victorian Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Beggar's Opera by Mr. Gay, Nelson Doubleday's Personal Copy with His Bookplate
Located in valatie, NY
The Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay, to Which Is Prefixed the Overture in Score: And the Musick to Each Song, by John Gay. Published by Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co. 19...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Son of Perdition by James Cozzens, Rare 1st Ed Pre-Publication Review Copy
Located in valatie, NY
The Son of Perdition by James Gould Cozzens. William Morrow & Company, Inc., New York, NY, 1929. Rare 1st Ed Pre-Publication review copy hardcover, no dust jacket. "A dramatic novel ...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Jansen Furniture by James Archer Abbott (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book presents a dazzling array of furniture chairs, tables, sofas, beds and decorative objects designed and created by one of the 20th century's most influential revivalist decorating houses, who created exquisite furniture to fill the homes of their illustrious clientele which included the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Shah of Iran...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Property from the Collection of Mrs Charles Wrightsman (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the Sotheby's catalogue from May 1984 which featured 247 lots including important French Furniture and Decorations; European Ceramics; Oriental...
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20th Century Books

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Being There by Jerzy N. Kosinski, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Being There by Jerzy N. Kosinski. Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, NY, 1970. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 142 pages. hardcover. Dust ja...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Mise en Page: The Theory and Practice of Lay-Out (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Hard covers, unpaginated, published in 1931. Preface plus eleven chapters in English, and summary in French. The chapters being as follows - Art and the Page, Writing and Designing, ...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Chinese Ceramics: The Koger Collection by John Ayers, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese ceramics: The Koger Collection by John Ayers. Sotheby's Publications, New York London, 1985. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In 1973 Mr and...
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English Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Modern Treasures from the National Gallery in Prague, 6/3-9/11, 1988 Guggenheim
Located in valatie, NY
Modern Treasures from the National Gallery in Prague: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 3-September 11, 1988. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, 1988. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1/4000. 93 pp. with 60 color plates. Includes: 60 paintings by French, Czechoslovakian, and other European artists, including Braque, Cezanne, Chagall, Dufy, Matisse, Picasso, Klimt, Munch, Kubista, Kupka, and others. With a list of artists...
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Czech Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Edward Wormley: The Other Face of Modernism (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This catalogue was issued in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition of furniture designs created by Edward Wormley. In yellow and brown illustrated wraps, with 76 pages showing 75 items ...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Gardens of Historic Charleston, by James R. Cothran, Signed Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Gardens of Historic Charleston, by James R. Cothran, Signed Ed. University of South Carolina Press, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. With the increasing interest in small-space gard...
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American 20th Century Books

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Paper

The Furniture of Historic Deerfield by Dean A. Fales, Jr., Signed First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Furniture of Historic Deerfield by Dean A. Fales, Jr. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1976. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 294 pp. A beautiful book on the antique...
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American 20th Century Books

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Paper

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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American Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Interieurs 50 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Apogee De La Geometrie Curviligne" Folio A rare publication of a catalogue for an exhibition of European mid-century design in October 1983 which was wide ranging in the exhibits on ...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

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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American Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

"Meubles Modernes en Metal" Folio Presented by Pierre Pinsard
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A small hardboard folio in original covers, measuring 9.5" x 6.5". Title page plus six pages of text and two page list of plates, which is still uncut. There are 24 plates in black a...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

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Property The Estate of the Late J.P. Morgan, Complete Set of Catalogs from 1944
Located in valatie, NY
Property of the Estate of the Late J.P. Morgan, All 4 catalogs from the famous sale of J. P. Morgans estate from 1944 and they are bound into a hardcover book. The catalog lots have selling prices noted in pencil. Sale #1: Furniture and Objects of Art, Part 1, Sale Number 513, January 6,7, and 8, 1944. Sale #2: Color Plate Books...
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Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Elaborately Carved Antique Beggar's Bowl Kashkul
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Kashkul carved from half of the giant nutshell of Coco-de-mer likely from Persian Qajar Dynasty circa 18-19th century. Kashkul is a container known as the beggar's bowl, carri...
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Persian Islamic Antique 20th Century Books

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Wood

American Art Deco Furniture by Ric Emmett Ltd Edition Book
By Ric Emmett
Located in North Bergen, NJ
American Art Deco furniture by Ric Emmett After four years of research and writing this book has become a Reality! It has become a part of...
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20th Century Books

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The English Country House Book by James Peill
By James Peill
Located in New York, NY
The English Country House By: James Peill Foreword by Julian Fellowes Photographs by James Fennell “I am sure that this book will give great pleasure to any who open its covers.” —Julian Fellowes, from the Foreword Stately, grand, and a testament to the generations who have cared for them, the 10 English country houses featured in this volume are architecturally distinctive and filled with evocative family memorabilia, from commissioned portraits to monogrammed heirloom dinner services to the bells that once summoned the downstairs staff. Like the fictional Downton Abbey, these real homes are still in the hands of descendants of the original owners. From Kentchurch Court, which has been the seat of the Scudamore family for nearly 1,000 years, to a delightful Gothic house...
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20th Century Books

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Sotheby's Magnificent English Furniture from the Collection of Theodore Baum
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Catalog: Magnificent English Furniture from the Collection of Theodore and Ruth Baum - New York - October 22 2004. First edition softcover catalog, 475 lots photographed in...
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American 20th Century Books

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“The Paris Salons”, 1895-1914 Furniture ‘Book’
Located in Montelabbate, PU
This is the third in a multi-volume collection providing a visual catalogue record of the decorative arts of the Paris Salons. Included in this volume are reproductions of the catalo...
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20th Century Books

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1950s Rare Marijuana Ashtray Bowl San Francisco Architect California SF
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Amazing 1950s sculptural ashtray created in the MCM period in San Francisco. Small studio craft, low numbers produced. Signed.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books

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Brass

Signed "Rattan Furniture" First Edition Coffee Table Book by Harvey Schwartz
By Harvey Schwartz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original brand new 1st edition copy of Rattan Furniture: Tropical Comfort Throughout The House signed by author Harvey Schwartz. Request a personal message written by the author at...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books

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Paper

Jamie O’Brien’s personal Pipeline surfboard by Y.U (Yoshinori Ueda)
Located in Haleiwa, HI
Jamie O’Brien’s personal Pipeline surfboard made by Y.U (Yoshinori Ueda). Features O’Brien’s signature pink airbrush-fade with jet black rails. Made specifically for riding barrels at iconic Hawaiian...
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Japanese 20th Century Books

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Fiberglass, Foam, Softwood

San Francisco Trolley Toy Friction Car. Japan, circa 1950s
Located in Incline Village, NV
San Francisco trolley toy Friction cable car; made of all tin; important to note because this was the first of it's kind having been made in the 1950s. They were all tin (no plastic); 7 1/4" long (not shorter); green (not red or multi-clored); "Bay and Taylor St" placard; #504" and most importantly the figures are actual FIGURES made of formed pressed steel and then hand painted and lithographed. Cheaper later models were simply lithographed into the flat sheet steel. Also, my example works (see video). It is a friction toy...
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Japanese Folk Art 20th Century Books

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Tin

Schiaperelli Fashion Review Paper Dolls in Full Color, 1st Edition 1988
Located in London, GB
Published by Dover publications, Inc, New York, 1988, Soft-back Most fashion historians would agree that to review the incredible career of Elsa Schiaparelli  is, in essence, to rev...
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American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

James Irvine Book
Located in New York City, NY
"Phaidon's James Irvine is the most comprehensive book on the furniture designer that we've read." - Departures' Home & Design spring supplement A complete monograph on the work of...
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20th Century Books

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James Irvine Book
James Irvine Book
H 10.63 in W 8.13 in D 1 in
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Rare Keith Haring Cover Art Nous Tin Tin Book Special Edition
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Keith Haring cover and book "Nous, Tintin or Tintin in Haringland". This unique Keith Haring cover art and original book are in wonderful condition and include a plastic sleeve for protection. It appears to have never been uncovered. An artist tribute collection to Tintin featuring Double Sided original cover art by Keith Haring, dated 1987. This brilliantly drawn cover illustration would look excellent framed. Rare and not to be passed upon. Like New. Further details: Bold, crisp colors. Very good condition with the exception of perhaps some minor shelf-wear. Rare edited from les Editions du LION, Brussels, Belgium. Artist: Keith Haring Title: Nous, Tintin Technique: Offset lithograph on hardcover book jacket Signature Plate signed Year: 1987 Edition: 1st Edition - out of print. Related Categories Figurative Drawings. Pop Art. Haring 1987. Vintage Haring...
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American Modern 20th Century Books

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Plastic, Paper

Sotheby's, The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New Hardcover in Wrapper
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's; The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. New York: Sotheby's, 1996. First edition soft cover. 584 pages. A catalogue of the Sotheby's auction for the estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Pieces include Jack Kennedy's oak rocking chair, a study for the White House portrait of Jackie, a collection of Lettuce Ware...
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American 20th Century Books

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Paper

Oskar Schlemmer Man
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book containing teaching notes from the Bauhaus school. By Oskar Schlemmer, published in 1971. "At a time when the con...
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Bauhaus 20th Century Books

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Paper

Oskar Schlemmer Man
Oskar Schlemmer Man
H 10 in W 7.5 in D 0.75 in
Edward Wormley Exhibition Catalog
Located in New York, NY
76-page catalog from the exhibition "Edward Wormley: The Other Face of Modernism," held at the Lin Weinberg Gallery in 1997. The exhibit helped re-introduce Wormley's work to the mar...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books

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Paper

Edward Wormley Exhibition Catalog
Edward Wormley Exhibition Catalog
H 11 in W 8.5 in D 0.5 in
Vintage Tom Wesselmann Avant Garde ‘Magazine’, 1968
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1968 issue of Avant Garde Magazine with a superb, highly frameable cover illustration by American pop art icon, Tom Wesselmann. Celebrated...
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Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

A.J. Munnings, R.A. Pictures of Horses and English Life
Located in New York, NY
1 volume. A.J. Munnings, R.A. Pictures Of Horses and English Life. Limited to 250 copies, this is #149. Signed by Munnings. Bound in full ve...
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Vintage 20th Century Books

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Leather

Vintage Tom Wesselmann Avant Garde ‘Magazine’, 1968
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1968 issue of Avant Garde Magazine with a superb, highly frameable cover illustration by American pop art icon, Tom Wesselmann. Celebrated...
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Post-Modern Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Animal Figures by Mike Schneider, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Animal Figures by Mike Schneider. Schiffer Publishing Company, 1990. First Edition softcover. While collecting small animal figures has been a popular h...
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American 20th Century Books

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Paper

Milton Glaser Graphic Design by Milton Glaser, Signed First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Milton Glaser: Graphic design by Milton Glaser. The overlook press, Woodstock, New York. Stated First Edition hardcover no dust jacket inscribed by Glaser. The artist's monograph published as part of a series on American designers and graphic artists. Reissued now for its 25th anniversary, "Graphic Design," perhaps the most famous book of its kind, it explores the extraordinary achievement of one of America's pre-eminent graphic artists. Glaser undertakes not only a remarkably wide-ranging representation of his art but, in a personally revealing introduction, speaks of the influences on his work, the responsibilities of the artist, the hierarchies of the traditional art world, and the role of graphic design in the area of his creative growth. His work ranges from posters to book and record covers; from store and restaurant design to toy creations, magazine formats, and logotypes, all of which helped define the look of our time. His "I Love NY...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Vintage Warhol Basquiat Art in America 'Warhol Basquiat Collaborations'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare vintage 1996 Art in America exploring the collaborations between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Cover: Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat Paramount. Approximate dimens...
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Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

English Barometers, 1680-1860 by Nicholas Goodison, First Edition Book
Located in valatie, NY
English Barometers, 1680-1860 by Nicholas Goodison. Cassell, London, 1969. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The book examines the history of...
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English Vintage 20th Century Books

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Paper

Edward Wormley Exhibition Catalog
Located in New York, NY
76-page catalog from the exhibition "Edward Wormley: The Other Face of Modernism," held at the Lin Weinberg Gallery in 1997. The exhibit helped re-introduce Wormley's work to the mar...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books

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Paper

Edward Wormley Exhibition Catalog
Edward Wormley Exhibition Catalog
H 11 in W 8.5 in D 0.5 in

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