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Item Ships From: Illinois
James Huniford At Home, 2020, Monacelli Press, Brand New Condition
Located in Chicago, IL
Brand new copy of James Huniford At Home, hard cover by Monacelli Press, 2020. Just bought it at a Barnes and Noble closing sale to realize I already have it! Oops. My loss is your g...
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2010s American Classical Illinois Books

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Paper

Collection of Ten Marbled Hardbound Books
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming antique book bundle is a collection of hardbound books published by the New York D. Appleton and Company publication house. Founded by Daniel...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Illinois Books

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Leather, Paper

Aperture Photography Magazine Collection of 6 Early Issues 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
Aperture Photography Magazine Collection of 6 Early Issues 1950s. Not real familiar with rating condition of magazines and books. Please ask any questions. Appear to be in nice condition as a set with some minor wear. APERTURE: Volume 5, Number 1 Published by Aperture, Rochester, New York, 1957 8vo., 42 pp, illustrations from photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. Includes an editorial and an essay, "Peeled Paint, Cameras and Happenstance" by Minor White; a continuation of "More Books for the Creative Photographer"; Part 3 of "The Education of Picture Minded Photographers"; Beaumont Newhall on "Teaching the History of Photography"; and a portfolio "Ellis Island" by Shirley Burden with his, and Lewis Hine's images. Covers illustrated by Walter Snyder and Ansel Adams. Aperture Vol. 4 No. 1. Rochester, NY: Aperture, 1956. First edition. Softcover. An early issue of this long running photography magazine. Features a selection from "Creative Photography - 1956 with text by Van Deren Coke. Includes images by Charles Sheeler, Arnold Newman, Reva Brooks...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Illinois Books

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Paper

Mario Testino Front Row Back Stage First Edition Hardcover Book 1999
By Mario Testino
Located in New York, NY
The oversize first edition hardcover book, Front Row/Backstage, by photographer Mario Testino. Published in 1999, Front Row/Backstage captures the excitement and drama of the intern...
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1990s Illinois Books

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Paper

Cast Iron Book Press with Brass Handle and Newer Wood Base
Located in Chicago, IL
Cast iron book press with brass handle and newer wood base. Nice pin striping. Great Condition.
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Illinois Books

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Brass, Iron

Set of Three Hardback Julius Shulman , Modernism Rediscovered Books
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wonderful set of three hardback large coffee table books of Julius Shulman modernism rediscovered published by the Taschen group 2007
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Early 2000s North American Illinois Books

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Paper

New Shipment of over 200 Leather Bound Books in English, Photo's Are of Sets
Located in Buchanan, MI
New shipment of over 200 leather bound books in English, photo's are of sets. Preconditioned as we fully condition all of our books before they go out. Also have an extensive collect...
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19th Century American George III Antique Illinois Books

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Leather, Paper

Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968'
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Roy Lichtenstein, Yoko Ono 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Christo and More SMS A Collection of Multiples 'William N. Copley, 1968' S.M.S. is an art collection in a box that was available by subscription in 1968. Through February and December, subscribers were mailed six issues containing assorted works of art curated by William N. Copley. The portfolios consist of “original reproductions" by 73 artists including William Copley, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Roy Lichtenstein, Joseph Kosuth, Walter de Maria, Yoko Ono, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Artschwager, Man Ray, Bruce Nauman, John Cage, Terry Riley and more. S.M.S. included renowned and unknown artists side by side. As form of protest against galleries, S.M.S. made contemporary art affordable and accessible at a modest price of $125.00 per subscription. The portfolios are all kept in their original display covers. Edition of approximately 2,000 published by Letter Edged in Black Press. Volume No. 1 February 1968 Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton (cover), Irving Penn; Black Dress, James Lee Byars; Chicago Project…, Walter de Maria; My Country ‘Tis of Thee, Kasper Konig; Luggage Labels Nancy Reitkopf; Project for a Bridge, Sue Braden; A Postcard for Mother, Richard Hamilton; Two Propositions in Black, Le Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Store Front, Christo; Sol Mednick; Pharmaceuticals, Julian Levy. Volume No. 2 April 1968 Seven Minute Recording of Contapetrie, a surrealist word game (cover), Marcel Duchamp; The Mirror of Genoveva, Meret Oppenheim; Three Color Separations, Alain Jacquet; A Two-Year-Old Girl Choked to Death Today on an Easter Egg, Ray Johnson; A Proposed Comic Section for the New York Times, Bernard Pfreim; Farwell to Faust, George Reavey; Album, Clovis Trouille; Legal Tender, Bruce Conner; 10 collages, Marcia Hertscovitz; Cynocephalus & Co., Nicolas Calas. Volume No. 3 June 1968 Untitled abstract landscapes (cover), John Battan; Clouds, William Bryant (Bill Copley); Ode to London, Dick Higgens; Two Drawings, Ronnie Landfield; Bush in Hand, Roland Penrose; The Father of Mona Lisa, Man Ray, signed and numbered; Glove, Enrico Baj; Four Titled Abstracts, Joseph Kosuth; Correspondence, H.C. Westerman; Signal Flag Poem, Hannah Weiner; Poppy Nogoods All Night Flight, Terry Riley; Poems, Atograf. Volume No. 4 August 1968 Untitled (cover), Robert Stanley; Drift Study 4:37:4:05:09:50 5 VII 68, La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela; Permanent Parking Decal, Robert Watts; 100 Year Calendar, On Kawara; Lichtenstein Hat, Roy Lichtenstein; Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) continued, John Cage; Phenakistiscope, Hollis Frampton...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Books

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Paper

Arnaldo Pomodoro, Sculpture, 1960-1970
By Arnaldo Pomodoro
Located in Chicago, IL
Arnaldo Pomodoro House of Cards by ; 18 die-cut interlockable cards, notched on all sides that can be arranged into many ways to create your own Pomodoro sculpture. Cards are lettered from A-X. Cards for the first half of the alphabet have B/W photos of Pomodoro sculptures on one side, backed by text on silver background: "An Exchange of Letters: Arnaldo Pomodor and Tom L...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois Books

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Paper

c.1930 French Silk Book Cover "Souvenir de France"
Located in Chicago, IL
Great handmade French book cover portraying children playing with kittens.
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Early 20th Century French Illinois Books

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Silk

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