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Arthur Miller
s Collected Plays. Volume II - 1981 - FIRST EDITION SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Press, 1981.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 6-1/8", SIGNED by Miller on the title
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
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Fabric
Moonwalker, Signed by Charlie and Dotty Duke, First Edition, 1990
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Duke, Charlie and Dotty Duke. Moonwalker. Nashville: Oliver Nelson, 1990. First Edition. Signed and
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
1966 Italian Cinema Today by Gian Luigi Rondi First Edition
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1966 Italian Cinema Today by Rondi Gian Luigi First Edition.
Collectible rare 1st Edition large
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Expressionist Books
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Paper
Live And Let Die First Edition by Ian Fleming 1954
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A first edition, second impression Ian Fleming 'Live and Let Die' as part of the James Bond series
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
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Paper
Percy Bysshe SHELLEY. The Masque of Anarchy. 1832 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
by Leigh Hunt.
PUBLISHER: London: Edward Moxon, 1832.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 12mo, 6-3
Category
Antique 1830s British Books
Materials
Leather
Mobillier de Haute Normandie by Édith Mannoni, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobillier de Haute Normandie by Édith Mannoni. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin. French text. First Editon hardcover with dust jacket. 93 pp. The book illustrates the beds, seating, tables...
Category
Late 20th Century French Books
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Paper
Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier. Ch. Massin Paris, 1950. 40 b&w plates. 12 page introduction followed by b/w photo plate section of 36 pages. Part of 'Collection de l'...
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Vintage 1950s French Books
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Paper
PARKER, Joseph W.. Doctor Crosby
s Strange Experience - 1935 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, The Peerage Press, 1935.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-11/16" x 5-1/4", 90pp.(iii), original
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
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Paper
Seven Assorted Catalogues from Chinese Porcelain Company, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Seven catalogues from the Chinese Porcelain Company on Oriental Porcelain, Export Porcelain and French Furniture. Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. #26, Important Chinese Export Por...
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
In Perfect Picture + Frame Harmony, 1850-1920, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
In Perfect Picture + Frame Harmony, 1850-1920 by Eva Mendgen. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 1995. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 277 pp. A catalogue published to correspond with a ...
Category
20th Century Dutch Books
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Paper
CAPOTE, Truman. The Grass Harp. - 1951 - FIRST EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., 8-3/8" x 5-3/8", inscribed on the front blank endleaf "For Jack
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
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Fabric
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, A Wonderful Wander, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
New Forms Architecture in The 1990s First Edition Hardcover 1997
By Angelika Taschen
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
New Forms Architecture in The 1990s First Edition Hardcover 1997.This is the first edition
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Books
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Paper
Canterbury Cathedral: First Edition, The Antiquities Of Canterbury By Somner
Located in Kent, Dover
An extremely rare first edition: William Somner, The antiquities of Canterbury. Or a survey of that
Category
Antique 17th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Treasury of San Marco, Venice First Edition by David Buckton
By David Buckton
Located in valatie, NY
antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
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Paper
"Story of Western Furniture" Book by Phyllis Oats, First Edition
By Phyllis Bennett Oates
Located in valatie, NY
focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
We offer free shipping to any domestic address.
Category
20th Century American Books
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Paper
Geometry of Greek Vases by L.D. Caskey, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
20th Century American Books
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Paper
Jonathan Richardson: Art Theorist of the English Enlightenment, First Edition
By Carol Gibson-Wood
Located in valatie, NY
, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
Louis XIV and Regence by Seymour de Ricci, First Edition
By Seymour de Ricci
Located in valatie, NY
books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
"Old Masters, New World" First Edition Book by Cynthia Saltzman
By Cynthia Saltzman
Located in valatie, NY
focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
20th Century North American Books
Materials
Paper
Material Georgia 1733-1900: Two Decades of Scholarship, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
Michael TOROSIAN. Steichen. Eduard et Voulangis - LIMITED FIRST EDITION - 2011
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
-1923.
PUBLISHER: Howard Greenberg Gallery; Lumiere Press, 2011.
DESCRIPTION: LIMITED FIRST EDITION. 1
Category
2010s British Books
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Fabric
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Illustrated, Facsimile First Edition, 1914
By Charles Dickens
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
to front and spine. Illustrated.
Presented is the scarce facsimile first edition printing of Charles
Category
Vintage 1910s American Victorian Books
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Fabric, Paper
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed
Category
2010s Canadian Books
Materials
Paper
Horst Interiors by Barbara Plumb Hardcover Book 1993 First Edition
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Horst Interiors by Barbara Plumb Hardcover Coffee Table Book 1993 First Edition.A beautiful
Category
Late 20th Century American American Classical Books
Materials
Paper
Winston CHURCHILL. Lord Randolph Churchill - 2 VOLS. - FIRST EDITION - 1906
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
& Stoughton, 1906.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., 8-11/16" x 5-7/8", illustrated with 18 plates
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Books
Materials
Leather
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Little Dorrit 1857 Chapman
Hall Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st edition book titled Little Dorrit was authored by Charles Dickens and published by
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Winston CHURCHILL. Liberalism And The Social Problem - FIRST EDITION - 1909
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
& Stoughton, 1909.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-7/16" x 5-1/8", bound in fine full dark blue morocco
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Books
Materials
Leather
Tennessee Williams, Five Young American Poets, Signed First Edition, 1944
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Norfolk: New Directions, 1944.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., hardcover, with the DJ, not
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
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Fabric
Charles DICKENS - The Chimes: A Goblin Story - 1845 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Out And A New Year In.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1845.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND
Category
Antique 1840s British Books
Materials
Fabric
Ash Wednesday: Six Poems by T. S. Eliot - First Edition
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Faber & Faber, 1930
First Edition.
8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 inches (192 x127 mm); 21 pp. Brown cloth
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Riverside Park: The Splendid Sliver by Edward Grimm, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited
Category
Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
Sustainable Environments by Yenna Chan and Alicia Kennedy, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
, decoration and antiques with a focus on first editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
KENDALL, Augustus. Burford Cottage
Its Robin Red Breast. FIRST EDITION - 1835
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: London: for many, 1835.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 7-7/8" x 4-7/8", frontispiece and title
Category
Antique 1830s British Books
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Fabric
Memoir of Baron Bunsen by Frances Baroness Bunsen, First Edition, 1868
Located in valatie, NY
, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Waugh, Evelyn, Waugh in Abyssinia, First Edition, Presentation Copy, 1936
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
., 1936.
Description: First Edition Presentation Copy. 1 vol., inscribed on the half-title "for Audrey
Category
Vintage 1930s British Books
Materials
Fabric
Sotheby
s The West Wycombe Park Sale, June 1998, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: The West Wycombe Park Sale June 1998.First Edition softcover with 1442 lots photographed
Category
1990s English Books
Materials
Paper
Lives In Transition: LGBTQ Serbia, by Slobodan Randjelovic, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. First edition softcover. Photographer Slobodan Randjelovic captures the struggles and successes of
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
Chinese Export Porcelain: An Historical Survey by Elinor Gordon First Edition
By Elinor Gordon
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese Export Porcelain: An Historical Survey by Elinor Gordon. Stated first edition hardcover
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
Trollope, T. Adolphus, Filippo Strozzi, First Edition, 1860 Leather Bound !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Italian Liberty.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1860.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8" x 5
Category
Antique 1860s British Books
Materials
Leather
Jonas Lie, by William H. and Carol Lowrey Gerdts, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Jonas Lie (1880-1940), by William H. and Carol Lowrey Gerdts. Spanierman gallery, 2005. First
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
Epic of America by Jt Adams First Edition Re-Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition, but not an original printing.
The book is a VERY EARLY REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION with the
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Books
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Paper
Set of 3 Books on Grigory Efimovitch "Rasputin, " First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Martins Pr, 1990. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 3. Rasputin: The Man Behind the Myth
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
Indian Baskets of the Southwest by Clara Lee Tanner, First Edition
By Clara Lee Tanner
Located in valatie, NY
. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 242pp. The book contains more than 400 full-color and black
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
Materials
Paper
Otis Adelbert Kline, The Planet of Peril, 1929, First Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
& Co.,1929.
Description: First Edition. 1 vol., hardbound, original brown stamped green cloth, with
Category
Vintage 1920s American Books
Materials
Fabric
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Martin Chuzzlewit 1844 Chapman
Hall Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Martin Chuzzlewit was authored by Charles Dickens and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
McClellan
s Own Story by George B. McClellan, First Edition, 1887
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
civilians who directed it, and his relations to it and them. New York: Charles Webster, 1887. First edition
Category
Antique 1880s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Jiha Moon, Double Welcome, Most Everyone
s Mad Here, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, 2016. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Exhibition Dates
Category
2010s American Books
Materials
Paper
Greene, Graham - a Sort of Life - First Edition - Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
Description: first edition presentation copy. 1 vol., inscribed on the front blank endleaf "For George Barker
Category
Vintage 1970s Books
Materials
Fabric
First Edition a Song of the English by Rudyard Kipling
Located in New York, NY
First edition a song of The English by Rudyard Kipling. Original blue cloth with front cover
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
"American Commonwealth" by James Bryce, First Edition, Three Volume Set, 1888
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bryce, James. The American Commonwealth. London: Macmillian and Co., 1888. First edition three
Category
Antique 1880s British Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Peter Halley Maintain Speed by Susan Kandel, New First Edition
By Peter Halley
Located in valatie, NY
Peter Halley Maintain Speed. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2000. New First Edition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
"Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis, First Edition, Published Harcourt Brace
Co. 1922
By Sinclair Lewis
Located in San Francisco, CA
important work. The second issue of the first edition corrected an error on page 49 line 4. Dust jacket
Category
Early 20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
GOULD, William - An Account of English Ants - 1747 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
other curiosities...
PUBLISHER: London: for A. Millar, 1747.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 6-1/2
Category
Antique 1740s British Books
Materials
Leather
Collector
s Encyclopaedia of Half Dolls by Norma Werner, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
, Kentucky, 1979. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 608 pp. Profusely illustrated with examples in
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
The Life of Nelson" First Edition books by Robert Southey
By Robert Southey
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
'The Life of Nelson" books by Robert Southey. First edition.
Vol 1 and 2
London: Printed for John
Category
Antique 19th Century English Books
Charles DICKENS. A Christmas Carol - FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE - 1843
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman & Hall, 1843.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol., "Stave One" as
Category
Antique 1840s British Books
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Leather
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