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NALSON, John. For The Tryal of K. Charles I - FIRST EDITION - 1684
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, Clerk to that Infamous Court.
PUBLISHER: London: by H. C. for Thomas Dring, 1684.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST
Category
Antique 1680s American Books
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Leather
Sulphides, The Art of Cameo Incrustation, Signed and Numbered First Edition #182
By Paul Jokelson
Located in valatie, NY
antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Mark TWAIN. The Prince and the Pauper. FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE - 1882
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
of All Ages.
PUBLISHER: Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND STATE. 1
Category
Antique 1880s British Books
Materials
Leather
Rudyard KIPLING, Captains Courageous; A Story of the Great Banks - FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
London: MacMillan & Co., 1897. FIRST EDITION
Small 8vo. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 (185 x 121 mm); half-title
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Books
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Paper
"Buildings and Projects 1990 - 94" Book Signed by Michael Graves - First Edition
Located in San Diego, CA
First edition "Buildings and Projects 1990 - 1994" book signed by renowned architect and designer
Category
Late 20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Sotheby
s New York Important Jewelry #6254 December 11, 1991, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's New York: Important Jewelry: 6254: December 11, 1991. 380 lots all photoed in color and fully described with results.
Category
1990s American Books
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Paper
Not to be Taken by Anthony Berkeley – First Edition with DUST JACKET.
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1938.
First Edition.
8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (182 x 121mm); pp
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
Intimate Visions the Photography of Dorothy Norman, by Miles Barth First Edition
By Miles Barth Norman
Located in valatie, NY
art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
"Bing Surfboards" Book by Paul Hoimes Signed by Bing Copeland - First Edition
Located in San Diego, CA
First edition "Bing Surfboards - Fifty Years of Craftsmanship & Innovation" book signed by Bing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
The Fauve Landscape, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990, First Edition
Located in New York, NY
Exhibition book from The Fauve Landscape exhibition in 1990 at the LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Works from Matisse, Derain, Dufy, among others. An engaging and interestin...
Category
20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Winner Take Nothing by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition with Original DJ, 1933
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. Winner Take Nothing. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First edition
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
A Soldier
s Story, Signed and Inscribed by Omar Bradley, First Edition, 1951
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bradley, Omar. A Soldier's Story. New York: Henry Holt, 1951. First edition. Signed and inscribed
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Stranger Music by Leonard Cohen, First Edition, 1993, Signed "Paris Again" Print
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. First edition. Rebound with full leather boards, gilt tooling, gilt titles, and raised bands to spine
Category
1990s Canadian Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. FIRST EDITION 2ND ISSUE - 1843 - IN ORIGINAL CLOTH
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol., 6-5/8" x 4-7/16
Category
Antique 1840s British Books
Materials
Fabric
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, First Edition, Later Printing, 1937
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Mitchell, Margaret, Gone with the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First edition
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, First Edition, Second Printing, 1961
By Roald Dahl
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Ekholm Burkert. First edition, second state. Octavo. In the publisher's original illustrated dust jacket
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Return to Earth, Signed
Inscribed by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, First Edition, 1973
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Aldrin, Edwin, Warga, Wayne, Return to Earth. New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Signed
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Correct copy of the trial
conviction of Richard Johnson - FIRST EDITION - 1829
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
conviction.
PUBLISHER: NY: by Christian Brown, n.d., [1829].
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 9-1/4" x 5
Category
Antique 1820s American Books
Materials
Paper
"Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis, Published New York, 1927. First Edition, d.j.
By Sinclair Lewis
Located in San Francisco, CA
starring Burt Lancaster as the con man and Jean Simmons as the pious revivalist.
First edition (second
Category
Vintage 1920s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Joseph GLANVILL. The Vanity of Dogmatizing. FIRST EDITION - 1661 - HIS 1st BOOK!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, 1661.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 6-3/16" x 4-1/4", (xv)250pp.(iii), complete, title-page
Category
Antique 1660s British Books
Materials
Leather
Winston CHURCHILL. The World Crisis - 6 vols. - ALL FIRST EDITIONS 1923-1931
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Front.
PUBLISHER: London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., 1923-1931.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 6
Category
Vintage 1920s British Books
Materials
Leather
Winston Churchill, Marlborough His Life and Times, All First Editions, 1933/8
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: George G. Harrap, 1933, 34, 36, 38.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 4 vols., 9-1/16" x 6-1/4
Category
Vintage 1930s British Books
Materials
Leather
Marlborough: His Life and Times, by Winston Churchill, First Edition Thus, 1947
By Winston Churchill
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. First Edition Thus. Two Volume Set. Rebound in tan Moroccan leather boards, with raised bands, gilt
Category
Vintage 1940s English Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon by Richard Nixon, Signed, First Edition, 1978
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Nixon, Richard. The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. First Edition
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
From Russia, With Love by Ian Fleming, First Edition, First Printing, Later DJ
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, (1957). First edition, first printing
Category
Vintage 1950s English Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Charlotte
s Web by E.B. White, First Edition, First Printing, Original DJ, 1952
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Williams. First edition, first printing. Octavo. In the publisher's original beige cloth boards and
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, First Edition, 1922
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
to the spine. Gilded edges. New archival cloth slipcase.
Presented is a first edition, first state
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Trollope, Paul the Pope
Paul the Friar, First Edition 1861 Leather Bound!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
Publisher: London: Chapman & Hall, 1861.
Description: First edition. 1 vol., 8" x 5-3/8", frontis
Category
Antique 1860s British Books
Materials
Leather
Surtees, Mr. Sponge
s Sporting Tour, First Edition in the Original Parts - 1853
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Bradbury and Evans, 1853.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL 12/13 PARTS, 13 hand-coloured
Category
Antique 1850s British Books
Materials
Leather
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, First Edition, Two-Volume Set, 1888
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. First Edition. Two Volumes. Rebound in green quarter leather and cloth
Category
Antique 1880s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Salvador Dali Art Recipe Book, Les Diners de Gala, 1971 France, First Edition
Located in New York, NY
A rare, collectable, first edition, Salvador Dali art and recipe cookbook, 'Les Diners de Gala
Category
20th Century French Books
Materials
Paper
Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, First Edition with Dust Jacket
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare first edition, with near-fine dust jacket of the children's classic.
Grahame, Kenneth
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
Pelham Galleries Ltd Dealers in Antiques
Works of Art, Catalog First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Pelham Galleries Ltd Dealers in Antiques & Works of Art Established in 1928. First Edition catalog
Category
Early 2000s French Books
Materials
Paper
David Adler: The Architect and His Work by Ezra Stroller, First Edition Book
By Richard Pratt, Ezra Stoller
Located in valatie, NY
David Adler: The Architect and His Work by Richard Pratt. NY: M Evans, 1970. First edition
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Louis XIII ou Louis XIV, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Charles Massin, 1963. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. How to decorate with Louis XIII and Louis
Category
Vintage 1960s French Books
Materials
Paper
Evelyn Waugh, the Ordeal of Gilbert Pinford First Edition Presentation Copy 1957
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: London: Chapman & Hall, 1957.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed on the
Category
Vintage 1950s British Books
Materials
Paper
The Furniture of Historic Deerfield by Dean A. Fales, Jr., Signed First Edition
By Dean A. Fales Jr.
Located in valatie, NY
., 1976. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 294 pp. A beautiful book on the antique
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Suppressed Books a History of the Conception of Literary Obscenity First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1963. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. An eminent
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
Festus Pragnell, the Green Man of Kilsona, First Edition Presentation Copy, 1936
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
of the Electron World)
PUBLISHER: London: Philip Allan, n.d. [1936].
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION
Category
Vintage 1930s British Books
Materials
Fabric
Wind Ups Tin Toy Dreams T. Kitahara Collection, Teruhisa Kitahara, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. Paperback. first Edition softcover. Contains hundreds of full color and black and white illustrations of
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
Materials
Paper
Vanity Fair by Wm.Thackeray, Cosway Style Binding, First Edition, First Issue
Located in Middletown, NY
Author.
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First Edition, First Issue. 8vo; 8 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (212 x 130
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
France Under Louis XIV
Le Grand Siecle
, Its Arts, Its Ideas, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Scribner's Sons, New York, 1897. First Edition hardcover. 470 pp. With 34 copper engravings and numerous
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
DICKENS, Charles, Dombey and Son,
1848, First Edition Bound from the Parts
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
Description: first edition bound from the parts. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 6", illustrated by H. K. Browne ("Phiz
Category
Antique 1840s British Books
Materials
Leather
Vintage, The Queen
s Book of the Red Cross, Royal History, First Edition, WWII
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
collection
This first-edition wartime fundraising publication offers a glimpse into the cultural and
Category
Vintage 1930s British Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
CHURCHILL The Second World War - 6 VOLS - ALL FIRST EDITIONS - WITH DUST JACKETS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Cassell & Co., Ltd., 1948 - 54.
DESCRIPTION: ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 6 volumes, illustrated, fold-out maps
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
Materials
Fabric
DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. FIRST EDITION 2ND ISSUE - 1843 - IN A FINE BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol., 6-9/16" x 4-5
Category
Antique 1840s British Books
Materials
Leather
The Prints of Reginald Marsh by Norman Sasowsky, Catalog Raisonne, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
by Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1976. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. This book is the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
Beaux-Arts Estates, A Guide to the Architecture of Long Island, First Edition
By Liisa and Donald Sclare
Located in valatie, NY
: Viking Press, 1980. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 274 pp. A tour of the Beaux-Arts
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
KiKi
s Paris, Artist and Lovers 1900-1930, Signed by Both Authors, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. Abrams, Inc., 1989. Signed by both authors 1st edition hardcover with dust jacket. 263 pp. An illustrated
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Le Ville Del Brenta da Lizza Fusina Alla Città Di Padova, First Edition
By Clauco B. Tiozzo
Located in valatie, NY
the city of Padova) by Clauco B. Tiozzo. Venice: Cavallino, 1977. First edition hardcover with dust
Category
20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Exiles and Imigrés, The Flight of European Artists from Hitler, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
., 1997. First Edition softcover. 432pp. A catalogue published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition
Category
Late 20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
The Great Events of Great War in 7 Volumes Complete, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Great Events of Great War in 7 Volumes Complete. The National Alumni, 1920. 7 vols. First
Category
Vintage 1920s American Books
Materials
Paper
BLAIR - Blake. The Grave. 1808 FIRST EDITION A SUBSCRIBERS COPY UNCUT IN BOARDS
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, 1808.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION AND A SUBSCRIBERS COPY UNCUT IN BOARDS. 1 vol., folio, 14-3/4" x 11
Category
Antique Early 1800s British Books
Materials
Paper
"The Art of the Surfboard" Book Signed by Surfer Greg Noll - First Edition
By Greg Noll
Located in San Diego, CA
"The Art of the Surfboard" first edition book signed by legendary surfer Greg Noll (As well as
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, a Play for Voices, First Edition Thus
Located in valatie, NY
Under milk wood by Dylan Thomas, A Play for Voices. The Folio Society, London, 1972. 1st Edition
Category
Vintage 1970s English Books
Materials
Paper
Luminist Horizons The Art and Collection of James A. Suydam Stated First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
Going Solo, Signed by Roald Dahl, First Edition in Original Dust Jacket, 1986
By Roald Dahl
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Dahl, Roald. Going Solo. London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. First edition. Octavo. Signed "Roald Dahl" in
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Books
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Paper
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