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Books For Sale
Pair of Signed limited Edition Photography Books by Mel Roberts
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of signed Mel Roberts first edition photography books. From 2000 and 2001.
Both books are hand signed.
In great condition.
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Books
Materials
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...
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
DAVID HICKS Style & Design First Edition Book 1987
By David Hicks
Located in New York, NY
A first edition book by David Hicks, titled "David Hicks Style & Design." 1987 printing. Hardcover with dust jacket.
Category
Late 20th Century English Books
Arshile Gorky A Retrospective by Michael R Taylor, 1st Ed Exhib. Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective by Professor Michael Taylor and Kim Theriault. Yale University Press, Published 2009. 1st Ed Hardcover with dust jacket exhibition catalog for show at ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton by J T Herbert Baily, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Life of Emma, Lady Hamilton by J T Herbert Baily. Published by Menzies London, 1905. 1st Ed hardcover no dust jacket as published. 137 untrimmed pages with all 23 portraits of Lady Hamilton each with a tissue guard. Dame Emma Hamilton...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Books
Materials
Paper
Ruhlmann by Florence Camard, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Ruhlmann by Florence Camard. Published by Rizzoli Intl Publications, 2011. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket and unopened CD. The most comprehensive and authoritative monograph to be published about the prolific master of art deco interior design. Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (1879–1933) who was one of the most celebrated art deco interior and furniture designers. A tastemaker and a style setter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
Christie's: West East The Niall Hobhouse Collection, 2008, Anglo Indian
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: West East The Niall Hobhouse Collection, 2008, Anglo Indian Collection. A fascinating selection of exquisite treasures from both the Western and Oriental worlds reveal Ni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby's Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France, October 2006
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's Chateau de Cornillon, Loire, France: Important Gothic and Renaissance Furniture, Works of Art & Textiles. London: Sotheby's, 2006. Softcover. 126 pp. Château de Cornillon i...
Category
Late 20th Century English Books
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Hong Kong Vintage Books
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Paper
Au Bucheron: La Chambre à Coucher (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A soft covered trade catalogue of bedroom furniture and sets. Stylistically it looks to be dated from the late 1920s or 1930s; it would not have been before 1923 as that was the date...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The House and Garden Book of Classic Rooms by Robert Harling, Leonie Highton, and John Bridges. Vendome Press, NY, 1990. First Edition hardcov...
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
8 Volumes. Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Bound in full brown calf. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled with purple and blue morocco labels. A...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue Complete Edition with Illustrations
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a rare first edition hardback copy of The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue, Complete Edition IN ONE VOLUME with Illustrations by GAVARNI and GIRARDET, published by George Routl...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Books
Materials
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...
Category
16th Century Antique Books
Materials
Paper
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with red and green morocc...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses. Bound in full red calf with the cover displaying an ornate gilt-tooled scene and title. Raised band spine with gilt-tool...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Lewis Carroll, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Lewis Carroll, The Works. First Nonesuch Edition. Bound in 3/4 green calf and linen boards. The covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled with a tan morocco label. The t...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged. 1st Edition. Bound in full light green morocco with the covers and raised band spine displaying gilt-tooled detailing. All of the edges are gilt w...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur. Bound in 3/4 red morocco and marbled boards with the covers and raised band spines gilt-tooled. Top edges gilt with marbled endpapers. Illustrated fr...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels. Large Paper Edition. Bound in full navy morocco with ornate gilt-tooled depictions on the cover and raised band spine. All of the edges ...
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Leather
6 Volumes. Winston Churchill, The Second World War.
Located in New York, NY
6 Volumes. Winston Churchill, The Second World War. First Edition. Bound in full purple morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooling. All edges are gilt wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
12 Volumes. William M. Sloane. Life of Napoleon.
Located in New York, NY
12 Volumes. William M. Sloane. Life of Napoleon.
Unique, extra-illustrated presentation set with
approximately 250 original letters and documents,
including 11 autographs of Emperor ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
3 Volumes. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations. Bound in full brown calf. The Raised band spines display gilt-tooling with red and black morocco labels. All of the edges are tinted yel...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. J.F. Schroeder, The Life and Times of Washington.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. J.F. Schroeder, The Life and Times of Washington. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying ornate open and gilt-tooled detailing. All ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. James Logan & Robert R. McIan. The Clans Of The Scottish Highlands.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. James Logan & Robert R. McIan. The Clans Of The Scottish Highlands. Illustrated by appropriate figures displaying their dress, tartans,arms, armorial insignia and Social ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes. W.H. Ireland, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. W.H. Ireland, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bound by Bayntun in full red morocco with the covers and raised band spines decorated in ornate gilt-tooling. All of the edges ar...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Edmondo de Amicis, Constantinople.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Edmondo de Amicis, Constantinople. Bound in 3/4 brown calf and marbled boards. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooled detailing with green and black morocco...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes. Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life & Times.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life & Times. First Edition. Bound by Frost & Co. in 3/4 blue morocco and linen boards with the raised band spines gilt-tooled. The tip...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
22 Volumes. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Complete Writings.
Located in New York, NY
22 Volumes. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Complete Writings. Large Paper Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and silk boards with the raised band spines gilt-tooled with inlaid flowers. The t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
8 Volumes. Miguel Cervantes. Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Located in New York, NY
8 Volumes. Miguel Cervantes. Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated by Thomas Shelton with
illustrations by Daniel Vierge with over 500
illustrations, including 261 large & Test Pictur...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
10 Volumes. David Hume. History of England.
Located in New York, NY
10 Volumes. David Hume. History of England. Bound in full tan calf. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled with green and red morocco labels. All edges marbled with marble...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
4 Volumes. Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln. Manuscript Edition. Bound by The Riverside Press in 3/4 wine morocco and linen boards with the covers and raised band spines gilt-too...
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volume. John F. Schroeder, Life and Times of Washington.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volume. John F. Schroeder, Life and Times of Washington. Bound in 3/4 green morocco and linen boards. Covers and raised band spine gilt-tooled. All edges are gilt. Illustrated with...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. John Bunyan. The Pilgrim Progress
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. John Bunyan. The Pilgrim Progress and A Life of the Author by Rev. Robert Philip.
Bound in full black calf, all edges gilt, ornate gilt design on covers and spine, illustra...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
2 Volumes. Thomas Campbell, Life of Petrarch.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Thomas Campbell, Life of Petrarch. Bound in full tan calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooled detailing with red and green morocco labels. All of the ed...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
Materials
Leather
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled with red and green morocco labels. All the ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
4 Volumes. Flavius Josephus, Complete Works.
Located in New York, NY
4 Volumes. Flavius Josephus, Complete Works. Bound in full tan calf. The covers and raised band spines display open and gilt-tooling with green and black morocco labels. All of the e...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
2 Volumes. Joseph Ritson, Robin Hood.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Joseph Ritson, Robin Hood. Bound by Birdsall in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards. The covers and raised band spines are gilt-tooled. The top edges are gilt with marbled en...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
2 Volumes. Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe. Bound by Morrell in full marbled calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with brown morocco labels. All the edges are g...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Walt Whitman, Complete Poetry, Prose & Letters.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Walt Whitman, Complete Poetry, Prose & Letters. Bound by Bayntun in full red calf. The covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled with blue and green morocco labels. All ...
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Mid-20th Century English Books
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Leather
2 Volumes. George Long, The Discourses of Epictetus.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. George Long, The Discourses of Epictetus. Limited Edition. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco and linen boards bordered in gilt-tooling. The raised band spines are decorated in gi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
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Leather
1 Volume. H. Noel Williams, The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. H. Noel Williams, The Fascinating Duc de Richelieu. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 wine morocco and marbled boards with the covers and raised band spine decorated with gilt-toolin...
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Early 20th Century English Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Walt Whitman, Complete Poetry, Prose & Letters.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Walt Whitman, Complete Poetry, Prose & Letters. Bound by Bayntun in full blue calf. The covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled with red and green morocco labels. All ...
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Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
1 Volume. The Abbé Prévost, History of Manon Lescaut.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. The Abbé Prévost, History of Manon Lescaut. Bound in full red morocco with the covers and raised band spine displaying ornate floral gilt-tooled detailing. The top edge is ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Books
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Leather
3 Volumes. Martha W. Freer. Henry III, King Of France & Poland.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. Martha W. Freer. Henry III, King Of France & Poland. His Court and Times. Extra-illustrated. bound in 3/4 red calf by Zaehnsdorf, top edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Arthur Gilman, History of Rome.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Arthur Gilman, History of Rome. Bound in hand-painted decorated vellum with a front cover floral motif with raised gold decorations. The spine is hand-lettered in black and...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
2 Volumes. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco with the covers and raised band spines gilt...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Dante Alighieri, The Vision.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Dante Alighieri, The Vision. Bound in 3/4 wine calf decorated in gilt-tooling with a black morocco label. All edges marbled and marbled endpapers. Translated by Henry Franc...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Books
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Leather
Sotheby's, Collection Klaus Otto Preis, Paris, 11/9/05
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: Collection Klaus Otto Preis Paris 11/9/05 sale 5022. Softcover auction catalogue of 264 lots. He worked for Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer. Sale of paint...
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Early 2000s French Books
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Paper
2 Volumes. William Cullen Bryant, Picturesque America.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. William Cullen Bryant, Picturesque America. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying ornate gilt and open-tooled detailing. All edges ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Books
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Leather
1 Volume. Auguste Rodin, Art.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Auguste Rodin, Art. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and marbled boards with the covers and raised band spine displaying gilt-tooled detailing. The top edge is gilt with marbled e...
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
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Leather
Antique Book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford, English, Georgian, 1810
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique book, Thoughts on Hunting by William Beckford. An English language hard bound compendium of sporting letters, dating to the Georgian period, published 1810.
An En...
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Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Books
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Paper
3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice.
Located in New York, NY
3 Volumes. John Ruskin, The Stones of Venice. Second Edition. Bound in full brown morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooling. All edges gilt with gilt-too...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
1 Volumes. George Catlin, North American Indians.
Located in New York, NY
1 Volumes. George Catlin, North American Indians. Bound in 3/4 brown calf and marbled boards. The covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled with red and black morocco labels. All ...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
2 Volumes. B.J. Lossing, Pictorial Fieldbook of the Revolution.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. B.J. Lossing, Pictorial Fieldbook of the Revolution. Bound in 3/4 tan calf and marbled boards. Raised band spines gilt-tooled with red and green morocco labels. All edged ...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
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Leather
5 Volumes. Edmund Spenser, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
5 Volumes. Edmund Spenser, The Works. Edited by J. Payne Collier. Bound in full vellum, marbled endpapers, red edges, and gilt spines. Published: London: Bickers & Son, 1873.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
2 Volumes. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Poems.
Located in New York, NY
2 Volumes. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Poems. Bound in full red morocco with the covers and raised band spines gilt-tooled. All edges gilt. New York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1853.
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Books
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Leather
38 Volumes. Charles Dickens, The Works.
Located in New York, NY
38 Volumes. Charles Dickens, The Works. Gadshill Edition. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 red morocco and linen boards bordered in gilt-tooling. Raised band spines with gilt-tooled detailing...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Books
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Leather
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