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Rare 18th Century Series of Twelve Volumes with the Royal Arms of France
Located in Isle sur la Sorgue, Provence
Rare 18th century Series of Twelve Volumes with The Royal Arms of France
Rare series of twelve
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Books
Garbage Hill
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
lithographs in a brushed aluminum case and produced in a limited edition of 132 rare books. The collection is
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Pine Tree
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
lithographs in a brushed aluminum case and produced in a limited edition of 132 rare books. The collection is
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Paean on Grassland
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
of 20 lithographs in a brushed aluminum case and produced in a limited edition of 132 rare books. The
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Tiananmen
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang", which comes as a limited edition of 132 rare books.Inspired by
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Landscape
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang", which comes as a limited edition of 132 rare books.Inspired by
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Amnesia and Memory
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang ", which comes as a limited edition of 132 rare books.Inspired by
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Description
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang ", which comes as a limited edition of 132 rare books.Inspired by
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bloodline: Big Family
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
"The Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang ", which comes as a limited edition of 130 rare
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Rare John Dickinson Stacked Books Table
By John Dickinson, Drexel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare stacked books table designed by John Dickinson and manufactured by Drexel. The middle book has
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Naugahyde, Wood
Escaped from the Shadows
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
"The Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang", which comes as a limited edition of 132 rare
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Starry Night
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
lithographs in a brushed aluminum case and produced in a limited edition of 132 rare books. The collection is
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Nine of Hearts, Nine of Spades
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
from "The Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang", which comes as a limited edition of 132 rare
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Threads of Blood
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang ", which comes as a limited edition of 130 rare books. The
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Baby in a Sailor Suit
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
"The Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang ", which comes as a limited edition of 130 rare
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Boy and Tree
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang ", which comes as a limited edition of 130 rare books. The
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Girl and Tree
By Zhang Xiaogang
Located in Zug, CH
Storyteller's Enchantments of Zhang Xiaogang ", which comes as a limited edition of 130 rare books
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Duke and I
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
lithographs in a brushed aluminum case and produced in a limited edition of 132 rare books. The collection is
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Birds of Peace
By Yue Minjun
Located in Zug, CH
lithographs in a brushed aluminum case and produced in a limited edition of 132 rare books. The collection is
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Oversized Custom Built Bookstand
Located in Houston, TX
perhaps fragile rare books and atlases which should never be laid flat on their spines. Custom sizes and
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2010s American American Classical Bookcases
Materials
Wood
Rare Miniature Dutch Book Press with Books, circa 1800
Located in Lake Forest, IL
A table top miniature antique book press with books included,
two drawers. Oak, Chestnut and Pear
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Antique Early 1800s Dutch Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
17th Century Italian Renaissance Walnut Tuscan Scrittoio Writing Desk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
papers and collections of scientific instruments, rare books, art and obscure flora and fauna. These
Category
Antique 17th Century Renaissance Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Zinnia
Located in Nashville, TN
for Rare Books at Temple University, Kapiolani Medical Center, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & The Wagner
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Tributary 5
Located in Nashville, TN
for Rare Books at Temple University, Kapiolani Medical Center, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & The Wagner
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
$1,800
Untitled
Located in Nashville, TN
for Rare Books at Temple University, Kapiolani Medical Center, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & The Wagner
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
$2,000
Narcissus 1
Located in Nashville, TN
for Rare Books at Temple University, Kapiolani Medical Center, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & The Wagner
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
$1,800
Echinaceae
Located in Nashville, TN
for Rare Books at Temple University, Kapiolani Medical Center, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & The Wagner
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor
Peppervine
Located in Nashville, TN
for Rare Books at Temple University, Kapiolani Medical Center, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & The Wagner
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Desert Rose
Located in Nashville, TN
for Rare Books at Temple University, Kapiolani Medical Center, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & The Wagner
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint
1950
s Stitched Leather Books-end by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in New York, NY
Rare 1950's Stitched leather books-end by Jacques Adnet
Oak and leather
France
Category
Vintage 1950s French Desk Sets
Materials
Leather, Oak
Abstract Oil on Paper in Oranges and Purples
Located in Providence, RI
University at Buffalo Poetry/Rare Books Collection held a retrospective show featuring Berlyn’s works from
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
A rare Federal games table fitted as a desk, New York
Located in Sharon, MA
are very rare but most cabinetmaker’s price books include the option as an “extra”. The fitment of a
Category
Antique 19th Century American Game Tables
Materials
Mahogany
John James Audubon "The Little Owl, " 1834 Havell Edition in Renaissance Frame
By John James Audubon, Robert Havell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ornithology ever produced, this rare print of "The Little Owl, Strix Acadica" is presented in its original
Category
Antique 1830s American American Classical Prints
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
1816, Arabs, Ethnology, Imperial Folio, Huge Early Stone Lithograph
By Brodtmann, K.J.A.
Located in Norwich, GB
Landmark stone lithograph. Measures: 41.5 cm.
Extremely rare.
1816 antique hand colored stone
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Antique 1810s Swiss Prints
Materials
Paper
1816 CONDOR - K. Jos. Brodtmann - Imp. folio 42.5 cm
Incunabula of Lithography
By Brodtmann, K.J.A.
Located in Norwich, GB
Landmark stone lithograph on fine Ziegler watermarked paper.
Extremely rare.
Antique hand colored
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Antique 1810s Swiss Georgian Prints
Materials
Paper
Audubon
s "Little Owl, "1834 Havell Edition in Gilt 19th Century Frame
By John James Audubon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
every then known species of bird in 435 plates, each in their true-to-life scale. From the very rare
Category
Antique 1830s English American Classical Prints
Materials
Gesso, Giltwood, Paper
1898 William Nicholson, Folio, 12 Lithographs, Special Edition Vellum Bound
By William Nicholson
Located in Norwich, GB
binding vellum-backed pictorial vellum boards
The rare special issue of Nicholson's London Types, in a
Category
Antique 1890s English Prints
Materials
Paper
Camelia Clowesiana [Camellia], Drawn by J J Jung, Engraved by Oudet, Berlèse
By J. J. Jung
Located in Norwich, GB
camellia ou description et figures des camellia les plus belles et les plus rares peints d'après nature
Category
Antique 1840s French Early Victorian Prints
Materials
Paper
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Romeo Gigli Claret Red Top
By Romeo Gigli
Located in New York, NY
Romeo Gigli was inspired by father's collection of rare antiquarian books and his travels to the
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1980s Italian Shirts
1710 C Dragon Lily, Lud. De Chastillon Del. Et Sculp., Master Engraving
Located in Norwich, GB
Dracunulus polyphyllus
Etching, burin and hand colouring.
Issued in the exceptionally rare
Category
Antique 1710s French Prints
Materials
Paper
Eagle Fishing on Lake Malawi
By John Cyril Harrison
Located in New York, NY
books reveal a rare talent for accurate observation and draughtsmanship. In fact Ron Digby a highly
Category
1940s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1.50 Carat Diamond Buckle Ring
Located in Napoli, IT
gemstones are referenced in the major jewellery books as rare and collectable's motifs in vogue during the
Category
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Band Rings
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Two Rare Victorian Fabric Litho Children Books
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two Rare Victorian Fabric Lithograph Children Books
Rare Victorian Clot Litho Children's Books
Category
Antique 19th Century American Adirondack Books
Materials
Linen
Very Rare Surrealist Art Book -Lithographs - Matta, Duchamp 1944
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
original printed wrappers. While we do not specialize in rare books, we know that it is in very good
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
Very Rare Surrealist Art Book -Lithographs - Duchamp, Matta 1943
Located in Atlanta, GA
illustrated. It retains it's original printed wrappers. While we do not specialize in rare books, we know that
Category
Vintage 1940s American Books
17th Century Collection of Four Rare European Vellum Books with Buckles
Located in Wainscott, NY
17th Century Collection of Four Rare European Vellum Books with Buckles Books found in Germany
Category
Antique Early 17th Century German Books
Materials
Leather
Ernest Cole, House of Bondage, First Edition, 1967
By Ernest Cole
Located in CA, CA
exposes in his own pictures and words the bitter life of his homeland today.
'This is one of those rare
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Books
Late 17th Century Collection of 3 Rare European Vellum Books With Pewter Buckles
Located in Wainscott, NY
Late 17th Century Collection of European Vellum Books found in Germany.
These books have aged
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century German Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Living in Vogue Rare Coffee Table Book, 1984
By Manolo Blahnik, Vogue
Located in Atlanta, GA
Brittain and Patrick Kinmouth. This 160 page hardcover publication is out-of-print and a rare find. It
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1980s British Style
Rare 1673 medical, philosophical book paranormal discussion
Located in Palm Springs, CA
One of the most unusual books that I have come across is this extremley rare edition from 1673 of
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Danish Books
Materials
Paper
Andy Warhol, Rare Moderna Museet Exhibition Catalogue 1968
By Andy Warhol
Located in CA, CA
Moderna Museet catalogue is close behind." by Parr and Badger, in Vol II. A rare, hidden gem of a book
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Books
Rare Book-First Edition-Le Fete Marriage Le Dauphin
By Seymour de Ricci, Henri Cohen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Incredible Complete First Edition (1726-1746)of Two Books Bound Together with important Historical
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Books
Materials
Paper
Rare 1624 vellum covered Ecclesiastical Annals by Cesare Baronio
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A rare and unusual find is this five volumes from 1624 of Cesare Baronio's masterpiece history of
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Books
Materials
Parchment Paper, Paper
Rare Linen Page, "Learning to Count" from a Childrens Book, American
Located in San Francisco, CA
At the turn of the 19th century, in America, a print shop issued childrens
books, printed on linen
Category
Antique 19th Century Books
Materials
Linen
Washington’s Letters to Congress, Rare First American Edition, Two Volumes, 1795
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Colonies and Great Britain”.
Rare first edition of Washington’s letters to members of the Second
Category
Antique 1790s Books
Antique Rare Original Gertrude Stein Autobiography of Alice B Toklas 1933 Signed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is this rare book by Gertrude Stein, signed, circa 1933. In excellent
Category
Vintage 1930s Books
Materials
Paper
Rare Blotting Paper Case in Silvered Bronze and Porcelain by Maison Tahan
By Tahan Paris
Located in Paris, FR
Rare blotting paper case in dark blue velvet, embellished with an oval? porcelain? medallion
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Books
Materials
Bronze
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