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Vanity Fair by Wm.Thackeray, Cosway Style Binding, First Edition, First Issue
Located in Middletown, NY
.1848
«One of the most amusing, but also one of the most distressing, books we have read for many a
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Skyscrapers Form
Function by David Bennett Hardcover 1st Edition 1995
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Skyscrapers: Form & Function (Marshall Edition) Hardcover – 1st Edition January 1, 1995. by David Bennett (Author), James R. Steinkamp (Photographer), Sir Norman Foster (Foreword).
A...
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Book, Massacre of Glencoe, G. Reynolds, English Novel, Victorian, C.1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Our Stock # 24247
This is an antique book, Massacre of Glencoe by George W M Reynolds. An English language, bound novel, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860.
A prolific writ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
Modern Furniture by Mario Dal Fabbro, 1950
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
The book has deteriorated over time, it does not have its original cover but it is complete, no page is missing, it is 175 pages and is from the fourth edition.
For more photo or vid...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
The Book of Job illustrated by Artist Arthur Szyk Hardcover in Slipcase 1944
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
readers for centuries. Using the text of the King James version, Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk brings
Category
Mid-20th Century American Expressionist Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Book, The Pilgrim
s Progress, John Bunyan, English, Novel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Pilgrim's Progress was written in the 17th century and is considered as the first novel written in English
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
ORIGINAL 1ST EDITION 1962 BRIAN WILDSMITH SiGNED ABC CHILDREN
S BOOK
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, and became a freelance artist in 1957. His books were taken up by Oxford University Press, where he
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Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage Book, Once A Week, AA Milne, English, Morocco Bound, Short Stories, 1926
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
stories, dating to the early 20th century.
Once a Week is a collection of short stories by A.A. Milne
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Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Vintage Book, Tess Of The D
Urbevilles, Thomas Hardy, Limited Edition, Novel
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
limited edition novel, dating to the early 20th century, published 1926.
Often set in the semi fictional
Category
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Directional Designs by Paul McCobb (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A Good working copy of the original McCobb marketing book in black cloth which was published in 1956, the cotton cover is torn to both the top and bottom of the spine. There is a pas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
The Century by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster Published by Doubleday 1998
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The Century by Peter Jennings and Todd Brewster Published by Doubleday 1998.What was it like to
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Memoir of the Abbé Lacordaire by the Count De Montalembert, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
relationship.
NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of print books
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac / Les Bibliophiles du Palais
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Les Bibliophiles du Palais, 1924.
Illustrations: André Dignimont (1891 – 1965).
8vo, 10 1/4 x 7 inches (260 x 178 mm); 96, (8) pp., printed in black and red on Arches paper;...
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Mid-20th Century French Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
What is a Classic? by T. S. Eliot
Located in Middletown, NY
First Edition, Second Impression. of An address delivered before the Virgil Society on the 16th of October 1944.
London: Faber and Faber, 1945.
8vo; 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (218 x 13...
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Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Toros y Toreros 1st Edition 1961
By Pablo Picasso
Located in CA, CA
First true edition, published by Cercle D'art Paris 1961. Lithographs by Mourlot
A scarce first edition copy in original slipcase of Pablo Picasso's seminal "Toros y Toreros" artist...
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Mid-20th Century French Books
Materials
Paper
Gerrit Rietveld, designer and architect
By Gerrit Rietveld
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Gerrit Rietveld (1888 - 1964) was a Dutch designer and architect.
This booklet gives an interesting insight of his life and struggles he had as an architect.
The text is in Dutch,...
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Late 20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
James Paine – Plans, Elevations and Section of Noblemen and Gentlemen
s Houses
Located in Middletown, NY
A fine FIRST EDITION ELEPHANT FOLIO of Jame's Paine monumental work:
Plans, Elevations and Section of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Houses, and also of Stabling, Bridges, Public and Priv...
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
George Cruikshank
s Magazine – 2 issues
Located in Middletown, NY
VERY RARE, complete run (2 issues) of the illustrated George Cruikshank's Magazine, with all four folding plates by Cruikshank. In a handsome custom case.
London: D. Bogue, 1854.
8...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$2,500 / set
"Calder
s Universe" Art Book by Jean Lipman
Located in San Diego, CA
A vintage "Calder's Universe" art book by Gloria Jean Lipman, circa 1980.
The book is in good vintage condition (several small tears to the dust jacket) and measures 10.25"W x 11"H....
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Les Bambous: Fables de La Fontaine
Located in valatie, NY
was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. Binding is signed by M. Lambert, a
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Mid-20th Century French Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Bowles
s New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies by Benjamin WILKES
Located in Middletown, NY
Bowles's New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies; In Twelve Prints, All Drawn from Life Representing near 300 different Species of those Beautiful Insects. Elegantly and accu...
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mémoires et Observations Géographiques et Critiques by Samuel Engel (1702–1784))
Located in Middletown, NY
most recognizable maps of the North America from the latter part of the 18th Century.
“A valuable part
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Antique Mid-18th Century Swiss Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Voyage Round the World, In the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV, By George Anson
Located in Middletown, NY
The Most Popular Book of Maritime Adventure of the Eighteenth Century
Anson, Lord George and
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
David Hicks on Bathrooms 1stUS edition 1970
Located in CA, CA
design books. Published in 1970 with the iconic Hicks cross design dust jacket.
Blurb from the dust
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Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Book Grandeur Des Romains, Montesquieu, French Language, Mid Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
annotated throughout by a former reader
Illustrated frontispiece with an 18th century medal bearing the
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
Twelve Girls in the Garden by Shane Martin
Located in Bradenton, FL
Twelve Girls in the Garden by Shane Martin. Hardcover book with dustjacket. Published by William Morrow & Company of New York. Printed in the United States, 216 pages.
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Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
1952 The Last Resorts by Cleveland Amory Book
Located in Stamford, CT
1952 The Last Resorts by Cleveland Amory 1st edition hardcover. Clear Mylar jacket has been added over the original dust jacket.
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
My Experiences in the World War, by John Pershing, First Edition, Two Vols, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. The books are presented rebound in 1/4 blue leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt titles
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
18th Century Rare Dutch Mother of Pearl Pin Booklet with a Silver Back and Lock
Located in Delft, NL
text written with pencil inside and shows some age wear (small hairline)
circa mid-18th century, the
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Books
Materials
Silver
Blanco by OCTAVIO PAZ
Located in Middletown, NY
A scarce example of one of the 29 privately circulated lettered copies. The entire run consisted of 529 copies, 500 of these being the numbered ones available to purchase.
Paz, O...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Books
Materials
Paper
$4,400
Vintage Book, Time I Was Dead, Autobiography, Cecil Aldin, English Language, Art
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage copy of Time I was Dead, an autobiographical book of the artist Cecil Aldin. In the English language, hard bound and published in London, dated 1934.
Cecil Aldin (...
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Mid-20th Century British Books
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Paper
Flowers and Faces by H.E. Bates
John Nash / Golden Cockerel Press
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely SIGNED LIMITED EDITION by the GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS
Bates, H.E. / John Nash ill. Flowers and Faces.
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. Limited Edition....
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Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century Two Italian Volumes Monumenti Di Tutti I Popoli by Ernest Breton
Located in Sofia, BG
Two volumes 'Monumenti di tutti i popoli" written by Breton in Italian language. Quite good condition with some light traces of moisture between pages.
Published in 1844 and 1846.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Books
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Paper
Poems of Robert Fergusson
Located in Middletown, NY
This is the FIRST EDITION OF ROBERT FERGUSSON'S POEMS in a very attractive binding. It presents poems in both English (1-84) and Scots (80-121) and includes a Glossary of Scots words...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Books
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Leather, Paper
Antique Carpentry Book, Architecture Reference, Peter Nicholson, Victorian, 1846
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
and joinery, offering a fascinating 19th century reference book by architect Peter Nicholson. In
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Books
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Paper
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan: The Architects Other Passion
By (after) Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan: The Architects Other Passion by Julia Meech
Harry N. Abrams, 2001 - Architecture - 304 pages.
Renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright was an ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
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 polychrom...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Books
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Oak
Ikat, Silks of Central Asia, the Guido Goldman Collection, 1997
Located in San Francisco, CA
.
In the nineteenth century abr designs were used to decorate fabrics made into
winter and summer
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1990s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
$169 Sale Price
24% Off
Vintage Folio, Civil Architecture, English, Sir William Chambers, Reproduction
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
reproduction of the 18th century original by Sir William Chambers, printed in 1969.
Born in Sweden, Sir
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Antique Late 19th Century British Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Vintage Reproduction Folio, Chinese Design, English, William Chambers, C.1969
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
reprint of the 18th century original by Sir William Chambers, printed in 1969.
Full Title: Design of
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Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Nineveh and Its Palaces by Joseph Bonomi - ILLUSTRATED, beautiful binding
Located in Middletown, NY
Nineveh and Its Palaces; The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the Elucidation of Holy Writ
London: Office of the Illustrated London Library, 1852.
First Edition
Ad. Lala...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare by Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth)
Located in Middletown, NY
Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800
An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespeare; An essay on the writings and genius of Shakespeare, compared with the Greek and French dramat...
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Antique Mid-18th Century English Books
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Gold Leaf
Les Fables d
Esope Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe [Aesop
s Fables, 1708]
Located in Middletown, NY
A RARE EARLY EDITION OF AESOPIC LITERATURE, BEAUTIFULLY ILLLUSTRATED.
Les Fables d'Esope Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe; traduction nouvelle, Enrichie de Discours Moraux et Histor...
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Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Books
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Gold Leaf
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12 Contes / 12 Stories by Mark Twain, illustrated by Jean Trubert
Located in Middletown, NY
A collection of twelve stories by Mark Twain, translated into French and amusingly illustrated in color by Jean Trubert (1909 – 1983) a well known and prolific comic strip designer a...
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Mid-20th Century French Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Views of Florence and Tuscany by Lorenzo Bardi, c. 1840
Located in Middletown, NY
Nuova Raccolta delle più interessanti Vedute della Città di Firenze con alcune altre della Toscana
Florence: Lorenzo Bardi, c 1840.
Oblong quarto, 7 3/4 11 inches (195 x 280 mm). 1...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Books
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Leather, Paint, Paper
Large Antique Encyclopaedia, Historica Britannica, Multilingual Book, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique reference book, Monumenta Historica Britannica. Printed in English and multiple languages, a later bound encyclopaedia, dating to the Victorian period, publis...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Books
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Paper
Old Possum
s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939.
The title of this book of light verse is given by Ezra Pound's friendly nickname for Eliot "Old Possum." In 195...
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Mid-20th Century American Books
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Paper
Antique Scottish History Book, Tales of a Grandfather, Walter Scott, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
century, with Robert the Bruce, the Reformation and the 17th century Jacobean period along the way
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Books
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Paper
The Cocktail Party by T. S. Eliot
Located in Middletown, NY
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950.
8vo, 8 1/3 x 5 3/4 inches (219 x 147 mm); 190 pp., + 1 leaf of music, and verso with cast of first Edinburgh Fe...
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Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Vintage "Miro
s Posters" Art Book Catalogued by Gloria Picazo
By Joan Miró
Located in San Diego, CA
A vintage "Miro's Posters" art book catalogued by Gloria Picazo, circa 1980.
The book is in good vintage condition and measures 9.75"W x 11.5"H. #3274
The book is 269 pages with 1...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Garry Winogrand, Winogrand 1964 Book 2002
By Garry Winogrand
Located in CA, CA
First edition, hard cover, published by Arena Editions, New Mexico, 2002.
In 1964 Garry Winogrand spent four months travelling America and taking photographs and spent the remainder...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
El Lissitzky - A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares
Located in CA, CA
Published by Tate Publications 2014
About Two Squares is a children’s book about a black square and a red square that fly to earth from afar. For Lissitzky they symbolized the supe...
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2010s British Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
1848-1857 Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Little Dorrit
By Charles Dickens
Located in Bath, GB
The first editions in book form of three of Charles Dickens' best known novels. With 'David Copperfield' and 'Dombey and Son' present in early issues, and 'Little Dorrit' in its firs...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Books
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Paper
1839-1877 The Works of Charles Dickens
By Charles Dickens
Located in Bath, GB
A beautiful and very clean and bright set of works by renowned author Charles Dickens. In a tree calf Mansell binding.
Five volumes. From the renowned English writer and social crit...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Books
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Paper
Fallingwater A Frank Lloyd Wright Country House by Edgar Kaufmann Book, 1986
By Edgar Kaufmann
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
ideas. Thoroughly versed in the books, articles, drawings, and buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright, Mr
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Description of the city of Delft, by Dirck can Bleyswijck - ILLUSTRATED, 1667
Located in Middletown, NY
commercial life of Delft in the 17th Century. The plates are exquisite depiction's of Delft and its environs
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Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Books
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Gold Leaf
Intèrieurs Bruxellois Modernisme
Art Dèco
Located in Montelabbate, PU
During the interwar period, housing in Brussels experienced considerable expansion. Two major currents coexisted at this time: one resolutely modernist and avant-garde, in the moveme...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Books
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Paper
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Antique and vintage books add a sense of culture and style to any room. Displaying these types of books in your living room or reading nook can warm a space with a distinguished feel.
Several factors make antique books highly desirable. Original jackets, ornate binding, illustrations and quality of the print all contribute to making a vintage book special. Rare books are of great interest to collectors in the know and can command high prices at auction. In 2021, an important early artist book by Andy Warhol sold at auction for more than $106,000. Somewhere between all the commercial work he did as an ambitious young graphic designer in the early 1950s and his first real debut as a Pop artist a decade later, Warhol produced a trove of incredibly charming drawings. His illustrated self-published artist books from the 1950s are very rare.
Many collectors seek the first edition of certain books. Fewer copies of a book and higher demand make it a rare find. A book that contains the author’s signature also makes it much more prized than other examples of the same title.
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Interior designers look for vintage books when they want to add color or detail. For instance, leather-bound books can create a scholarly air while mid-century titles offer a modern edge. Vintage international books or first editions can provide a sense of history.
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