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Contemporary Danish Furniture Design (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book as you may see from the main image; is termed "a short illustrated review" - which describes the work of some 120 Danish Furniture Designers and is accompanied buy 520 illu...
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Seven Assorted Catalogues from Chinese Porcelain Company, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Seven catalogues from the Chinese Porcelain Company on Oriental Porcelain, Export Porcelain and French Furniture. Chinese Ceramics and Wo...
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American 20th Century Books
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Pleasures of the Porch by Daria Price Bowman & Maureen LaMarca First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Pleasures of the Porch by Daria Price Bowman & Maureen LaMarca. New York: Rizzoli, 1997. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 144 pp. Idea book for making the perfect porch no matter the style or location. The book discusses the history of the porch from ancient Greece, the outdoor sitting room of the Victorian era to modern times. Includes ideas for areas of solitude, outdoor rooms...
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North American 20th Century Books
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America Restored by Carol M Highsmith and Ted Landphair
Located in valatie, NY
America Restored by Carol M Highsmith and Ted Landphair. Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washingtion, D.C., 1998. Hardcover with dust jacket. Beautiful ...
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American 20th Century Books
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Illustrierte Sittengeschichte, Die Galante Zeit/Ergänzungsband Volumes 1 and 2
Located in valatie, NY
Illustrierte Sittengeschichte - Die galante Zeit/Ergänzungsband by Eduard Fuchs. 2 volume set. Privately published München: Albert Langen, 1912. A collection of erotic images, with m...
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German 20th Century Books
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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.
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Swiss 20th Century Books
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The Last Country Houses by Clive Aslet, 1st Ed
By Clive Aslet
Located in valatie, NY
The Last Country Houses by Clive Aslet. New Haven: Yale University Press. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1982. 344 pp. The social and architectural history of the prospero...
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American 20th Century Books
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Poul Kjaerholm by Christoffer Harlang (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This lovely book was written by leading furniture experts and architects who deal with different facets of Poul Kjaerholm's life and work. The largest section is devoted to photograp...
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20th Century Books
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Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Oriental Art, First Edition
By Pratapaditya Pal, Jan Fontein
Located in valatie, NY
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Oriental Art. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1969, First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 195 pp. A large book ...
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American 20th Century Books
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Sotheby's Fine Jewels and Jewels for the Collector, London 1992, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Fine Jewels and Jewels for the Collector, London, 1992. First edition auction catalog. 81pp. with 330 lots illustrated in color, fully described.
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English 20th Century Books
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Hermes, La Beaute En Voyage (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This beautifully presented book illustrates the collection of luxurious travel objects made by the world-famous brand Hermes. In the latter years of the 19th century Emile Hermes tra...
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American Furniture, The Federal Period by Charles F. Montgomery
Located in valatie, NY
American Furniture, the Federal Period by Charles F. Montgomery. New York: Crown Publishing, 1978. Hardcover with dust jacket. 496 pp. A large reference book on American federal period furniture...
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American 20th Century Books
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Tapis D'Emilio Terry: Projects (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This delightful little book contains 25 plates showing Emilio Tery's geometric carpet designs held in the Musee des Arts Decoratif. Terry was one of the leading and most sought after interior designers and decorators of the mid part of the 20th century, he had a list of very wealthy clients who were the fashionable leaders of the Cafe Society of the time - such as Charles de Beistegui...
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20th Century Books
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The Ninth Regiment New York Volunteers ‘Hawkins' Zouaves’ by Matthew J. Graham
Located in valatie, NY
The Ninth Regiment New York Volunteers (Hawkins' Zouaves) by Matthew J. Graham. Ironclad Pub, 1998. With an Introduction by Brian Pohanka - 634pp of Rosters. Hawkins' Zouaves spearheaded the Union assault into Sharpsburg during the battle of Antietam, advancing farther than any other unit on this bloodiest single day in American military history that ended in a draw, but the Confederate retreat gave President Abraham Lincoln the “victory” he desired before issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation...
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American 20th Century Books
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Mobilier Normand by Lucile Olivier, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Normand by Lucile Olivier. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin. French text. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 80 pp. The book illustrates the beds, seating, tables, case pie...
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20th Century Books
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Charterhouse of Parma by Marie-Henri Beyle
Located in valatie, NY
The Charterhouse of Parma by Marie-Henri Beyle (Stendhal), translation by Lady Mary Loyd. Revised by Robert Cantwell & Preface by Honore de Balzac. Illustrations by Rafaello Busoni. ...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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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...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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The Clarance H. Mackay Collection, Italian Schools, by William R. Valentiner
Located in Tarrytown, NY
56 Photogravure plates. Privately printed in 1926 by Witherspoon & Co. Cover bound in Moroccan crimson leather with gilt flower motifs.
Privately printed catalogue limited to 100 nu...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Sotheby's Important Jewelry, NY, December 5 & 6, 1984
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Important Jewelry, NY, December 5th & 6th, 1984. First edition softcover catalog. 501 lots photographed in color and b&w.
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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The Collector's Encyclopedia of Gaudy Dutch and Welsh by John Human, First Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Collector's Encyclopedia of Gaudy Dutch and Welsh by John A. Shuman III. Collector Books, 1990. First Edition softcover. This oriental-inspired English...
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American 20th Century Books
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The Hudson by Carl Carmer, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Hudson by Carl Carmer. Farrar & Rinehart, New York:, 1939. First edition hardcover with dust jacket with Brodart cover. Best of the Rivers of America series. The Hudson is less a...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard Patterns and Forms, 1780-1880, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard Patterns and Forms, 1780-1880 by Herbert, Peter, and Nancy Schiffer. West Chester: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1975. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacke...
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American 20th Century Books
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Skinner's Horse by Philip Mason, Stated First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Skinner's Horse by Philip Mason. Harper & Row, New York, 1979. Stated First American Edition hardcover with dust jacket. James Skinner, a half-caste officer in early 19th century Ind...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Work of Art by Sinclair Lewis
Located in valatie, NY
Work of Art by Sinclair Lewis. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. "This is the story of Myron Weagle and of America. Myron wanted to create the perfect hotel, a work of art. He worked and dreamed his way from bell boy...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Quest for the Future by A. E. Van Vogt, First Edition BCE
Located in valatie, NY
Quest for the Future by A. E. Van Vogt. Ace Books, New York, 1970. First edtion hardcover BCE with dust jacket. He was one of the most popular and prolific science fiction writers du...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart. Boar's Head Books, New York, 1953. First edition hardcover with Brodart covered dust jacket. The book identifies the fault lines be...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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The Terror The Return of Dr Palfrey by John Creasey
Located in valatie, NY
The Terror : The Return of Dr Palfrey by John Creasey. Walker and Company 1966, New York. 1st Ed hardcover. The story of the near-panic that strikes the world's governments when an u...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Twelve Prints of Ethnographic Items of Batavia Published by J.W. Teillers '1910'
Located in Langweer, NL
Cardboard cover titled 'Ethnographica in het Museum van het Bataviaasch Genootschap' including 12 plates of ethnographic items of Batavia including:
1) Carved door, from Talaga, Cheribon.
2) Carved door, from the Dewa-temple.
3) Achenese weapons.
4) Pouches for Sirih-Ingredients.
5) Bronze objects.
6) Bronze objects.
7) Large broad axes, made of bronze.
8) Details of the ornamentation of the axes.
9) Details of the ornamentation on the back of the axes.
10) Golden bowl...
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20th Century Books
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Mr. Dooley at His Best, by Finley Peter Dunne Edited by Elmer Ellis
Located in valatie, NY
Mr. Dooley at His Best. Edited by Elmer Ellis at the University of Missouri. With a Foreword by Franklin P. Adams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition, 1st printing, one of 520 copies with one page of the author's original manuscript. Frontispiece portrait. 291 pp. Buckram and decorated boards with a leather label. Finley Peter Dunne (1867- 1936) was an American humorist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War, a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches. Speaking with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant from County Roscommon, the fictional Mr. Dooley expounded upon political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Wrightsman Collection, Vols I-V, First Editions, Signed by the Wrightsmans
Located in valatie, NY
The Wrightsman collection, Vols. I-V. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966-1973. First edition hardcovers with dust jackets. 2248 pp. Inscribed by the Wrightsmans. The complete series of The Wrightsman collection catalogues from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jayne and Charles Wrightsman, who, in a relatively short period of time—beginning in 1952—amassed the finest private collection in America of the decorative arts of the Ancien Régime (15th c until 1792). Throughout the years the Wrightsmans' active interest in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts has resulted in splendid gifts that have enabled the Museum to create an unparalleled and truly encyclopaedic collection of French 18th c...
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American 20th Century Books
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"Low Bridge" Casting Cry of the Salt Water Angler by Kenn Bayless, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
"Low Bridge" casting cry of the salt water angler by Kenneth Bayless. Fish and Game Publishing Co., 1950. Signed and numbered (#175) 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket. illustrated with...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Guide to Russian Works of Art Paulson, by Paul and Maria Paulson, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Guide to Russian Works of Art Paulson, by Paul and Maria Paulson. Self published, Washington D. C., 1980, by Apollo Books. 117 pp. softcover first edition. With black and white illus...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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David Hicks Style & Design First Edition Book, 1987
By David Hicks
Located in New York, NY
A first edition book by David Hicks, titled "David Hicks Style & Design." 1987 printing. Hardcover with dust jacket.
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English Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Books
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Galuchat by Lison de Caunes & Jean Perfettini (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book which was published in 1994 concentrates on the use of "Galuchat" predominantly in the making of furniture and other luxury household items in the 20th century - particular...
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20th Century Books
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Country House Remembered, Recollections of Life Between the Wars, 1st Ed
By Merlin Waterson
Located in valatie, NY
The Country House Remembered, Recollections of Life Between the Wars by Merlin Waterson. London: Rutledge & Kegan Paul. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1985. 256 pp. The bo...
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English 20th Century Books
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Bryan Adams - Exposed (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautiful book of portrait photographs which have been taken by musician and pop star Bryan Adams. 302 pages of wonderful images in both colour and black & white, his subjects are a diverse grouping but throughout one has to be impressed by his dedication to this branch of the visual arts, many icons from the world of music, art and fashion are featured but he also has taken pictures of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and also some unknowns. With forewords by Sir Elton John and The Honourable Daphne Guinness...
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20th Century Books
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Francis Bacon: Triptychs (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This publication which is housed in an orange clamshell box was published for an exhibition held in 2006 at the Gagosian Gallery. It contains two sewn booklets: Francis Bacon letters to Michel Leiris 1966-1989 and Francis Bacon Paintings...
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20th Century Books
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Le Style Empire, Décoratations, Extérieures Et Intérieures, Mobilier, Bronzes
Located in valatie, NY
Le Style Empire: Décoratations, Extérieures et Intérieures, Mobilier, Bronzes. Printed in Paris by Chez F. Contet. All volumes are 1st Ed's with the exception of volume 1 which is a ...
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French Empire 20th Century Books
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Alexander Calder 1975 Lithographs "Derriere Le Miroir" Maeght Editeur
Located in Sharon, CT
Containing five original lithographs by Alexander Calder. This is edition no. 212 Janvier 1975 of the Derriere le Miroir. Published in Paris by Galerie Maeght. Without staples. Very ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Walton Family Genealogy "Ancestors of Adelaide Bereman Walton", Los Angeles 1908
Located in San Francisco, CA
Walton Family Genealogy antique handmade book
Walton Family Genealogy "Ancestors of Adelaide Bereman Walton", Los Angeles circa 1908
This is really a fascinating book. A labor ...
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American 20th Century Books
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Located in valatie, NY
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The Trustees, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The book consi...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Essays on the Study of Poetry & a Guide to English Literature by Matthew Arnold
Located in valatie, NY
Essays on the Study of Poetry and a Guide to English Literature By Matthew Arnold. Macmillan Company, 1903. 1st Ed Thus gilt decorated hardcover. "Matth...
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American Antique 20th Century Books
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Folk Artists Biographical Index, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Folk Artists Biographical Index. Detroit: Book Tower, 1987. First edition hardcover. 496 pp. Guide to over 200 published sources of information on approxima...
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American 20th Century Books
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Metal Toys from Nuremberg Unique Mechanical Toys Firm Georg Kellermann, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Metal Toys from Nuremberg: The Unique Mechanical Toys of the Firm of Georg Kellermann & Co. of Nuremberg, 1910-1979 by Gerhard Walter. Schiffer Publishi...
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American 20th Century Books
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Vintage Che Guevara Collectible
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Che Guevara Historio de America:
Late 1960s-early 1970s Historio de America publication featuring a brilliant Che Guevara cover that is well-suited for framing.
Full publication. minor stain on upper left; otherwise good to very good condition for its age. Binding is stiff and well-intact.
Medium: Newspaper style printed publication; 50+ pages.
Dimensions: 10 x 10 inches.
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Argentine Bohemian Vintage 20th Century Books
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Sotheby's: The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 6/1993
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 6/1993. Softcover auction catalogue 500 lots with results. "Meraux's interest was ...
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American 20th Century Books
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Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950-2000 by Guiliana Gramigna (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A 2 volume set of hardback books in a slip case which covers Italian domestic furniture design in the second half of the 20th century.
Volume 1 covers 1950-1979, with 269 pages and hundreds of black and white photographs of tables, chairs, other furniture and lighting.
Volume 2 covers 1980-2000. 345 pages again having hundreds of black and white photographs of Italian...
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International Style 20th Century Books
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Armada, 1588-1988 An International Exhibition to Commemorate the Spanish Armada
Located in valatie, NY
Armada, 1588-1988: An International Exhibition to Commemorate the Spanish Armada by M. J. Rodriguez-Salgado and The National Maritime Museum. Penguin Bo...
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English Vintage 20th Century Books
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Art of William Christenberry, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Art of William Christenberry. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1996. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 207 pp. A comprehensive surv...
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American 20th Century Books
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American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Met Museum of Art Book
Located in valatie, NY
‘American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’ by Albert TenEyck Gardner. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1965. First Edition, 1st printing...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Handbook of the American Wing Opening Exhibition, Presentation Copy
Located in valatie, NY
A Handbook of the American Wing: Opening Exhibition by R.T.H. Halsey, and Charles O. Cornelius (Assistant Curator in the Department of Decorative Arts.) New York: Metropolitan Museum...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Leather, Paper
Les Opalines by Christine Vincendeau, First Edition
By Christine Vincendeau
Located in valatie, NY
Les Opalines by Christine Vincendeau. Les Editions de l'Amateur 1998. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 190p with many color illustrations. Now considered the bible on opalin...
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French 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Kovel's Collector's Guide to American Art Pottery
Located in valatie, NY
The Kovel's Collector's Guide to American Art Pottery by Ralph and Terry Kovel. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket...
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American 20th Century Books
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Memento of Bruce Goff Professorship for Creative Architecture
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Rare numbered printing of Bruce Goff's "Le Mar." Printed as a memento of appreciation for friend of Mr. Goff's who helped to establish the Bruce Goff Profes...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Sotheby's NY Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from the Collection of Lillian Schloss
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's NY: Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from the Collection of Lillian Schloss. First Ed softcover with dust cover. With 43 lots fully illustra...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni, Treccani Edition of 1973
Located in Puglia, Puglia
I Promessi Sposi by Alessandro Manzoni - Treccani edition of 1973.
Superb two-volume edition bound in leather, embossed copper cover, work by the s...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Books
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Copper
Meubles et Sièges du XVIII Siècle by André Theunissen, Limited, Numbered 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Meubles et Sièges du XVIII Siècle: Menuisiers, Ébénistes, Margues, Plans et Ornemaentation de Leurs Oeuvres (Furniture and Seating from the 18th century: Carpenters, Cabinet Makers, Marks, Plans and Ornamentation of Their Works.) Paris: Éditions "Le Document", 1934. Limited edition #398 fabric hardcover with no dust jacket. French text. 195 pp. A remarkable French book on 18th c furniture...
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French Vintage 20th Century Books
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Lempicka: Catalogue Raisonne 1921-1979 by Alain Blondel (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A large hardback book with dust jacket which is in very good condition. Written by Alain Blondel, a Parisian gallery owner who was well acquainted with Lempicka in the later years of...
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