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Period: Early 20th Century
1910-11 The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods
By Wagner
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully and colourfully illustrated copy of Richard Wagner's epic four epic opera dramas, illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with tipped-in colour plates, scarce to see in their original dust wrappers.
The first editions, first impression.
Both volumes are in their scarce original unclipped dust wrappers.
Complete in two volumes.
'The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie' illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, and thirty-three tipped-in colour plates.
'Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods' illustrated with a tipped-in colour frontispiece, and twenty-nine tipped-in colour plates.
'Arthur Rackham Exhibition' advertising slip loosely inserted.
Collated, complete.
These two volumes contain Richard Wagner's four epic music dramas, the series being titled 'Der Ring des Nibelungen', or 'The Ring of the Nibelung', or simply the 'Ring Cycle'. These four are 'Das Rheingold'/'The Rhinegold', 'Die Walkure'/'The Valkyrie', 'Siegfried', and 'Gotterdammerung'/'Twilight of the Gods'. All four dramas are in these two volumes.
The four dramas are loosely based on characters from Norse mythology and the Nibelungenlied.
The plot of the four dramas revolves around a magical ring...
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British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
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Paper
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound by Whitman Bennet Binderies in 3/4 purple morocco and decorative boards, bordered...
Category
American Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1928 The House at Pooh Corner
By A.A. Milne
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound first edition copy of A A Milne's noted story collection 'House at Pooh Corner'. A wonderful copy of this beloved work, housed in a custo...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
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Paper
By Way of Introduction, Signed by A.A. Milne, Circa 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Milne, A.A., By Way of Introduction. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1929. First edition, first printing, signed on title page. Original printed dust jacket with a custom, clamshell case.
This is a first edition of A.A. Milne's By Way of Introduction. Milne has signed the book on the title page in blue ink. The book is presented with its original beige dust jacket. It was published out of London by Methuen & Co., Ltd., in 1929.
This book features a collection of introductions written by Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956). The collection of essays and excerpts were written for various publications and compiled by Milne. The work shows off his accessible and sometimes humorous writing style, recognizable from his children's books. There is a selection of his critical work included in the volume, as well a piece about his philosophical approach to writing children's books throughout his career, and even a few details about his Winnie the Pooh character, Christopher Robin.
Milne was best known for his children's book series Winnie the Pooh. Included in the back of the book is a loose pamphlet advertising the Pooh series as "the most popular gift books...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
19 Volumes. Bret Harte, The Writings.
Located in New York, NY
19 Volumes. Bret Harte, The Writings. Riverside Edition. Bound in 3/4 green Morocco and marbled boards bordered in gilt-tooling. Spines display gilt-too...
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Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1908 The Writings of George Eliot
Located in Bath, GB
A beautifully bound twenty-five volume large paper limited edition of the works of George Eliot, in half crushed morocco bindings, and illustrated throughout.
This set is number 85 ...
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American Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
1923 R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots
By Karel Capek
Located in Bath, GB
A signed copy of the fifth edition of Karel Capek's science-fiction play, an important work of twentieth century science fiction, remarkable for introducing the word 'robot' to moder...
Category
Czech Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The French Hunter Year 1931 Le Chasseur Francais French Magazine Cuisine
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Le Chasseur Francais
The French Hunter. Year 1931
(12 Numbers - Complete Year 1931)
from January 1931 to Dec 1931.
Collective
French text
Published by Le Chasseur Français,
Bounded in a Margarine Solo handcrafted cover to protect the old magazines...
Category
French French Provincial Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
1 Volume. H. Noel Williams, The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. H. Noel Williams, The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu. First Edition. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 wine morocco and marbled boards bordered in gilt-tooling with a gilt-tooled raise...
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English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1928 The Torrents of Spring
Located in Bath, GB
A finely bound copy of this lesser known satirical novel by great American author Ernest Hemingway, the second edition.
The second edition of this work, which was first published in 1926.
Smartly rebound in a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards.
A lesser known work of Ernest Hemingway, this novella was written as a parody of 'Dark Laughter' by Sherwood Anderson.
Hemingway takes a satirical look at pretentious writers in this novel and in its publication. He wrote it in only ten days, and received a mixed reaction when first published, partly as it was published in the same year as 'The Sun Also Rises...
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American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
2 Volumes. Charles T. Yerkes, Esq, Catalogue of Paintings & Sculpture In His Col
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Charles T. Yerkes, Esq, Catalogue of Paintings & Sculpture In His Collection. The author was an American Financier who played a part in developing mass transit systems in ...
Category
American Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1900 The Works of Oliver Goldsmith
Located in Bath, GB
A truly beautiful limited edition set of the works of Anglo-Irish novelist Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated throughout and with a number of volumes signed by the artists.
The twelve vo...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
4 Volumes. William Milligan Sloane, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. William Milligan Sloane, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound by Worsfold in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards with the cover and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooled det...
Category
American Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubiáiyát of Omar Khayyám.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Edward Fitzgerald, Rubiáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards, bordered in gilt-tooling. The spines display raised bands, bordering, panel detai...
Category
American Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
The Poetical Works of Robert Browning - 2 Volumes
Located in Middletown, NY
London: John Murray, 1915.
2 volumes, 8vo; 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (190 x130 mm). Vol. 1: xvi, 748 pp.; Vol. 2: vii, 786 pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author in 1835 in Vol....
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
1926 Television (Seeing by Wire or Wireless) by Alfred Dinsdale
Located in Bath, GB
A scarce, first edition copy of this important work on television. This was the first book in English on television, and Dinsdale discusses the timeline and technical challenges of t...
Category
European Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Architecture of Robert & James Adam '1758-1794'; 2 Volumes, 1st Ed, c1922
Located in valatie, NY
The Architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794); Two Volumes, by Arthur T. Bolton. Published by Country Life, London, 1922. 1st Ed hardcovers no dust ja...
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Hannibal Soldier, Statesman, Patriot and The Crisis Of The Struggle
Located in valatie, NY
Hannibal Soldier, Statesman, Patriot And The Crisis Of The Struggle Between Carthage And Rome by William O'Connor Morris. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. Red cloth. The book ...
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American Antique Early 20th Century Books
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Paper
1909-1910 The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser in Three Volumes
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, including his epic poem The Faerie Queene.
A complete three volume set of The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer...
Category
British Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Hasegawa Publishing – Sword and Blossom Poems, Volume II
Located in Hamburg, DE
Immerse yourself in the rich cultural tapestry of ancient Japanese poetry with "Sword and Blossom Poems, Volume II" from Hasegawa Publishing. This exquisite book presents a captivati...
Category
Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Little White Bird by J. M. Barrie - creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
PETER PAN makes his first appearance in this 1902 novel by J. M. Barrie.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1902.
FIRST EDITION / FIRST ISSUE
Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm)...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Set of Seven Antique Opera Librettos Printed in 1903
Located in Sofia, BG
Set seven of opera librettos printed in early 20th Century in Italy.
G.Verdi Rigoletto, G.Verdi Nabucco, G.Verdi La Traviata, V.Bellini I Puritani, G. Donizetti Don Pasquale, G. Doni...
Category
Italian Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
1921 Monday or Tuesday
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful copy of Virginia Woolf's breakout story collection 'Monday or Tuesday'. Being one of a small 1,000 copy print run.
Illustrated, with four woodcuts by Vanessa Bell, Woolf's elder sister. Bell designed a number of dust jackets for books published by the Hogarth Press...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of the Brazil Railway Company, '1912'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Brazil Railway Company'. This folding map is attached to the booklet titled 'The Brazil Railway Company'. It is a memorandum by A. H. A. Knox-Little, who was the ...
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Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
1922 The Heir
By Vita Sackville-West
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition of this novel with a lovely association, signed by the author and her mother to the politician Alfred Milner.
The first edition, first impression.
A presentation ...
Category
British Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Suite of 6 Early 20th Century French Leather Bound Dictionary Books Dated 1929
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a library or an office with this complete suite of six large antique dictionary books. Printed in Paris, France by Maison Larousse, and d...
Category
French Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Paul Poiret's Two Editions de Luxe
By Paul Poiret
Located in New York, NY
Paul Poiret's career began in the Belle Epoque, when fashion was defined by imprisoning corsets, restrictive tailoring, and ethereal colors. Opening his own fashion house in 1904, he...
Category
French Art Deco Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese Epic Novel Book Edo Period, circa 1820
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique Japanese epic novel book Edo period, circa 1827
Woodblack print book
Book dimensions: 225 mm x 157 mm
There are damages because it is antique item as we show on the ph...
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Japanese Edo Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
L'Annonciateur by Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam – in special Art-Deco binding
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare and stunning binding sculpted in the Art-Nouveau style by Louis Déze, and illustrating the themes of the work. From the library of the eminent French bibliophile Guy Bigorie.
...
Category
French Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
20th Century French Pair of Wooden Bookstands in Clogs Shape
Located in Sofia, BG
Very stabile pair of wooden handmade book stands with nice decoration.
France, circa 1920.
Category
French Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Leather Faux Book Box, United Kingdom
Located in Napa, CA
Large leather book box with lock and key. Book is bound with leather and stamped G.T.H.
Category
British Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Metal
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 Early 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...
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English Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Denkmäler der Krippenkunst, by Rudolf Berliner, Monuments of Nativity Art
Located in valatie, NY
Denkmäler der Krippenkunst. Das erste umfassende Werk über Krippenkunst, by Rudolf Berliner. 1st Ed hardcover c1926. Monuments of nativity art. The first comprehensive work on nativi...
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German Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
American Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
A LOS TOROS by Daniel Perea
Located in valatie, NY
A LOS TOROS by Daniel Perea. Barcelona. Hermenegildo Miralles, 1900. Beautifully bound in a scarlet pictorial gilt decorated covers, with a large lace fan ...
Category
Spanish Antique Early 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 Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Book, Pendennis, William Thackeray, Novel, Fiction, Edwardian, C.1908
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a delightful antique edition of Pendennis, the classic novel by celebrated English author William Makepeace Thackeray. An illustrated, bound volume, retaining its original fo...
Category
British Edwardian Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
5 Volumes. Guglielmo Ferrero, The Greatness and Decline of Rome.
Located in New York, NY
5 Volumes. Guglielmo Ferrero, The Greatness and Decline of Rome. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 blue morocco with linen boards and gilt-tooling on the raised band spines. Top edges gilt. Ma...
Category
British Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
John Holland Rose, the Life of Napoleon I, Third Edition, 1903, 2 Volumes
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: Rose, John Holland
Title: The Life of Napoleon I Including New Materials From The British Official Records.
Publisher: London: George Bell & Sons, 1903.
Description:...
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British Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
c1900 Poems
Located in Bath, GB
A smartly bound collection of poetry from Percy Bysshe Shelley.
With portrait frontispiece. A collection of poetry, including works such as: Hymn to Intellectual Beauty, Song of Pro...
Category
European Antique Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Old English Furniture Its True Value & Function with Important Bookplate, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Old English Furniture its true value and function, by H. Avray Tipping With an Important Bookplate of The Right Honorable Malcolm John MacDonald PC OM, (1901 – 1981) who was a British politician and diplomat. He was born to future Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald...
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Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
BARBIER, GEORGE, et al. - Journal des Dames et des Modes
Located in New York, NY
"The Journal des Dames et des Modes was an expression "of the most refined Parisian elegance, and illustrated by the most gifted designe...
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French Early 20th Century Books
Mambu et son Amour; Décors nègres de Jean Vergély – By Louis Charbonneau
Located in Middletown, NY
This attractive and beautifully-bound volume fits in the period's vogue for exploration of African exoticism, with decorative borders on each page inspired by native African designs....
Category
French Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
“The Paris Salons”, 1895-1914 Furniture ‘Book’
Located in Montelabbate, PU
This is the third in a multi-volume collection providing a visual catalogue record of the decorative arts of the Paris Salons. Included in this volume are reproductions of the catalogue illustrations of furniture at the Exposition Universelle of 1900, the annual Salons du Mobilier, and the celebrated 1903 and 1904 expositions of the Ecole de Nancy in the French capital. This chronological record clearly shows the revolution in furniture design that transpired in France at the turn of the century. The illustrations trace precisely the emergence of the art nouveau style in the 1890s, its high point between the 1900 Exposition Universelle and the 1903 Salons, its demise between 1905-1909, the return to period revivalism and the transitional art nouveau - art deco style of 1910-1912 with the proto - art deco style of the immediate pre-war years (1911-1914). Many examples of non-art nouveau works from the period are also included. Hundreds of these contemporary illustrations...
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Early 20th Century Books
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Paper
Custer: The Last of the Cavaliers, Signed by Frazier Hunt, First Edition, 1928
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hunt, Frazier. Custer: The Last of the Cavaliers. Illustrated by Captain John W. Thompson. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1928. First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by Frazi...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
After Strange Gods; A Primer of Modern Heresy, by T. S. Eliot – FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
After Strange Gods; A Primer of Modern Heresy. The Page-Barbour Lectures at the University of Virginia.
London: Faber and Faber, 1934.
First Edition.
8vo, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22...
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American Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Sans Pudeur by Renée Camera, illustrations by Valti
Located in Middletown, NY
"Sans Pudeur" tells of the erotic encounters of a young couple in the countryside with many double-entendres and saucy details. The author is Renée Dunan but the book was published u...
Category
French Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
DOVES PRESS - Lucrece - Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece - LIMITED EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
Hammersmith, The Doves Press, 1915. LIMITED EDITION. Small 4to, 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (235 x 166 mm); xii, 76, colophon, errata, xiv pp.; printed in black a...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Now We Are Six, by A. A. Milne
Located in Middletown, NY
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882–1956). NOW WE ARE SIX.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. First Edition.
Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (191 x 125 mm), pp. xi + 103 + colophon. With its...
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English Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Shelley at Oxford – Early correspondence of P.B.Shelley – GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Shelley, Percy Bysche
Shelley at Oxford; The early correspondence of P.B. Shelley with his friend T.J. Hogg together with letters of Mary Shelley and T. L. Peacock and hitherto unpub...
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English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 Early 20th Century Books
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Paper
Monsieur Tonson by J. Taylor, illustrations by Robert CRUIKSHANK
Located in Middletown, NY
Beautiful illustrated Edition of this humorous short story in verse with Cruikshank's illustrations including frontispiece. This second edition was issued the same year as the first, with the imprint Alfred Miller...
Category
English Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Alexandre M.Raymond, I'art Islamique En Orient, Deuxième Partie
Located in London, GB
Alexandre M. Raymond, I'art Islamique en Orient, deuxième partie.
French, 1924.
Measures: height 49cm, width 37cm, depth 2cm.
This important book is the second volume of French architect Alexandre Raymond’s 1924 treatise on Islamic architecture...
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French Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Check List of Early American Bottles And Flasks by Stephen Van Rensselaer
Located in valatie, NY
Check List of Early American Bottles And Flasks by Stephen Van Rensselaer. Privately printed, New York, 1921. Original first edition softcover. ...
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American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence - PIRATED EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
An early PIRATED edition of the scandalous novel by D.H. Lawrence.
Privately Printed, 1928.
8vo, 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (225 x 158 mm); half title, Limitation page, title, 365 pp. 3/4 r...
Category
American Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of the late Howard Reifsnyder, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of the Late Howard Reifsnyder, including signed pieces by Philadelphia cabinetmakers, formerly contained i...
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American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Plutocrat by Booth Tarkington, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Plutocrat by Booth Tarkington. Doubleday, Page and Co. Garden City, New York 1927. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. The adventurous roman...
Category
American Vintage Early 20th Century Books
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Paper
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