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Period: Early 20th Century
Sloane, the Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, New Revised Edition, in a Fine Binding
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: SLOANE, William Milligan.
TITLE: The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte.
PUBLISHER: London: The Times Book Club, 1912.
DESCRIPTION: NEW REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION. 4 vols., 8" ...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
The American Revolution by John Fiske, Later Printing, Two Volumes, 1901
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fiske, John. The American Revolution. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. In two volumes. Reprint ("Twenty seventh thousand"). 8vo. Three-quarter tan calf, blin...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Miniature Books 'Faust' by Goethe I&II, Schmidt & Günther, Leipzig, 1907
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Faust volume 1 & 2 by Johann Wolgang Goethe. Printed in these miniature version by Schmidt & Günther in Leipzig, Germany in 1907. The share the same distinct qualities as regular cla...
Category
German Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Great Masters 1400-1800 of Art, Book on Stand, Sir Martin Conway dated 1903
Located in Atlanta, GA
Great Masters 1400-1800 of Art, Book on Stand, Sir Martin Conway dated 1903
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Wood, Paper
The Great Republic by the Master Historians, Edited by Charles Morris, 4 Vols
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Morris, Charles (editor). The Great Republic by the Master Historians. New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago: The R. S. Belcher Co., 1902. Rebound in 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards, wi...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
La Tapisserie Gothique by Goeblins, 1st Ed, Leather Bound, Presentation Copy
Located in valatie, NY
La Tapisserie Gothique, par Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins, by E. Planès, Directeur de la Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins. Published by Albert Morancé...
Category
French Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Andrees Handatlas, German Cartography Book, Maps, Atlas, Reference, 1924
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large volume antique copy of Andrees' Handatlas. A German, bound chromolithography atlas, dating to the early 20th century, this edition published in 1924.
Full title: And...
Category
German Other Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Christopher Robin Birthday Book – A. A. Milne (owned by Tolkien's daughter)
Located in Middletown, NY
A unique and charming piece of Tolkieniana.
The Christopher Robin Birthday Book, Priscilla Tolkien’s copy with names of family members and friends f...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
William VAN DER WEYDE. The Life & Works Of Thomas Paine. PATRIOT'S EDITION 1925
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: VAN DER WEYDE, William.
TITLE: The Life And Works Of Thomas Paine.
PUBLISHER: NY: Thomas Paine National Historical Association, 1925.
DESCRIPTION: PATRIOT'S EDITION. 10 v...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1901 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Located in Bath, GB
A sumptuously bound edition of this Shakespeare play, a finely bound copy by Asprey for Bayntun-Riviere.
A superbly bound edition of Shakespeare's beloved play, finely bound in crus...
Category
British Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Works Of Edgar Allen Poe. - 10 vols. in 5 - IN A FULL LEATHER BINDING!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POE, Edgar Allan.
TITLE: The Works Of Edgar Allen Poe.
PUBLISHER: Boston: Jefferson Press, n.d., (c.1900)
DESCRIPTION: 10 vols. in 5, 8-7/16" x 6-1/16", illustrated, titl...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Johann GOETHE - Faust - LIMITED EDITION - SIGNED BY WILLY POGANY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von - Willy Pogany.
TITLE: Faust.
PUBLISHER: London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY POGANY. 1 vol., 10-15/16" x 9"...
Category
English Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
2 Vols Antique Book, British Sports and Sportsmen, English, Sporting Reference
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 2 large antique volumes of British Sports and Sportsmen. An English, bound and numbered limited edition sporting reference book, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1920.
...
Category
British Other Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1902 The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful limited edition set of the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated with ten plates to each volume, and signed by t...
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Novels 'Works & Letters' of Jane Austen, Winchester Edition, 12 Volumes
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: AUSTEN, Jane.
Title: The Novels (Works and Letters) of Jane Austen.
Publisher: Edinburgh: John Grant, 1911-12.
Description: The Winchester...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
DOVES PRESS: Dramatis Personae by Robert BROWNING
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Doves Press, 1910.
Limited Edition
Small 4to, 9 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (230 x 160 mm); 203 + [7] pp.; one of 250 copies, with an additional 15 on vellum...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Great book Inferno of the Divine Comedy Dante, illustrations A. Nattini 1931
By Amos Nattini
Located in Milano, IT
Great Inferno book of the Divine Comedy
The 34 illustrations that were contained in the book, drawn by Amos Nattini, have been extrapolated and framed, while inside the book still c...
Category
Italian Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1 Volume. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. With 16 coloured illustrations by Percy Tarrant. Bound in full blue calf by Riviere, all edges gilt, raised b...
Category
British Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Edgar Allan Poe, 'Edmund Dulac', The Bells & Other Poems. 1ST TRADE EDITION 1912
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: POE, Edgar Allan ( Edmund Dulac ).
Title: The Bells and Other Poems.
Publisher: London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d., (1912).
FIRST TRADE ...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1902 The Natural History of Plants
By Anton Kerner von Marilaun
Located in Bath, GB
An excellent set containing this profusely illustrated natural history of plants, translated from the German of Austrian botanist, Anton Kerner von Marilaun.
A new edition of this w...
Category
European Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes, by Francis T. Miller
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Miller, Francis Trevelyan (editor). The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1912. Quarto, ten volume set, in original blue cloth gilt bindings. Illustrated with thousands of photographs, plus maps.
This is an important 10-volume photographic history of the Civil War, edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller. The set was first published in 1911, the 50 year anniversary of the start of the Civil War. This 1912 edition contains “thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities.”
This mammoth work contains written contributions from over 39 academics, writers, veteran officers of both Union and Confederate forces, and President William H. Taft. A number of the photographs are from the collections of private individuals, as well as the extensive Eldridge Collection of Mathew Brady Civil War photographs...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, E. Fitzgerald transl. – 1926 – Zaehnsdorf binding
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely edition of the poetry of Omar Khayyám, whose verses fed the orientalist craze of fin-de-siècle Europe.
Khayyám, Omar / Translated by Edward Fitzgerald / Decorated by Thomas...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe by Charles Over Cornelius, 1st Ed 1928
Located in valatie, NY
Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe by Charles Over Cornelius. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1928. This book contains a detailed g...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Half Hours by J. M. Barrie, the creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. FIRST EDITION
Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. vi + 207. Beautiful red calf binding Red calf binding by Root & Son, with gold fill...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A. A. MILNE. Now We Aer Six. FIRST EDITION - SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPARD - 1927
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A.
TITLE: Now We Aer Six.
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY E. H. SHEPHARD. 1 vol, 7-1/2" x 5-1/4", signed by th...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Fabric
Collection of 47 Swedish 20th Century Leather-Bound Books
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A collection of 47 Swedish decorative antique leather-bound library books.
The books are wrapped in leather-bound covers, comprised of a selection of warm tones and gold leaf print ...
Category
Swedish British Colonial Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
2 Volumes. Epictetus. The Discourses.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Epictetus. The Discourses. Translated by George Long. Bound in full brown morocco, gilt on covers and spines, raised bands, top edges gilt. Published: London: George Bell ...
Category
British Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
BOSWELL, James. Boswell's Life of Johnson. (1924 - INDIA PAPER EDITION)
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: BOSWELL, James
TITLE: Boswell's Life of Johnson.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, 1924.
DESCRIPTION: INDIA PAPER EDITION. 2 volumes bound in 1, 7-3/8" x 5-1/4", frontis portrait plate to each volume. Bound in full dark purple morocco...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Complete Poetical Works Of Edgar Allen Poe. OXFORD EDITION. 1909 FULL TREE CALF
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POE, Edgar Allan.
TITLE: The Complete Poetical Works Of Edgar Allen Poe.
PUBLISHER: London: Henry Frowde, 1909.
DESCRIPTION: OXFORD EDITION. 1 vol., 7-3/8" x 5-1/4", engr...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Rembrandt Bugatti 'Catalogue Raisonne' (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
By Jacques-Chalom Des Cordes & Veronique Fromanger des Cordes
First edition and numbers 667 of this precious catalogue raisonne of animal sculptures by Rembrandt Bugatti...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Inedited Works of Bakst, Illustrated Book of Stage/Dance/Theater Designs
Located in Middletown, NY
LEON BAKST, Inedited Works of Bakst; Essays on Bakst by Louis Reau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier.
New York: Brentano's, 1927.
FIRST, LIMITED EDITION
Folio, 12 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches (315 x 248 mm); pp. 127, [2]; THIS IS NO. 59 of 600 COPIES PRINTED; Alternative title page: The art of Bakst / by V. Svietlov; half-title: Bakst; in variant contemporary pebbled blue library...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paint, Paper
Designs by Inigo Jones for Masques & Plays at Court; A Descriptive Catalogue
Located in Middletown, NY
Designs by Inigo Jones for Masques & Plays at Court; A Descriptive Catalogue of Drawings for Scenery and Costumes mainly in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K. G. ...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cast Iron Book Press with Brass Handle and Newer Wood Base
Located in Round Top, TX
Cast iron book press with brass handle and newer wood base. Nice pin striping. Great Condition.
Category
Italian Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Brass, Iron
North American Wild Flowers by Mary Vaux Wolcott 6 Volumes Limited Edition Rare
Located in San Francisco, CA
North American Wild Flowers
by Mary Vaux Walcott, signed limited edition 1925 This is copy #129 of 500
Published by The Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C.
6 volumes. Folio (14....
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Toiles Imprimees De La Perse & De L' Inde Oberkampf Persian/Indian Fabrics
Located in Bridgeport, CT
French hardbound portfolio titled "Toiles imprimees de la Perse & de l'Inde d'apres les documents recueillis par Oberkampf (Printed Toiles of Persia and India, from the Documents Col...
Category
French Hollywood Regency Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Leather Spine 6 Volumes National Geographic Magazine 1924 1925 and 1926
Located in Miami, FL
Set of antique 1924/1925 and 1926 National Geographic Magazines. 6 Well bound leather-spine & corners and dark cloth books, 2 volumes per year, January-June and July-December. A ti...
Category
American International Style Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Fouque, De La Motte: 'Rackham, Arthur', Undine, Limited Signed Edition, 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Fouque, De La Motte: (Rackham, Arthur).
Title: Undine.
Publisher: London: William Heinmann, 1909.
Description: Limited signed edition. 1 ...
Category
British Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited Edition Number 77
Located in North Hollywood, CA
William Shakespeare 15 Volumes Limited edition Number 77
Circa 1912.
Leatherbound. 15 volumes.
Printed on handmade paper, burgundy Moroccan leather bound volumes of "The Works of Wil...
Category
English Victorian Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
John Keats – Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Keats, John
Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of Saint Agners & Other Poems; with Engravings by Robert Gibbins
Waltham St.Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928.
Limited Edition.
Quarto, 12 x 7 1/2 inches (305 x 190mm); pp. 104; with nineteen wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings (1889-1958); copy 178 of 345 copies printed Batchelor hand-made paper, special Cockerel watermark; red ink on title page, red and blue ink for incidental initials by Eric Gill and David Jones's colophon device; 1/4 brown sharkskin and green cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London; gilt titling; top edge gilt, others uncut; slight staining to head of spine, clean, fresh, and bright inside and out.
[Chanticleer 62; Ransom p. 298, no. 60].
An elegant and beautifully proportioned and illustrated version of John Keat's (1795-1825) famous poems, which constitute the final volume Keats lived to see, published in July 1820. From the Oxford text edited by H. Buxton Forman.
Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was and Irish wood...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Josef Hoffmann: Interiors 1902-1913 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a hardback book with a dust jacket, in very good condition. Published in conjunction with a Hoffmann exhibition held at the Neue Gallery in New York 2006/2007. 224 pages most...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Ring of the Niblung by Richard Wagner, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Located in Alamo, CA
"The Ring of the Niblung", "The Rhinegold: Prelude; The Valkyrie: First Day of the Trilogy; Siegfried: Second Day of the Trilogy; The Twilight of the Gods: Third Day of the Trilogy" ...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet by C. Collodi Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk 1920
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Collodi, Carlo. Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott, [1920]. Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk. Gift Edition. In the publisher's original gray cloth boards, stamped with green and orange, illustrated cover label and top edge gilt. With 14 color plates and numerous border illustrations and decoration throughout. Presented with a new archival slipcase.
Presented is a charming English edition of Carlo Collodi’s children’s tale, Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet. This book was published in Philadelphia and London by J. B. Lippincott, as a special "Gift Edition," circa 1920. It features 14 full color plates by illustrator Maria Kirk and numerous border and chapter decorations throughout the book. It is presented here in its original gray cloth boards, stamped in green and orange, with a beautiful illustrated cover label of Pinocchio in a forest. The book is protected by a new custom archival slipcase.
Collodi’s La Storia di un Burattino (trans: The Story of a Puppet) first appeared in serial form in the Italian weekly publication for children, Giornale per i bambini. The first installment was published on July 7, 1881 and continued for nearly four months and 15 chapters. Following the mischievous adventures of an animated marionette named Pinocchio, the original series was written as an educational tale of warning to Italian children, stressing the importance of morality, responsibility, and obedience to one’s parents and authority. In the original, serialized version, the flawed and irresponsible Pinocchio is penalized and hanged for his numerous poor decisions and faults of character at the end of Chapter 15.
At the request of his editor and by the demand of his many readers, Collodi resumed his serialized story in February of 1882. In these later chapters, Chapters 16–36, the Fairy with Turquoise Hair rescues and revives Pinocchio and eventually transforms him into a real boy. Pinocchio acquires a deeper understanding of himself and his moral responsibilities, making the story more palatable for children. In February 1883, the story was published in Italy as a single book, illustrated by Enrico Mazzanti. It was a huge publishing success.
The Adventures of Pinocchio is the world's third most translated book, after the Bible and The Little Prince. Pinocchio was first translated into English by Mary Alice Murray in 1892, whose translation was added to the widely circulated Everyman's Library in 1911. The first US edition was published in 1901, translated and illustrated by Walter S. Cramp and Charles Copeland...
Category
American Art Nouveau Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
1 Volume. Emil Ludwig, Napoleon.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Emil Ludwig, Napoleon. Bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with an oval portrait of Napoleon on the front cover. Ornate gilt-tooling on the covers and raised band spine. A...
Category
British Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
A. A. MILNE. Toad Of Toad Hall. 1929 - FIRST DELUXE EDITION - SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. (Alan Alexander).
TITLE: Toad Of Toad Hall. A Play From Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind In The Willows".
PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929.
DESCRIPTION...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Fabric
The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, Limited Ed. Illustrated and Signed by A. Rackham
Located in Alamo, CA
"The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie" by Richard Wagner and translated into English by Margaret Armour was published in London in 1910 by Doubleday, Page & Co./William Heinemann. It conta...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Dracula by Bram Stoker, First Grosset & Dunlap Edition, 1927
By Bram Stoker
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Stroker, Bram. Dracula. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1927]. First Grosset & Dunlap Edition. 8ov. Presented in original orange cloth boards, stamped in black, and the original pictorial dust jacket. With a new archival ¼ leather and cloth clamshell case.
Presented is the first Grosset & Dunlay edition of Bram Stroker’s Dracula, published in 1927. The book is presented in its original orange cloth boards, stamped in black, and the original pictorial dust jacket. The book has a new archival quarter leather and cloth clamshell case, with raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, and an inlay of the dust jacket design on the front.
Dracula is a gothic horror novel written by Irish author Bram Stoker. The story follows the efforts of Professor Abraham Van Helsing and others to defeat the vampire Count...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1902 The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Located in Bath, GB
A striking limited edition set of the collected works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a beautiful and illustrated set.
A limited edition. The 'Author's Edition' limited to one-thousand s...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POTTER, Beatrix.
TITLE: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.
PUBLISHER: London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, [after 1918],
DESCRIPTION: PRESENTATION COPY LATER EDITION. 1 vol., inscribed on the half-title by the author 'To Elizabeth Todhunter from Beatrix Potter...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
A. A. Milne, Collected Plays, All First Editions Each Inscribed to His Brother
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Milne. A. A..
Title: [Collected Plays], First Plays; Second Plays; Three Plays; and Four Plays.
Publisher: London: Chatto & Windus, 1919, 21, 23, 26.
Description: a...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Fabric
The Hansom Cab & the Pigeons – Eric Ravilious engravings / Golden Cokerell Press
Located in Middletown, NY
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS / Eric Ravilious ill. / Strong, L.A.G.
The Hansom Cab and the Pigeons; Being Random Reflections upon the Silver Jubilee of King George...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
15 Volumes. Charles, Dickens. Complete Works.
Located in New York, NY
15 Volumes. Charles, Dickens. Complete Works. Bound in 3/4 tan calf, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, red and green labels,
ornate floral gilt on spines, illustrate...
Category
American Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
Buchschmuck und Flachenmuster von Max Benirschke (Vol. 2 of De Quelle)
Located in New York, NY
First edition of the second volume (of three) of the renowned graphic design publication Die Quelle (the Source), deemed, along with the journal Die Flache, as among the finest examples of Secession-style graphic design. Published by M. Gerlach & Co of Vienna and Leipzig; not dated but circa 1902-1905. Buchschmuck und Flachenmuster translates to Book Decoration and Surface Design. It presents the work of Max Benirschke (1880-1961), an Austrian architect, illustrator, and designer who studied at the Kunstgewerbescule in Vienna under Josef Hoffmann and was subsequently hired by Peter Behrens in 1903 to teach at his newly founded School of Applied Arts in Dusseldorf. In 1900, Benirschke was enlisted by the famed Viennese publisher Martin Gerlach to produce a folio for Die Quelle; the result shows Benirschke “at the height of his Jugenstil period with a series of curvilinear plant motifs and patterns.” According to Austrian gallerist Michael Steinbach, the present volume is “one of the most important design portfolios...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Aphrodite; Moeurs Antiques by Pierre Louÿs, illustr. by Antoine Calbet -
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Rombaldi Éditeur, 1937.
Limited Edition.
8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 (194 x 156 mm). pp: 4, vii, 242. Five color lithographs including the frontispiece. Copies printed on Voiron laid...
Category
French Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
Van Dyke, John Henry, Blended Worlds, First Edition, 1927
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Van Dyke, John Henry
Title: Blended Worlds.
Publisher: Miami, Arizona: Southern Arizona Publishing Co., 1927.
Description: First edition. 1...
Category
North American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Fabric
Potter, Beatrix, The Tale of Pigling Bland, Presentation Copy, 1918
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: POTTER, Beatrix.
TITLE: The Tale of Pigling Bland.
PUBLISHER: London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, [after 1918],
DESCRIPTION: PRESENTATION COPY LATER EDITION. 1 vol., inscribed on the half-title by the author 'with kind regards from Beatrix Potter', and with additional ink inscription 'To Peggy, from Mrs Postlethwaite & Mary, Sept. 8th 1933', 15 colour plates (including frontispiece), black & white illustrations to text, pictorial endpapers, original pale green pictorial boards.
CONDITION: Inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, spine slightly darkened, internally clean and bright, a VERY GOOD coy seldom seen inscribed.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Postlethwaite family lived at High Green Gate...
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British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Mickey Aviateur Hachette French Text Comic Hardcover Book 1934
By Walt Disney
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mickey Aviateur Hachette French Text Comic Book.
Paris: Hachette, 1934. 4to, 32pp. "Illustrations de Walt Disney" in comic strip style.
First French Edition. Mickey Mouse is a Pilot ...
Category
French American Classical Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
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