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Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture
Located in valatie, NY
Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, September 19, 1996, Sale 8468, Christie's. First Edition. 226 pages. Text in English and C...
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1990s American Continental US Books
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The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Loom of Art by Germain Bazin. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1962. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In ten chapters of text and plates, Bazin,...
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1960s English Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
Amos Badertscher Images and Stories
Located in New York, NY
The long-awaited first career survey from photographer Amos Badertscher, who comprehensively documented a uniquely American queer underworld
Across s...
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2010s American Continental US Books
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Paper
Industrial Sublime Modernism & the Transformation of NY's Rivers, 1900-1940
Located in valatie, NY
Industrial Sublime: Modernism and the Transformation of New York's Rivers, 1900-1940 by Kristen M. Jensen, Bartholomew F. Bland, Katherine E. Manthorne, Wendy Greenhouse, and Ellen E. Roberts. Fordham University Press, 2013. 1st Ed softcover. Co-published with the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers. The exhibition ran from October 12, 2013, through January 17, 2014. It was not until the first decade of the 20th century, as artists like Robert Henri and John Sloan turned their attention to the urban scene, that American art shifted its focus from bucolic landscapes to the cities, the towns, the crowds, especially the raucous urban scene of Manhattan, by then the nation's most important city. This movement away from painting the land to painting the life on the street is often seen as a clean break with the depiction of the landscape, and with landscape painting generally as a mainstay of American art in the face of European Modernism. However, artists continued to paint the Hudson River, as well as its tributaries, the Harlem and East rivers, and the great harbor of New York City. What was different was their approach. Giving way the romantic ideals of earlier painters, artists like Henri and Sloan, and later, Georgia O'Keeffe, George Ault, Edward Hopper, and Preston Dickinson...
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2010s American Continental US Books
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Paper
Picturing Victorian America: Prints by Kellogg Brothers of Hartford CT 1830-1880
Located in valatie, NY
Picturing Victorian America: Prints by Kellogg Brothers of Hartford CT 1830-1880 by Nancy Finlay. Published by Wesleyan University Press, 2009. Softcover. Winner of the Ewell L. Newman Award from the American Historical Print Collectors Society (2009).
Winner of the Betty M...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Continental US Books
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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...
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Early 20th Century French Continental US Books
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Gold Leaf
Greatest of All Time 'GOAT' a Tribute to Muhammad Ali Promotional Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Greatest of All Time (GOAT) a Tribute to Muhammad Ali.
Muhammad Ali Greatest of All Time Promotional Limited Edition: TASCHEN Promotional book in a tube.
The publisher prospectus...
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20th Century German Modern Continental US Books
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Paper
Great America, French Book by PML Editions, 1988
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Geniale Amerique (Great America), French book by Editions PML, 1988.
America is a rich and immense land of incredible beauty, sometimes still primitive; a complex continent in comple...
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1980s French Modern Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at The Frick
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
American artist Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) revolutionized contemporary portraiture with his vivid depictions of Black subjects beginning in the late 1960s. This book contextualizes Hendricks’s portraits at different stages of the country’s history and places him in the pantheon of innovative twentieth-century artists.
Hendricks developed his signature style at a time of significant social and cultural change in the United States, especially with regard to Black artists, and amid a perceived bifurcation between abstraction and representation. He produced portraits from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Following a hiatus during which he made landscapes, basketball paintings, works on paper, and photographs, he resumed his portraiture practice from 2002 until his death in 2017. Hendricks’s portrait paintings, often derived from photographs of friends and family, hired models, or figures he encountered on the street, were inspired by the artist’s research, international travels, and visits to museums like The Frick Collection, where he studied centuries-old European paintings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Continental US Books
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Paper
Long Island Modernism, 1930-1980, by Caroline Rob Zaleski, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Long Island Modernism, 1930-1980, by Caroline Rob Zaleski. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. An essential reference for architectural followers, historians, and everyone who ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Continental US Books
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Paper
2 Vintage White Beaded Purse Clutch Coin Purse Pocketbook Belgium Lord & Taylor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
2 Vintage White Beaded Purse Clutch Coin Purse Pocketbook Belgium Lord & Taylor. Listing includes (2) purses, fine beadwork, "Lord & Taylor" box, "M...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Continental US Books
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Fabric, Beads
Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet 1976-77, Edited by Anne Jackson
By Sotheby Parke Bernet
Located in valatie, NY
Art At Auction: The Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet 1976-77, Edited by Anne Jackson. Sotheby Park Bernet Publication, London, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dus...
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1970s English Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
Florida Book Collection - Set of 3
Located in Bradenton, FL
A set of three books on Florida. Florida in Poetry by Jane Anderson Jones & Maurice O'Sullivan, hardcover book with dustjacket, stated first edition, published in 1995. Tales of Old ...
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Late 20th Century American Continental US Books
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Paper
Farber Brothers Krome Kraft, A Guide for Collectors Book by Julie Sferrazza 1988
By Farber Bros.
Located in Atlanta, GA
Farber Brothers, Krome Kraft, a guide for collectors. English book, by Julie Sferrazza, 1988.
The book contains information on each piece, including the glass manufacturer, color, an...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
HOUSE OF LORDS. Remembrances for Order. 1712 - WITH THE GILT ARMS OF QUEEN ANNE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: HOUSE OF LORDS.
TITLE: Remembrances for Order and decency to be kept in the Upper house of Parliament by the Lords, when His Majesty is not there.
PUBLISHER: London, May 7...
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1710s English Antique Continental US Books
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Leather
Bedtime Inspirational Beds, Bedrooms, and Boudoirs Book by Celia Forner
Located in New York, NY
Bedtime
Inspirational Beds, Bedrooms, and Boudoirs
By: Celia Forner
Foreword by Gianluca Longo
In our bedrooms, we take leave of our daily woes. Far from the bustle of the kitchen, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Continental US Books
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Paper
The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks by Carolyn J. Weekley, and Laura Pass Barry
Located in valatie, NY
The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks (Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center Series.) by Carolyn J. Weekley, and Laura Pass Barry. 254 pp. with 173 illustrations, including 131 plates in f...
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1990s American Continental US Books
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Paper
Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer by J.M.Nash, First Edition
By J.M. Nash
Located in valatie, NY
The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 271 pp. An overview of Dutch painting in the 17th century. The...
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20th Century American Continental US Books
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Paper
Art at Auction 1971 - 1972 the Year at Sotheby's & Parke-Bernet 1st Ed
By Sotheby Parke Bernet
Located in valatie, NY
Art at Auction 1971 - 1972, The Year at Sotheby's Parke-Bernet. Viking Press, NY. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous color photos of important lots from all of Sotheby's departments and locations.
Trent Antiques has been a respected name in antiques for over 30 years with a large collection of period furniture...
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1970s American Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
François-Xavier Lalanne Catalogue Drawings Sculpture
By Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne
Located in San Diego, CA
François-Xavier Lalanne Catalogue of drawings and sculpture. 36 pages. Limited edition from 1991.
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1990s French Modern Continental US Books
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Paper
Cast Iron & Tin Toys of Yesterday with a Price Guide Don Cranmer, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Cast Iron & Tin Toys of Yesterday with a Price Guide Don Cranmer. Published by L-W Promotions, Sharon Center, OH, 1974. 1st Ed softcover, 108 pages with 100's of illustrations and an...
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1970s American Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
The Houses of McKim, Mead & White Hardcover Book
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Houses of McKim, Mead & White Hardcover Book.
Rizzoli First Edition edition August 15 1998.
With nearly 1,000 commissions executed between 1879 and 1912, McKim, Mead & White was ...
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20th Century American Beaux Arts Continental US Books
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Paper
Pair of Sotheby's Catalogues on Antiquities and Islamic Art
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's New York: Antiquities and Islamic Art, 1990. Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Western Asiatic Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art. 230 l...
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Late 20th Century Continental US Books
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Paper
Meißen, Meissner Porzellan Des Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1710-1750, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Meißen. Meissner Porzellan des Achtzehnten Jahrhunderts. 1710 - 1750. Published by Verlag der Kunst., Dresden., 1956. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Large format book on 18th c Meissen Porcelain. With 120 B&W full page illustrations...
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1950s German Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2015. First Edition hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Publish...
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2010s Canadian Continental US Books
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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...
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Early 1900s American Antique Continental US Books
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Paper
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, A Wonderful Wander, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, A Wonderful Wander. Durham: Duke University, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket. 142 pp. A book on The Sarah P. Duke Gardens a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Continental US Books
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Paper
Jean-Louis Deniot, Interiors
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Author Diane Dorrans Saeks, photographs by Xavier Bejot.
The first book on the work of a designer whose refined classical interiors are widely desired and emulated as the epitome of French style. Honored as one of the top designers by all the international design magazines and universally admired by design editors, Jean-Louis Deniot is in demand. His updated classical approach now graces interiors in Paris, the French countryside, Moscow, India, New York, Chicago, L.A., and beyond—and his legacy is already being compared to that of design greats such as Jacques Grange and Alberto Pinto. Deniot is an architect first, ensuring that the interior architecture of his rooms is harmonious before giving a neoclassical approach to the decor. He brings education, logic, and design history to his work, with one eye looking at the most refined style of French eighteenth century and one eye on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His mix is highly individual and includes contemporary art and custom-made furniture, yet his rooms always look comfortable and are never overly formal or trendy. This book demonstrates a new, sophisticated classical style that is changing the scene for international design and offering inspiration and ideas to decorators, homeowners, and antiques enthusiasts.
About the author
Diane Dorrans Saeks is a noted design lecturer. She is the founder of the design/travel blog The Style Saloniste, and the author of Ann Getty...
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21st Century and Contemporary Continental US Books
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Paper
The Artist's Odyssey - Paintings by Elaine Ehrenkranz
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Artist's Odyssey - Paintings by Elaine Ehrenkranz, edited by Teri Okada. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 2004. Illustrated, 107 pages.
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21st Century and Contemporary Continental US Books
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Paper
Sotheby's Important Americana - Collection of Adolph Henry Meyer, 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Important Americana - Collection of Adolph Henry Meyer, 1st ed hardcover. New York: Sotheby's, 1996. With 222 lots illustrated (mostly in color) and annotated. A one of a k...
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1990s American Continental US Books
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Paper
The Art of Bev Doolittle
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Art of Bev Doolittle, text and poems by Elise Maclay. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1990 by Bantum Books. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 160 pages.
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Late 20th Century Italian Continental US Books
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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 ...
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Early 1900s Spanish Antique Continental US Books
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Paper
Pietro Cicognani Architecture and Design Book by Karen Bruno
Located in New York, NY
Pietro Cicognani
Architecture and Design
By: Karen Bruno
Photography by Francesco Lagnese
Foreword by Isabella Rossellini
For the past thirty years, Itali...
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21st Century and Contemporary Continental US Books
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Paper
Merchant Ivory's English Landscape by John Pym, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Merchant Ivory's English Landscape Rooms, Views, and Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
by John Pym. Published by Harry N Abrams, 1995. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In Merchant Ivory's English Landscape author John Pym's engaging text gives a refreshing account of Merchant Ivory's four English movies (and some of the partnership's earlier works as well), taking the reader behind the scenes of the making of the films, revealing how aspects of the English people and culture were researched and portrayed, locations chosen, and scenes executed. Nearly 100 beautiful film stills and production shots - most are in color and never before seen...
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1990s American Continental US Books
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Paper
Monet's London, Artist's Reflections on the Thames 1859-1914
Located in Bradenton, FL
Monet's London, Artist's Reflections on the Thames 1859-1914. Softcover book published in 2005. Co-published by the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg and Snoeck Publishers of Ghe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Continental US Books
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Paper
Sotheby's, the Ralph Richardson Collection, April 2001
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Ralph Richardson collection, April 2001. Softcover auction catalogue with 351 lots on 152 pages of the famous actor. With results.
NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent A...
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Early 2000s English Continental US Books
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Paper
Fashion Magazine Collection Haute Couture 1939-1960 Bazaar Louise Dahl-Wolfe MCM
By Conde Nast
Located in Peoria, AZ
Incredible
Fashion Magazine Collection
Haute Couture
Mid Century Furnishing Resource
1939-1960
An extensive collection of the hardest to obtain fashion magazines of the 20th Century’s mid century period - fashion's golden age and the peak of the magazine industry.
Single issues and bound volumes from publications like Mademoiselle, Harper's Bazaar, Jr. Bazaar, Charm, Vogue, Town & Country and more are included and feature thousands of fashions, articles and advertisements. Tons of mid century modern furniture in situ. Lots of housewares, cars and more. A plethora of spectacular Louise Dahl...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Continental US Books
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Paper
Tuscan Countess The Life & Extraordinary Times of Matilda Book by Michèle Spike
Located in New York, NY
Tuscan Countess
The Life and Extraordinary Times of Matilda of Canossa
By: Michèle K. Spike
This is a fast-paced and colorful exploration of the life of Matilda of Canossa (c. 1046–1115), the woman who loved a pope and was loved by him, successfully defied the Holy Roman Emperor, and changed the map of Europe. A new kind of history, this biography also carries the flavor of present-day Italy. Matilda of Canossa, the “Great Countess,” was a remarkable woman. Her personal power was so extraordinary that even centuries after her death she became the first woman to be interred in St. Peter’s Basilica. She is best remembered for her role in the conflict between the papacy and the Holy Roman emperor, the climax of which took place at her castle of Canossa. This unique biography is also a journal of the author’s travels through contemporary Tuscany as she explores the palaces where Matilda held court, the blood-stained plains on which her soldiers battled, the churches and cathedrals she endowed, and the fortified aeries where she sought refuge. Readers will be swept along on this engrossing journey retracing the steps of a courageous and brilliant woman.
Michèle K. Spike is a lawyer and historian who has lived in Florence since 1989. She has collaborated with her husband, John Spike, on numerous books on...
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21st Century and Contemporary Continental US Books
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Paper
Sotheby's Furniture, Ceramics, Decorations, Estate of George Parker, Jr.
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Decorations and Carpets including the Property from the Estate of George Parker, Jr. Texas and the Haussner F...
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1990s American Continental US Books
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Paper
Stately Mansions, 18th Century Paris Architecture, First Edition
By Michel Gallet
Located in valatie, NY
Stately Mansions, 18th century Paris Architecture by Michel Gallet. NY: Praeger Publishers,1972. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 196 pp. A...
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20th Century American Continental US Books
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Paper
Diego Rivera, Murals for the Museum of Modern Art, by Leah Dickerman, 1st Ed
By MOMA Museum New York
Located in valatie, NY
Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art by Leah Dickerman and Anna Indych-Lopez. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2011. 1st Ed hardcover with no dust jacket as published. From the personal library of Herbert Kasper. Herbert Kasper was an American fashion designer known as "Kasper." He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at The Parsons School of Design in New York from 1951–53 and l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After WW II he enrolled at Parsons, where he became a protégé of milliner Fred Frederics. After graduating, he returned to Paris for two years developing his skills in design while working for Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the US, he worked for Frederics at Mr. John. He was an avid art collector with a famous art collection, and in 2011, the Morgan Library and Museum devoted an exhibition, called “Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.
In 1931, Diego Rivera was the subject of The Museum of Modern Art's second monographic exhibition, which set new attendance records in its five-week run. The Museum brought Rivera to New York six weeks before the show's opening and gave him on-site studio space. There he produced five “portable murals” --large blocks of frescoed plaster...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Continental US Books
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Paper
T. Y. Chao Private & Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramic, Rare
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The T. Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part 1, Hong Kong October 1986. Rare First Edition hardcover with dust...
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1980s Hong Kong Vintage Continental US Books
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Russian Imperial Style Book, Hardbound, 1st Edition with Jacket
By Laura Cerwinske
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sumptuously illustrated with over 100 stunning full-page color photographs, this exquisite book displays the opulence and incomparable beauty of the treasures created for and collect...
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1990s American Balkan Continental US Books
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Paper
Jasper Johns, Work Since 1974
Located in Bradenton, FL
Jasper Johns, Work Since 1974, by Mark Rosenthal. Softcover book, published in 1990 by Thames and Hudson. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Illustrated, 112 pages.
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1990s American Continental US Books
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Authentic Reproductions Sales Cat. of the H.C. Valentine & Co. with 10-Booklets
Located in valatie, NY
Antiques - Authentic Reproductions Sales Catalogue of the H.C. Valentine & Co., Antiques Co., East Franklin St., Richmond, Virginia VA, c1940. A hard-cased catalog containing 10-booklets: English Sheffield Silver, Lawn & Garden Furniture from Old Virginia...
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1940s American Vintage Continental US Books
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Mahogany, Paper
Art of Parmigianino by David Franklin, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Art of Parmigianino by David Franklin. Published by Yale University Press for National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 2003. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket Exhibition Catalog. Published...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Continental US Books
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Paper
Day in the Country Impression and French Landscape, Exhibition Catalog, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Day in the Country: Impression and French Landscape Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, and Reunion Des Musees Nationaux (France). Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. 375 pp. Numerous b/w and color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1984-1985 exhibition series of impressionistic art by 17 artists. With a variety of texts by Richard Brettel, Scott Schaefer, Sylvie Gache-Patin, and Francoise Heilbrun. The artists are: Frederic...
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1980s American Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
1939 The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers’ Project Guide
Located in Stamford, CT
1939 The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers’ Project Guide. Rare Hardcover 1st edition.
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1930s American Modern Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
Sotheby’s Auction Catalog Fine European Furniture Ny October 2008
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby’s Auction catalog fine European Furniture Ny October 2008. Sotheby's NY, 2008. 1st Ed softcover with results. Highlighted by a large Russian n...
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Early 2000s American Continental US Books
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Paper
Sotheby's: Jewelry From John Traina Collection Auction Catalog 2011
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Jewelry From John Traina Collection Auction Catalog 2011. 1st Ed softcover catalog. 92 lots. All lots described and illustrated in color. With an Index of Jewelry Makers. Consisting of cufflinks, men's jeweled dress...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Continental US Books
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Paper
Masterpieces of Painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Masterpieces of Painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Published by J. Paul Getty Museum, 1980. 1st Ed softcover. Rooted in a passion for the Italian Renaissance as well as Dutch and ...
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1980s American Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
Laverne Originals Catalog (ABCDEF)
By Laverne Originals
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 Continental US Books
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Paper
Vintage "Pictures" Book by Herb Ritts
By Herb Ritts
Located in San Diego, CA
The quintessential distillation of American Pop culture in the eighties, "Pictures" by Herb Ritts, circa 1988. The book is in very good vintage condition and measures 11.25" x 14.5". A must have! #4282
Herb Ritts was an American fashion photographer who concentrated on black-and-white photography and portraits in the style of classical Greek sculpture. Consequently some of his more famous pieces are of male and female nudes in what can be called glamour photography.
Ritts was born in Los Angeles, California to a prosperous family. His parents, Herb and Shirley Ritts, owned a successful furniture business. He received an economics degree from Bard College in upstate New York in 1974 and soon after returned to Los Angeles to work as a sales representative for his family's business. He came out as gay to his parents while in college; they were accepting and supportive.
However, Ritts started taking night classes in photography and decided to dedicate himself to the art in the late 1970s. His first break into the business occurred as a result of taking portraits of his actor friend Richard Gere. These photos gained national exposure on the covers of many magazines.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he worked with magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue on portraits of famous people and artistic photos of models.
Subjects of his black-and-white celebrity portraits included Kofi Annan, Cindy Crawford, Tenzin Gyatso (the Dalai Lama), Madonna, Jack Nicholson and Elizabeth Taylor.
In 1981, Ritts took photos for the album cover of Olivia Newton-John's Physical. He started his long term collaboration with Madonna in 1984, when he shot the ad for her movie Desperately Seeking Susan.
In 1984, he photographed Eagles drummer and vocalist Don Henley for his second solo album Building the Perfect Beast.
In 1986, Ritts shot the cover photo of Madonna's True Blue album. He later ventured into the world of music video at a suggestion of Madonna and filmed her video "Cherish". In 1988, he photographed Steve Winwood for his Roll With It album. In 1989, he photographed Belinda Carlisle...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Continental US Books
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Paper
Jeff Zimmerman: Glass Light Space
Located in New York, NY
A decade’s worth of spectacular works by renowned glass artist Jeff Zimmerman, a maker at the height of his creative power
Covering the most creative period of this premier glass ar...
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2010s American Continental US Books
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Paper
Dreams Through the Glass Windows from Bergdorf Goodman by Linda Fargo, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Dreams Through the Glass: Windows from Bergdorf Goodman by Linda Fargo. Assouline, NY, 2003. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Each window is a fantastic tableau, a narrative, a piece of theater inviting the viewer into rich imaginary worlds of fashion and surrealistic luxury. Window design is a vanishing metier, but it remains an enduring art form providing rare views through the glass into fantastic realms of dreams and fantasy. In these pages, Linda Fargo, the renowned window artist for Bergdorf Goodman, opens up her portfolio of magical tableaux created especially for this crown jewel of the retail world. Her palette is wonderfully rich and eclectic, juxtaposing relics of the past and the present, symbols of art and literature, western culture and exotic lands, moving easily between the marvelous and the everyday. These windows continue to astonish and delight all who flock to them for the traditional annual Christmas displays...
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Early 2000s American Continental US Books
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Architecture of William McCall, Jr., Designer in the Classical Tradition
Located in valatie, NY
The Architecture of Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA: A Complete Designer in the Classical Tradition. Stated 1st Ed and 1st printing hardcover with dust jacket. By William Robert Mitchell, Jr., and photographed by Van Jones Martin. Frank McCall Jr., FAIA was a noted architect who like his colleagues, Edward Vason Jones, James Means, Philip Shutze, et al. practiced in the classical tradition. Born April 14, 1916, in Gainesville, Florida, McCall later lived briefly in Albany, Georgia, and moved to Moultrie...
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1980s American Vintage Continental US Books
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Paper
Sotheby's: The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities & Ancient Glass, 6/1990
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The Breitbart Collection of Antiquities & Ancient Glass, 6/1990. 145 lots, Ancient Glass; Egyptian, Western Asiatic, and classical antiquities...
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1990s American Continental US Books
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1925 The Memory Years, French Book by Editions Larousse, 1988
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
1925, Les Années-Mémoire (1925, The Memory Years), French book by Editions Larousse, 1988.
Relive the year 1925 as if you were there. This volume will make you relive, with emotion, ...
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1980s French Modern Vintage Continental US Books
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Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
Tauba Auerbach’s Geometric Pop-Up Book Is Mighty Rare, Thanks to a Hurricane
This sculptural art book has an epic backstory of its own.
Step inside the Storied Mansions of Palm Beach’s Most Effervescent Architect
From Spanish-style courtyards to fanciful fountains, these acclaimed structures abound in surprising and elegant details.
A Heady Group of Industry Insiders Pick the World’s Top Interior Designers
With a vast range of styles and perspectives, this global roster of talents represents the best of design.