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Item Ships From: England
Paolo Buffa Designer 30 opere dal 1939 al 1968 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A Master of Design
For almost half a century, the architect Paolo Buffa has occupied the furniture design scene with a well-recognizable style: a limpid art, skilful and exquisite in...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Harmonies Interieurs de Ruhlmann (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A sumptuous celebration of Art Deco interior decoration, in an overview of the interiors designed by the greatest and most influential of French Art Deco interior decorators and furn...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Serge Mouille Luminaires (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a scarce soft covered catalogue "Le Regard D'Alan" which features twenty-light fittings designed and produced by Serge Mouille during his short career in this particular fiel...
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Mid-20th Century England Books
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Paper
Madame Gres: Sculptural Fashion by Olivier Saillard (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Accompanies an exhibition at the MoMu Fashion Museum, Province of Antwerp from September - February 2013
A remarkable couturier, with a career spanning half a century, Madame Alix Grès...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Line Vautrin: Sculptor, Jeweller, Magician (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Line Vautrin & Patrick Mauries
Line Vautrin is one of those archetypally French personalities - others are Cocteau, Piaf and Christian Berard - whose talents are compounded of dre...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1952 Invisible Man
By Ralph Ellison
Located in Bath, GB
The sought after first edition, first printing of Ralph Ellison's monumental award winning novel, his first and only work to be published during his lifetime.
The first edition, fir...
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1950s American Vintage England Books
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Paper
$5,246
Makers of Contemporary Architecture (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
5 Volume set
Philip Johnson by John M. Jacobus. JR. Hardback. 128 pages.
Kenzo Tange by Robin Boyd. Hardback. 125 pages.
R. Buckminster Fuller by John McHale. Hardback 128 pages.
Lou...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Fornasetti Designer of Dreams by P. Mauries (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Piero Fornasetti lived and worked in Milan from 1935 until his death in 1988. during this long career he established an enduring reputation as a designer with a style that was all hi...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Charlie Mackesy The Boy, the Mole, the Fox & the Horse SIGNED set - 1st Edition
By Charlie Mackesy
Located in London, GB
A very rare complete collection of signed true First edition / First Print of all five published editions of
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
All hand signed in person by the author, artist and illustrator Charlie Mackesy...
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21st Century and Contemporary English England Books
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Paper
Gilbert Poillerat: Maitre Ferronnier by Francois Baudot (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Recognized during his lifetime as one of the great masters of ironwork - as evidenced by the close collaboration with the most renowned decorators of the time such as André Arbus, Ja...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Collection Karl Lagerfeld: Arts Decoratifs Du XXe Siecle Sotheby's (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Sotheby's sale catalogue of the sale of 20th century objets and furniture from the collection of Karl Largerfeld dated 15th May 2003. The catalogue will prove to be of great value as...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Chateau De Groussay, Sotheby's Sale Catalogues (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a four volume boxed set of the sales catalogues produced by Sotheby's for the contents of this famed collection. The sale took place over 4 days in June 1999 and realized a total of $26.5 million. Many of the contents on the day of the sale had come from another famous home of this renowned collector Carlos de Beistegui...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Il Design Italiano Degli Anni '50 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Edited by Andrea Branzi & Michele De Lucchi
This book is a photographic record of an exhibition which was organised in 1977 to showcase "Italian Design in the Fifties", all manner o...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Le Corbusier: Furniture and Interiors 1905-1965 by Arthur Ruegg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Le Corbusier, one of the world's most important and influential architects and accomplished visual artist, also created a vast oeuvre of interior and furniture designs. The chaise-lo...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Edgar Brandt, Master of Art Deco Ironwork - Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A book on one of the 20th centuries greatest metalsmiths. Brandt was one of an extraordinary group of artist-craftsmen which included people such as Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Jean Puif...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Rembrandt Bugatti 'Catalogue Raisonne' (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
By Jacques-Chalom Des Cordes & Veronique Fromanger des Cordes
First edition and numbers 667 of this precious catalogue raisonne of animal sculptures by Rembrandt Bugatti...
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Early 20th Century England Books
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Paper
Antique Equestrian Reference Book, Modern Practical Farriery, English, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique reference title - Modern Practical Farriery, by W.J. Miles et al. An English language, hard bound non-fiction book, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Full title, as follows: Modern practical farriery - a complete guide to all that relates to the horse, its history, varieties, and uses; breaking, training, feeding, stabling, and grooming; how to buy, keep and treat a horse in health and disease, etc.; forming a complete system of the veterinary art, as at present practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London / by W.J. Miles, M.R.C.V.S.L.; with numerous illustrations and a series of anatomical plates, engraved from original drawings from nature, by Benjamin Herring, Esq.; to which is added an essay on the diseases and management of cattle, sheep, and pigs by J.L. Lupton, M.R.C.V.S.
Intact order, with some light marks but remarkably presentable for age and intended use
Superb frontispiece in colour, redolent of contemporary William Morris print...
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Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique England Books
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Paper
Francis Bacon: Full Face and in Profile by Michel Leiris, (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Bacon is one of the most painterly artists of our time: his colour-drenched canvases are disturbing and stimulating. This volume comprises his series of portraits and self-portraits,...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1932 Fairy Tales
By Hans Christian Andersen
Located in Bath, GB
Beautifully illustrated with full colour plates, and in the publisher's original vellum binding, this is a charming limited edition collection of the tales of Hans Christian Andersen...
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1930s British Vintage England Books
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Paper
$4,020
J. M. Frank: A Private European Collection Christie's Catalogue (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a hard backed sale catalogue with the original dust jacket, in good condition, which was produced by Christies for the sale of an important collection of furniture by some of...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1750 The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher
By Francis Beaumont
Located in Bath, GB
A handsomely bound ten volume first complete collected edition of the works of these two celebrated Renaissance dramatists.
he first complete edition of the works of these two drama...
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1750s British Antique England Books
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Paper
Calder: A Study of the Works of Alexander Calder by H. H. Arnason (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Alexander Calder is one of the world's best known living sculptors. He has achieved world-wide recognition as the artist who made sculpture move, and he is one of the few men in hist...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Vladimir Kagan: A Lifetime of Avant-Garde Design (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Preface by Tom Ford Foreword by Zaha Hadid
Pointed Leaf Press is pleased to announce that we will be publishing an updated edition of The Complete Kagan: Vladimir Kagan, A Lifetime ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Jean Prouve: Objects and Furniture Design by Patricia De Muga (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
As a young man, Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) longed to become an engineer, but as his family could not afford the requisite training, at 15 he was apprenticed to a master blacksmith in Pa...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Elizabeth Garouste et Mattia Bonetti (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonnetti have been at the forefront of the decorative arts for a few years. After creating the Barbary style , they imposed a poetic and cultured look i...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
125 Years of Louis Vuitton (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two books in soft covers housed in a brown cloth covered slip case with cream lettering. One volume illustrates Louis Vuitton products through the years, the second illustrates the "...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
$275 / set
2 Vols Antique Book, British Sports and Sportsmen, English, Sporting Reference
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 2 large antique volumes of British Sports and Sportsmen. An English, bound and numbered limited edition sporting reference book, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1920.
...
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1920s British Other Vintage England Books
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Leather, Paper
Colouring Bronzing and Patination of Metals (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Richard Hughes & Michael Rowe
In this book the authors have assembled and tested the recipes included. It is a most comprehensive work of reference on the subject and essential re...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay by Annamaria Giusti (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The art of decorative stone work - known as Pietre Dure, or polychrome hardstone inlay resurfaced in Rome in the sixteenth century with the flowering of the Italian Renaissance. Tabl...
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16th Century Antique England Books
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Paper
1894 The Works of Charles Dickens
By Charles Dickens
Located in Bath, GB
An excellent uniform collection of the 'Crown Edition' of Charles Dicken's works, bound in signed calf by Bumpus.
A lovely set comprising the complete seventeen volumes that make up...
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1890s British Antique England Books
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Paper
Tamara De Lempicka: Paris 1920-1938 by Gioia Mori (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Tamara de Lempicka is a phenomenon. It was of its time, it remains so today. In her time, in the Paris of the twenties and thirties, she brilliantly embodied a happy moment of artist...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Large Antique Book of Baronial Halls Volume 1, Reference, English, Mid Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique book, The Baronial Halls of England Volume 1. An English language reference guide, dated to the mid Victorian period, published 1858.
Full title: The Baronia...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique England Books
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Paper
New Furniture 4 1956/1958 Edited by Gerd Hatje Text by Wolfgang Clasen (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the Fourth Volume of New Furniture, the International Annual devoted to the field of furniture design. Like its predecessors, this selection should be considered a report, ra...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Contemporary Danish Furniture Design (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book as you may see from the main image; is termed "a short illustrated review" - which describes the work of some 120 Danish Furniture Designers and is accompanied buy 520 illu...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
James Bond First Edition 'You Only Live Twice' by Ian Fleming
By Ian Fleming
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A first edition of 'You Only Live Twice' by Ian Fleming, with later dust jacket, as part of the James Bond series.
Origin: English
Date: 1964
Item Number: 1001254
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Mid-20th Century English England Books
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Paper
The Furniture of Versailles, 17th and 18th Centuries '2 Volume Box Set' (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully photographed 2 volume box set of books which presents this prestigious collection of furniture in a way that cannot be seen by visitors to the palace. Versailles was th...
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18th Century Antique England Books
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Paper
4 Vols Antique Botany Books, Flowers of Modern Voyages, English, Georgian, 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 antique botany books, the Flowers of Modern Voyages by William Adams. An English language botany record with maps, dating to th...
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Early 19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
A Passion For Jean Prouve: From Furniture to Architecture (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The Laurence and Patrick Seguin Collection by Jean Prouve
The esteemed collectors Laurence and Patrick Seguin first discovered the work of Jean Prouvé in the late 1980s, and were qui...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Tapis D'Emilio Terry: Projects (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This delightful little book contains 25 plates showing Emilio Tery's geometric carpet designs held in the Musee des Arts Decoratif. Terry was one of the leading and most sought after interior designers and decorators of the mid part of the 20th century, he had a list of very wealthy clients who were the fashionable leaders of the Cafe Society of the time - such as Charles de Beistegui...
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Mid-20th Century England Books
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Paper
Vintage 4 Book Set, History Of British Furniture, English, Reference, Macquoid
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 4 volume book set - A History of British Furniture by Percy Macquoid. An English, bound antiques reference guide, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1925.
Au...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco England Books
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Paper
Jean-Michel Frank Aux Sources Du Xxeme Siecle (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a catalogue produced by Galerie Jacques de Vos in 1988 for an exhibition that they held of furniture which was in various private collections, so it was rarely seen by the pu...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Andy Warhol (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Rare Swedish Exhibition Catalogue
This book was published on the occasion of the Andy Warhol exhibition at Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1968, it was edited by Andy Warhol, Kasper K...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
$1,600
County Seats of the Noblemen & Gentlemen of Great Britain & Ireland (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A set of seven beautifully bound volumes in morocco red leather with gilt decorations and crest to front and rear. A stunning collection of this pictorial work of British and Irish c...
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19th Century English Antique England Books
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Paper
Danish Furniture Design by Frederik Sieck (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Highly important, Frederik Sieck's work on Danish furniture design is considered a classic and authoritative work. It gives a short illustrated...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
The collection of Villa Fiorentina, Cap Ferrat (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Wednesday 23rd May 2001.
Scarce Sotheby's auction catalogue featuring 410 lots from this iconic Cap Ferrat estate designed by the legendary Billy Baldwin who decorated La Fiorentina ...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Eileen Gray: Designer and Architect (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a beautifully photographed and illustrated book which studies the full range and designs of the furniture and interiors of this now highly regarded and much sought after desi...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Gio Ponti: The Complete Work 1923-1978 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is the first complete survey and profile of one of the 20th centuries most accomplished architects and designers. He was incredibly prolific and did not just stick with arc...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1995-2000 His Dark Materials
By Philip Pullman
Located in Bath, GB
A complete first impression set of Philip Pullman's popular fantasy series, each volume is signed by the author to a bookplate.
The complete 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, each volum...
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1990s European England Books
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Paper
Design-For-Today, Rare Modernist Magazine, Complete Bound Set, 1933 to 1935, UK
Located in London, Fitzrovia
Design-For-Today, a short lived modernist avant-garde magazine, 1933 to 1935, UK.
A rare and hard to come by complete bound set.
Articles, images, designs by British architects and designers, as well as emigres ones .
Gerald Summers, Wells Coates, Marcel Breuer, Alvar and Aino Aalto, Walter Gropius, László Moholy-Nagy, Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Betty Joel, Serge Chermayeff, Keith Murray, Charles Boyton, Ronald Grierson...
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20th Century British International Style England Books
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Paper
Mackintosh to Mollino: Fifty Years of Chair Design by Derek E. Ostergard (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The chair, perhaps more than any other single object, epitomizes the styles of a given period. For that reason we have chosen to highlight chair design in our exhibition. The exhibit...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Antique Novel, A Legend of Montrose, Sir Walter Scott, English, Victorian Book
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique novel, A Legend of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott. An English, bound book of Scottish interest, dating to the Victorian period, published 1896.
A prominent Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) is well known for the novels Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Heart of Midlothian, as well as narrative poems including The Lady of the Lake. A Legend of Montrose is set in 17th century...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique England Books
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Paper
Wendell Castle: Rockin' (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Exhibition Catalogue with Barry Friedman.
Wendell Castle was at the forefront and cutting edge of American furniture design for half a century, known for his sophisticated use of mat...
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21st Century and Contemporary England Books
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Paper
Set of Five David Hicks Design Books (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very good set of five classic interior design books by David Hicks, the much sought after and highly regarded English designer and decorator. L...
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Mid-20th Century England Books
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Paper
$2,500 / set
Antique Book, The Life of Charles Dickens, Biography, English, Victorian, C.1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster. An English language biographical account of the Victorian author, dating to the late 19th century, published c...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique England Books
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Paper
2 Vols Antique Book, Morant's History Of Essex, English, County Reference, 1816
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 2 antique volumes of Morant's History of Essex. An English, county reference book, dating to the Regency period, dated 1816.
Full title: The History and Antiquities of the C...
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1820s British Regency Antique England Books
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Leather, Paper
Op to Pop: Furniture of the 1960s by Cara Greenberg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Whether it's a lipstick-red love seat shaped like Marilyn Monroe's lips, an anthropomorphic "man" chaise, a bean bag chair, or a "domestic capsule unit," 1960s furniture still has the power to startle and delight.
In Op to Pop, Cara Greenberg...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
1839-63 The Railway Times
Located in Bath, GB
An impressive run of early issues of the 'Railway Times' periodical, an important railway periodical which documented developments and current news in the railway industry during the...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique England Books
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Paper
$10,765
4vol Antique Reference Book Set, British Furniture, English, Macquoid, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique 4 volume book set - A History of British Furniture by Percy Macquoid. An English, bound antiques reference guide, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1908.
Aut...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian England Books
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Paper
Design Vignelli by Beatriz Cifuentes-Caballero (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The definitive monograph on a master of modern design.
The graphics, interiors, and products designed by Vignelli Associates are internationally recognized for their refined aesthet...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
Primavera 1912-1972 Atelier D'Art Du Printemps By Alain-Rene Hardy (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
For most of the 20th century Primavera were the "atalier", design shop and workshop for Printemps, the large Parisian department store. They were set up initially to design and creat...
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20th Century England Books
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Paper
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Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
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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.
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