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Gillows: of Lancaster
London 1730-1840, Rare 2 Vol. Boxed, 1st Ed Set
Located in valatie, NY
and Business History, by Susan E. Stuart. Rare 1st Ed 2 Volume Boxed Set, now out of print. Published
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Books
Materials
Paper
The Kingdom of God in America by H. Richard Niebuhr, Rare Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Kingdom of God in America by H. Richard Niebuhr. Rare Signed 1st EdIt hardcover with dust
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Paper
Design-For-Today, Rare Modernist Magazine, Complete Bound Set, 1933 to 1935, UK
Located in London, Fitzrovia
Design-For-Today, a short lived modernist avant-garde magazine, 1933 to 1935, UK.
A rare and hard
Category
20th Century British International Style Books
Materials
Paper
Son of Perdition by James Cozzens, Rare 1st Ed Pre-Publication Review Copy
Located in valatie, NY
. Rare 1st Ed Pre-Publication review copy hardcover, no dust jacket. "A dramatic novel of human character
Category
Vintage 1920s American Books
Materials
Paper
T. Y. Chao Private
Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramic, Rare
Located in valatie, NY
Jade Carvings: Part 1, Hong Kong October 1986. Rare First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. One of
Category
Vintage 1980s Hong Kong Books
Materials
Paper
A Rare Folio of Swiss Civil
Military Costumes after Hans Holbein the Younger
Located in Middletown, NY
EDITION
Housed in a stunning mosaic binding, this RARE FOLIO contains a complete suite of 12
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Swiss Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Histoire de Leon Bakst Rare French 1924 Edition #94 of 345 Ballet Russes designs
By Leon Bakst
Located in Glenford, NY
permanently outside the Pale of Settlement.
This is the centennial of this beautiful and rare limited
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Books
Materials
Paper
Rare 3 Vol. Book Set, Microcosm of London or London in Miniature by Ackerman
Located in Milford, NH
A rare leatherbound three volume book set titled “Microcosm of London or London in Miniature
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
18th Century Rare Dutch Mother of Pearl Pin Booklet with a Silver Back and Lock
Located in Delft, NL
18th century rare Dutch mother of pearl pin booklet with a silver back and lock
A mother of
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Books
Materials
Silver
First Edition Rare Portofolio Booklet by Egon Schiele 24 Unframed Prints
By Egon Schiele
Located in San Diego, CA
with light wear unframed prints, this book was purchased in 1978 from Daley Rare Books, Los Angeles
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
David Hockney Hand Signed
Stamped First Edition Book That
s The Way I See It
By David Hockney
Located in Studio City, CA
" and "Special" and "Hand Stamped by D.H." A very rare combination as the books we have seen signed and
Category
1990s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
One Flew Over the Cuckoo
s Nest by Ken Kesey - First Edition, second issue DJ
Located in Middletown, NY
outside corner of back cover has 1/4 inch water stain; lettering on the spine is not rubbed, which is rare
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Mr. Knife Miss Fork by R. Crevel - Surrealist illustrations by MAX ERNST
Located in Middletown, NY
, WITH A RARE SIGNATURE of MAX ERNST on the first plate, and one of the most celebrated books of the
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Necessary Qualifications of a Man of Fashion by D. T. Egerton - Illustrated
Located in Middletown, NY
Egerton's 'Fashionable Bores']
Provenance : The Library of Norman Bobins.
Rare first edition.
The text and
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Wordsworth
s Grave and Other Poems by William Watson
Located in Middletown, NY
This is a RARE first limited edition of Watson's poems, printed on deluxe japon and bound in vellum
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
Located in Middletown, NY
Among the most beautifully printed books on Chinese ceramics.
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of
Category
Early 20th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Views of Florence and Tuscany by Lorenzo Bardi, c. 1840
Located in Middletown, NY
: Library of Norman Bobins.
[Bobins, vol. 5, 1675].
Exceptionally fine and rare series of views of Florence
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by R. Kent, First Trade Edition Thus
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
collectors of rare and special books. When Lakeside Press decided to launch their "Four American Books
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Books
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Flora Conspicua by Richard Morris
Located in Middletown, NY
One of the most desirable of all nineteenth century color plate books. RARE.
Morris, Richard
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Select Views of London, With Historical and Descriptive Sketches - Ackermann
Located in Middletown, NY
361; Prideaux 143-144;].
First edition in book form of "one of the great books of London." (Franklin
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
The Tunning of Elinor Rumming, a Poem by John Skelton
Located in Middletown, NY
All text is legible, some spot tanning throughout. In near fine condition. Rare.
[ESTC N46064 ]
ESTC
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
First Trade Edition of Winnie-the-Pooh signed by Author
Illustrator, with Orig
Located in Middletown, NY
Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander): Winnie-the-Pooh
An Exceptionally rare copy of the FIRST TRADE
Category
Vintage 1920s English Books
Materials
Paper
Illustrations of British Hawk Moths and their Larvae, by Theophilus Johnson
Located in Middletown, NY
few copies were produced they are extremely rare.” [P. Gilbert. Butterflies and Painters p. 94]
In
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Calchi di Intagli e Cammei della Collezione Paoletti First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Roman. Fantastic color photography. A rare hardcover book.
NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques
Category
1990s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Recollections of the Table Talk of Samuel Rogers to which is added, Porsoniana;
Located in Middletown, NY
RARE, LIMITED TO 5 COPIES, SIGNED BY ROGERS, EXTRAVAGANTLY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED, FINELY-BOUND BY
Category
Antique 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Dumas Club by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Located in Middletown, NY
hanged–he becomes embroiled in a search for a rare book of satanic lore, pursued by a sinister stalker
Category
Late 20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
Pliny, Gaius Secundus: HISTORIE OF THE WORLD
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare and complete first English edition of this seminal work.
Pliny, Gaius Secundus / Plinius
Category
Antique Early 17th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
The Microcosm of London; or London in Miniature
Located in Middletown, NY
Rowlandson's first and most famous color-plate book, rare to find in an early state as so many copies were
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, Paper
$9,500 / set
American Silver in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Vols. I
II, Signed 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
by state and maker including 564 illustrated pieces and the maker's mark. Rare signed 1st Ed.
NPT
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
L
Annonciateur by Auguste Villiers de L
Isle-Adam – in special Art-Deco binding
Located in Middletown, NY
A rare and stunning binding sculpted in the Art-Nouveau style by Louis Déze, and illustrating the
Category
Early 20th Century French Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Lewis CARROLL: Sylvie and Bruno
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded; illustr. FIRST Ed.
Located in Middletown, NY
Illustrations by Harry Furniss.
** Contains a RARE LOOSE SHEET CIRCULAR, printed on wove paper with no border or
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
A History of European
American Sculpture Signed First Edition, 2 Volume Set
Located in valatie, NY
and American Sculpture, one of the 1st early surveys of Sculpture in America and Europe. Rare, Early
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
Geometry of Greek Vases by L.D. Caskey, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
many of the pages have never been cut. Important and rare book.
NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Bowles
s New Collection of English Moths and Butterflies by Benjamin WILKES
Located in Middletown, NY
; Linsey 183].
EXTREMELY RARE, COMPLETE BOUND SET of this important work, a fine hand-coloured set of
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Books
Materials
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
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century Dutch Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
![Les Fables d
Esope Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe [Aesop
s Fables, 1708]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/les-fables-desope-phrigien-avec-celles-de-philelphe-aesops-fables-1708-for-sale/f_83402/f_405293421720458351436/f_40529342_1720458352496_bg_processed.jpg?width=240 "Les Fables d
Esope Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe [Aesop
s Fables, 1708]")
Vaughan
s Sermons, 1873-1874
By Rev. James Vaughan
Located in valatie, NY
Numbered", "The Light of the World" and many more. Very rare and scarce.NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick (Laurence Stern)
Located in Middletown, NY
buckram, gilt titling, t.e.g., rest uncut; with RARE RED PRINTED DUST-JACKET, spine slightly sunned and
Category
Early 20th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Domestic Architecture of H.T. Lindeberg, Ltd 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
owner's stamp (Franklin Adams, architect Tampa, FL). Rare early book.
NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent
Category
20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
Puzzle in Poison, by Anthony Berkeley
Located in Middletown, NY
A classic of mystery literature by one of the Masters, in a very rare intact dust jacket
Category
Mid-20th Century American Books
Materials
Paper
History of the Indian Tribes of North America – Th. McKenney
J. Hall
Located in Middletown, NY
seat of government. McKenney conceived the plan of making this rare and curious collection more
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American Books
Materials
Leather, Paint, 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
Gauguin, Catalogue Raisonné [Wildenstein]
Located in Middletown, NY
Daniel Wildenstein's OWN COPY of the first, limited edition Gauguin Catalogue Raisonée. RARE with
Category
Mid-20th Century French Books
Materials
Paper
![Gauguin, Catalogue Raisonné [Wildenstein]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/gauguin-catalogue-raisonne-wildenstein-for-sale/f_83402/f_405296121720459426079/f_40529612_1720459426597_bg_processed.jpg?width=240 "Gauguin, Catalogue Raisonné [Wildenstein]")
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
$2,500 / set
An Edinburgh Eleven by J. M. Barrie - creator of PETER PAN
Located in Middletown, NY
slightly sunned, page edges lightly and uniformly toned but pages clean, firmly bound.
[Cutler 13]
A rare
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Malerische Ansichten / Picturesque Views (of first railway lines in Slovenia)
Located in Middletown, NY
percalline covers, cloth spine.
A rare collection of views of the Ljubljana-Celje railway section
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Books
Materials
Paper
Tom, Jerry, and Logic or Life in London by Pierce Egan
Located in Middletown, NY
A RARE Caledonian Theatre pamphlet, with witty satirical color plates in the Cruikshank style.
Tom
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Scottish Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cinq-Mars; ou une conjuration sous Louis XIII - by Alfred de Vigny
Located in Middletown, NY
declared "extremely rare" by the dean of French bibliographers, Léopold Carteret (Le trésor du bibliophile
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Figurative Artist’s Handbook
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
—rare among figure-drawing books—features sections on composition, portraiture, and painting. Chapters
Category
2010s Chinese Books
Materials
Paper
$40 / item
Renée Mauperin by the Goncourt Bros., Original Tissot Etching, Signed
Located in Middletown, NY
A very rare DELUXE copy on Japon paper illustrated by James Jacques Tissot with a second set of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Albrecht Dürer
s La Passione, by Officina Bodoni Press
Located in Middletown, NY
. As in the first and very rare 1511 edition, this volume's verses are in latin, commissioned by Dürer
Category
20th Century Italian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Schmetterlinge
Butterflies
by Carl Gustav Jablonsky
J.F.W. Herbst
Located in Middletown, NY
An exceedingly rare and beautifully-illustrated work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky and JFW Herbst, whose
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Books
Materials
Paper
Very Early Illustrated Book on Birds, Giovanni P. Olina: "Uccelliera", 1622
Located in Middletown, NY
was considered quite rare "because of the use that many lovers of hunting have made of it." (p.357
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Italian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard SHAW
Located in Middletown, NY
Rare first issue of the first edition for Bernard Shaw’s first published novel.
Shaw, George
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Books
Materials
Paper
Still Life with Globe, Books and Telescope, Oil on canvas by Jean Grimal (1942
By Jean Grimal
Located in Gent, VOV
globe, rolled documents, a telescope, rare books, a wax seal, a bottle and various small objects, all
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930 Annuaire des Beaux-Arts et Bibliophilie by Adolphe Lion - 2Y281
Located in Bordeaux, FR
insights into the art world and rare books of the time. Despite its age, this hardbound book remains in
Category
Vintage 1930s Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Paper
$125 Sale Price
65% Off
Graphite and gouache on handmade paper:
The Remains: 7
Located in New York, NY
of Delaware Rare Books and Special Collections, and Columbia University Rare Books Department.
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Graphite and gouache on handmade paper:
The Remains: 4
Located in New York, NY
of Delaware Rare Books and Special Collections, and Columbia University Rare Books Department.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite
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