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Rodin by Robert Descharnes and Jean-François Chabrun, First Edition
By Jean-François Chabrun, Robert Descharnes
Located in valatie, NY
Rodin by Robert Descharnes and Jean-François Chabrun. New York: The Viking Press, 1967. First
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20th Century American Books
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Paper
POLIDORI - The Vampyre - 1819 - FIRST EDITION - THE EARLIEST OBTAINABLE ISSUE
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, Neely, and Jones, 1819.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND SHERWOOD ISSUE IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, 1 vol
Category
Antique 1810s British Books
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Paper
Mosquitobush Yankee Prints
Stories by Francis Tolman, Signed First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
inscribed by the author first edition hardcover with Broadart covered dust jacket. Written and illustrated
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
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Paper
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Arte del Legno e del Mobile in Italia, First Edition
By Silvano Colombo
Located in valatie, NY
. First edition hardcover with dust jacket and Brodart cover. 169 color and 440 b&w plates. Well
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Books
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Paper
Breakfast at Tiffany
s, Signed by Truman Capote, First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, 1958. First edition, first issue printing. Signed by Truman Capote. In the original publisher’s orange
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
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Paper
Antiques At Home by Barbara Milo Ohrbach, Stated First Edition
By Barbara Milo Ohrbach
Located in valatie, NY
. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 246 pp. Guide to collecting, living and decorating with
Category
20th Century American Books
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Paper
Looking Forward: An Autobiography, Signed by George Bush, First Edition, 1987
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
half title page.
Presented is a first edition, first printing of Looking Forward: An Autobiography by
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
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Fabric, Paper
"Andy Warhol A Retrospective" Art Book MOMA First Edition 1989
By Andy Warhol
Located in San Diego, CA
"Andy Warhol A Retrospective" art book first edition from his exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Grinling Gibbons, His Work as Carver by David Green, First Edition
By David Green 1
Located in valatie, NY
. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 207 pp. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
COTTON, Charles, The Wonders of The Peake, 1681, FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Brome, 1681.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 6-7/8" x 4-1/2", [ii]86pp., complete, bound in
Category
Antique 1680s British Books
Materials
Leather
Ferraro: My Story, Signed by Geraldine Ferraro, First Edition, 1985
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
boards and original pictorial dust jacket.
Presented is a signed, first edition of Geraldine
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
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Paper
Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers
Their Work, 1840-1880, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. University of Texas Press 1975. Pre-publication first edition. This book provides an introduction to the art
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
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Paper
Art of Structural Design, a Swiss Legacy, Pre-Publication First Edition
By David P. Billington
Located in valatie, NY
Museum, 2003. Pre-publication first edition with publisher's letter, hardcover with dust jacket. A 30
Category
Early 2000s American Books
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Paper
Christie
s Champalimaud Collection London, 6
7 July 2005, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: The Champalimaud Collection: London, 6 & 7 July 2005. First Edition softcovers with
Category
Early 2000s English Books
Materials
Paper
F. W. KELLAWAY. Television For Everyman History
Practice. 1944 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Britain: A John Crowther Publication, n.d. (1944).
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 55pp., 7-5/16" x 5
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
Materials
Paper
The Polar Express, Signed by Chris van Allsburg, First Edition, 1985
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First edition. In original
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
"Alice in Wonderland " Book Signed by Illustrator Maggie Taylor - First Edition
By Lewis Carroll
Located in San Diego, CA
Fabulous first edition "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" hardcover book by Lewis Carroll signed by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Isadora DUNCAN: My Life – FIRST EDITION
Special Edition "for Friends" 1927
Located in Middletown, NY
A special edition of Isadora Duncan's biography, printed for friends.
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927.
First, Limited Edition.
8vo, 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches (244 x 160 mm); 359 pp....
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
English Furniture from Charles II to George II, Ltd First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
made by R.W. Symonds. London: Antique Collector's Club, 1980. First edition thus (#760/1500) hardcover
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
E. O. Hoppé
s Amerika: Modernist Photographs from the 1920 First Edition
By Phillip Prodger
Located in valatie, NY
. Norton, 2007. First Edition pre-publication exhibition copy hardcover with dust jacket. Hoppé (1878-1972
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, 1940
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer by J.M.Nash, First Edition
By J.M. Nash
Located in valatie, NY
The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First edition
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Lateral Thinking: Art Of The 1990s, by Toby Kamps, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. Kamps is the curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. First edition softcover. Lateral
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming, First Edition, 1966
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, first
Category
Vintage 1960s English Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Beatrix Potter, Tailor of Gloucester, Privately Printed, First Edition, 1902
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Author: POTTER, Beatrix.
Title: The Tailor of Gloucester.
Publisher: London: Privately Printed by Strangeways & Sons, 1902.
PRIVATELY PRINTED BY THE AUTHOR, LIMITED TO 500...
Category
Antique Early 1900s British Books
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Paper
Glory of Baroque Dresden, the State Art Collections Dresden First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
International Cultural Exchange. Mississippi Art Pavilion, 2004. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. The
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
HABINGTON, William. The Historie Of Edward The Fourth - FIRST EDITION - 1640
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: London: by Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, 1640.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., small folio, 10-1/2
Category
Antique 1640s American Books
Materials
Leather
DICKENS. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. FIRST EDITION - 1844
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1844.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 5-7/8", additional
Category
Antique 1840s American Books
Materials
Leather
Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
James Bond First Edition
You Only Live Twice
by Ian Fleming
By Ian Fleming
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A first edition of 'You Only Live Twice' by Ian Fleming, with later dust jacket, as part of the
Category
Mid-20th Century English Books
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Paper
Wrightsman Collection, Vols I-V, First Editions, Signed by the Wrightsmans
By Carl C. Dauterman, F.J.B. Watson, Everett Fahy
Located in valatie, NY
on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited
Category
20th Century American Books
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Paper
William Wordsworth a Biography by Edwin Paxton Hood, 1856, First Edition
By Edwin Paxton Hood
Located in valatie, NY
on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
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Paper, Leather
Chinese Export Porcelain, Standard Patterns and Forms, 1780-1880, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
20th Century American Books
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Paper
Selected Works of Russian Art 11th-Early 20th Century, First Edition
By Sokolova Natalia
Located in valatie, NY
, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
Vintage 1970s European Books
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Paper
First Edition Jacques Adnet Book by Gaelle Millet
Alain-Rene Hardy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
First Edition Jacques Adnet Book by Gaelle Millet & Alain-Rene Hardy.
260 Page book on the life
Category
Early 2000s French Books
Materials
Paper
Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King, Jr., First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
: 1958. First edition. Presented in the publisher's original boards and dust jacket.
Dr. Martin Luther
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Traces: An Investigation In Reason by John a Chakeres, First Edition
By John A. Chakeres
Located in valatie, NY
, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
Mobilier Louis-Philippe Napoleon III by Colette Lehmann, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Louis-Philippe Napoleon III by Colette Lehmann. Paris: Èditions Ch. Massin, 1976, French text. Hardcover with dust jackets. 81 pp. Illustrates the beds, seating, tables, cas...
Category
Late 20th Century French Napoleon III Books
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Paper
Great Bookstore in Action by Adolph Kroch, Signed First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
A great bookstore in Action by Adolph Kroch. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940. Second edition hardcover with paper label on spine and cover. 32 pages. The autographed editi...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
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Paper
CAPOTE, Truman. A Tree Of Night - 1949 - FIRST EDITION - PRESENTATION COPY.
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, 1949.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., 8-3/8" x 5-3/8", inscribed on the front
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
Materials
Fabric
Inside New York, Discovering New York
s Classic Interiors, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Inside New York, Discovering New York's Classic interiors by Joe Friedman. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. Stated first US edition hardcover with dust jacket. 128 pp. An o...
Category
20th Century American Books
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Paper
FORSTER, E. M.. Two Cheers For Democracy. 1951 - FIRST EDITION - SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
., 1951.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., 8-5/8" x 5-3/4", signed by the Forster on the title
Category
Vintage 1950s British Books
Materials
Fabric
The Best of Aubrey Beardsley by Kenneth Clark, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Best of Aubrey Beardsley by Kenneth Clark. New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 173 pp. An overview of Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872-1...
Category
20th Century American Books
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Paper
English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection, First Edition
By Anthony Ray
Located in valatie, NY
books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited
Category
20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
In Praise of America, American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830, First Edition
By Wendy A. Cooper
Located in valatie, NY
, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Dylan THOMAS. In Country Sleep
Other Poems. FIRST EDITION - 1952 - SIGNED
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, 1952.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., one of 5,000 copies printed on Kilmory paper, boldly
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
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Paper
Marcel Duchamp
André Breton Le Surréalisme en 1947 Iconic First Edition
By André Breton
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rare first edition of Le Surréalisme en 1947, a seminal work curated by André Breton and featuring
Category
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Golden Age of Spanish Sculpture by Manuel Gómez Moreno, First Edition
By Manuel Gómez Moreno
Located in valatie, NY
, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions.
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Our Mutual Friend 1865 Chapman
Hall Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique 1st Edition book titled Our Mutual Friend was authored by Charles Dickens and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Books
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Leather, Paper
KAWS Brian Donnelly Hand Signed First Edition Contemporary Art Book New Fiction
By KAWS
Located in Studio City, CA
A KAWS (Brian Donnelly) rare hand-signed first edition/ first printing hardcover fine art book "New
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Books
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Paper
Ed Ruscha: Reading Ed Ruscha Book 2013 First Edition Hardcover SIGNED
By Ed Ruscha
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is a signed First Edition of Ed Ruscha: Reading Ed Ruscha hardcover book. The signature is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
SINGER - Eric Carle (SIGNED). Why Noah Chose The Dove. FIRST EDITION - 1974
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
: Doubleday, 1974.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY ERIC CARLE. 1 vol., illustrated and signed by Carle
Category
Vintage 1970s British Books
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Fabric
Odd Whims and Miscellanies by H. Repton – First Edition, 1804, illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
London: William Miller, 1804.
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes
Small 8vo.; 9 x 5 3/8 (226 x 140 mm); vol
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Frank BROOMHEAD. The Zaehnsdorfs (1842-1947). FIRST EDITION - LTD SIGNED EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Libraries Association / Zaehnsdorf Limited, 1986
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 10" x 6-5/16", limited
Category
Vintage 1980s British Books
Materials
Leather
Rudyard KIPLING. The Light That Failed. 1891 - FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY!
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., inscribed by Kipling on the title-page "Alick Watt from
Category
Antique 1890s British Books
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Fabric
Henri Rousseau dit Le Douanier by Jean-Marie Lo Duca, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Artistique, 1951. 1 first edition softcover portfolio. Unpaginated. Portfolio of work by Henri Rousseau with
Category
20th Century English Books
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Paper
Nobuyoshi Araki Signed First Edition Book New York (Volume 4) With Drawing
By Nobuyoshi Araki
Located in Studio City, CA
A very engaging and quite scarce first edition softcover book with dust jacket by famed Japanese
Category
1990s Japanese Modern Books
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Paper
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