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Period: 1950s
Material: Paper
On the Waterfront
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster from (1954) This is a classic American crime drama it received 12 Academy Award nominations, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Marlon...
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1950s French Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

To the One I Love the Best 1955 by Ludwig Bemelmans
By Ludwig Bemelmans, Elsie de Wolfe
Located in Stamford, CT
To the One I Love the Best 1955 by Ludwig Bemelmans. 255 pages, Hardcover. First edition Viking Press. January 1, 1955. Clear Mylar jacket has been added to protect the original book...
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1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Salvador Dali Rare Hand Signed Midcentury Book A Study Of His Art In Jewels 1959
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite scarce and coveted hardcover book in slipcase - "Dali: A Study of His Art-In-Jewels (The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation)". Bound into the book are color photog...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Dior by Dior the Autobiography of Christian Dior 1957 English Ed.
Located in Stamford, CT
Dior by Dior the Autobiography of Christian Dior 1957 English Ed. Featuring four distinct sections - The Birth of Maison Christian Dior; From the...
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1950s English Neoclassical Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Frank Lloyd Wright Autograph & Associated Memorabilia - Beth Sholom
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An autograph and associated memorabilia. A framed autograph from Frank Lloyd Wright. With a series of Philadelphia Inquirer articles on the Beth Sholom Synagogue, and an program fr...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1957 The Fall
By Albert Camus
Located in Bath, GB
A superb copy of the first UK edition of this philosophical novel from French existentialist author, Albert Camus. The first UK edition, first impression with no further impressions...
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1950s British Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Signed by Truman Capote, First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's: A short novel and three stories. New York: Random House, 1958. First edition, first issue printing. Signed by Truman Capote. In the original p...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Picasso Ceramic Plate Portfolio Book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and special portfolio of Picasso Ceramics published by Albert Skira, Inc., 1955. Foreword by Suzanne and George Ramié. This incredible portfolio contains 18 colorplates of Pic...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Laverne Originals Catalog (ABCDEF)
Located in New York, NY
Early catalog for Laverne Originals, the modern design company founded by Estelle and Erwine Laverne in 1938. From its modest origins producing primarily wallpapers and textiles, Lav...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1955 Hickory Dickory Dock
Located in Bath, GB
A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Poirot tale. The first edition, first impression, with no other impressions stated. Signed and dedicated by the aut...
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1950s British Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Altamira: Italian Furniture Glassware Lamps Accessories
Located in New York, NY
Catalog showcasing high-end Italian furnishings and accessories, published circa 1956 by the fabled Altamira design center located at 18 East 50th St in New York City. Per the introduction, “Altamira is the only center in this country where Interior-Architecture by Italy’s foremost architects is represented together with furniture, handicrafts, accessories and every other element essential to the modern interior.” Altamira commissioned a line of furniture from Gio Ponti in 1953, crafted by Giordano Chiesa in Milan. Included were a number of Ponti’s iconic mid-century designs—the Distex lounge chair and a self-described masterpiece, the two-drawer desk, model AP 1025, are shown in the present catalog. Shown, too, are furniture designs by Ponti’s fellow “interior architects” and designers Marco Zanuso (produced by Arflex Milano), Enrberto Carboni, Enrico Peresutti of BBPR, Carlo Pagani, Enrico Taglietti, Nino Zancada, Ico and Luisa Parisi, Ignacio Gardella...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Altamira Catalog Circa 1956
Located in New York, NY
Mid-1950’s catalog for the fabled Altamira design center, located at 18 E 50th St in New York City, one of the top U.S. venues for high-end Italian design. Altamira commissioned a li...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1958 Our Man in Havana
By Graham Greene
Located in Bath, GB
A smart first edition copy of this black comedy by Graham Greene, an exceptional novel by one of the leading writers of the twentieth century, scarce to see in the promotional wrapar...
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1950s British Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Citizen Kane
Located in London, GB
Original German film poster used for the film's re-release in the 1960's Orson Welles at the age of only twenty-five directed, produced, co-wrote and starred in this remarkable film....
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1950s Swedish Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Svenskt Tenn, Strandvagen 5, Stockholm: samtliga möbler och textiler
Located in New York, NY
Svenskt Tenn catalog featuring the furniture, lighting, and botanical-print textile and wallpaper designs of in-house architect/designer Josef Frank. Published in the early 1950’s, t...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Michigan State Spartans Football 1952 Calendar
Located in Garnerville, NY
Straight from the Spartan alumnus and their estate. Graduating in 1952 in Graphic Arts, he was a rabid sports fan. This calendar was procured from his study. Green graphics on heavie...
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1950s American Sporting Art Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Flair Magazine, Complete Set, February 1950 to January 1951 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the complete set of the 12 monthly issues that were ever printed of "Flair", which at the time of its production was very stylish and innovative, it folded after only one yea...
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1950s Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Memoirs: Year of Decisions and Years of Trial and Hope, Signed by Harry Truman
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Truman, Harry. Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions [and] Years of Trial and Hope. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1955-1956. Special Kansas City Limited Edition. Two Volumes...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Blue Lamp
Located in London, GB
This British drama was directed by Basil Dearden and stars Jack Warner as PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley and Dirk Bogarde. The title refers to the blue lantern that is outside British police...
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1950s British Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Framed Set of Samoan Island Vintage Postcards
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Evoke the allure of the Samoan Islands with this charming framed set of vintage postcards. Featuring nostalgic imagery capturing the essence of Samoan culture and landscapes, this co...
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1950s Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Wood, Paper

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, First Edition, in Dust Jacket, 1951
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First edition, first issue. Octavo. In the original publisher’s black cloth boards, with gilt titles to the spine. In the original publisher’s first issue dust jacket. Presented with an archival clamshell case. This is a very collectible first edition, first issue printing of J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in Boston, on July 16, 1951. This book is presented in its original black cloth boards and original first issue dust jacket with $3.00 price on the front flap and with the Lotte Jacobi photo credit on Salinger’s portrait on the rear panel. This first edition, first issue is without “Reprinted July 1951” on the copyright found in later issues. The Catcher in the Rye details two days in the life of 16 year old Holden Caulfield, after he is expelled from his school. Confused and disillusioned, Holden is both intrigued and repelled by the trappings and realities of adulthood. An immediate success upon its publication in 1951, and popular with young readers since, the book has sold over 65 million copies. Since the book’s publication, Holden Caulfield has entered the pantheon of American literary heroes. Very few works of art have had the cultural and literary impact of Salinger’s novel. “The Catcher in the Rye was a symptom of a need, after a ghastly war and during a ghastly pseudo-peace, for the young to raise a voice of protest against the failures of the adult world. The young used many voices--anger, contempt, self-pity--but the quietest, that of a decent perplexed American adolescent, proved the most telling" (Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, pp. 53-54). CONDITION: Good condition overall. Octavo. In the original publisher’s black cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. The boards show slight wear to the edges, minor creasing to the spine, and some light spotting to the edges. In the original publisher’s first issue dust jacket. Dust jacket has minor separation along the front flap panel fold, some toning, minimal soiling, and chipping with loss to "th" in "the" and touching the "E" in "CATCHER" on the spine. The dust jacket is not price-clipped. Interior pages are mostly healthy, save light toning. Book has a previous owner’s inscription “Harry Weber...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Sleeping Beauty
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for Walt Disney's 1959 animation Sleeping Beauty. This is the Style B poster. The poster is conservation linen backed and wo...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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Fulvio Bianconi - Designi di BIANCONI
Located in Vancouver, BC
Extremely uncommon Fulvio Bianconi Milan, circa 1959. Small folio, cloth with jacket, 72pp. one of 500 copies, signed by Bianconi with an additional inscription initiated by Bianco...
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1950s Italian Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

1958 Ordeal By Innocence
Located in Bath, GB
A vanishingly scarce to see signed first edition of this classic Christie mystery. The first edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. In the original unclipped...
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1950s British Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Picasso's Variations On Velazquez Painting "The Maids of Honor" Abrams, 1st Ed.
By Jaime Sabartés, Harry N. Abrams, Pablo Picasso
Located in Rochester, NY
Picasso's Variations on Velazquez Painting "The Maids of Honor" And Other Recent Works - With a Personal Reflection by Jaime Sabartes - Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers, New York. Pub...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

"Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson" Signed by Herbert Hoover, Sixth Printing, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hoover, Herbert. The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958. Signed and inscribed by Herbert Hoover. Sixth printing. Original dust jacket...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Dunbar For Modern: Market Notes, January 8 to January 19, 1951
Located in New York, NY
Small format brochure published in January 1951 showcasing 39 Edward Wormley designs for Dunbar Furniture, presented at the Chicago Merchandise Mart. Highlights include the Sleepy Hollow chair...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Herbert Matter Knoll Catalog 1950 Vintage
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic Knoll catalog ca' 1950 designed by Herbert Matter. Spiral bound with approx. 80 pages. Silver cover with big K Knoll logo that became a classic.
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1950s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

On the Waterfront
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still. For the 1954 classic drama On the Waterfront. The film starred Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J Cobb. Guinness...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Swan
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still. For the 1955 comedy romance The Swan The film starred Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness. This film was directed...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

The Incredible Shrinking Man / Radiazioni, B, 'X' Distruzione Uomo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1957 Science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Man. This poster would have been used outside the cinema in a display case at the time of the ...
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1950s Italian Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Frank Lloyd Wright Signature Collage
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation bank check, signed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The check is dated March 1, 1954, payable to Iovanna lloyd Wright ...
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1950s American Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Sunset Boulevard
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 3 for the American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden, Gl...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Sunset Boulevard
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 6 for the American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden, Gl...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Sensualita
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare original Italian film poster for the 1952 film Sensualita This film starred Marcello Mastroianni. Eleonora Rossi Drago and Amedeo Nazzari. The film was dir...
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1950s Italian Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

History of The American People, French Book in 2 Volumes by André Maurois, 1955
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Histoire du Peuple Americain (History of the American People), French book in two volumes by André Maurois from the French Academy, 1955/56. Volume I: Europe discovers America - At t...
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1950s French Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Paris 1925, French Book by Armand Lanoux, 1957
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paris 1925, French book by Armand Lanoux, published by Editions Robert Delpire, Paris in 1957. 1925, which only raised sarcasm yesterday, softened suddenly. We say retro for the fiftieth anniversary of the Decorative Arts. OK, go retro! Joséphine Baker, Charlot, la Violettera, bell bottoms, the threepenny franc, and Valentino reappear in our mythology. Einstein's surrealism, Picasso the Augustus and Cocteau the White Clown, Stravinsky, and Freud have not left her. With the lamé shirt...
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1950s French Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

North by Northwest / La Mort aux Trousses
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful original Belgium film poster US from the first release of this Classic Hitchcock in Belgium in 1959. This piece in unfolded and conservation linen backed it would...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Sunset Boulevard
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 7 for the American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden, Gl...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

La Strada
Located in London, GB
Original German film poster for the Italian drama La Strada 1954. This film was directed by Federico Fellini and starred Giuletta Masina, Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart. This pos...
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1950s German Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Le Corbusier Der Modulor 2 Book, 1955
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The Modulor in 1954 and Modulo...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for the 1958 drama staring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. This film was directed by Richard Brooks. This poster is conservation linen backed and it w...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Popeye
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for Popeye 1950. This is what's known as a stock poster as instead of creating different posters the studio created one piece of artwork for a season of...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Vintage Biography, Sir Emery Walker, Danish, Limited Edition, English Language
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage biography of Sir Emery Walker. A Danish, limited edition overview of the British printer and photographer, published in English in 1959....
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1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Le Corbusier Salubra Wallpaper Book Second Edition 1959
Located in München, BY
Second Salubra collection by Le Corbusier - 1959 Very rare and collectible. Original sample book from 1959. With the original movable frames, which can be passed over the color car...
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1950s French Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Fabric, Paper

Mini Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 1: A-Bukovina - Vintage Book from USSR, 1J151
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Step into the captivating world of vintage knowledge with this remarkable tome, "Mini Soviet Encyclopedia, Volume 1: A-Bukovina." This hardcover encyclopedia, sourced from the USSR a...
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1950s Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Children's Encyclopedia: Earth's Crust, Celestial Bodies - Vintage Book, 1J152
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Journey back in time and embark on an enlightening exploration of our planet's mysteries with the captivating vintage treasure, "Children's Encyclopedia: Earth's Crust, Celestial Bod...
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1950s Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Numbers and Figures, Matter and Energy: Vintage Children's Encyclopedia, 1J150
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Step into the enchanting world of vintage knowledge with this captivating tome, "Numbers and Figures, Matter and Energy," sourced from the USSR and dating back to around 1959. This r...
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1950s Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Mid Century Massachusetts Institute of Technology Collectibles
Located in Riverdale, NY
Mid Century Massachusetts Institute of Technology Collectibles. Upgrade your legacy and clout with a few well placed trinkets from Mid Century M.I.T. sca...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Porcelain, Wood, Paper

East of Eden by John Steinbeck, First Trade Edition, in Original DJ, 1952
By John Steinbeck
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. Octavo. First trade edition, first printing. In original lime green cloth boards with green titles to the spine and o...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Large Parchment and Brass Pipe Shaped Box by Aldo Tura for Macabo, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Pipe shaped box by Aldo Tura for Macabo. Parchment covered piece with brass and ash wood details
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1950s Italian Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Brass

1959 Goldfinger
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart first edition copy of the seventh James Bond novel. With the original Richard Chopping dustwrapper in a fantastic condition. First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding...
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1950s British Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Antique Religious Book Sculptural Artwork, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique religious book artwork consisting of two books tied together by a thread. Two volumes of the Roman Missal published in Catalan by an Unknown ed...
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1950s Spanish Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

Diamond Smugglers by Ian Fleming, First Edition, in Dust Jacket, 1957
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. The Diamond Smugglers. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Octavo. First edition, first impression. In the original dust jacket and original black cloth-textured boards. Prese...
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1950s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

XL Old School Map of Belgium 'Printed by Procure', 1950s
Located in Oostende, BE
XL Old school map of Belgium (Printed by Procure). Presumably from around 1950-1960.
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1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Metal

Original Ladislav Sutnar Catalog Design Progress
By Ladislav Sutnar
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated. Original spiral-bound cream boards with modern design in color on cover reverse white lettering on red label of spiral, in original tan dustjacket with cu...
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Signed by Ernest Hemingway, Later Edition, 1955
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Schribner’s Sons, 1955. Later edition. Signed and inscribed by Hemingway on front free endpaper. Octavo. Rebound in ¼ black leather and burgundy cloth boards with gilt tooling to the spine. Presented with a new archival slipcase. This is a later edition of the classic Hemingway novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls. Published in 1955, this printing was signed and inscribed by Hemingway two years later, in 1957, while aboard the liner Ile de France. Written on the front free endpaper, the inscription reads, "To Robert Stein...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Leather, Paper

Albert Einstein Typed Letter, 1951, Signed
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This is a typed letter from Albert Einstein to Mrs. Clotilde Orszag of New York hand signed by the noted physicist. The letter, written in German, is d...
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1950s Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities

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Paper

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