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Bookend Pair Royal Air Force Badge Pilot Squadron 341 FreeFrenchFlight Spitfire
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
One oak bookend with a polychrome Badge of the Royal Air Force and bearing the motto : Per Ardua ad Astra" (Latin) - Through Adversity to the Stars
The other bookend with a polychrome badge or shield of three crowns of Alsace the badge of no 341 Squadron, formed in 1943 out of the Free French Flight, who had been operating in the Western Desert. Its French name was Groupe de Chasse III/2 “Alsace”.
provenance : collector of war memorabilia...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom Books
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Oak
Dick Francis Novels 32 Signed Books Including 'Dead Cert'
Located in Pewsey, GB
32 Signed by Hand Dick Francis Books which include:
All First Edition and Signed by Hand : All with Dust Jackets and Jackets covered in Book with see through covers.
BELOW ALL SIGN...
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Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Tracey Emin: Works 1963-2006 by Carl Freedman & Honey Luard (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
The extensive text is based on a long friendship and hundreds of hours of discussion between Emin and Carl Freedman, himself a renowned gallerist and art...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Lighting in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Nouveau (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett
Art and literature portray the very different way of life before the introduction of electric light. The daily schedule of previous generations w...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Property from the Collection of Mrs Charles Wrightsman (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the Sotheby's catalogue from May 1984 which featured 247 lots including important French Furniture and Decorations; European Ceramics; Oriental...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Franco Albini by Marco Albini (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Catalogue of the exhibition dedicated to the creations (armchairs, desks, shelves, lighting, etc.) of Franco Albini, Italian architect and designer (1905-1977).
Galerie du Passage (P...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Arcimboldo by Roland Barthes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully produced book by Franco Maria Ricci, one of a limited edition of 3,000 numbered copies, this being 388. 175 pages with tipped in color plates with additional drawings and sketches, the text is in English. Arcimboldo has become best known for his portraits of human heads made up from vegetables, plants, fruits, sea creatures and tree roots, which were greatly admired by his contemporaries and remain of great fascination to this day. each was carefully constructed and as can be seen with the main image, the Librarian...
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16th Century Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
1771 Choir Gaur; the Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids
By John Smith
Located in Bath, GB
A scarce first edition of John Smith's study of the prehistorical monument Stonehenge, a early work on the subject, illustrated with three folding plates.
The scarce first edition o...
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1770s British Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Miro Artigas: Ceramics. Catalogue Raisonne 1941-1981 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
If you think of one of the greatest artists of modernism, Joan Miró, you immediately have some of the characteristic motifs of his painting or graphics present in your mind's eye. L...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Jean Prouve & Serge Mouiller Two Master Metal Workers (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a soft covered book in good condition which was edited for exhibitions in 1985 which took place in Paris and New York featuring the complimentary works and designs of these t...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Light Years Ahead, The Story of the Ph Lamp (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Tina Jorstian & Poul Erik Munk Nielson
Light Years Ahead depicts Poul Henningsen's role in the evolution of light fittings. From the very outset h...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
James Bond Continuation Novels by John Gardner (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
These are the first four James Bond continuation novels which were commissioned in 1981 by the Ian Fleming Estate to revive Bond in a brand new series of novels. The author served in...
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Late 20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
1840 Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes
By William Howitt
Located in Bath, GB
An extra illustrated example of the first series of Howitt's guide to the scenery of England, in beautiful half morocco bindings by Zaehnsdorf.
First Edition, Illustrated, Leather B...
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1840s British Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Fer Forge Vasseur & Cie (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Art Deco French lighting catalogue company Vasseur et Cie C1925
Profusely illustrated.
A delightful look at many different lighting samples, table lamps, desk and floor styles, scon...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Design Francais 1960 - 1990, Trois Decennies (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
French design from the early Sixties to the late Eighties. This is a journey through time which shows specifically three decades of French design. This is an exhibition held in the G...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Raphael Decorateur, Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A monograph on the French interior designer, furniture designer and decorator whose working life spanned most of the 20th century. During his career he worked with nearly all the gre...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Il Mobile Italiano Degli Anni 40 e 50 by Irene de Guttry (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
By Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino
From the fascinating "animal" creations by Carlo Mollino, to the refined and aerodynamic furniture by Carlo De Carli, Ico Parisi and Gio Ponti,...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Christian Berard by Boris Kochno (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This beautiful book is a celebration of one of the truly original, daring and bravura talents of the decorative arts in the Paris of the 1930s and 1940's. Berard's sets and costumes ...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Les Vieux Hotels De Paris, Decorations Exterieureset Interieures, 20 Portfolios
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
It is rare to find a set of twenty of these volumes, which were published between 1920 and 1930. Each volume contains a title page and varying amounts of text in French - up to 24 pa...
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18th Century Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Horst: Interiors by Barbara Plumb (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
HORST - Interiors is a book which features 52 of the most stunning Interior designs taken by famed fashion photographer Horst P. Horst during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The images of these splendid houses, apartments and holiday homes - including a memorable portrait of each owner - provides a wonderful record of the changing styles of that period. Horst was invited into homes which many photographers would never have had access to, these included The Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Truman Capote, Jacqueline Onassis...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION 1962 BRIAN WILDSMITH SiGNED ABC CHILDREN'S BOOK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare, highly collectable original 1st Edition signed Brian Wildsmith 1962 children’s A.B.C book
B...
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage United Kingdom Books
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Paper
1984 Nights at the Circus
By Angela Carter
Located in Bath, GB
A fine first edition copy of this unique and thrilling novel by Angela Carter, a wonderful example of postmodern fiction, signed by the author to the title page.
The first edition, ...
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1980s British Vintage United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Claes Oldenburg Drawings in the Whirney Museum of American Art (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Janie C. Lee
Best known for recasting familiar objects in unfamiliar textures, media, and dimensions, Claes Oldenburg has long challenged his audience to rethink the everyday wit...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
The Intimate World of Alexander Calder (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book reveals many aspects of the life and works of Alexander Calder - some of which have not been seen previously as they are in private collections around the world including t...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
European 20th Century Greek Revival by Karl Lagerfeld (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Karl Lagerfeld has a clear out. The selection of stylish pieces will be titled European 20th Century Greek Revival.
It has been curated by Pierre Passebon and will be on show at his Delorenzo...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Andy Warhol Collection Sotheby's (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Andy Warhol was one of the great creative geniuses of the second half of the 20th century and was one of the leading figures in the "Pop Art" movement. Here we have the five volume boxed set of Sotheby sale catalogues from April 23rd to May 3rd 1988 which was used for the disposal of his vast collection which ranged from important pieces of Ruhlmann furniture to Mickey Mouse and Mini Mouse...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Galerie Marcilhac 2010 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This catalogue which was put together by the father and son Marcilhac team, from their renowned Parisian gallery. in their preface they state that "Our desire in creating this catalo...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Antique Reference Book, Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem, Latin, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the George III period, ...
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Early 19th Century British George III Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Collection Du Baron De Rede Provenant De L'Hotel Lambert (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Paris. Sotheby's. 16 & 17 Mars 2005. 2 volumes. Paperback, housed in card wrap-around box. 295, 303 pages. 908 lots, nearly all illustrated in colour. 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"). 2.9kg. . French. The catalogues are in good condition but the slip case is not in good condition.
An important catalogue of the sale of the magnificent contents of the Hotel Lambert, Paris, owned by Baron de Redé...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
2 Large Vols Antique Reference Book, Egypt - Historical and Picturesque, English
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is 2 large volumes of the antique reference book 'Egypt - Descriptive, Historical and Picturesque by G. Ebers. An English translation by Clara Bell, wi...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique United Kingdom Books
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Textile, Paper
Alexandre Serebriakoff, Portraitiste D'interieurs (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully produced book, in a presentation box. Being one of a limited edition of only 5000 that were printed by Franco Maria Ricci, 148 pages with text in French and 43 tipped in color illustrations, four of which are double page and 39 single pages. Fabled houses such as Le Chateau de Groussay and Hotel Lambert...
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Late 20th Century Rococo United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Serge Mouille: A French Classic by Pierre Emile Pralus (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautifully photographed and illustrated book on the design career of Serge Mouille (1922-1988), he was the most important French designer of light fittings of the 1950s. His reput...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Cocktails and Laughter: The Albums of Loelia Duchess of Westminster (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is a wonderful social record of the bright young things and how they lived in the early years of the 20th century, told and photographed ...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Carlo Scarpa: The Complete Works (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Before starting his career as an architect, Scarpa worked for more that ten years as artistic director at the Venini glass works where he gained an exceptional knowledge of raw mater...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Alexandre M.Raymond, I'art Islamique En Orient, Deuxième Partie
Located in London, GB
Alexandre M. Raymond, I'art Islamique en Orient, deuxième partie.
French, 1924.
Measures: height 49cm, width 37cm, depth 2cm.
This important book is the second volume of French architect Alexandre Raymond’s 1924 treatise on Islamic architecture...
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1920s French Vintage United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Young America: The Daguerreotypes of Southworth & Hawes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a large hardback book of just over 550 pages featuring over 150 full-scale colour reproductions as well as 2,000 additional black and white illustrations of the work of the B...
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19th Century Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Elton John Sotheby's Sale 1988 Four-Volume Catalogue(Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the 4 volume set of sales catalogues produced by Sotheby's for the Elton John sale in 1988. The collection is amazing and the stage costumes and glasses are probably as expec...
Category
20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Arts Decoratifs Du Xxeme Siecle & Design (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
We have two Christies sale catalogues dated from 2008 which feature many important pieces by some of the best known and most sought after designers of the 20th century and Art Deco e...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Billy Baldwin Remembers by Billy Baldwin (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A resplendent memoir by the dean of decorators of his more than forty years of creating beautiful things for fascinating people. Billy Baldwin writes intimately of Greta Garbo, Cole Porter, Mary Wells...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Large Antique Reference Book, Public Record, Latin, House of Commons, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Calendarium Rotulorum Chartarum. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the George III period, publis...
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Early 19th Century British George III Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Jansen Furniture by James Archer Abbott (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book presents a dazzling array of furniture chairs, tables, sofas, beds and decorative objects designed and created by one of the 20th century's most influential revivalist decorating houses, who created exquisite furniture to fill the homes of their illustrious clientele which included the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Shah of Iran...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Visionaire 25 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the 25th anniversary edition of Visionaire, which is a collection of greatest hits and brand new work - hence the size being the same as a twe...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Eric Phillippe Collection 12 by Eric Phillipe (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Superb dealer's catalogue of Art Deco and Modernist furniture and decorative arts, primarily from Scandinavia and the U.S. Elegantly designed and printed, with beautiful typography and excellent colour photos of 29 exquisite and rare items, all fully annotated and described. Features designs by James Mont, Frank Lloyd Wright, Terence Harold Robsjohn...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
T F S: Toni Facella Sensi Architetto by G Baroni & C Cunaccia (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A lavishly photographed book with beautiful architectural designs for interiors and exteriors created by TFS, an Italian designer and decorator with an International reputationHis co...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Dominique: Decorateur-Ensemblier Du XX Siecle by Felix Marcilhac (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This monograph about the house of Dominique which became a household name best known for beautiful modern furniture, is actually about the two men who collaborated together under tha...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Jean Prouve by Raymond Guidot & Catherine Prouve 2 Volumes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A new and expanded slipcased edition of the 2007 monograph, with a particular focus on Prouvé's furniture designs
This exquisitely produced and comprehensive slipcase publication, edited by Paris' Galerie Patrick Seguin, is a new and enlarged edition of the original two-volume Jean Prouvé monograph that was published in 2007 to fill a hole in the previously existing scholarship, most of which had focused on Prouvé's architecture. Featuring a redesigned cover and graphics, it adds presentations of each house exhibited by Galerie Patrick Seguin (with archival images, plans and contemporary photos); an expanded selection of private international collections with photography of Prouvé furniture...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Frederick Chapman: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
FREDERICK CHAPMAN: ‘Naval Architecture War Vessels’, circa 1770, , 50 engraved plates of various sizes depicting naval diagrams (numbered I-XXVI), four signed ‘F. Ringheim’and one ea...
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18th Century Swedish Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Modern Danish Furniture by Esbjorn Hiort (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Modern Danish Furniture is the third volume of a series of books on modern Danish applied art. This volume, like the earlier ones, is edited by the Danish architect Esbjorn Hiort, M.A.A., who has written the introduction. While Danish silver and Danish ceramics have long been well known and in great demand in foreign countries - especially among collectors - it has only been during the past ten years or so that Danish furniture has gained an international reputation. In his introduction, the author describes the modern development in this field, explains the reasons for the high artistic and technical standard of Danish furniture, and points out the characteristic details of the work of the leading Danish furniture designers. In the picture section there are numerous illustrations of unique pieces of the cabinet-maker's art as well as of fine examples of Danish commercial furniture...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Irving Penn by John Szarkowski (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book was published in 1984 by MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art) in conjunction with an exhibition which was the first major retrospective of Penn's work. Penn was one of the most ...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
2 Vols Antique Reference Book Set, Rotulorum Originalium, Public Records, Latin
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large 2 volume antique reference book set, Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii. Printed in Latin and English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the Geo...
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Early 19th Century British George III Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Les Pavillons: French Pavilions of the Eighteenth Century (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Cyril Connolly and Jerome Zerbe
A first edition copy from 1962 of this fascinating book which is beautifully illustrated with photographs taken by Jerome Zerbe and also with an i...
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18th Century Antique United Kingdom Books
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Paper
"Meubles Modernes en Metal" Folio Presented by Pierre Pinsard
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A small hardboard folio in original covers, measuring 9.5" x 6.5". Title page plus six pages of text and two page list of plates, which is still uncut. There are 24 plates in black a...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Pierre Chareau, Designer and Architect by Brian Brace Taylor (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A large paperback book which was published in 1992. The book focuses in depth on probably his most famous design "La Maison de Verre" (the Glass House)...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
14 Rue du Centre: Neuilly Sur Seine (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This rare book was privately published in 1961 by the then owner of the property Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, only 300 were published to be given to friends. This copy which is number 36, which was a gift to Salvador Dali and his wife.. The Lopez-Willshaw's were member of the cafe society centred around Paris, they were fabulously wealthy and furnished the house with museum quality pieces of furniture and art. He was a particular friend of one of the other members of the cafe society - Baron Alexis de Rede...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
2 Antique Books, Jones' View of Seats, Mansions & Noblemen, English, Georgian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique books, Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions & Castles etc, printed in English, dated 1829.
Full Title; Jones' View of the Seats, Mansions, Castles ETC. of No...
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Early 19th Century British Antique United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom Books
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Paper
Diego Giacometti by Christian Boutonnet & Rafael Ortiz (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very good hardback book about the life and work of Diego Giacometti and the works that he did in collaboration with his brother Alberto - much of which was done for Jean-Michel Fra...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
James Bond: In the Cinema by John Brosnan (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
By Australian novelist and journalist John Brosnan, who was a regular columnist with the popular UK film magazine Starburst. Opening with a short chapter which analyses the great pop...
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20th Century United Kingdom Books
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Paper
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