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BEVERIDGE, Albert J.. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858. 2 VOLUMES - FIRST EDITION !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Mifflin Company, 1928.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 2 vols., 9-5/8" x 6-13/16", frontis portraits of
Category
Vintage 1920s American Books
Materials
Leather
Objects, Glass and Works of Art, by Mallett
Son Antiques, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions
Category
Early 2000s English Books
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Paper
Objects, Glass and Works of Art, by Mallett
Son Antiques, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions
Category
Early 2000s English Books
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Paper
Six Crises by Richard Nixon, First Edition with Autopen Signature, 1962
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Nixon, Richard. Six Crises. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Stated first edition
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
Evening Dress Hardcover Book First Edition By Alexandra Black, 2004 Rizzoli
By Giovanni Rizzoli
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Evening Dress Hardcover Book First Edition of 2004, By Alexandra Black is a tribute to the most
Category
Early 2000s French Baroque Revival Books
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Paper
"Common Nonsense" First Edition Book Signed by Legendary Commentator Andy Rooney
Located in San Diego, CA
"Common Nonsense" first edition book signed by legendary "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney at
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21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Bob Dylan Signed First Edition Hardover Photography Book His Life In Pictures
Located in Studio City, CA
photographer Harry Shapiro and is tilted "His Life in Pictures." The First Edition/First Printing (with full
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, 1937
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest, To Have and Have Not. New York: Charles Scriber’s Sons, 1937. First edition
Category
Vintage 1930s American Modern Books
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Leather, Paper
Pleasures of the Porch by Daria Price Bowman
Maureen LaMarca First Edition
By Daria Price Bowman, Maureen LaMarca
Located in valatie, NY
out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed
Category
20th Century North American Books
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Paper
"Summer Cottages and Castles, Scenes from the Good Life, " First Edition Book
Located in valatie, NY
, Inc., 1983. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 139 pp. Photographic overview of beautifully
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
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Paper
Antique 1719 English "The Compleat Herbal" Volume 1 First Edition Book
By Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique first edition book titled "The Compleat Herbal" or 'The botanical institutions of Mr
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Lindbergh, Charles a., "We", 1927, First Edition, with the Dj
Signed
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
DESCRIPTION: SIGNED FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., signed by Lindbergh on the title-page, illustrated, bound in the
Category
Vintage 1920s American Books
Materials
Fabric
Signed "Rattan Furniture" First Edition Coffee Table Book by Harvey Schwartz
By Harvey Schwartz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original brand new 1st edition copy of Rattan Furniture: Tropical Comfort Throughout The House
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Monet: A Retrospective Hardcover Art Book Beaux Arts Editions 1985 First Edition
By Claude Monet
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Monet: A Retrospective — Hardcover Art Book Beaux Arts Editions, 1985. First Edition; First
Category
Late 20th Century French Expressionist Books
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Paper
The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie Illustrated by A Rackham First Edition
By Wagner
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a fabulous first edition book, namely, The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie Illustrated by A
Category
Early 20th Century American Bohemian Books
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Paper
Farthing Hall by Hugh Walpole
J.B. Priestley, Stated First Edition, 1929
Located in valatie, NY
Farthing Hall by Hugh Walpole & J.B. Priestley. Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. Stated first edition
Category
Vintage 1920s American Books
Materials
Paper
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Regence ou Louis XV, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Comment Installer Son Interieur en Regence ou Louis XV. Editions Charles Massin, 1963. First
Category
Vintage 1960s French Books
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Paper
Lee
s Lieutenants by Douglas Southhall Freeman, Three Vols., First Edition, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
, 1942. First edition. Three volume set. Rebound in ¼ black leather and cloth, with raised bands, gilt
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Greene, Graham, Travels with My Aunt,
First Edition - Presentation Copy - 1969
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, 1969.
Description: first edition presentation copy. 1 vol., inscribed on the title-page "With thanks
Category
Vintage 1960s British Books
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Fabric
Art of Collecting, The Spaulding Brothers and Their Legacy, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Publication/Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2007. First Edition softcover. 144 pp. The history of the Spaulding
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
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Paper
Oscar Wilde, the Sphinx, First Edition, 1894, Illustrated by Charles Rickets
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Sign of The Bodley Head, 1894.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vol., 8-1/2" x 7", illustrated by
Category
Antique 1890s British Books
Materials
Leather
Brunschwig
Fils Up Close, from Grand Rooms to Your Rooms, First Edition
By Chippy Irvine, Murry Douglas
Located in valatie, NY
York: Bulfinch Press, 2005. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 246 pp. A book published
Category
20th Century American Books
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Paper
Gertrude Stein, Mrs. Reynolds. Inscribed by Alice Toklas, First Edition 1952
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Haven: Yale University Press, 1952.
FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY ALICE TOKLAS. 1 vol., volume 2 of the
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
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Fabric
Mademoiselle 1 + 1: Marcel Veronese
Jean-Claude Peretz First Edition 1968
Located in CA, CA
First edition, The Bodley Head, 1968.
One of the seminal 1960s photo books. An illustrated
Category
Vintage 1960s Books
Materials
Paper
Inside the Space Ships, Signed by George Adamski, First Edition, 1955
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Adamski, George. Inside the Space Ships. New York: Abelard-Schuman, 1955. Signed first edition
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
Materials
Paper
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Valperga, First Edition of Her Second Novel, 1823
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Castruccio, Prince of Lucca.
Publisher: London: for G. & W. B. Whittaker, 1823.
Description: First
Category
Antique 1820s British Books
Materials
Leather
George Sylvester Viereck, The House of the Vampire, 1907, First Edition
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
, Yard & Company, 1907.
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHORS FIRST NOVEL. 1 vol., publisher's original gilt
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Books
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Fabric
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Handbook of the Collections, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
/ Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, 2018. First edition softcover. This handbook consists of an illustrated history
Category
2010s American Books
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Paper
SCHULZ - Peanuts Jubilee - FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING OF SNOOPY !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
PUBLISHER: NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING. 1 vol
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Vintage 1970s American Books
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Paper
Mobili Veneziani Laccati, Venetian Lacquer Furniture, 2 Volume Set First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Alfieri, Milano, nd, First Edition hardcovers. The 1st volume contains 55 pages of text and 110 plates in
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Books
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Paper
Necklines: The Art of Jacques-Louis David After the Terror, First Edition
By Ewa Lajer-Burcharth
Located in valatie, NY
Press, 1999. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. This book examines the crucial period in the
Category
1990s American Books
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Paper
"White Towers" Book by Paul Hirshorn and Steven Izenour, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
White Towers by Paul Hirshorn and Steven Izenour. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1979. First edition
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey, First Edition 1822
By Thomas De Quincey
Located in San Francisco, CA
Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey, a rare 1st edition of the author's
Category
Antique 1820s English Books
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Paper
DICKENS. A Christmas Carol. FIRST EDITION 2ND ISSUE - IN ORIGINAL CLOTH - 1843
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
.
PUBLISHER: London: Chapman and Hall, 1843.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SECOND ISSUE. 1 vol., 6-5/8" x 4-7/16
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Antique 1840s British Books
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Fabric
The Life Record of HW Graber Texas Ranger Dedicated First Edition
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a very rare first edition hardback copy of The Life Record of H.W. Grabber, A Terry
Category
Early 20th Century American American Classical Books
Materials
Paper
David Hicks Set of First Edition Garden and Flower Arranging Books
By David Hicks
Located in New York, NY
A set of three first edition books by David Hicks, the legendary designer. This set of out-of-print
Category
Vintage 1970s English Books
Sienese Painting, From Its Origins to the Fifteenth Century, First Edition Book
By Bruce Cole
Located in valatie, NY
, Publishers, 1980. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 243 pp. The history of painting in Siena
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Oriental Rugs, a Complete Guide by Charles W. Jacobsen, Signed First Edition
By Charles W. Jacobsen
Located in valatie, NY
., 1962. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 479 pp. A detailed resource book written for the
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, Later Printing, 1929
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition
Category
Vintage 1920s American Books
Materials
Paper
Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast, First Edition 1840
Located in CA, CA
Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast. A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea.
First Edition
Category
Antique 1840s American Early Victorian Books
Materials
Paper
How to Buy Rare Books by William Rees-Mogg, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 155 pp. A guide to collecting books that
Category
20th Century English Books
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Paper
WOOLF, Virginia. Night And Day - 1919 - FIRST EDITION - IN A FINE BINDING !
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: WOOLF, Virginia.
TITLE: Night And Day. London: Duckworth, 1919.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST
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Vintage 1910s British Books
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Leather
The English House Through Seven Centuries by Olive Cook, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The English House Through Seven Traces by Olive Cook. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1968. First
Category
Vintage 1960s English Books
Materials
Paper
Lewis Carroll - through the Looking-Glass. 1872 First Edition Presentation Copy
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
PRESENTATION COPY FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. 1 vol., illustrated By John Tenniel, inscribed by Dodgson on the
Category
Antique 1870s British Books
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Leather
A History of European
American Sculpture Signed First Edition, 2 Volume Set
Located in valatie, NY
Chandler Post. London: Oxford U. Press, 1921. Signed first edition hardcover with slip-case. He attended
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
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Paper
Learning from Longhouse by Jack Lenor Larsen, Signed, Stated First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Learning from Longhouse by Jack Lenor Larsen. Pointed Leaf Press, 2016. Signed and Stated first
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Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt, First Edition, in Original Boards, 1899
By Theodore Roosevelt
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
.
Presented is the first edition printing of Theodore Roosevelt’s The Rough Riders. Published by Charles
Category
Antique 1890s American Victorian Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Great Houses of Italy The Tuscan Villas by Harold Acton, First Edition
By Harold Acton
Located in valatie, NY
Great Houses of Italy: The Tuscan Villas by Harold Acton. New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Surrealist Art, The Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection, First Edition Book
Located in valatie, NY
first edition softcover. 245 pp. A comprehensive overview of Surrealist art from one of the finest and
Category
Late 20th Century American Books
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Paper
"Nashville, The Pilgrims of Guitar Town by Michel Arnaud", Signed First Edition
By Michael Arnaud, Robert Hicks
Located in valatie, NY
. Signed and inscribed by the author first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 148 pp. A handsome coffee
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
Green Mansions A Romance of the Tropical Forest, First Edition Thus
Located in valatie, NY
. First Edition thus hardcover. With a foreword by John Galsworthy. Illustrated with paintings and
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
Materials
Paper
The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart. Boar's Head Books, New York, 1953. First edition
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
Materials
Paper
Memoir of the Abbé Lacordaire by the Count De Montalembert, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. London: Richard Bentley, 1863. Morocco and cloth bound first edition hardcover. 311 pp. An antique memoir
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Paper, Leather
Ordeal of the Hermitage, The Siege of Leningrad 1941-1944, First Edition
By Boris Rest, Sergei Varshavsky
Located in valatie, NY
, 1985. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 302 pp. A beautifully photographed book on Russia's
Category
20th Century Russian Books
Materials
Paper
The Wares of the Ming Dynasty by Hobson, R. L. - FIRST EDITION
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Benn Brothers, 1923.
FIRST LIMITED EDITION
4to, 11 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches (280 x 220 mm); xvi, 240 pp. + 128 illustrations (11 in color) on 59 plates. Illustrations are printed ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
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Gold Leaf
Family Houses in the Country by Gilles De Chabaneix Stated First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. In this charming and evocative book, Alexandra d’Arnoux
Category
Early 2000s American Books
Materials
Paper
This I Remember, Signed and Inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt, First Edition, 1949
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Roosevelt, Eleanor. This I Remember. New York: Harper & Brothers , 1949. Stated First Edition
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Books
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Paper
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