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Finn Juhl: Furniture, Architecture, Applied Art by Esbjorn Hiort (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Finn Juhl (1912-1989) was First and foremost famous for his furniture. in the 1940s, he broke with established furniture traditions and designed a number of creations that regenerate...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Impressionist New York by William H. Gerdts
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionist New York by William H. Gerdts. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition published by Artabras in 1994. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 224 pages.
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Paper
T. E. LAWRENCE - Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - 1935 - FIRST TRADE EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: LAWRENCE, T. E.
TITLE: Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
PUBLISHER: London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., 4to., 10" x 8", Illustrated throughout with a photogravure portrait frontispiece of Lawrence from the plaster bust, 47 plates, 4 folding maps, and several in-text line drawings; the majority by Eric Kennington...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Leather
Alexander Calder and His Magical Mobiles Art Book, Lipman & Aspinwal, 1st Ed.
Located in Vienna, AT
A great art book about sculptor Alexander (Sandy) Calder by Gene Lipman, a long-time friend of Calder, and Margaret Aspinwall. 1st Edition from 1981.
7.5X10.25“, 96 pages, 95 illustrations, hardcover with dust jacket.
The book describes the life and career of the twentieth-century artist and includes illustrations of a variety of his works and a guide to his sculptures in museums and public spaces. It focuses on his representative mobile works and also features early wire works, commercial sculptures...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Winston CHURCHILL. Lord Randolph Churchill - 2 VOLS. - FIRST EDITION - 1906
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston.
TITLE: Lord Randolph Churchill.
PUBLISHER: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., 8-11/16" x 5-7/8", illustrated with ...
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British Antique 20th Century Books
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Leather
Continuing Tradition: Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., 1914-1991by William R. Mitchell 1st
Located in valatie, NY
A Continuing Tradition: Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA 1914-1991 by William R. Mitchell, Jr. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This book captures the elegance and style of the resident...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Catalogue of the Vernay Collection A Special Sale Prior to Retirement, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Catalogue of the Vernay Collection of Early English Furniture, Porcelains, Old English Silver, Glassware and Other Art Objects, "A Special Sale Prior ...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
17 Volumes. Guy De Maupassant, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
17 Volumes. Guy De Maupassant, The Works. Academie Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and marbled boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines displ...
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20th Century Books
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Leather
New Architectural Pleasures, French Book by George Pompidou Art Center, 1985
By Centre Georges Pompidou
Located in Atlanta, GA
Nouveaux Plaisirs d'Architectures (New Architectural Pleasures), French book published by The National Center of Art and Culture Georges Pompidou in Paris, 1985.
Les pluralismes de la Creation en Europe et aux Etats-Unis depuis 1968 vus a travers les collections du Deutsches Architekturmuseum de Francfort. (The Pluralisms of Creation in Europe and the United States since 1968 seen through the collections of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum in Frankfurt.)
This first edition of the book was published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, co-produced with the Center de Création Industrielle and the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, presented from February 21 to April 22, 1985.
This book takes up the outline of this exhibition, which presents a panorama of various architectural trends from 1968 to 1985 in Europe and the United States through the collections of the German Museum of Architecture in Frankfurt, inaugurated in 1984. It is also an extension of the Images et Imaginaires d'Architecture event presented at the Center Pompidou by the CCI in 1984.
A set of two hundred original drawings, thirty-five models, and a few paintings and sculptures testify to a new plurality of research and the current proliferation of architectural creation.
This panorama reflects through some forty projects (nearly half of which were finished), many recent currents, and not just postmodernism.
The reader discovers, for example, representatives, side by side:
- the rationalist movement, such as Giorgio Grassi...
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French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Francois Linke 1855-1946, the Belle Epoque of French Furniture by C Payne (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful hardback book which is in very good condition, with its dust jacket. Linke is considered by many to have been the greatest Parisian cabinet maker of his day when the worl...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
John MORLEY. The Life Of William Ewart Gladstone - 3 vols. - IN A FINE BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MORLEY, John.
TITLE: The Life Of William Ewart Gladstone.
PUBLISHER: NY: Macmillan Company, 1903.
DESCRIPTION: 3 vols., 9" x 6-1/4", frontis portrait plate, illustrated, ...
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American Antique 20th Century Books
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Leather
Paris in the Thirties, French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris des Années 30, (Paris in The Thirties), French Book by Jacques Lanzmann, 1987.
Numerous photographs in black and white from the Keystone press agency in Paris illustrating the ...
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French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Great Book of Currier & Ives' America
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Great Book of Currier & Ives' America by Walton Rawls. A huge hardcover with dustjacket coffee table book. First edition, published in 1979 by Abbeville Press of New York. Printe...
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Japanese Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Charles S. Moffett. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published in 1985 by The Metropolitan Museum o...
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Swiss Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Designer China - the Fine Art of Ceramic Painting Made Simple
Located in Bradenton, FL
Designer China - the Fine Art of Ceramic Painting Made Simple by Lesley Harle with Susan Conder. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Stated first edition pu...
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Hong Kong 20th Century Books
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Paper
2 Volumes, J.J. Foster, The Stuarts
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. J.J. Foster, The Stuarts. Limited edition. Bound in full red morocco with covers displaying ornate gilt tooling on the borders and central familial crests. Raised bands gi...
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English Antique 20th Century Books
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Leather
Jazz Mania and Collection, French Book by Frédéric Marchand, 1997
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jazz Manies et Collections (Jazz Mania and Collections), French Book by Frédéric Marchand, 1997.
Preface by Francis Hofstein and Bernard Lion.
The author has collected 180 objects on...
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French Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Pioneering 20th Century Design: The Torsten Brohan Collection (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Sotheby's sale 8th March 2005 London.
This covers Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernist lots. There are many photographs of the items throughout the catalogue., with 257 lots.
When the...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Louis Icart The Complete Etchings, English Book by William Holland, 1990
By Louis Icart
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis Icart, The Complete Etchings. English book, by William R. Holland, Clifford P. Catania, and Nathan D. Isen, 1990.
1988 marked the one-hundredth anniversary of Louis Icart's bir...
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American Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
The United States 1898 to 1933, French Book by Y.H. Nouailhat, 1973
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Les Etats-Unis 1898 - 1933 L'Avenement d'une Puissance Mondiale (The United States 1898 - 1933 - The Advent of a World Power), by Y. H. Nouailhat, 1973.
1898 saw the appearance on th...
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French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Gallé Ceramics, French Book by Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy, France 1984
By Emile Gallé
Located in Atlanta, GA
La Céramique de Gallé (The Gallé Ceramics), French Book by the Musée de l'Ecole de Nancy in France, 1984.
Émile Gallé, the founder of the School of Nancy, is unanimously recognized a...
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French Art Nouveau Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Normandie, The Epic of the Giant of the Seas, French Book by Bruno Foucart, 1985
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Normandie, L'Epopé du Géant des Mers, (The Normandie, the Epic of the Giant of Seas), French book by Bruno Foucart, 1985.
The Normandie, that French quality liner, also named Floatin...
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French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
New York, I Love, French Book by Robert F. Wagner and Joyce Peterson, 1964
Located in Atlanta, GA
New York Que J'aime (New York I love), a French book by Robert F. Wagner (New York Mayor). Text by Joyce Peterson, and Photographs by Peter Fink.
New York is undoubtedly the most dyn...
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American Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Bruce Weber Branded Youth and Other Stories National Portrait Gallery Book
By Bruce Weber
Located in Seguin, TX
Branded Youth and Other Stories by Bruce Weber: National Portrait Gallery, London. Published by Bulfinch Press, Boston, 1997. Illustrated hardcover binding, Photographs and text b...
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American Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
(KYD) - DICKENS - John Browdie (from Nicholas Nickleby) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: John Browdie (from Nicholas Nickleby)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Dunbar: Fine Furniture of the 1950's preface by Leslie Pina (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Critical in the evolution of 20th-century design, Dunbar was a leader in modern furniture design and its production during the 1950s. This reproduction of the 1956 Dunbar catalogue r...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1925 - IN A FINE FULL BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
TITLE: The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
PUBLISHER: London: Oxford University Press, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 912pp., 7-1/4" x...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Leather
(KYD) - DICKENS - Barbara (from The Old Curiosity Shop) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Barbara (from The Old Curiosity Shop)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco, French Book
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Eadweard Muybridge et le Panorama Photographique de San Francisco, 1850-1880 (Eadweard Muybridge and the Photographic Panorama of San Francisco), Limited Edition, French book by Cent...
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Canadian Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Impressionists on the Seine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Impressionists on the Seine. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Impressionists on the Seine: A Celebration of Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Navajo - Portrait of a Nation
Located in Bradenton, FL
Navajo - Portrait of a Nation, photography by Joel Grimes. Softcover book. First edition, published in 1992 by Westcliffe Publishers Inc. of Englewood, Colorado. Printed in Singapore...
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Native American 20th Century Books
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Paper
(KYD) - DICKENS - Silas Wegg (from Our Mutual Friend) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Silas Wegg (from Our Mutual Friend)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH. ...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
(KYD) - DICKENS - Mr. Snawley (from Nicholas Nickleby) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Mr. Snawley (from Nicholas Nickleby)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH....
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
(KYD) - DICKENS - Will Fern (from The Chimes) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Will Fern (from The Chimes)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH. 1 leaf, ...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
1925 The Memory Years, French Book by Editions Larousse, 1988
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
1925, Les Années-Mémoire (1925, The Memory Years), French book by Editions Larousse, 1988.
Relive the year 1925 as if you were there. This volume will make you relive, with emotion, the facts and events of the interwar period. Because that year, in France, we hear everywhere humming, "When We Are Two, It's Not The Same Thing" by Maurice Chevalier.
Street music and music hall contribute to a good mood. And yet, the economic situation is hardly smiling, and the French government knows many setbacks: in April, Edouard Herriot yields his place as president of the Council to Paul Painlevé, and in October, Aristide Briand, in his turn, replaces it. Inflation in Germany is still rife, and the mark value is almost zero. 1925 is also rich in artistic and sporting events.
American crews completed the first circumnavigation of the globe by plane in 175 days. French actor Michel Simon is first seen in Marcel L'Herbier's film "Feu Mathias Pascal."
Classical music is not to be outdone, Maurice Ravel composes Tzigane, and Honegger triumphs with his King David.
A new phenomenon, sport fascinates more and more French people and attracts many followers. Our tennis players excel at Wimbledon while the All Blacks come to give us a rugby lesson.
In Monaco, we happily celebrate Louis II...
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French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
MARTIN GILBERT. The Life of Winston Churchill - 8 vols. 1966-88 ALL 1st EDITIONS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Randolph S., continued by Martin Gilbert.
TITLE: The Life of Winston Churchill.
PUBLISHER: London: Heinemann, 1966-88.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 8 vols....
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Leather
Winston CHURCHILL. Marlborough His Life and Times - ALL 1ST EDITIONS - 4 VOLS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston S.
TITLE: Marlborough His Life and Times.
PUBLISHER: London: George G. Harrap, 1933, 34, 36, 38.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 4 vols., 9" x 6-1/4",...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Leather
Paris 1925, French Book by Armand Lanoux, 1957
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris 1925, French book by Armand Lanoux, published by Editions Robert Delpire, Paris in 1957.
1925, which only raised sarcasm yesterday, softened suddenly. We say retro for the fiftieth anniversary of the Decorative Arts. OK, go retro!
Joséphine Baker, Charlot, la Violettera, bell bottoms, the threepenny franc, and Valentino reappear in our mythology. Einstein's surrealism, Picasso the Augustus and Cocteau the White Clown, Stravinsky, and Freud have not left her. With the lamé shirt...
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French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Winston CHURCHILL. Liberalism And The Social Problem - FIRST EDITION - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CHURCHILL, Winston.
TITLE: Liberalism And The Social Problem.
PUBLISHER: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-7/16" x 5-1/8", bound in ...
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British Antique 20th Century Books
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Leather
Venetian Glass: 20th Century Italian Glass (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A rare journey into the art of fire through more than 250 magnificent pieces of art glass, which have been taken from the extraordinary 20th century Murano glass collection that Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu have assembled over years of passionate study. This beautifully illustrated book offers the reader a comprehensive excursion into the history of Venctian glass from 1900...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Vintage "Miro's Posters" Art Book Catalogued by Gloria Picazo
By Joan Miró
Located in San Diego, CA
A vintage "Miro's Posters" art book catalogued by Gloria Picazo, circa 1980.
The book is in good vintage condition and measures 9.75"W x 11.5"H. #3274
The book is 269 pages with 1...
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American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
(KYD) - DICKENS - Dennis (from Barnaby Rudge) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Dennis (from Barnaby Rudge)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH. 1 leaf, ...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
(KYD) - DICKENS - Simon Tappertit (from Barnaby Rudge) - ORIGINAL SKETCH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton (KYD) (Charles Dickens).
TITLE: Simon Tappertit (from Barnaby Rudge)
PUBLISHER: England, [c. 1920]
DESCRIPTION: ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOR SKETCH....
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Great America, French Book by PML Editions, 1988
Located in Atlanta, GA
Geniale Amerique (Great America), French book by Editions PML, 1988.
America is a rich and immense land of incredible beauty, sometimes still primitive; a complex continent in comple...
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French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Paul Jouve Book Paperback AFRIQUE ÉQUATORIALE FRANÇAISE Terres et races d'avenir
By Paul Jouve
Located in Ulm, DE
AFRIQUE ÉQUATORIALE FRANÇAISE, Terres et races d'avenir
Text by René Maran / illustrated by Paul Jouve
paperback
including 11 original full-page, black, off-text compositions
printed...
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French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
12 Volumes. The Brontë Sisters, Novels.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. The Brontë Sisters, Novels. Thornton Edition. Bound by Root & Son in 3/4 tan morocco and linen boards, double bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines are faded to brown and ...
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British 20th Century Books
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Leather
Le Corbusier Der Modulor Book, 1956
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Wild Flowers of New York Vol. I and II by Homer D. House and John M. Clark
By John M. Clark, Homer D. House
Located in valatie, NY
Wild Flowers of New York, Vol. I and II. Albany: The University of The State of New York, 1923. Second printing hardcovers with no dust jacket as issued. 362 pages of text and 264 co...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
The World of ISLAM. Faith, People, Culture Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The world of ISLAM. Faith, people, culture.
490 illustrations, 160 in colour, 330 photographs drawings and maps.
A concise, illustrated history of Islam which considers all aspects o...
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British Islamic 20th Century Books
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Paper
Cinderella, Edited by C.S. Evans, Signed by Arthur Rackham, Edition de Lux, 1919
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Evans, C.S. (editor). Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). Cinderella. London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J.B. Lippincott Co., 1919. Numbered #53/325 copies of the Edition de Lux...
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American Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
1950s Italian Alabaster / Stone Fruit Georgia Peach Half Bookends - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a rare pair of large stone fruit bookends! They are large peach halves. They do have a flat bottom for sound support of your books. They are Italian and date approximately to...
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Italian Primitive 20th Century Books
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Alabaster
L'Art Des Cyclades. Du Debut a La Fin De L'age Du Bronze HB Book
By Christian Zervos
Located in Bridgeport, CT
L' Art des Cyclandes du Debut a La Fin de L' Age du Bronze, 2500 - 1100 Avant Notre Ere, hardbound book with dust jacket covered with Bodart cover.
Published by Editions Cahiers D' ...
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French Classical Greek 20th Century Books
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Paper
Paul Colin and The Music Show, French Book by Musée des Beaux-Arts Nancy, 1994
By Paul Colin
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Paul Colin et les Spectacles" French Book by the Musée des beaux-Arts de Nancy in France, 1994.
The book was produced as part of the exhibition dedicated to the artist at the Musée ...
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French Modern 20th Century Books
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Paper
Miniature Rooms Book, The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1983
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Miniature Rooms: The Thorne Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago," by Kathleen Aguilar and Michael Anderson.
Generations of visitors to the Art Institute of Chicago have been fascinated by the Thorne Miniature...
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American Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley, Photoplay Grosset & Dunlap Edition, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. 8vo. Rebound in red 1/.4 leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a photoplay edition of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece of horror, Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1931. One of the most collectible Grosset & Dunlap photoplay editions, this book was published to accompany the 1931 Universal Pictures James Whale horror film starring Boris Karlof, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boless, and Dwight Frye. It is illustrated throughout with scenes from that production. The book has been beautifully rebound in striking ¼ red leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching black archival slipcase.
Mary Shelley was just nineteen when she wrote her classic novel. The circumstances of its composition are by now well known. In 1816, Mary was in Switzerland with Percy Shelley, Byron, and Byron’s physician John Polidori when the evening’s discussion turned to one of Shelley’s favorite topics, the supernatural. Byron proposed that all members of the party write a romance or tale on the subject. The resulting efforts were Polidori’s The Vampyre, Byron’s unfinished narrative about a vampire, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
The first edition of Frankenstein was published anonymously in London, 1818, and is exceedingly rare. An 1831 edition was published in London, for which Shelley wrote an introduction describing the circumstances surrounding the creation of the work. The first American edition was published in 1833.
Frankenstein has been named “the most famous English horror novel… a defining model of the Gothic mode of fiction, and… the first genuine science fiction novel, the first significant rendering of the relations between mankind and science through an image of mankind’s dual nature appropriate to an age of science” (Clute and Nicholls, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 1099).
Alexander Grosset and George T...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Leather, Paper
Jan Schoonhoven - Signed - Retrospective drawings and reliefs Art book (NL/DE)
By Jan Schoonhoven
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Jan Schoonhoven - SIGNED - Rare 1984 catalog for the exhibitions:
the Hague Municipal Museum (1984) - Kunsthalle Nuremberg (1985) - Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe (1985)
Author: Fl...
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Dutch Minimalist Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Baccarat, The Perfume Bottles, French Book by Cristallerie de Baccarat, 1986
Located in Atlanta, GA
Baccarat, Les Flacons a Parfum - The Perfume Bottles, by Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat and edited by Henri Addor and Associés, Paris in 1986....
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French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Signed by Carla Laemmle, Photoplay
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1925]. Illustrated by Andre Castaigne. Signed by actress Carla Laemmle. 8vo. Rebound in black 1/.4 leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase.
Presented is a photoplay edition of Gaston Leroux’s best-known novel, The Phantom of the Opera. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1925, to accompany the 1925 Universal Pictures film adaptation starring Lon Channey. It is illustrated throughout with scenes from that production, as well as with illustrations by Andre Castaigne. Additionally, the book is signed on the full title page by actress and prima ballerina Carla Leammle. The book has been beautifully rebound in handsome ¼ black leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching black archival slipcase.
Partly inspired by historical, nineteenth century events that took place at the famous Paris Opera, the novel chronicles the masked Phantom’s obsessive love for a young chorus girl named Christine. The Phantom of the Opera was first published as a serial in the French Magazine Le Gaulois from September 1909 to January 1910. It was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte & Cie. The first American edition was published by Bobbs-Merrill in 1911. Due to its popularity, The Phantom of the Opera became the source for numerous adaptations, including the 1925 Universal Pictures film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning 1986 musical.
Alexander Grosset and George T. Dunlap first met while working for the American Publishers Corporation. In 1898, Grosset & Dunlap formed a new partnership with the goal to shift the focus of the publishing industry from expensive books for the few to inexpensive books for the masses. In order to avoid paying royalties and other publishing fees, Grosset & Dunlap started reprinting books that were already in print. With these profits, the partners purchased paperbound books in bulk to rebind them in cloth and resell. As the company grew, Grosset & Dunlap were able to purchase reprint rights from publishers before publication, including reprint rights from Edward Stratemeyer for the Hardy Boys...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Leather, Paper
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