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Technique: Hand-Crafted
“The Machine – Museum of Modern Art New York” Book by K.G. Pontus Hulten 1968
Located in San Diego, CA
A very rare and cool book, “The Machine – As Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age'" by K.G. Pontus Hulten for the Museum of Modern Art New York, circa 1968. The book is in its original form; pressed, painted and hinged aluminum covers with an image of MOMA and a yellow New York taxi cab at the front. This is the exhibition catalogue for an important exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1968 showing an overview of machines and the mechanical age prior to the digital age, as seen through the eyes of and interpreted by many important artists from Da Vinci, to Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Klee, Alexander Calder, Marcel Duchamp, El Lissitzky, Ettore Bugatti...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Aluminum
Set of 10 Curated James Patterson Slip-Covered Books Library/ Media Room Display
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We purchased an entire collection of books from a local Rancho Mirage, California art collector/philanthropist’s chic and perfectly designed home library. An amazing collection or Ar...
Category
1990s Unknown Modern Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Hardcover Book: a Treasury of Gilbert & Sullivan 1941
Located in San Diego, CA
Title: A Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan
The words and music of one hundred and two songs from eleven operettas
Edited: Deems Taylor
Publisher...
Category
1940s American Expressionist Vintage Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
Rare 3 Vol. Book Set, Microcosm of London or London in Miniature by Ackerman
Located in Milford, NH
A rare leatherbound three volume book set titled “Microcosm of London or London in Miniature” published by Rudolph Ackerman (1764 - 1834), illustrated with 104 aquatint plates after ...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Emilio Pucci Fashion Story Oversized Book by Vanessa Friedman Taschen 2010
By Emilio Pucci
Located in North Hollywood, CA
EMILIO. PUCCI Fashion Story by Armando Chitolina Edition and Vanessa Friedman Taschen 2010.
Limited Edition of 10,000 Copies.
Each unique copy is bound with one of a selection of lim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Baroque Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
Horst Interiors by Barbara Plumb Hardcover Book 1993 First Edition
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Horst Interiors by Barbara Plumb Hardcover Coffee Table Book 1993 First Edition.A beautiful monograph of the photographs of Horst P Horst’s by Barbara Plumb. Featuring the social and...
Category
Late 20th Century American American Classical Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
19th-Early 20th Century S.F Bay Area Leather Bound Business Journals
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th-early 20th century S.F Bay Area Leather Bound Business Journals
One journal is mostly filled in. The other is mostly empty.
The dates are circa 1880s-1910s
An interesti...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
Located in Middletown, NY
First Edition. In two Quarto volumes, with copious color illustrations.
London: R. Ackermann, printed by L. Harrison & J. C. Leigh, 1814.
13 x 10.63...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Antique Botanical Book Printing / Engraving Plate, Walnut Frame, 19th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique book printing / engraving plate - featuring stems of Geranium and Currant plants with titles - unsigned - walnut frame - country of origin unknown - 19th century.
Excellent antique condition - no loss - no damage - no restoration - oxidation of the metal plate in areas - signs of age and use.
Printing plate...
Category
19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Lead
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
Early 20th Century French Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Raphael Vatican Rooms – Le Pitture delle Stanze Vaticane
Located in Middletown, NY
Raphael / Raffaello Sanzio
Le Pitture delle Stanze Vaticane di Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino; incise a contorno in 56 tavole
Rome: P.P. Montagnani, 1853.
Folio, 16 5/8 x 11 inches (42...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION 1962 BRIAN WILDSMITH SiGNED ABC CHILDREN'S BOOK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare, highly collectable original 1st Edition signed Brian Wildsmith 1962 children’s A.B.C book
B...
Category
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
Etoffes Japonaises 'Tissues Et Brochees' Complete Folio of Fabric Designs
Located in Sharon, CT
A portfolio consisting of eighty (80) 16"x12" loose chromolithographs of the most beautiful Japanese fabric designs. Published by the Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1905.
Category
Early 20th Century French Japonisme Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
De Conjugio Episcoporum et Diaconorum by Bugenhagen, 1525
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an extremely rare edition hardback copy of De Conjugio Episcoporum et Diaconorum ad uenerandum Doctorem VVolfgangum Reissenbush monasterii Lichtenbergensis Prae ceptorem p...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Frogs by Aristophanes Hardcover in Slipcase Signed and Numbered Ltd Ed. 1937
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Frogs by Aristophanes Hardcover in Slipcase 1937.
The Limited Editions Club number copy 1283 of 1,500 copies circa 1937, translated from the Greek by William James Hickie, with a...
Category
Early 20th Century European Greco Roman Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
Christopher Columbus Fascimile of His Own Book of Privileges 1502, circa 1992
Located in San Francisco, CA
Christopher Columbus Fascimile of His Own Book of Privileges 1502, Mexico, 1992
This rare book is a collection of Christopher Columbus archives that are found in the Foreign Offic...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Les Bambous: Fables de La Fontaine
Located in valatie, NY
Les Bambous: Fables de La Fontaine by Louis Jaham-Desrivaux. Paris: J. Peyronnet & Cie., 1931. French edition paperback rebound in blue calf-leather decorated with embossed bamboo impression in green and gilt. 246 pp. Hardcover in custom slipcase. Disguised as an old Creole patois commander, Fontaine was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. Binding is signed by M. Lambert, a well-known leather book binder...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
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 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
Nicaraguan Antiquities by Carl Bovallius, c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
**RARE**
Nicaraguan Antiquities by Carl Bovallius
From the Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography, originally published in 1886, republished by the San Jose Publishing and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nicaraguan Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
Pair of Hand Tooled Leather Book Ends with Laced Edges
Located in Ferndale, MI
Pair of leather bookendss with hand tooled flower design. Trimmed with intricate leather lacing around edges.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Leather
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
re. O/5567 - This is a collectible book.!
By Peter Mark Roget, M.A., revised and enlarged by Samuel Romilly Roget, M.A. -
London - Great Britain -
Category
Early 20th Century English Other Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Paper
Important Book 'Seigneurs et Princes de Monaco' by S.E René Novella and Philip R
Located in London, GB
Important book 'Seigneurs et Princes de Monaco' by S.E René Novella and Philip Reder
French, Late 20th century
Book: height 6.5cm, width 30cm, depth 38cm
Case: height 9.5cm, width 34cm, depth 40cm
Beautifully decorated in the style reminiscent of Medieval illuminated manuscripts, the book describes the history of Lords and Princes of Monaco. Written by S.E René Novella and illustrated by Philip Reder in the late 20th century, it was manufactured using traditional bookmaking techniques by Arts et Couleurs.
Intricate colour border detailing adorns the pages of this publication, with a colour palette of various shades of green, blue, and red predominating. The names of lords and kings are further decorated with ornate borders, including motifs such as a crown, and the text includes ornate, coloured lettering.
A luxurious red satin case with a red leather spine protects the book which comes with a certificate of authenticity. A collection of red lacquer illustrations depicting various arches is part of the publication. Red leather was used for the cover of the book and is decorated with gold and black debossed patterns.
Only 150 copies were made with the book in Mayfair Gallery...
Category
Late 20th Century French Medieval Hand-Crafted Books
Materials
Leather, Satin, Paper
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