20th Century Books
to
123
2,301
861
3,187
196
136
48
47
41
29
26
17
15
13
10
5
2
1
1
1
173
623
3,187
1,693
468
571
1,364
66
37
119
91
64
108
164
256
352
406
2,886
325
324
91
84
1,232
1,195
983
480
261
3,187
3,187
3,187
20
15
10
10
10
Period: 20th Century
Wallace Nutting General Catalogue, Supreme Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Wallace Nutting General Catalogue, Supreme Edition. Exton: Schiffer Limited, 1977. A reprinted edition soft cover. A catalogue of Wallace Nutting's furniture originally published in ...
Category
American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Harry Bertoia - Sculptor by June Kompass Nelson
Located in Bradenton, FL
Harry Bertoia - Sculptor by June Kompass Nelson. Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition published in 1970 by Wayne State University Press of Detroit, Michigan. Illustrated, 13...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Les diners de Gala. Barcelona: 1974. First Spanish Edition
Located in Austin, TX
Revel in the eccentricities of Salvador Dalí with this first Spanish edition of "Les diners de Gala", published in Barcelona in 1974. This visually compelling tome delves into the fl...
Category
Spanish Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Great Events of Great War in 7 Volumes Complete, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Great Events of Great War in 7 Volumes Complete. The National Alumni, 1920. 7 vols. First edition hardcovers. This set done for Henry J. McKenney, Lieutenant 46th Infantry, 9th Division U.S. Army. Plate signed by the Commander and Chief Huston and the Adjutant General Elton with the official embossed seal. Illustrated with full-page gravures and protective tissues guards over each. Each volume is a facsimile of a famous binding ("The original art binding of the official French copy of the Versailles Peace Treaty which was signed by President...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Adventures of Oliver Twist, 1st Ed Thus
Located in valatie, NY
The Adventures of Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens. 1st Ed Thus hardcover with slip case. Oliver Twist, or the Parish Boy's Progress, Charles Dickens' 2nd...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Art Museums of Louis I. Kahn
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Art Museums of Louis I. Kahn. Softcover book, published in 1989 by the Duke University Press. Printed in the United States, illustrated, 303 pages.
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Parrots of the World by Joseph Forshaw, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Parrots of the World by Joseph Forshaw. Published by Doubleday & Co., New York, 1973. 1st U.S. Edition hardcover. From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world--and also among the most endangered. This stunningly illustrated, easy-to-use field guide...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
Japanese Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Nantucket Lightship Baskets & Auction Books
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Lightship Baskets of Nantucket, a continuing craft. Softcover book, stated first edition, published in 1994 by Nantucket Historical Association. Illustrated, 62 pages.
Americana...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Thierry Despont, Houses (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Privately published in 1990 by the office of Thierry Despont to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Thierry W Despont Ltd, . One of a limited edition o...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Art At Auction, The Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet 1978-79, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction : the Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet. 1978-79, Edited by Diana De Froment. Published by Philip Wilson Publishers, 1979, Sotheby's London. 1st...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
William BLAKE's Pencil Drawings - Nonesuch Press, limited edition
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the sequel to The Nonesuch Press' first book of Blake's Pencil Drawings, published in 1927. The Max Reinhardt / Nonesuch list 1956 remarked: ‘Du...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Ivory Hammer, The Year At Sotheby's, 1962-1963, Ian Fleming James Bond Story
By Ian Fleming
Located in valatie, NY
The Ivory Hammer, The Year At Sotheby's 219th Season 1962 - 1963,
by Sotheby's. With Ian Fleming's "The Property Of A Lady" insert, an original short stor...
Category
North American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Original Exhibition Catalog – 347 Grabados by Pablo Picasso, Sala Gaspar, 1968
Located in Barcelona, ES
Original Exhibition Catalog – 347 Grabados by Pablo Picasso, Sala Gaspar, 1968
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Exhibition: 347 Grabados – Sala Gaspar, Barcelona
Year: 1968
Language: Spanis...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
July 1951 Arts & Architecture Magazine John Entenza
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Modernism Arts & Architecture Magazine July 1951
John Entenza editor and publisher
9.75 W x 12.75 H
Preowned used vintage condition
Refer to all images
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Ornamentalism The New Decorativeness in Architecture and Design, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Ornamentalism: The New Decorativeness in Architecture and Design by Robert Jensen and Patricia Conway. Clarkson N. Potter, NY, 1982. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Forewor...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Marcial Berro: Meubles et Objets (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a soft covered exhibition catalogue which was produced in 1992 by Galerie Pierre Passebon and Galerie du Passage of an exhibition of 33 pieces designed and created by Argentinian designer Marcial Berro...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Boda Glass Booklet
By Boda
Located in New York, NY
Promotional booklet advertising the Boda Glass Works and documenting the process of glass making at the Boda factory in southeastern Sweden. Published by Boda circa 1964. Showcases w...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Old World House: Its Furniture and Decoration, 2 Volumes, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Old World House: Its Furniture and Decoration, In two volumes, by Herbert Cescinsky. Published by The Macmillan Company, London, 1924. A pair of 1st ed hardcovers with gilded top edge. Herbert Cescinsky was an architect and writer active in the early 20th c. He was particularly interested in the development of English furniture and wrote profusely on the subject. This work is an interesting look at the furniture and decorations found in the interior designs in older houses in England. The author discusses oak chairs and tables, marqueterie furniture...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Henri Rousseau dit Le Douanier by Jean-Marie Lo Duca, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Henri Rousseau dit Le Douanier by Jean-Marie Lo Duca, Paris. Paris: Syndicat de la Propriété Artistique, 1951. 1 first edition softcover portfolio. Unpaginated. Portfolio of work by ...
Category
English 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Kurt Schwitters by John Elderfield, First Edition
By John Elderfield
Located in valatie, NY
Kurt Schwitters by John Elderfield. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1985. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 355 color and b/w illustrations by Kurt Schwit...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Normandie, The Epic of the Giant of the Seas, French Book by Bruno Foucart, 1985
Located in Atlanta, GA
Normandie, L'Epopé du Géant des Mers, (The Normandie, the Epic of the Giant of Seas). A French book by Bruno Foucart, 1985.
The Normandie, that French quality liner, also named Float...
Category
French Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
VISIONAIRE 23: The Emperor's New Clothes by Karl Lagerfeld (2247/5000) (wrapped)
Located in Kleinburg, ON
From the Visionaire website:
23 THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES is our nude issue. Setting fashion aside but keeping style intact, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld picked up his camera for...
Category
American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper, Wood
Tracey Emin: Works 1963-2006 by Carl Freedman & Honey Luard (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The extensive text is based on a long friendship and hundreds of hours of discussion between Emin and Carl Freedman, himself a renowned gallerist and art...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Christie's Magnificent Jewels Geneva May 27, 1993 First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's Magnificent Jewels Geneva May 27, 1993. First edition softcover. The 491 lot catalog on 181 pp. Color photographs throughout.
Category
Swiss 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Ruth Bernhard: The Eternal Body
Located in Richmond, VA
Hardback book titled Ruth Bernhard: The Eternal Body – A Collection of Fifty Nudes, with text by Margaretta K. Mitchell and designed by Max H. Silten. Published by Photography West G...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Pierre Chareau
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage hardback coffee table book featuring the work of architect, Pierre Chareau. By Marc Vellay and Kenneth Frampton, published in 1984. Second edition, 347 pages.
"Chareau was a...
Category
Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
18th Century Houses of Williamsburg by Marcus Whiffen
By Marcus Whiffen
Located in valatie, NY
18th Century Houses of Williamsburg by Marcus Whiffen. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 4th printing 1970. 223 pp., with 150 B/W illustrations. A comprehensi...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Billy Baldwin Remembers by Billy Baldwin (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A resplendent memoir by the dean of decorators of his more than forty years of creating beautiful things for fascinating people. Billy Baldwin writes intimately of Greta Garbo, Cole Porter, Mary Wells...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
La Chanson des Gueux by J. Richepin with Théophile Steinlen illustrations
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Edouard Pelletan, 1910. LIMITED EDITION
4to; 10 1/8 x7 3/4 inches (258 x 197 mm); half-title, limitation, title with publisher's device, 366 pp, including a glossary of slang...
Category
French 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Buddhism Book Edo Period, circa 1930
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique Japanese Buddhism book Edo period, circa 1867 Woodblack print book Book dimensions: 226 mm x 159 mm There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the phot...
Category
Japanese Edo Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
HOW THE WEST WAS WON Loan Exhibition of Western Americana Paperback 1968
Located in North Hollywood, CA
HOW THE WEST WAS WON - Loan Exhibition of Western Americana - Paintings, Watercolors, Bronzes Paperback – January 1, 1968.bronzes By Frederic Remington and Russell Charles.Frederic R...
Category
American Native American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Sept Calligrammes d’Apollinaire 1967 Ossip Zadkine
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967)
Guillaume Apollinaire, Sept Calligrammes, Christophe Czwiklitzer, Paris 1967
the complete portfolio comprising ten etchings and an additional suite, with t...
Category
French Modern 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Classical Furniture by David Linley, 1st Edition
By David Linley
Located in valatie, NY
Classical Furniture by David Linley. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1993. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 192 pp. A book on classical furniture by the 2nd Ear...
Category
American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Miro Artigas: Ceramics. Catalogue Raisonne 1941-1981 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
If you think of one of the greatest artists of modernism, Joan Miró, you immediately have some of the characteristic motifs of his painting or graphics present in your mind's eye. L...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
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 ...
Category
German 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks by Carolyn J. Weekley, and Laura Pass Barry
Located in valatie, NY
The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center Series.) by Carolyn J. Weekley, and Laura Pass Barry. 254 pp. with 173 illustrations, including 131 plates in f...
Category
American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Picasso, The Cubist Years, 1907-1916 Catalogue Raisonne Paintings & Related Work
Located in valatie, NY
Picasso, The Cubist Years, 1907-1916 A Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings and Related Works. Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 1979. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A catalog...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Parish Hadley by Sister Parish, Albert Hadley and Christopher Petkanas (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
:Sixty Years of American Design
In this lavishly illustrated book the late Sister Parish and Albert Hadley offered an insight into the timeless elegance and incredible style of their...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Olivier, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Olivier. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin, 1976, French text. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 80 pp. The book illustrates the beds, seat...
Category
French 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Facendo Mobili Con Poltrona
By Poltronova
Located in New York, NY
Second edition of this compendium of radical and post-modern design produced by the Tuscan-based firm Poltronova from its early collaborations with Ettore Sottsass, who became Art Director in 1958, through the heyday of 1960’s anti-design and to the mid-1970s. Features work by both Old Guard masters and emerging leaders of the Radical Movement including (in addition to Sottsass) Archizoom, Superstudio, Sergio Asti, Gae Aulenti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Allesandro Mendini, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, Gianni Ruffi, Giovanni Michelucchi, Gianfranco Fini, Mario Ceroli, Ugo Nespolo, Roberto Barni, Paolo Portoghesi, Gino Marotta, and the group De Pas, D’Urbino, and Lomazzi. Written by Pier Carlo Santini and published by Artigraf Edizioni in 1996, following its initial run in 1977. 4to, 181 pages with text in Italian; stiff printed wraps with printed brown paper dust jacket. Fully illustrated, primarily in black-and-white. Includes artist biographies. A scarce and significant resource chronicling the contribution of this avant-garde design firm. A crisp, collectible copy with only minor bumping to the dust jacket and extremities. From the estate of design guru Jim Walrod...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1962. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In ten chapters of text and plates, Bazin,...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Florida Book Collection - Set of 3
Located in Bradenton, FL
A set of three books on Florida. Florida in Poetry by Jane Anderson Jones & Maurice O'Sullivan, hardcover book with dustjacket, stated first edition, published in 1995. Tales of Old ...
Category
American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Light Years Ahead, The Story of the Ph Lamp (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Tina Jorstian & Poul Erik Munk Nielson
Light Years Ahead depicts Poul Henningsen's role in the evolution of light fittings. From the very outset h...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Ware Chair Makers, by Sara Carlisle Watson, Signed Copy
Located in valatie, NY
The Ware Chair Makers by Sara Carlisle Watson. Signed by the Author. Bridgeton: Sara Carlisle Watson, 1986. Hardcover. 119 pp. A book on the collectable War...
Category
North American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture
Located in valatie, NY
Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, September 19, 1996, Sale 8468, Christie's. First Edition. 226 pages. Text in English and C...
Category
American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Farber Brothers Krome Kraft, A Guide for Collectors Book by Julie Sferrazza 1988
By Farber Bros.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Farber Brothers, Krome Kraft, a guide for collectors. English book, by Julie Sferrazza, 1988.
The book contains information on each piece, including the glass manufacturer, color, an...
Category
American Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's Important Americana - Collection of Adolph Henry Meyer, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Important Americana - Collection of Adolph Henry Meyer, 1st ed hardcover. New York: Sotheby's, 1996. With 222 lots illustrated (mostly in color) and annotated. A one of a k...
Category
American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
How to Construct Rietveld Furniture Book
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rietveld Meubels om zelf te maken - How to construct Rietveld Furniture, 1986.
First Edition. Published by Academia Bruylant.
Book with facsimile reproductions of work-drawings...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Art of Bev Doolittle
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Art of Bev Doolittle, text and poems by Elise Maclay. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1990 by Bantum Books. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 160 pages.
Category
Italian 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
2 Vintage White Beaded Purse Clutch Coin Purse Pocketbook Belgium Lord & Taylor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
2 Vintage White Beaded Purse Clutch Coin Purse Pocketbook Belgium Lord & Taylor. Listing includes (2) purses, fine beadwork, "Lord & Taylor" box, "M...
Category
Unknown Other 20th Century Books
Materials
Fabric, Beads
Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet 1976-77, Edited by Anne Jackson
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction: The Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet 1976-77, Edited by Anne Jackson. Sotheby Park Bernet Publication, London, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dus...
Category
English Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
James Bond 007, Christies Sale Catalogue September, 1998 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A sale catalogue produced in 1998 for the sale of various items of James Bond 007 props, ephemera and memorabilia, 272 lots all described and illustrated. Ranging from a shell of the...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Jasper Johns, Work Since 1974
Located in Bradenton, FL
Jasper Johns, Work Since 1974, by Mark Rosenthal. Softcover book, published in 1990 by Thames and Hudson. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Illustrated, 112 pages.
Category
American 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Art at Auction 1971 - 1972 the Year at Sotheby's & Parke-Bernet 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Art at Auction 1971 - 1972, The Year at Sotheby's Parke-Bernet. Viking Press, NY. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous color photos of important lots from all of Sotheby's departments and locations.
Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for over 30 years with a large collection of period furniture...
Category
American Vintage 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Jean Prouve & Serge Mouiller Two Master Metal Workers (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a soft covered book in good condition which was edited for exhibitions in 1985 which took place in Paris and New York featuring the complimentary works and designs of these t...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Read More
Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane
This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.
Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect
From Spanish-style courtyards to fanciful fountains, these acclaimed structures abound in surprising and elegant details.
A Heady Group of Industry Insiders Pick the World’s Top Interior Designers
With a vast range of styles and perspectives, this global roster of talents represents the best of design.